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Marketing Basics

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To try to find similar patterns within sets of data






2. The overall rank or social standing of groups of people within society according to the value assigned to such factors as family background - education - occupation - and income






3. In the context of product diffusion - the point when a product's sales spike from a slow climb to an unprecedented new level - often accompanied by a steep price decline






4. Opportunities that help innovators develop hard to copy marketing strategies that will be very profitable for a long time






5. Communicating with large numbers of customers at the same time






6. The illegal practice of offering the same product of like quality and quantity to different business customers at different prices - thus lessening competition






7. Means that a firm has a marketing mix that the target market sees as better than a competitors mix






8. The collaboration of two or more firms in setting prices - usually to keep prices high






9. A situation in which an increase or a decrease in price will not significantly affect demand for the product






10. The amount of a product a company expects to sell during a specific period at a specified level of marketing activities






11. A process in which firms identify the quality and functionality needed to satisfy customers and what price they are willing to pay before the product is designed; the product is manufactured only if the firm can control costs to meet the required pri






12. A pricing tactic in which the seller absorbs the total cost of transportation






13. Products created when firms transform raw materials from their original state






14. Moral standards that guide marketing decisions and actions






15. The typical production oriented approach - vaguely aims at "everyone" with the same marketing mix






16. Brands that are owned and sold by a specific - retailer or distributor






17. A strategy of frequently using sale prices to increase sales volume






18. Pricing products to maximize sales or to attain a desired level of sales or market share






19. The seller fine tunes the marketing effort with info from a detailed customer database






20. A method for calculating price in which - to maintain full plant operating capacity - a portion of a firm's output may be sold at a price that covers only marginal costs of production






21. Those who adopt an innovation early in the diffusion process but later than the innovators






22. Collusion between suppliers responding to bid requests to lessen competition and secure higher margins






23. An agreement in which one firm sells another firm the right to use a brand name for a specific purpose and for a specific period of time






24. An analysis attempting to attribute erratic sales variations to random - nonrecurrent events






25. Brands that the manufacturer of the product owns






26. The regret or remorse buyers may feel after making a purchase






27. People born between 1946 and 1964






28. A survey of a firm's sales force regarding anticipated sales in their territories for a specified period.






29. A plot of the quantity of a product that customers will buy in a market during a period of time at various prices if all other factors remain the same






30. Buying - selling - transporting - storing - standardization and grading - financing - risk taking - and market information






31. An arrangement unique to business marketing in which two organizations agree to buy from each other






32. An internal state that drives us to satisfy needs by activating goal-oriented behavior






33. Behavior caused by a reaction to one stimulus that occurs in the presence of other similar stimuli






34. Making a product available to buyers in one or more test areas and measuring purchases and consumer responses






35. The collection - analysis - and distribution of all the info needed to plan - carry out - and control marketing activities - wether in the firms own neighborhood or in a market overseas






36. The values - beliefs - customs - and tastes that a group of people value






37. Aim at one or more homogeneous segments and try to develop different marketing mix for each






38. A price-setting method based on estimated of demand at different prices






39. An agreement between two brands to work together in marketing new or existing products






40. An approach that categorizes motives according to five levels of importance - the more basic needs being on the bottom of the hierarchy and the higher needs at the top






41. Discounts based only on the quantity purchased in individual orders






42. Sales forecasts prepared by experts such as economists - management consultants - advertising executives - college professors - or other persons outside the firm






43. The final stage in the product life cycle - in which sales decrease as customer needs change






44. The price the end customer is expected to pay as determined by the manufacturer






45. A marketing mix is tailored to fit some specific target customers






46. Consumer products that provide benefits for a short time because they are consumed - such as food - or are no longer useful such as newspaper.






47. A group within a society whose members share a distinctive set of beliefs - characteristics - or common experiences






48. The third and longest stage in the product life cycle - in which sales peak and profit margin narrows






49. An aggregating process - clustering people with similar needs into a "market segment"






50. Manufactured goods or subassemblies of finished items that organizations need to complete their own product