Marketing is the process of communicating the value of a product or service to customers, for the purpose of selling that product or service. Marketing can be looked at as an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, delivering and communicating value to customers, and customer relationship management that also benefits the organization. Marketing is the science of choosing target markets through market analysis and market segmentation, as well as understanding consumer behavior and providing superior customer value. From a societal point of view, marketing is the link between a societys material requirements and its economic patterns of response. Marketing satisfies these needs and wants through exchange processes and building long term relationships. Marketing may be defined in several ways, depending on the role of the advertised enterprise in relation to the strategic role in positioning the firm within its competitive market. The main definition is often credited to Philip Kotler, recognized as the originator of the most recent developments in the field
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MARKETING IN A CHANGING WORLD:
CREATING CUSTOMER VALUE AND SATISFACTION
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1 Today’s successful companies at all levels have one thing in common The common theme can best be described as one where the companies are:
a oriented around public service
b strongly customer focused and heavily committed to marketing
c moving toward globalization and socialization
d more interested in governmental regulation and control than ever before
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (1) Page: 4
2 According to Bernie Marcus, cofounder of Home Depot, the Holy Grail of business is:
a the bottom line
b promotion, promotion, and more promotion
c an almost blind, passionate commitment to taking care of customers
d meet every competitive threat with strength, commitment, and the courage to win
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (2) Page: 4
3 Creating is at the very heart of modern marketing thinking and practice
a profit maximization
b increased stock value
c award winning products
d customer value and satisfaction
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 4
4 The twofold goal of marketing is to attract new customers by promising superior value and:
a win advertising and industry awards for excellence
b to keep and grow current customers by delivering satisfaction
c enhance shareholder value
d pay as few taxes as possible
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (1) Page: 4
Trang 25 Wal-Mart has become the world’s largest retailer by delivering on its promise,
“Always low prices—always.” This would be an example of the marketing
philosophy that says:
a “Take care of your customers, and market share and profits will follow.”
b “Buy cheap, sell cheap.”
c “Always take discounts and pass some of them on to consumers.”
d “Distribution is the secret to all conquests in marketing.”
Answer: (a) Difficulty: (2) Page: 4
6 Today, marketing must be understood in a new sense that can be characterized as:
a “telling and selling.”
b “management of youth demand.”
c “get there first with the most.”
d “satisfying customer needs.”
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 5
7 _ is a social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and value with others
a Management
b Marketing
c Econometrics
d Demand
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (1) Page: 5
8 The most basic concept underlying marketing is that of:
a products and services
b human needs
c barter
d transactions
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (3) Page: 5
9 are states of felt deprivation
a Demands
b Wants
c Needs
d Core transactions
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (1) Page: 5
Trang 310 Basic needs, such as those for food, clothing, and safety, refer to:
a physical needs
b social needs
c individual needs
d physical wants
Answer: (a) Difficulty: (2) Page: 5
11 are shaped by one’s society and are described in terms of objects
a Needs
b Wants
c Demands
d Transactions
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (1) Page: 5
12 When backed by buying power, wants become:
a needs
b relationships
c object relationships
d demands
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 5
13 In outstanding companies, people at all levels, including top management,:
a work more than eight hours a day
b are constantly inventing new products
c are addicted to time management
d stay close to customers
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 6
14 Anything that can be offered to a market for attention, acquisition, use, or consumption that might satisfy a want or need is called a:
a demand
b basic staple
c product
d service
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (2) Page: 7
Trang 415 A _ is any activity or benefit offered for sale that is essentially intangible and does not result in the ownership of anything
a demand
b basic staple
c product
d service
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (1) Page: 7
16 If a company is guilty of “marketing myopia,” then it is:
a in danger of having dangerous cost overruns because it is trying to please too many diverse customer groups
b so taken with its products that it focuses only on existing wants and loses sight
of underlying consumer needs
c guilty of prejudice toward certain customer groups
d falling into the trap of “copying” rather than “inventing” products
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (3) Page: 8
17 The difference between the values the customer gains from owning and using a product and the costs of obtaining the product is called
a customer quality
b customer satisfaction
c customer value
d perceptual relationships
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (3) Page: 8
18 Customers often do not judge product values and costs accurately or objectively Instead, they act on _
a customer satisfaction
b customer quality
c needs
d perceived value
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 10
19 _ depend(s) on a product’s perceived performance in delivering value relative to a buyer’s expectations
a Customer satisfaction
b Customer quality
c Customer value
d Customer needs
Answer: (a) Difficulty: (3) Page: 10
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a give the customer anything and everything they want
b make customers addicted to their products and services
c delight customers by promising only what they can deliver, then delivering more than they promise
d always save the customers money, time, and other resources
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (2) Page: 10
21 An approach in which all the company’s people are involved in constantly improving the quality of products, services, and business processes is called:
a Cigna 1000
b total quality management
c total relationship opportunity
d exchange management
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (2) Page: 11
22 Marketing occurs when people decide to satisfy needs and wants through
a selling
b exchange
c transaction
d relationships
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (2) Page: 12
23 A(n) consists of a trade of values between parties
a sale
b exchange
c transaction
d market
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (3) Page: 12
24 Trading your old calculator for tickets to a Garth Brooks concert would be what kind
of transaction?
a monetary transaction
b barter transaction
c market transaction
d customer transaction
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (1) Page: 12
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a customer returns and allowances
b trade discounts
c relationship marketing
d promotional stimulation marketing
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (3) Page: 12
26 A _ consists of the company and all its supporting stakeholders
a demand channel
b marketing network
c communication triad
d product flow process
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (3) Page: 12
27 As CEOs and other managers have reviewed business functions, they have found that, ultimately, _ is the art of attracting, keeping, and growing
profitable customers
a marketing
b finance
c electronic commerce
d demand management
Answer: (a) Difficulty: (2) Page: 14
28 In a contemporary sense, a market is thought to be:
a wherever a marketer sells products
b the people who may buy the product
c the set of actual and potential buyers of a product
d the square in the middle of the city where trade occurs
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (2) Page: 14
29 The main actors in a modern marketing system would include all of the following EXCEPT: (Select the LEAST LIKELY.)
a suppliers
b marketing intermediaries
c the end user
d advertising agencies
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 15, Figure 1-2
Trang 730 The analysis, planning, implementation, and control of programs designed to create, build, and maintain beneficial exchanges with target buyers for the purpose of
achieving organizational objectives is called _
a relationship marketing
b demand management
c marketing
d marketing management
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 15
31 If the Golden Gate Bridge becomes consistently overcrowded with an unsafe level of traffic, the California Transit Authority in San Francisco might have to undertake a _ campaign to reduce traffic levels during high demand periods of the day or week
a public relations
b regulation program
c demarketing
d sales
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (2) Page: 16
32 The aim of demarketing is to:
a destroy demand
b increase demand
c initiate demand
d reduce or shift demand
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (1) Page: 16
33 In the past, marketers followed a _ approach to gaining customers This meant that growing markets supplied endless new consumer candidates and the company did not have to worry about older customers who might become dissatisfied and leave the company’s marketing offerings
a “first in, first out”
b “treadmill”
c “funnel”
d “leaky bucket”
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 16
Trang 834 Taco Bell has found that the lifetime value of a Taco Bell customer is about
$12,000 Study has shown that the key to customer retention is:
a offer the lowest prices
b constantly advertise
c offer superior customer value and satisfaction
d offer a variety of products
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (2) Page: 17
35 Jim Koch, founder of Samuel Adams beer, was often seen talking to bartenders and bar customers to encourage consumption of his brewery’s products This would be
an illustration of which of the following marketing practice stages?
a intrepreneurial marketing
b entrepreneurial marketing
c formulated marketing
d demand-based marketing
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (2) Page: 17
36 John Botros feels the heat of competition on his new Internet-based home delivery pizza business Rather than just advertising, John is encouraging his managers to get out of their offices and meet the public on their own ground In fact, Botros makes it
a practice to give at least one public speech per week This would be an illustration of which of the following marketing practice stages?
a intrepreneurial marketing
b entrepreneurial marketing
c formulated marketing
d demand-based marketing
Answer: (a) Difficulty: (3) Page: 17
37 Over time, marketing management has offered five distinct concepts under which organizations conduct their marketing activities Which of the following DOES NOT belong on the correct list of these concepts?
a econometric concept
b production concept
c product concept
d marketing concept
Answer: (a) Difficulty: (2) Page: 19
Trang 938 The _ holds that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable (therefore, management should work on improving production and distribution efficiency)
a product concept
b production concept
c production cost expansion concept
d marketing concept
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (2) Page: 19
39 The _ holds that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and innovative features Thus, an organization should devote energy to making continuous product improvements
a marketing concept
b production concept
c selling concept
d product concept
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (3) Page: 20
40 If a manufacturer was following the product concept, their operating philosophy would rely on which of the following phrases?
a “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”
b “Location, location, location.”
c “Watch your costs at all cost.”
d “The consumer is king.”
Answer: (a) Difficulty: (3) Page: 20
41 Which philosophy of business is typically practiced when marketing unsought goods?
a the marketing concept
b the product concept
c the production concept
d the selling concept
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (3) Page: 20
42 When faced with overcapacity, most firms practice _
a the marketing concept
b the product concept
c the production concept
d the selling concept
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 20
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satisfactions more effectively and efficiently than competitors do
a The marketing concept
b The product concept
c The selling concept
d The societal marketing concept
Answer: (a) Difficulty: (2) Page: 20
44 All of the following organizational philosophy phrases are associated with the marketing concept EXCEPT: (Pick the phrase that DOES NOT fit.)
a “We make it happen for you.”
b “To fly, to serve.”
c “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
d “Let us exceed your expectations.”
Answer: (c) Difficulty: (1) Page: 20
45 The questions whether the pure marketing concept is adequate
in an age of environmental problems, resource shortages, rapid population growth, worldwide economic problems, and neglected social services
a service concept
b societal marketing concept
c product concept
d not-for-profit concept
Answer: (b) Difficulty: (2) Page: 22
46 In an example discussed in your text, Johnson & Johnson’s recall of their Tylenol product following the discovery that several bottles of Tylenol had been laced with cyanide is consistent with which business philosophy?
a the marketing concept
b the product concept
c the selling concept
d the societal marketing concept
Answer: (d) Difficulty: (2) Page: 23
47 The major marketing developments as we enter the new millennium can be summed
up in a single theme:
a innovation
b the Internet
c virtuality
d connectedness