Ch 1 Marketing Test – Flashcards
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            financing - industrial - pricing - product  Obtaining the money needed to start and operate a business is a marketing function known as ____________________.
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        financing
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            financing - industrial - pricing - product  After conducting market research, Whole Breads Inc. decides to introduce a new low carb muffin to increase their sales. What basic marketing strategy applies? ____________________
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        product
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            Obtaining, developing, or improving a product
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        product/service management
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            Deciding how much to charge for goods and services
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        pricing
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            The added value of a product in economic terms
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        utility
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            Providing customers with goods and services they want
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        selling
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            Planning, promoting, and distributing products
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        marketing
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            Tangible items
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        goods
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            Percentage of total sales generated by competing companies
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        market share
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            Deciding how goods get into customers hands
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        distribution
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            Businesses that buy products for use in their operations
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        industrial market
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            Product, price, place, promotion
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        marketing mix
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            At the end of her one-week stay at a luxury hotel, Jennifer completed a form rating the hotel's service, food, and accommodations. This is an example of what marketing tool?
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        market research
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            The owner of a miniature golf business provides her customers with?
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        service
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            financing - industrial - pricing - product  Shopping at Target and paying cash for your purchases is a function of
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        pricing
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            "Buy one get one free." This is an example of distribution. (True or False)
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        False
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            In business, a marketing concept will list information such as ethnic background, age, income level and geographic location. (True or False)
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        False
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            After watching Saturday morning cartoons, Bobby asked his mom to buy him Honey Nut Cheerios. According to the text Bobby is considered...
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        a consumer
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            financing - industrial - pricing - product  Birthday Bears Inc. has just received an order for 1000 units from Unique Gifts. This is an example of a(n)____________________market
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        industrial
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            People who share similar needs and wants and who can purchase your products are called a market. (True or False)
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        True
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            According to the text, the place is the means of getting the product into the consumer's hands. (True or False)
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        True
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            The purpose of communicating with customers is to
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        attract customers' interest
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            Marketing encourages people from different countries to __________ frequently.
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        trade
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            Marketing is described as creating...
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        exchanges
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            Which of the following activities is an aspect of marketing a service:
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        Determining how much to charge for a haircut
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            Overall, what does marketing allow us to do?
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        Live our daily lives
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            According to the marketing concept, which option demonstrates customer orientation?
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        Finding out what a buyer wants
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            According to the marketing concept, keeping company goals in mind means to
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        maintain the firm's purpose
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            Of the following, which is a durable good
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        Coffee mug
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            How do marketers get their messages to customers?
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        By communicating with them
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            In an overall sense, where does marketing occur?
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        Wherever customers are
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            Determining how to coordinate all of the marketing activities
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        Planning how to carry out the marketing process
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            Conducting research to identify products that would satisfy customers
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        Finding out about customers
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            Taking a product for a "test drive"
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        Offering the products customers want
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            Identifying a price that buyers and sellers both like
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        Determining how much to charge for the products
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            Sponsoring a charity event
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        Communicating with customers
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            Determining where customers are likely to purchase a certain product
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        Putting products where they need to be
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            What provides the basis for all marketing goals and actions?
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        Planning
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            Which of the following is a marketing activity
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        Communicating with customers
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            For both the customer and the seller, striking the right pricing balance makes the exchange
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        beneficial
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            Which of the following is the most common reason for businesses to search for ways to make their products better and cheaper
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        Competition
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            Without marketing, producers and customers would be
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        disconnected from each other
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            According to the marketing concept, which option shows company commitment?
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        Setting aside funds to research what customers want
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            In the marketing concept, whose point of view matters most?
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        Buyer's
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            Which of the following is a method used to communicate with customers:
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        Personal selling
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            Marketing links producers to
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        customers
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            A philosophy of conducting business that is based on the belief that all business activities should be aimed toward satisfying customer wants and needs while achieving company goals
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        Marketing Concept
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            The activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large
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        Marketing
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            Any paid form of nonpersonal presentation of ideas, goods, or services
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        Advertising
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            The general conditions in which people live; quality of life
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        Standard of Living
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            Promotional activities other than advertising, personal selling, and publicity that stimulate customer purchases
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        Sales Promotion
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            Intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants
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        Services
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            Any nonpersonal presentation of ideas, goods, or services that is not paid for by the company or individual that benefits from or is harmed by it
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        Publicity
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            The form of promotion that determines client needs and wants and responds through planned, personalized communication that influences purchase decisions and enhances future business opportunities
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        Personal Selling
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            Tangible objects and materials
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        Goods
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            Marketing element referring to what goods, services, or ideas a business will offer its customers
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        Product