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Principles of Marketing
100

After the popularity of a product dropped, the business needed a new product to promote that would help to improve its image. Which marketing function would come up with the new product?

Product or service management

100

Which marketing career field involves determining why customers do what they do?

Marketing research

100

A business determines that it can increase its market share 12 percent by promoting its goods and services to Hispanic females who are 18 to 34 years old. How is the business segmenting the market?

By demographics

100

To promote its summer menu, Danielle's cafe plans to e-mail a $5.00-off coupon to its regular customers next Tuesday. the coupon will be valid from June 1 through June 15. What does use of the coupon represent?

A Tactic

100

Involves determining activities, goals, objectives, and procedures necessary to carry out those strategies. 

  • Understanding and selecting target markets
  • Setting marketing goals
  • Creating a marketing budget
  • Forecasting sales
  • Performing a situation analysis, SWOT analysis, market analysis, and competitive analysis

Market Planning

200

Paul’s plant food is losing its popularity among his customer base. Which marketing function would come up with the improved product?

Product or service management

200

Booking hotel rooms for vacationers is an example of which marketing?

Service

200

Which market segment represents customers who prefer a variety of reasonably priced recreational activities?

Psychographics

200

What does continuously monitoring internal marketing information enable businesses to do?

Identify problems

200

Involves obtaining, developing, maintaining, and improving a product or service mix in response to market opportunities. This plans, directs, and controls all phases of a product’s life cycle from beginning to end. 

Product / Service Management

300

According to the marketing concept, which option shows company commitment?

Setting aside funds to research what customers want. 

300

Which marketing career field involves catching customer's attention, informing them of products, and persuading them to buy?

Advertising

300

What is the overall reason that marketing strategies are designed and implemented?

Achieve planned goals

300

Which type of internal report would indicate to a business that sales for a specific product have dramatically dropped over the past three months?

Quarterly inventory status

300

Involves gathering, accessing, synthesizing, evaluating, and disseminating information. 

Marketing Information Management

400

By increasing awareness of the need for environmental controls, what has marketing done ?

Improved the quality of life. 

400

Kwacky Kwackers needs a new package design for its crackers. what marketing professional would be responsible for creating the new package?

Product Management

400

Dennis has a great idea for a new type of tennis ball that, if produced, would be better than any ball currently on the market. He pitches his idea to a few investors. Which of the four p's should these investors consider first?

Product

400

What does a business need in order to understand why a product that has been a strong seller for a long time is now losing popularity?

Marketing information

400

Involves determining and adjusting prices to maximize return and meet customers’ perceptions of value. This often involves deciding how much to charge for products so customers will want to buy and businesses will make a profit.

Pricing

500

Which marketing function helps business people forecast how much will be sold in a given period?

Market Planning

500

What is at the center of all marketing activities?

Communication

500

Manny has a new idea for a new cleanser that would decrease the time in cleaning tiled floors. He thinks this product would be better than any cleanser currently on the market. Which of the four p's should these investors consider first?

Product

500

By monitoring its sales and its customers' buying habits , what is a business often able to identify ?

Product Popularity

500

Responsible for identifying, selecting, monitoring, and evaluating sales channels

Channel Management