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MGT301 Final Term Past Paper 2
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► Email
► Chat rooms
All of the following are the primary criticisms leveled at the marketing function
by consumers, consumer advocates and government agencies EXCEPT:
► High-pressure selling
► Cultural pollution
► Harming consumers through high prices
► Deceptive practices
Which one of the following is NOT the primary criticism leveled at the marketing
function by consumers, consumer advocates, and government agencies?
► Deceptive practices
► High-pressure selling
► Shoddy or unsafe products
► Too much political power
Management at Philips electronics is having difficulty in raising the introductory
price on system components to cover its increased costs. Apparently, Philips
used a ________ pricing policy in pricing these components.
► Odd-even
► skimming
► Penetration
► Psychological
Price is a key element in the marketing mix because it relates directly to:
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► Professionals
► Computer programmers
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► Follower
► Market niche
Which one of the following faces three challenges: expanding the total market,
protecting market share and expanding market share?
► Market leader
► Market challenger
► Market follower
► Market niche
Review of the sales, costs and profit projections for a new product to find out
whether these factors satisfy the company’s objectives comes under which one
of the following concepts?
► Business analysis
► Product development
► Test marketing
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► Commercialization
The concept of market _____________ arranges for a product to occupy a clear,
distinctive, and desirable place relative to competition.
► Positioning
► Place
► Price
► Product
Three common techniques are used by sales managers to boost sales force
morale. These include the organizational climate, sales quotas and which one of
the following is the third technique?
► Positive incentive
► Positive thinking
► Positive recognition
► Positive feedback
Sales managers must also make decisions about organizing the sales force.
Assuming the sales force is to be managed internally, the sales manager has
four road choices for organizing the sales force. Which of the following is NOT
one of these four choices?
► Product-ease
► geographically-based
► demographically-based
► customer-based
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The various stages of the personal selling process are illustrated below, which
one of the following is NOT specific roles of the sales representative?
► Negotiating and closing the sale
► Sales presentation
► prospecting
► devising product strategy
"Looking for new customers" refers to which one of the following concept?
► Soliciting
► resenting
► prospecting
► Qualifying
Eliminating a wholesaler from a marketing channel results in which of the
following?
► will cut costs and lead to lower prices in the market
► may or may not lower prices and will not eliminate the functions performed by
the wholesaler
► Will eliminate the functions performed by the wholesaler and will lower Costs
► Will reduce channel conflict among the channel members
Nike maintains a good deal of control over how its products are promoted,
displayed, and sold. Because of this control, Nike would be appropriately
described as which of the following?
► Intermediary
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► Leader
► Allocator
► Terminator
Competitor price increases are more likely to be followed when they are due to:
► Falling sales
► General rising costs
► Increased advertising
► Price wars
Dr. Rahil is shopping at a departmental store. He completes an entry form at the
checkout for a price draw which gives him a chance to win a new car. He is
participating in which of the following?
► Consumer contest
► Sales contest
► Sales competition
► Consumer sweepstake
Which of the following advertising becomes more important to build selective
demand as competition increases?
► Persuasive advertising
► Informative advertising
► Patronage advertising
► Reminder-oriented advertising
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► Reminder
If you are attempting to create primary demand toward your product, you will
use which type of the following ads?
► Informative
► Persuasive
► Reminder
► Cooperative
Which one of the following concepts is considered as the basic role of
promotion?
► Information
► Manipulation
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► Communication
► Interpretation
In which one of the following stages of the product life cycle sales fall off and
profits stop?
► Growth
► Introduction
► Decline
► Maturity
If a product has an inelastic demand and the manufacturer raises its price then
what will happen?
► Total revenue will increase
► Quantity demanded will increase
► The demand schedule will shift
► Total revenue will decrease
A penetration-pricing policy is particularly appropriate when demand is:
► Increasing
► Highly elastic
► Highly inelastic
► Decreasing
If you are attempting to create primary demand toward your product, you will
use which type of the following ads?
► Informative
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► Persuasive
► Reminder
► Cooperative
Mr. Nabeel works for a cosmetics manufacturer and is responsible for ensuring
that resellers have adequate quantities of products when and where they need
them. Mr. Nabeel is also devoting much of his time towards helping retailers
promotes these products. Mr. Nabeel is performing the role of which one of the
following salesperson?
► A technical salesperson
► An advisory salesperson
► A promotional salesperson
► A trade salesperson
Sales applicants are typically NOT tested for which one of the following options?
► Management skills
► Organizational skills
► Accounting skills
► Analytical skills
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Which one of the following pricing method is the simplest pricing method?
► Value-based
► Fixed cost
► Cost-based
► Skimming
In which of the following pricing the seller selects a given city as a "basing
point" and charges all customers the freight cost from that city to the customer
location, regardless of the city from which the goods are actually shipped?
► Base-point pricing
► Freight absorption pricing
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► Transfer pricing
► Zone pricing
Questions:
1. World is becoming glob al village, companies are placing greater emphasis
on logistics; describe those several reasons for which companies are in
great need of logistics?
2. While deciding on the advertising budget a marketer should have to
consider some specific factors. List down any five factors which affect the
budget decisions of marketer.
3. What are the basic objectives of internet marketing?
4. Mention any three goals of trade promotion?
5. Suppose you are the manager of an AB company. How will you manage
your sales force? Explain your answer in points.
6. What are the basic objectives of marketing?
7. A firm involved in manufacturing electronic circuits which it supplies to
firms manufacturing televisions and computers. The company has decided
to adopt personal selling. What do you know about this concept and in
your view how it will benefit the firm?
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