Which one of the following is termed as embargo?
Budget reforms
Heavy taxes
Strongest form of quota
Heavy trade deficit
Which one of the following is designated as a runner-up firm that chooses not to rock the boat (usually out of fear that it stands to lose more than it might gain)?
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
Commercialization
The concept of market _____________ arranges for a product to occupy a clear, distinctive, and desirable place relative to competition.
Positioning
Place
Price
Product
Which one of the following authorities might use several tools like news, speeches and special events for the marketing purpose?
Advertising agencies
Advertising specialists
Public relation professionals
Computer programmers
Lobbying or building and maintaining relations with legislators and government officials to influence legislation and regulation are part of which one of the following options?
Business ethics
Press relations
Press agencies
Public relations
The standards set for salespeople, stating the quantity they should sell and how sales should be divided among the company’s products refers to which one of the following options?
Sales goals
Company quotas
Sales quotas
Sales incentives
A growing trend for many companies is to use a group of people from sales, marketing, engineering, finance, technical support and even upper management to service large, complex accounts. It refers to which one of the following approaches?
Department selling
Multiple selling
Team selling
Simultaneous selling
To reduce time demands on their outside sales forces, many companies have increased the size of their inside sales forces, which include technical support people and sales assistants. Which one of the following can also be another part of the sales force?
Order takers
Order getters
Telemarketers
Secretaries
Question No: 10( M - 1 ). When a firm sets out to analyze, plan, implement, and control sales force activities through sales force management. What does it set and design?
Team selling efforts
Promotional objectives
Sales territories
Sales force strategies
Question No: 11( M - 1 ).
The principles of personal selling described as which one of the following orientation?
Service orientation
Customer orientation
Transaction orientation
Relationship orientation
Question No: 12( M - 1 ). Which of the following communication and promotion tools involve direct connections with customers aimed toward building customer-unique value and lasting relationships?
Personal selling and direct marketing
Public relation and publicity
E-commerce and e-business
Advertising and sales promotion
Question No: 13( M - 1 ). 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
Question No: 14( M - 1 ).
Fraudulent usage, inability to attract potentially brand-loyal customers and use by current customers but not new customers are believed to be disadvantages of which of the following?
Money refunds
Frequent-user incentives
Coupons
Premiums
Question No: 15( M - 1 ).
Expensive Coca-Cola television ads primarily are a type of which of the following advertising?
Informative advertising
Comparative advertising
Persuasive advertising
Reminder advertising
Question No: 16( M - 1 ).
In which of the following advertising a company directly or indirectly compares its brand with one or more other brands?
Informative advertising
Institutional advertising
Reminder advertising
Comparative advertising
Question No: 17( M - 1 ). Communication through a news story regarding an organization or its products that is transmitted through a mass medium at no charge, refers to which one of the following promotion mix?
Advertising
Sales promotion
Personal selling
Public relations
Question No: 18( M - 1 ).
Slow feedback, high costs and difficulty in measuring effects on sales are disadvantages of which one of the following promotion mix ingredient?
Public relations
Sales promotion
Personal selling
Advertising
Question No: 19( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following takes possession of truckloads of tomatoes, arranges for storage, and transports them to auctions to be sold?
Selling agent
Commission broker
Commission merchant
Selling broker
Question No: 20( M - 1 ). Which one of the following is the primary purpose of a broker?
Take title to a producer's goods
Sell directly to the final consumer
Sell directly to producers
Bring buyers and sellers together
Question No: 21( M - 1 ).
If a retailer needed help with store design and training sales personnel, it would most likely use the services of which of the following wholesalers?
Full-service wholesaler
Full-price wholesaler
Rack jobber
Cash-and-carry wholesaler
Question No: 22( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following statement refers to manual order processing?
Integrates the order processing and production planning
Is flexible in special situations
Is practical for a large volume of orders
Is the most widely used form of order processing
Question No: 23( M - 1 ). Which one of the following concept reflects the term “Order processing”?
Is the same as order handling
Is characterized by electronic processing
Is the receipt and transmission of sales order information
Is the second stage in a physical distribution system
Question No: 24( M - 1 ). Order processing, inventory management, materials handling, warehousing, and transportation fall under which of the following activities?
Wholesaling
Retailing
Physical distribution
Channel management
Question No: 25( M - 1 ). The success of each channel member depends on the performance of which of the following?
Key channel members
The entire supply chain
The manufacturer
The wholesaler
Question No: 26( M - 1 ). Nationally distributed consumer convenience products such as cigarettes are MOST likely distributed through which of the following channels?
Producer, agents, wholesalers, retailers, consumers
Producer, wholesalers, consumers
Producer, wholesalers, retailers, consumers
Producer, industrial distributor, wholesalers, retailers, consumers
Question No: 27( M - 1 ). ABC Company, the sportswear designer and manufacturer, decided to open its own specialty shops to sell its merchandise, the firm was engaging in which of the following channels?
Vertical channel integration
A conventional marketing channel
Horizontal channel integration
Channel expansion
Question No: 28( M - 1 ). Which one of the following statement about price changes is TRUE?
Large-market share brands are hurt more by price changes than smaller companies
Temporary retail price reductions substantially decrease store traffic
Brand equity is unaffected by frequent price changes
Price changes for high-quality brands affect private label brands and weaker brands disproportionately
(corrected)
Question No: 29( M - 1 ). Which one of the following pricing policy may result in losing money on the product?
Psychological discounting
Penetration pricing
Special-event pricing
Price leader
Question No: 30( M - 1 ). Quantity discounts are a legal form of price discrimination. A quantity discount is a price reduction to buyers who purchase _____.
Large volumes
Inferior merchandise
Superior merchandise
Frequently
Question No: 31( M - 1 ). Which one of the following pricing method is the simplest pricing method?
Value-based
Fixed cost
Cost-based
Skimming
Question No: 32( M - 1 ). When Kodak sets the general price range, low for its cameras and set high for its related film , it is practicing which one of the following pricing?
Market-penetration pricing
Market-skimming pricing
Product line pricing
Captive-product pricing
Question No: 33( M - 1 ). Which of the following is NOT a major factor for making firms price decisions?
Environmental factors
Marketing objectives
Past sales
Marketing mix strategy
Question No: 34( M - 1 ). Which one of the following statement reflects the market share pricing objective?
Is not recommended when sales for the total industry are declining
Is not especially useful when sales for the total industry are increasing
Is not especially useful when sales for the total industry are flat
Can be used effectively whether total industry sales are rising or falling
Question No: 35( M - 1 ). The consumer decides to make use of the product on a regular basis. Which one of the following concepts BEST describe it?
Awareness
Interest
Trial
Adoption
Question No: 36( M - 1 ). Which of the following are industrial products that aid in the buyer’s production or operations, including installations and accessory equipment?
Materials
Specialty items
Capital items
Supplies
Question No: 37( M - 1 ). What is the stage of the buyer decision process in which the consumer uses information to evaluate brands in the choice set?
The alternative evaluation stage
The situational stage
The experimental stage
The informative stage
Question No: 38( M - 1 ). Which one of the following factor influences the consumer buying decision process?
Person-specific
Social
Demographic
Situational
Question No: 39( M - 1 ). Marketing researchers usually draw conclusions about large groups of consumers by studying which of the following small component of the total consumer population?
Group
Sample
Target group
Audience
Question No: 40( M - 1 ). "Consumers are spending more on products and services that will improve their lives rather than their image” reflects which aspect of the cultural environment?
People's view of others
People's view of themselves
People's view of organizations
People's view of nature
Question No: 41( M - 1 ). Which one of the following is NOT a part of marketing channel firms (intermediaries)?
Physical distribution firm
Marketing service agency
Financial intermediary
Stock exchange
Question No: 42( M - 1 ). Which one of the following set represents 4 C’s of the marketing mix?
Customer Solution, Cost, convenience, communication
Customer, cost, convenience, comfort
Convenience, communication, coverage, cost
Cost, coverage, communication, consultancy
Question No: 43( M - 1 ). Which of the following is an intensive growth strategy of increasing sales in current markets with current products?
Market development
Market penetration
Product development
Market saturation
Question No: 44( M - 1 ). Identify the first step in the strategic marketing planning process?
The writing of the mission statement
The establishment of organizational objectives
The formulation of a marketing plan
Hiring a senior planner
Question No: 45( M - 1 ). In the Boston Consulting Group approach, which one of the following measure provides a measure of market attractiveness?
Business portfolio
BCG matrix
Market growth rate
Relative market share
Question No: 46( M - 1 ). Which one of the following statements is an example of a problem that may arise in the implementation of the marketing concept?
Dissatisfaction of one segment affects the satisfaction of other segments
Consumers do not understand what the marketing concept is
Dealers do not support the marketing concept
A product may fit the needs of too many segments
Question No: 47( M - 1 ). Which one of the following statements by a company chairman BEST reflects the marketing concept?
We have organized our business to satisfy the customer needs
We believe that marketing department must organize to sell what we produce
We try to produce only high quality, technically efficient products
We try to encourage company growth in the market
Question No: 48( M - 1 ). What does this statement shows “Trade of value between two parties”?
Competition
Transaction
Exchange
Need
Question No: 49( M - 1 ). Which one of the followings best represent the involvement of management and employees in the continuous improvement of the production of goods and services?
Marketing management
Customer relationship management
Knowledge management
Total quality management
Question No: 50( M - 1 ). Which one the following option is related with this statement “Rapid imitation of leader or challenger with moderate country market coverage and emphasis on price sensitive markets. The result is overall moderate share with high shares in selected country markets.”
Global leader strategy
Global challenger strategy
Global follower strategy
Global niche strategy
Question No: 51( M - 1 ). Which of the following is NOT a benefit of direct marketing?
Immediate response
Customer relationship building
Assists client prospecting
Greater product access and selection
Question No: 52( M - 1 ). Which one of the following is NOT a part of competitive positions?
Market leader
Market challenger
Market follower
Market controller
Question No: 53( M - 1 ). Which one of the following is a position option open to smaller firms that serves some part of the market that is not likely to attract the attention of the larger firms?
Market leader
Market challenger
Market follower
Market niche
Question No: 54( M - 1 ). The retailer is usually in an excellent position to:
Make the most profits in the channel
Become the channel leader
Gain feedback from consumers
Co-ordinate the production strategy
Question No: 55( M - 1 ). A departmental store firm wants to increase sales and reach new markets with direct marketing. To accomplish this, the sales or marketing manager would choose which of the following tool?
Sales promotions
Advertising
Kiosk marketing
Public relations
Question No: 56( M - 1 ). In contrast to vending machines which dispense only products, there are other systems that dispense information and take orders without direct human aid. This system refers to which one of the following options?
Kiosks
TV monitors
The internet
Cell phones
Question No: 57( M - 1 ). Which one of the following is the fastest growing form of marketing that reach more customers and save money?
Advertising
Direct marketing
Public relations
Personal selling
Question No: 58( M - 1 ). Management at Happy Motors must decide what mix of compensation elements to offer their sales force. Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic types of compensation plans?
Straight commission
Straight salary
Salary and commission
Commission and bonuses
Question No: 59( M - 1 ). There are three typical types of sales force structures. Which one is often supported by many levels of sales management positions in specific geographical areas?
Territorial
Customer
Complex systems
Matrix
Question No: 60( M - 1 ). Mr. Tatbeeq sales person from Philips, develops a list of potential customers and evaluates them on the basis of their ability, willingness, and authority to purchase copy machines. What is the name of this process?
Customer search
Sales preparation
Audience identification
Prospecting
Question No: 61( M - 1 ). Giving a free sample of a new product by attaching it to the pack of an existing product refers to which one of the following promotion?
On-pack promotion
New-product promotion
Extra-fill promotion
Co-operative discounting
Question No: 62( M - 1 ). Sales promotion includes a wide assortment of tools. Which one of the following is NOT one of these tools?
Contests
Premiums
Telephone surveys
Coupons
Question No: 63( M - 1 ). Communication process has different elements that are helpful for communicating message to audience. One of the communication tools is the decoding. Which one of the following statements refers to the “Decoding”?
Intensity of the transmission becomes stronger
Receiver attempts to convert signs into concepts and ideas
Source attempts to convert signs into concepts and ideas
Receiver filters noise from the feedback
Question No: 64( M - 1 ). Which one of the following concepts is considered as the basic role of promotion?
Information
Manipulation
Communication
Interpretation
Question No: 65( M - 1 ). Location is extremely important to a retailer due to which one of the following reasons?
Suppliers charge more to service stores in certain trading areas.
A desirable location appeals to consumers' emotions and encourages them to buy.
Location is the major determinant of store image.
Location determines the trading area from which the store must draw its customers.
Question No: 66( M - 1 ). Which of the following is considered as huge superstores, perhaps as large as six football fields?
Hypermarket
Department store
General merchandise retailer
Discount store
Question No: 67( M - 1 ). A cash-and-carry wholesaler would be expected to:
Provide transportation
Handle high turnover products
Carry a wide variety of products
Provide a wide range of services
Question No: 68( M - 1 ). Which type of wholesaler not only provides transportation and delivers products to retailers, but also provides the service of placing products on retailers' shelves?
Truck wholesaler
Cash-and-carry wholesaler
Rack jobber
Mail-order wholesaler
Question No: 69( M - 1 ). Which one of the following statement BEST describes a merchant wholesaler?
Takes title and possession of goods and sells only to retailers.
Takes title and assumes risk and is generally involved in buying and reselling products.
Does not take title and possession of goods but may facilitate exchange between any two parties.
Carry a limited line of fast-moving goods and sell to small retailers for cash
Question No: 70( M - 1 ). Which of the following distribution are used by most television, furniture and small-appliance brands?
Selective distribution
Exclusive distribution
Intensive distribution
None of the given options
Question No: 71( M - 1 ). The standards set for salespeople, stating the quantity they should sell and how sales should be divided among the company’s products refers to which one of the following options?
Sales goals
Company quotas
Sales quotas
Sales incentives
Question No: 72( M - 1 ). When Mr. A is using a channel with only one intermediary, that intermediary is classified as which of the following?
Retailer
Wholesaler
Broker
Producer
Question No: 73( M - 1 ). Relationships among channel members, i.e. producers, wholesalers and retailers, are usually:
Short-term commitments
Long-term commitments
Expensive resource commitments
Only minor commitments
Question No: 74( M - 1 ). Which one of the following is the function of a direct channel of distribution?
The flow of products from producers to customers
Links producers to other marketing intermediaries
Takes title to products and resells them
Manages transportation and warehousing functions
Question No: 75( M - 1 ). Three key issues associated with initiating price changes are, the circumstances, the tactics and:
Sales targets
Bad publicity
Stock levels
Competitor reactions
Question No: 76( M - 1 ). When a firm or store offers a price reduction to customers who buy during off-peak periods throughout the year, we say the firm is giving a(n) _____ discount.
Functional
Seasonal
Annual
Allowance
Question No: 77( M - 1 ). If a retailer form Islamabad orders a quantity of merchandise to be delivered to his store in Lahore and is quoted a price that does not include transport costs, the retailer is paying a price called:
F.O.B. destination
FOB price
Geographic price
Base-point price
Question No: 78( M - 1 ). The Shirt Company utilizes a push strategy to sell the shirt line. Its basic promotional tool is discount. These discounts offered to middlemen are referred to as which one of the following discounts?
Trade
Cumulative
Noncumulative
Cash
Question No: 79( M - 1 ). If Pepsi sets the price of its six packs to match exactly the price of Coca-Cola's, Pepsi is using which of the following pricing method?
Demand-oriented
Cost-oriented
Experience curve
Competition-oriented
Question No: 80( M - 1 ). Which one of the following concepts is a useful philosophy in a situation when the product’s cost is too high and marketers look for ways to bring it down?
Selling concept
Product concept
Production concept
Marketing concept
Question No: 81( M - 1 ). Companies set prices by selecting a general pricing approach that includes one or more of three sets of factors. One of these is the cost-based approach, which means:
Value-based pricing and market-skimming pricing
Going-rate and sealed-bid pricing
Cost-plus pricing, break-even analysis, and target profit pricing
Competition-based pricing and market-penetration pricing
Question No: 82( M - 1 ). Which one of the following pricing objectives is rarely operational because its achievement is difficult to measure?
Return on investment
Profit maximization
Market share
Survival
Question No: 83( M - 1 ). Price is a key element in the marketing mix because it relates directly to:
The size of the sales force
The speed of an exchange
The control of quality
The generation of total revenue
Question No: 84( M - 1 ). Less frequently purchased consumer products and services which are compared by the customer on different product attributes, refers to which one of the following product?
Specialty products
Shopping products
Unsought products
Industrial products
Question No: 85( M - 1 ). Which of the following factors are often used for segmenting customer groups?
Geographic factors
Psychographic factors
Behavioral factors
Demographic factors
Question No: 86( M - 1 ). What is the stage of the buyer decision process in which the consumer uses information to evaluate brands in the choice set?
The alternative evaluation stage
The situational stage
The experimental stage
The informative stage
Question No: 87( M - 1 ). The factors such as the buyer’s age, life-cycle stage, occupation, economic situation, lifestyle, personality and self-concept that influences buyer’s decisions refers to which one of the following characteristic?
Personal characteristics
Behavioral characteristics
Demographical characteristics
Question No: 88( M - 1 ). Marketers are interested in the roles and influence of the husband, wife and children on the purchase of different products and services. Which one of the following segment is being studied by the marketer?
Social class
Opinion leader
Reference group
Family
Question No: 89( M - 1 ).Marketing stimuli consist of the four Ps. Which is NOT one of these Ps? Product
Political
Price
Promotion
Question No: 90( M - 1 ). Which one of the following step in the marketing research process deals in "defining the problems and research objectives, implementing the research plan, and interpreting and reporting the findings"?
Developing the research budget
Choosing the research agency
Choosing the research method
Developing the research plan
Question No: 91( M - 1 ). Which one of the following environment is made up of institutions and other forces affecting society’s basic values, perceptions, preferences and behaviors?
Cultural environment
Fictitious environment
Natural environment
Political environment
Question No: 92( M - 1 ). A manufacturer-owned operation that provides services usually associated with agents, refers to which one of the following?
Wholesaler
Sales office
Sales branch
Public warehouse
Question No: 93( M - 1 ). Advertising agencies are an example of which of the following marketing intermediaries?
Insurance company
Financial intermediary
Marketing services agency
Physical distribution firm
Question No: 94( M - 1 ). Which one of the following is a chief goal of the implementation function in marketing process?
Develop marketing plans
Turns plans into actions
Take corrective actions.
Develop strategic plans.
Question No: 95( M - 1 ). Developing and maintaining a strategic fit between the organization’s goals and capabilities and its changing marketing opportunities represent which one of the following concept?
Marketing objectives
Strategy planning
Marketing activities
Corporate strategies
Question No: 96( M - 1 ). 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: 97( M - 1 ). A network of networks that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services. Which one of the following networks represents it?
LAN
Intranet
Extranet
Internet
Question No: 98( M - 1 ). If you are attempting to create primary demand toward your product, you will use which type of the following ads?
Informative
Persuasive
Reminder
Cooperative
Question No: 99( M - 1 ). Which one of the following option is NOT a benefit of internet marketing?
Cost effective
Time saving
Reliability
Open new venue
Question No: 100( M - 1 ). Which one of the following option is NOT a benefit for buyer with E-commerce?
Convenience
Easy and private
Reliability
Greater product access
Question No: 101( M - 1 ).
Which of the following is an administrative trade restriction that imposes a complete ban on imports of a specified product?
Import quota
Tariff
Embargo
Dumping
Question No: 102( M - 1 ).
Which one of the following is NOT a part of Joint Venture?
Single member private limited company
Contract manufacturing
Joint ownership
Licensing
Question No: 102( M - 1 ). If a food company gives 5 percent discount in particular burger to increase sales, it is altering which one of the following elements of the marketing mix?
Promotion
Price
Product
Place
Question No: 103( M - 1 ). Which one of the following options refers to “The art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships”?
Customer relationship management
Knowledge management
Total quality management
Marketing management
Question No: 104( M - 1 ). 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: 104( M - 1 ). E-marketing refers to which one of the following?
Email marketing
Electronic marketing
Electric marketing
Elastic marketing
Question No: 105( M - 1 ). Which of the following option is NOT related with traditional buyer’s rights?
Right not to buy a product that is offered for sale
Right to expect the product to be safe
Right to expect the product to perform as claimed
Right to ask money back even not offered by the seller
