Question 1
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How does the new concept of marketing differ from the old concept of marketing ("telling and selling")?
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The new concept focuses on having a well-developed product.
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The new concept focuses on customer needs.
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The new concept requires less work from marketing executives.
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The new concept is more cost-efficient.
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The new concept focuses on making money.
Question 2
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The ultimate goal of the marketing process is which of the following?
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Receiving value from customers
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Determining a target market
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Creating a quality product
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Developing relationships with customers
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Evaluating customer needs
Question 3
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How do market demands relate to needs and wants?
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Needs, wants, and demands all describe the same state in the customer.
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Needs are satisfied by wants, and buying power converts wants into demand.
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Demands result in customers needing and wanting a particular product.
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Wants and demands are equivalent, and both satisfy needs at the same rate.
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Needs and wants outweigh demands in the customer's mind.
Question 4
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What is the main problem that sellers suffering from marketing myopia face?
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They focus on brand image to the detriment of quality.
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They focus more on profit than on the customer's benefit.
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They focus more on the customer's experience than on the product itself.
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They focus more on products than on the customer's underlying need.
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They focus on customer wants instead of demands.
Question 5
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four Ps of the marketing mix?
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Product
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Price
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Place
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Production
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Promotion
Question 6
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When a company chooses a group of customers to serve, it is engaging in which of the following?
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Societal marketing
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Market segmentation
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Target marketing
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Demand management
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Differentiation
Question 7
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Which BEST expresses the goal of effective marketing management?
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Refusing to limit a company's efforts to chosen segments of the market
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Finding as many customers as possible and increasing demand
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Focusing only on affluent customers
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Trying to serve all customers in every way
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Selecting only customers a company can serve well and profitably
Question 8
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Asher Airlines instituted a marketing program whose intent is to create a relationship with customers with seat upgrades and free miles for their continued patronage. What customer relationship tool is Asher Airlines using?
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Frequency marketing program
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Consumer-generated marketing
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Customer-perceived value
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Direct marketing
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Mass-media marketing
Question 9
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Actions by which satisfied customers initiate favorable interactions with others about a brand are defined as ________.
Question 10
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The profound effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is evidenced in all of the following EXCEPT ________.
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accelerating the shift to online shopping by an estimated 5 to 10 years
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quickening the shift from digital-first consumer engagement strategies to in-store connections
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increasing to 25% the amount of sales moving through online channels
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boosting brands' use of online, mobile, social media, and other digital platforms to connect with consumers
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hastening the transition to digital in almost every area of human activity
Question 11
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Amazon Echo's Alexa is an example of a(n) ________-powered application.
Question 12
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Which of the following represent market offerings?
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Products, services, needs, and exchanges
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Value, satisfaction, sales, and profits
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Needs, wants, products, and advertisements
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Products, services, needs, and wants
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Products, services, information, and experiences
Question 13
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Which of the following correctly identifies the five core customer and marketplace concepts?
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Needs, wants, and demands; market offerings; value and satisfaction; exchanges and relationships; and markets
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Needs, wants, and demands; market offerings; value; satisfaction; and markets
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Needs, wants, and demands; products; value; customers; and competitors
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Needs, wants, and demands; market offerings; value and satisfaction; competitors; and profits
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Needs, wants, demands, market offerings, and markets
Question 14
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Outstanding marketing companies go to great lengths to learn about and understand their customers' ________.
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decision making, buying, and purchasing processes
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products and services
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distribution methods and channels
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needs, wants, and demands
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marketplace challenges
Question 15
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Understanding needs, wants, and demands helps companies to design market offerings and build value-laden customer relationships through which they can capture ____________.
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greater customer equity and greater share of market
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customer lifetime value and greater share of customer equity
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a greater share of customer and greater share of customer equity
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great international market share and greater customer equity
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customer lifetime value and greater share of customer
Question 16
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Satisfied customers buy again and tell others about their good experiences. What is customer satisfaction based on?
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Markets
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Customer expectations
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Exchange
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Customer referrals
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Product price
Question 17
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What is the most basic concept underlying marketing?
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Market offerings
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Wants
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Needs
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Markets
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Demands
Question 18
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Which of the following is included in a broad definition of marketing?
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Selling, advertising, and promoting
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Creating customer value, building customer relationships, and having a strong selling orientation
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Satisfying customers, beating competitors, and maximizing profits
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Creating customer value, building customer relationships, and engaging customers
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Advertising, selling, and developing quality products
Question 19
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In the 5-step marketing process model, what occurs after the marketer identifies customer needs and wants in the marketplace and understands them?
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Constructing an integrated marketing program that delivers superior value
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Beginning advertising and promotion to sell the product
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Designing a customer-driven marketing strategy
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Building profitable relationships with customers
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Capturing value from customers to create profits and customer equity
Question 20
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Marketing is the process by which companies ________ and build strong customer relationships in order to ________.
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create value for customers; capture revenue from customers
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capture value from customers; capture future revenue
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create value for customers; capture value from customers in return
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sell products and services; obtain revenue
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capture current revenue; gain future revenue
Question 21
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In the final step of the marketing process, companies focus on ________.
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capturing value from customers
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creating value for customers
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designing a customer value-driven marketing strategy
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constructing an integrated marketing program
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understanding customer needs and wants
Question 22
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The marketing process consists of five key steps. Which is the first step?
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Construct a marketing program that actually delivers superior value
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Understand the marketplace and customer needs and wants
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Get, engage, and grow target customers
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Design a customer value-driven marketing strategy
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Understand customer needs and wants
Question 23
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According to Peter Drucker, what is the aim of modern marketing?
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To price products as low as possible
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To drive competitors out of business
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To maximize company profits
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To make selling unnecessary
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To develop innovative products
Question 24
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To design a winning marketing strategy, what are the two important questions a marketing manager must answer?
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How can we serve our customers best? How can we maximize profits?
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Who are our competitors? How can we beat our competitors?
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What customers will we serve? How can we maximize profits?
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What markets should we enter? How do we maximize sales in those markets?
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What customers will we serve? How can we serve these customers best?
Question 25
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What are the three considerations underlying the Societal Marketing Concept?
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Society's interests, society's welfare, and a sustainable environment
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Society's interests, company sales, and consumer wants
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Society's interests, consumer wants, and company profits
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Company sales, company profits, and customer satisfaction
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Society's interests, consumer wants, and identifying competitors
Question 26
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_______ companies research customers deeply to learn about their desires, gather new product ideas, and test product improvements.
Question 27
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When a company is deciding which customers to cultivate, it is engaging in ________.
Question 28
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Marketing management can adopt one of five competing market orientations, which are _________.
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the production concept, the product concept, the selling concept, the marketing concept, and the societal marketing concept
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the production concept, the product concept, the selling concept, the marketing concept, and the societal and cultural marketing concept
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the production concept, the product development concept, the selling concept, the marketing concept, and the societal marketing concept
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the production concept, the selling concept, the marketing concept, the economic concept, and the societal marketing concept
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the production concept, the product concept, the market-driven concept, the selling concept, and the societal marketing concept
Question 29
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The marketing concept holds that successful marketing strategies are based on _______.
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products that are affordable and available
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large-scale selling efforts
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sustainable marketing strategies
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continually improving products in quality and performance
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customer satisfaction and value
Question 30
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What is the key to building lasting customer relationships?
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Creating superior customer value and satisfaction
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Developing innovative products
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Delivering excellent customer service
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Offering frequent sales promotions
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Developing quality products
Question 31
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What is the overall goal of customer-engagement marketing?
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To jointly bring greater value to customers by working closely with partners in other company departments and outside the company
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To make the brand a meaningful part of consumers' conversations and lives
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To minimize customer equity
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To allow for consumers themselves to play roles in shaping their own brand experiences and those of others
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To satisfy customers while maximizing profits
Question 32
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______ is the overall process of building and maintaining profitable customer connections by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction.
Question 33
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Customer brand advocacy refers to ________.
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the portion of the customer's purchasing that a company gets in its product categories
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offering frequency marketing programs that reward customers who buy frequently or in large amounts
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actions through which satisfied customers initiate favorable interactions with others about a brand
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the value of the entire stream of purchases a customer makes over a lifetime of patronage
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the reliance on marketing through intrusion
Question 34
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A strategy for creating value and building strong customer relationships includes ________, which means working closely with others inside and outside the company to jointly engage and bring more value to customers.
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customer relationship management
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customer engagement marketing
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joint venturing
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strategic vendor management
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partner relationship management
Question 35
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The ultimate aim of customer relationship management is to produce high ________.
Question 36
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Which of the following BEST describes the Internet of Things (IoT)?
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The IoT is a data analytics technique to track sales made over the internet.
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The IoT is a mobile shopping app.
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The IoT is a global environment where everything and everyone is digitally connected to everything and everyone else.
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The IoT refers to the ability for consumers to buy things over the internet.
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The IoT is a social media site that allows consumers to buy and sell merchandise.
Question 37
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With so many information sources available digitally, companies can collect mountains of data called ________ and make sense of it using ________.
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big data; the Internet of Things
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marketing analytics; big data
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big data; marketing analytics
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big data; real-time marketing
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marketing analytics; artificial intelligence
Question 38
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Advances in ________ are forces that offer exciting new opportunities to target customers more selectively and engage them more deeply.
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online, mobile, and social media
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visualization software technologies
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e-commerce and mobile payment technologies
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big data and analytics
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digital media streaming technologies
Question 39
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Which major trend is ideal for engaging customers anytime, anywhere, as they move through the buying process?
Question 40
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______ is the term used to describe a global environment where everything and everyone is digitally connected to everything and everyone else.
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Artificial intelligence
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Mobile marketing
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Internet of Things
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Digital marketing tools
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Social media marketing
Question 41
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Marketing tools used in digital and social media marketing include ________.
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Social media, online video, and newspaper coupons
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email, telemarketing, and blogs
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social media, mobile apps, and blogs
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social media, mobile apps, and television advertising
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mobile apps, online video, and personal selling
Question 42
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Wants are __________.
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the form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality
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states of felt deprivation
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human wants that are backed by buying power
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some combination of products, services, information, or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want
Question 43
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What is the marketing concept?
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The idea that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable; therefore, the organization should focus on improving production and distribution efficiency
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A philosophy in which achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions better than competitors do
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The idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm’s products unless the firm undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort
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The idea that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and features; therefore, the organization should devote its energy to making continuous product improvements
Question 44
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What is marketing management?
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The art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them
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The act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return
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The process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customers in return
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The mistake of paying more attention to the specific product a company offers than to the benefits and experiences produced by these products
Question 45
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Customer equity is the __________.
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customer’s evaluation of the difference between all the benefits and all the costs of a marketing offer relative to those of competing offers
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value of the entire stream of purchases a customer makes during a lifetime of patronage
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a portion of the customer’s purchasing that a company gets in its product categories
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total combined customer lifetime values of all of the company’s customers
Question 46
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The __________ is the idea that a company’s marketing decisions should consider consumers’ wants, the company’s requirements, consumers’ long-run interests, and society’s long-run interests.
Question 47
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The __________ is a philosophy in which achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions better than competitors do.
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marketing concept
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selling concept
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product concept
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production concept
Question 48
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The marketing process captures value from customers by __________.
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creating profits and customer equity
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understanding the marketplace and customers’ needs and wants
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constructing an integrated marketing program that delivers superior value
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building profitable relationships and creating customer delight
Question 49
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What is share of customer?
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The customer’s evaluation of the difference between all the benefits and all the costs of a marketing offer relative to those of competing offers
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The portion of the customer’s purchasing that a company gets in its product categories
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The extent to which a product’s perceived performance matches a buyer’s expectations
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The overall process of building and maintaining profitable customer relationships by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction
Question 50
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__________ is the portion of the customer’s purchasing that a company gets in its product categories.
Question 51
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__________ is the art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them.
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Marketing management
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Marketing
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Exchange
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Marketing myopia
Question 52
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__________ are the form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality.
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Wants
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Needs
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Demands
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Marketing offerings
Question 53
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What is customer-perceived value?
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The customer’s evaluation of the difference between all the benefits and all the costs of a marketing offer relative to those of competing offers
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The overall process of building and maintaining profitable customer relationships by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction
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The extent to which a product’s perceived performance matches a buyer’s expectations
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The portion of the customer’s purchasing that a company gets in its product categories
Question 54
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__________ captures value from customers by creating profits and customer equity.
Question 55
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The societal marketing concept is __________.
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the idea that a company’s marketing decisions should consider consumers’ wants, the company’s requirements, consumers’ long-run interests, and society’s long-run interests
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the idea that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and features; therefore, the organization should devote its energy to making continuous product improvements
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the idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm’s products unless the firm undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort
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a philosophy in which achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions better than competitors do
Question 56
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Marketing myopia is __________.
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when sellers are so taken with their products that they focus only on existing wants and lose sight of underlying customer needs.
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obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return
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the art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them
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the process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customers in return
Question 57
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__________ is the act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return.
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Exchange
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Marketing management
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Marketing
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Marketing myopia
Question 58
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The __________ is the idea that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and features; therefore, the organization should devote its energy to making continuous product improvements.
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product concept
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production concept
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selling concept
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marketing concept
Question 59
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__________ is the extent to which a product’s perceived performance matches a buyer’s expectations.
Question 60
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What is the selling concept?
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idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm’s products unless the firm undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort
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The idea that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and features; therefore, the organization should devote its energy to making continuous product improvements
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The idea that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable; therefore, the organization should focus on improving production and distribution efficiency
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A philosophy in which achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions better than competitors do
Question 61
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__________ is the total combined customer lifetime values of all of the company’s customers.
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Customer equity
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Customer lifetime value
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Share of customer
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Customer-perceived value
Question 62
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The production concept is __________.
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the idea that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable; therefore, the organization should focus on improving production and distribution efficiency
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the idea that consumers will favor products that offer the most quality, performance, and features; therefore, the organization should devote its energy to making continuous product improvements
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the idea that consumers will not buy enough of the firm’s products unless the firm undertakes a large-scale selling and promotion effort
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a philosophy in which achieving organizational goals depends on knowing the needs and wants of target markets and delivering the desired satisfactions better than competitors do
Question 63
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What are demands?
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Human wants that are backed by buying power
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The form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality
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States of felt deprivation
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Some combination of products, services, information, or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want
Question 64
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______is the customer’s evaluation of the difference between all the benefits and all the costs of a marketing offer relative to those of competing offers.
Question 65
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Marketing is __________.
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the process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customers in return
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the art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them
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the act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return
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the mistake of paying more attention to the specific product a company offers than to the benefits and experiences produced by these products
Question 66
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__________ is the overall process of building and maintaining profitable customer relationships by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction.
Question 67
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Customer lifetime value is the __________.
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value of the entire stream of purchases a customer makes during a lifetime of patronage
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total combined customer lifetime values of all of the company’s customers
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portion of the customer’s purchasing that a company gets in its product categories
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customer’s evaluation of the difference between all the benefits and all the costs of a marketing offer relative to those of competing offers
Question 68
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Needs are __________.
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states of felt deprivation
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shaped by culture and individual personality
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human wants that are backed by buying power
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some combination of products, services, information, or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want
Question 69
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____ are some combination of products, services, information, or experiences offered to a market to satisfy a need or want.
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Marketing offerings
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Demands
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Wants
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Needs