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MIDTERM EXAMINATION Fall 2009 MGT301- Principles of Marketing

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following phrases reflects the marketing concept?

The supplier is a king in the market

Marketing should be viewed as hunting not gardening

This is what I make, won’t you please buy it?

This is what I want, won’t you please make it?

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If a local company wants to adopt the marketing concept. To be consistent with this move, it should adopt which of the following philosophies?

Focusing on today is important for us

Making money is our business

The customer is always right

Keeping prices low is our objective

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following options is best to explain the purpose of intranets?

Buying and selling processes

Business-to-business purchasing

Communication among employees

Maintaining customer relations

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

All of the following are accurate descriptions of a company’s mission statement, EXCEPT which one?

Mission statement should fit the market environment

Mission statement should be realistic

Mission statement should be broad

Mission statement should be motivating

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following sets refers to the order or sequence of marketing management functions?

Control – implementation – market planning

Market planning – control – implementation

Implementation – control – market planning

Marketing planning – implementation - control

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Advertising agencies are an example of which of the following marketing intermediaries?

Insurance company

Financial intermediary

Marketing services agency

Physical distribution firm

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

"How people feel about corporations, government agencies, trade unions and universities" refers to which of the following views?

People's view of others

People's view of societies

People's view of themselves

People's view of organizations

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following is NOT a part of the macro-environment?

Demographic forces

Natural forces

Competitors' forces

Political forces

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Marketing information from which of the following databases can be accessed more quickly and cheaply?

External

Internal & External

Internal

Representatives

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Gathering secondary information is one of the steps of developing the research plan. What does the meaning of secondary information in marketing research?

That does not currently exist in an organized form

That already exists somewhere, having been collected for another purpose

That the researcher can obtain through surveys and observation

That already exists somewhere in an organized form

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Survey research, called the backbone of primary research, is the most widely used method for primary data collection and is best suited for gathering which of the following information?

Personal

Attitude

Descriptive

Exploratory

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If ABC Ltd knows that its market share in Pakistan has dropped 13 percent in the first quarter of the year but does not know what might have contributed to this decline, it is in which stage of the marketing research process?

Hypothesis development

Symptom identification

Problem identification

Data interpretation

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following factor is NOT used for measuring the social class?

Income

Number of children in family

Occupation

Education

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following three-step process represents “Perception”?

Motivation, personality and attitudes

Collecting, eliminating and organizing information inputs

Receiving, organizing and interpreting information inputs

Anticipating, classifying and discarding information inputs

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Person’s pattern of living as expressed in his or her psychographics represents which one of the following concept?

Personality

Culture

Lifestyle

Motive

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following option represents the collection of data for the purpose of applying appropriate actions at a subsequent time?

Lifestyle

Learning

Perception

Attitude

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following is NOT the stage that customers go through in the process of adopting a new product?

Awareness

Interest

Evaluation

Culture

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

After deciding to order replacement parts for ageing machinery, the buyer for a construction company examines catalogues and trade publications. The buyer is probably at which stage of the organizational buying decision process?

Problem recognition

Product specification

Product-supplier search

Product evaluation

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Demographic segmentation divides the market into groups based on which of the following variables?

Size, location, industry, customer

Size, company, industry, technology

Location, size, occupation, race

Customer, technology, company, industry

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following factors are often used for segmenting customer groups?

Geographic factors

Psychographic factors

Behavioral factors

Demographic factors

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A marketer has brought same products in the market for all segments without considering the needs and wants of the customers. Which one of the following strategy is being practiced by the marketer?

Undifferentiated marketing strategy

Differentiated marketing strategy

Concentrated marketing strategy

Custom marketing strategy

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Buyer- seller similarities is an attribute comes under which one of the following concepts?

Demographic factors

Personal characteristics

Situational factors

Operating variables

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following are those products purchased for further processing or for use in conducting a business?

Unsought products

Specialty products

Shopping products

Industrial products

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following categories refers to a group of products that are closely related because they function in a similar manner, are sold to the same customer groups, are marketed through the same type of outlets, or fall within given price ranges?

Product line

Line extension

Private brand

Product bandwidth

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

After concept testing, a firm would engage in which stage for developing and marketing a new product?

Marketing strategy development

Business analysis

Product development

Test marketing

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

A review of the sales, costs and profit projections for a new product to find out whether they satisfy the company’s objectives refers to which one of the following concepts?

Business feasibility

Feasibility study

Business analysis

Product acceptance

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In which of the following product life cycle stages, sales are zero and the company’s investment costs mount?

Product development

Introduction

Growth

Maturity

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In which one of the following stages of the product life cycle sales fall off and profits stop?

Growth

Introduction

Decline

Maturity

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

McDonald's run advertisement featuring children, senior citizens and minority groups. What does this ad show?

Company is product oriented

Company considers only environmental factors

Company has several target markets

Company is market oriented

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