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1. Advertisers seek to give a product a personality that is unique, appealing and appropriate. The personality given is known as,
Brand Loyalty
Unique Image
Selling Property
Brand Image
2. Personal selling is commonly used for which of the following purposes?
Building up buyer's preferences
Pressurising the customer into making a decision
Developing customer convictions and feelings about a product and company
All of the above
3. Which of the following is not an advantage of the use of outdoor media forms?
Flexibility
No audience selectivity
High repeat exposure
Good positional selectivity
4. AIDA stands for:
Attention, Interest, Desire and Action
Approach, Intelligence, Demand and Assurance
Attitude, Interest, Decision and Action
Assurance, Interest, Desire and Action
5. _______ is a demographic description of the people or house- holds that are prospects for a product or service.
Consumer data
Consumer profile
Sampling Process
Consumer Impression
6. An online banner ad that looks like a dialog box with buttons. It simulates an error message or an alert.
Trick banner Ad
Spam Ad
Banner Ad
Persuasive Ad
7. All of the following are factors that affect budget decisions except:
Market share
Stage in product life cycle
Product pricing
Competition
8. A marketing philosophy summarized by the phrase "a good product will sell itself" is characteristic of the ______________ period.
Production
Sales
Marketing
Relationship
9. The term "marketingmix" describes:
A composite analysis of all environmental factors inside and outside the firm
A series of business decisions that aid in selling a product
The relationship between a firm's marketing strengths and its business weaknesses
A blending of four strategic elements to satisfy specific target markets
10. In SWOT analysis, situations where organizations are able to convert weaknesses into strengths and threats into opportunities, these are called:
Strategic windows
Strategic leverage
Conversion strategies
Vulnerability
11. SWOT is an acronym for
Strategy, Working, Opinion, Tactical
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Strategy, Work, Openness, Toughness
Strategy, Weakness, Opinions, Tactics
12. In advertising jargon `premium´ means;
The amount given to an ad agency by an advertiser
An item that is offered to help promote a product
The interval of publishing or broadcasting an ad item among consumers
A tax amount given to government by an advertiser
13. _______ is the time used for the commercial announcement or the announcement itself
Spot
Schedule
Sixty
Sweep
14. When a company publishes their own publication, it is called as;
House Organ
Company Zine
E-zine
Brochures
15. When a company acquires a supplier through an acquisition strategy, this is referred to as:
Vertical marketing system
Horizontal integration
Backward integration
Forward integration
16. Market information means
Knowledge of shops and bazaars
Knowledge of shopping malls
Knowledge of customer profile and product mix
Knowledge of various languages
17. Sellers that handle their own exports are engaged in:
Direct exporting
Indirect exporting
Licensing
Contract manufacturing
18. _____ is a philosophy holding that a company's marketing should support the best long-run performance of the marketing system
Enlightened marketing
Myopic marketing
Fundamental marketing
Conceptual marketing
19. A(n) ______________ is a name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a combination of these that identifies the maker or seller of a product or service.
Product feature
Sponsorship
Brand
Logo
20. A set of interdependent organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by the consumer or business user is called a:
Retailer
Wholesaler
Distribution channel
Logistics function
21. Which of the following terms is similar to the term "marketing logistics?"
Channel of distribution
Vertical integration of distribution
Physical distribution
Horizontal distribution
22. An outdoor medium transporting to different locations carrying ads, is an example of,
Mobile Billboard
Dynamic ad
Media Vehicle
Transport Ad
23. A small sheet of paper carrying an advertisement message distributed by hand, often black letters printed in mono coloured paper, is an example of,
Leaflets
Handbills
Fliers
Posters
24. Which is NOT TRUE in comparing journalism and public relations?
Public relations is broader in scope
Journalists are advocates for causes, while PR practitioners are objective
PR uses more "channels" than journalists
Objectives are different for PR practitioners; communication activity is a means to an end
25. The marketing mix is also known as the _______
PSI
P matrix
Tangible/intangible continuum
Four Ps
26. The process of reserving time or time periods with a station or network; checking on available advertising time.
Free time
Cross time
Clear time
Reserved time
27. The ad advised readers to "try your skill at using our cream cheese to create an exciting new recipe and you may be the winner of a trip for two to Hawaii." This ad was promoting a,
Premium
Sweepstakes
Deal
Contest
28. The speed with which buyers forget about a brand if advertising is NOT seen is called
Buyer turnover
The frequency rate
The forgetting rate
Brand awareness rate
29. Program-length (30-minute) advertisements that take an educational approach to communication with potential customers are called
Advertorials
Infomercials
Intrusionaries
Advocacy ads
30. The possible exposure of the advertising message to one audience member,
Impression
Hit
GRP
Exposure rate
31. _____ suggest to the consumer that he or she can avoid some negative experience through the purchase and use of a product or through a change in behavior.
Responsibility appeal
Fear appeals
Sex appeals
Family appeals
32. Information and persuasive content can be combined in the form of an appeal to
Provide a basic reason for the consumer to act
Explain guilt and enrichment
Satisfy hierarchical needs
Include perceptual modifiers and need enhancers
33. What two major communication channels do marketers use to convey their product to consumers?
Word-of-mouth and commercials
Personal and non-personal channels
Message source and feedback
Print media and events
34. __________ define the task that advertising must do with a specific target audience during a specific period of time.
Advertising strategies
Message decisions
Advertising campaigns
Advertising objectives
35. Which one of the following is not a constituent of `internal public´ of any organization?
Management cadre of the organization
Workers´ representatives of the organization
Secretarial/clerical personnel of the organization
Consumers and consumer groups
36. An account in advertising parlance:
The budget earmarked for a campaign
A client
Giving an account of Ad campaign strategy
A report of the account executive to the creative team
37. The manufacturer, government body or organization which wishes to have advertisements crated and placed:
Internal publics
Advertiser
Consumer
Accounts
38. In ad world electrical goods, often kitchen equipment such as washing machines, fridges, cookers are termed as,
White Goods
Electronic Goods
Equipments
Power goods
39. The process in which one idea is allowed to stimulate another without reaching a decision about whether any of the ideas are valid :
Creative process
Brainstorming
Dilemma
Ambiguous idea
40. Why is 'fear' or 'rational appeal' type advertising used frequently for charities and non-profit organisations?
Attracts attention
Designed to educate
Designed to shock
All of the above
41. The avoidance of the use of 'bait and switch' tactics that encourage consumers to change to another brand is a result of:
Regulatory rules
Legal intervention
Response to the increasing demand for more socially responsible marketing communication
All of the above
42. Expand AMA:
Advertising Management Association
American Marketing Association
Advertising and Marketing Association
American Marketing Agency
43. ______ is the measure of the degree of brain activity that can be used to asses a person´s reactions to an ad.
Response activity
Reaction activity
Consumer assessment
Alpha Activity
44. Unwanted e-mail advertisings are categorized as,
Viruses
Malwares
Spams
Threats
45. A new window which opens in front of the current one, displaying an advertisement is a,
Pop-up ad
Tricky banner ad
Floating ad
Expanding ad
46. A promotional strategy that encourages the various intermediaries along the channel to stock and sell the product is called what type of strategy?
'Pull' strategy
Intermediary strategy
'Shove' strategy
'Push' strategy
47. Political campaigns are generally examples of:
Cause marketing
Organization marketing
Event marketing
Person marketing
48. Providing free samples of perfumes (scent) in magazines is an example of which of the following?
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Social learning
Behavioural learning
49. An outdoor advertising poster is also called;
Sign board
Bill board
Ad board
Scan board
50. What is self-mailer?
An e-mail scheduled to sent automatically
An item mailing without necessary postage stamp
Automatically generated e-mails which sent directly to a group
Direct-mail item that is mailed without an envelope
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