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When conducting marketing research,why would you ask the questions,"Did you like the ending?" after the test screening of a movie?


A) screen out people who simply want a free movie ticket
B) change or clarify the ending of the movie
C) determine the relationship between ticket prices and happy endings of movies
D) identify people who frequently attend movies
E) separate those aware of the movie ending from those who are not aware

F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Members of the Book Promoters Association of Canada recently questioned what could be done to rejuvenate the Canadian book publishing industry.Some members claimed the problem was that many Canadian bookstores had been replaced by Walmarts.Others said the problem was with stodgy advertising.Still others believed the problem was caused by too little money being budgeted to fund marketing programs.The best way to identify the problem would be to use __________.


A) market analysis
B) marketing management
C) a marketing audit
D) marketing research
E) data mining

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Consider Figure 8-4: Question 2 above,which was part of a Wendy's survey that assessed fast-food restaurant preferences among present and prospective consumers.Question 2 illustrates which type of question format?


A) dichotomous
B) open-ended
C) Likert scale
D) attitudinal
E) semantic differential

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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All of the following are examples of marketing outcome data EXCEPT:


A) customer phone calls.
B) repeat sales reports.
C) accounting records.
D) salespeople's call reports.
E) sales reports by geographic region.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Data refer to the


A) subjective psychographic feelings collected by an organization upon which it bases subsequent marketing actions.
B) objective demographic characteristics collected by an organization upon which it bases subsequent marketing actions.
C) facts and figures related to the problem that are divided into two main parts: secondary data and primary data.
D) information collected by a source other than the company itself used to determine the best possible solution to a marketing problem.
E) facts and figures related to the problem that are divided into three main parts: primary data,secondary data,and tertiary data.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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The second step of the marketing research approach is to __________.


A) develop findings
B) define the problem
C) take marketing actions
D) develop the research plan
E) collect relevant information

F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

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Several years ago,SwissAir made some unwise investments to pay for a planned expansion.As a result,the company had to make some cost-cutting moves that alienated its customers.Eventually,the company declared bankruptcy,regrouped,and found itself able to resume business.Its board of directors recently announced that the company would resume flying if it could prove that the airline could regain at least 75 percent of its lost customers.It decided to allocate $50,000 to determine the likelihood that its former customers would fly on the airline again and find methods requiring little or no money that could be used to increase that probability.This description represents which step in the marketing research approach?


A) define the problem
B) develop the research plan
C) collect relevant information
D) develop findings
E) take marketing actions

F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

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__________ scale is a five-point scale in which the opposite ends have one- or two-word adjectives that have opposite meanings.


A) dichotomous
B) open-ended
C) Likert
D) attitudinal
E) semantic differential

F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Figure 8-2B above shows that primary data may be divided into three related parts.If "C" represents data collected from mechanical,personal,or neuromarketing methods,which type of data is "C?"


A) questionnaire data
B) mined data
C) internal secondary data
D) external secondary data
E) observational data

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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Consider Figure 8-4: Question 1 above,which was part of a Wendy's survey that assessed fast-food restaurant preferences among present and prospective consumers.Question 1 illustrates which type of question format?


A) dichotomous
B) open-ended
C) close-ended
D) attitudinal
E) semantic differential

F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Figure 8-5 above shows how marketing researchers and managers use information technology to turn information into marketing actions.What does "C" represent?


A) external data sources
B) results
C) data warehouse
D) internal data sources
E) buying queries

F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Two important advantages of secondary data are that they are __________ and __________.


A) inexpensive;up-to-date
B) up-to-date;supplies all relevant categories of information
C) inexpensive or free;saves time
D) tailor-made to specifications;relatively inexpensive
E) highly credible;up-to-date

F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

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What are the two most common constraints in marketing problem solving?


A) limitations of personnel and office space
B) limitations on the time and money available
C) government regulations and rights to privacy
D) limitations on access to upper and middle management
E) limitations of the thinking and creativity of the firm's advertising agency

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Surveys that enable the interviewer to be flexible in asking probing questions or getting reactions to visual materials would be best conducted using


A) mail surveys.
B) telephone interview surveys.
C) personal interview surveys.
D) fax surveys.
E) online surveys.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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Eppie's Used Cars wanted to determine whether straight price discounting worked better than a free gift.It ran two different television commercials on alternate Wednesdays.Commercial A offered 20 percent off the Kelley Blue Book price for any 4-wheel-drive vehicle on the lot while Commercial B offered a free tent with the purchase of any 4-wheel-drive vehicle at the Kelley Blue Book price.The offer was the __________ variable.How many people responded to each type of offer was the __________ variable,and would suggest whether straight discounting or a gift incentive was the better strategy for increasing traffic.


A) marketing;dependent
B) dependent ;independent
C) control data;independent
D) independent;dependent
E) dependent;control

F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

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The practice of identifying "emerging shifts in social behavior," which are driven by changes in pop culture that can lead to new products is called __________ hunting.


A) trend
B) fad
C) fashion
D) craze
E) tendency

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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When a marketing researcher uses a collection of reports,customer letters,financial statements,and surveys from different departments within her firm,she is using


A) internal secondary data.
B) primary data.
C) external secondary data.
D) sensitivity analysis.
E) probability data.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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In marketing research,the term sampling refers to


A) testing the effectiveness of a marketing alternative in a supervised setting.
B) the collection of various secondary data through electronic or mechanical means.
C) allowing a subject to experience first-hand a new or updated product or service.
D) selecting representative elements from a population and treating their answers as typical of all those in whom they are interested.
E) testing members from all ages,both genders,and different levels of income and education to guarantee reliable information.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

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The extraction of hidden predictive information from large databases to find statistical links between consumer purchasing patterns and marketing actions is referred to as


A) predictive analysis.
B) information extraction.
C) variable analysis.
D) database management.
E) data mining.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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Fisher-Price watches young children play with their toys to determine if and how various toys should be changed or improved.Fisher Price is collecting __________ data.


A) observational
B) questionnaire
C) interview
D) on-site
E) focus group

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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