Business Fundamentals
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Course Introduction
Business Fundamentals provides an essential overview of the core concepts, principles, and practices that underpin the world of business. This course covers foundational topics such as organizational structures, marketing, accounting, finance, human resources, and operations management. Students will explore the roles and responsibilities of various business functions and gain insights into decision-making processes, ethical considerations, and the influence of global and technological trends on modern enterprises. By the end of the course, learners will have developed a solid understanding of how businesses operate and the critical thinking skills necessary to analyze business situations and challenges.
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Foundations of Marketing 5th Edition by John Fahy
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Chapter 1: The Nature of Marketing
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Q1) Why is there a need to monitor and understand competitors?
A)Because companies need to match their competitors' prices
B)Because companies need to create products similar to their competitors'
C)Because customers will buy from competitors if they are cheaper
D)Because customers will turn to competitors if their needs are not being met
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following statements is true?
A)The marketing concept is focused on the support of the sales function
B)The marketing concept is concerned with mainly the achievement of corporate goals through excellent product design, value pricing strategies and excellent promotional strategies
C)The marketing concept is focused on the development of value for money products/ services that are high in quality and which beat the competition
D)The marketing concept is the achievement of corporate goals through meeting and exceeding customer needs better than the competition
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Global Marketing Environment
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Q1) In times of economic recession, consumers tend to do which of the following?
A)To accelerate spending, hoping that the recession will end
B)To postpone spending and/or become more cost conscious
C)To postpone spending and/or buy mainly commodity items
D)To accelerate spending, looking for value for money items
Answer: B
Q2) NAFTA stands for:
A)North American Free Trade Association
B)North American Free Trade Agreement
C)North American Financial Trade Agreement
D)North American Financial Tariff Association
Answer: B
Q3) Why is corporate social responsibility a key part of business strategy?
A)Because of the close scrutiny of pressure groups
B)Because of the close scrutiny of institutional investors
C)Because of the close scrutiny of shareholders
D)All of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Understanding Customer Behaviour
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Q1) Which of the following is a typical example of a gatekeeper?
A)A company secretary
B)A company engineer
C)Purchasing manager
D)Operations manager
Answer: A
Q2) Organizational products can be classified according to four types: materials, _______, plant and equipment and maintenance, repair and operation (MRO).
A)components
B)construction
C)criteria
D)tasks
Answer: A
Q3) Organizational buying is typically:
A)Less complex because it is more structured
B)More complex and may involve more stages
C)Less complex and rational than the consumer decision making process
D)None of the above
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Marketing Research and Customer Insights
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Q1) Focus groups involve which of the following?
A)Unstructured discussions between a group leader, and a group of consumers
B)Unstructured or semi-structured discussions between a group leader, and a group of consumers
C)Structured discussions between a group leader, and a group of consumers
D)None of the above
Q2) Market research findings should be _______. This means that similar findings would be found if the study was repeated.
A)valid
B)reliable
C)impactful
D)viable
Q3) What information does a consumer panel provide?
A)Their television viewership patterns
B)Their attitudes towards certain brands
C)Their attitudes towards certain adverts
D)Information on their purchases over time
Q4) A research proposal is a written document stating the client's requirements.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Market Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
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Q1) Marketing efforts to target children has been the subject of criticism as they employ the skills of child _______ to devise ways to reach inside their developing minds and implant brand preferences.
A)anthropologists
B)psychologists
C)communicators
D)physiologists
Q2) Repositioning involves which of the following?
A)Changing the location of where a product is stocked in a store
B)Changing advertising strategy
C)Changing the target markets, the differential advantage or both
D)Changing the price of a product or service (e.g. offering discounts)
Q3) Which of the following types of businesses are likely to adopt a customized marketing strategy?
A)A pharmaceutical company
B)A fast moving consumer goods company
C)An advertising agency
D)A consumer electronics company
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Chapter 6: Value Through Products and Brands
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Q1) Family brand names are sometimes referred to as which of the following?
A)Corporate brands
B)Linked brands
C)Umbrella brands
D)Pyramid brands
Q2) The total set of products marketed by a company is called which of the following?
A)Product Line
B)Product Mix
C)Product Width
D)Product Depth
Q3) Parallel co-branding occurs when two or more independent brands join forces to produce _______.
A)a manufacturer brand
B)a family brand
C)an individual brand
D)a combined brand
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Chapter 7: Value Through Services, Relationships and Experiences
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Q1) Donors may judge which charity to give to on the basis of _______.
A)the charity's awareness and reputation
B)the confidence that the funds won't be wasted on excessive administration
C)perceived worthiness of the cause
D)all of these will have an impact
Q2) Which of the following explains why there may be a gap between what the customer wants and what management think that they want?
A)Lack of upward communication
B)Lack of marketing research
C)Being too far removed from customers
D)All of the above
Q3) The use of experiential marketing allows marketers to use relevant ways of communicating with audiences at events using _______ media and word-of-mouth marketing.
A)direct
B)social
C)mass
D)indirect
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Chapter 8: Value Through Pricing
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Q1) Many organizational purchases are motivated by economic value considerations since reducing costs and increasing revenue are prime objectives of many companies.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is crucial to a company's image when a competitor undertakes a price change?
A)Pre-empting the competitor's price change
B)Matching the competitor's price change
C)The timing of the response
D)Not following the competitor's price change
Q3) Price is the odd-one-out of the marketing mix because of which of the following?
A)It is concerned with economics rather than marketing
B)Financial controllers control price setting rather than marketing managers
C)Price is determined by one's competitors
D)It is a revenue earner
Q4) Companies may decide to raise prices when embarking on a harvest objective.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Distribution: Delivering Customer Value
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Q1) Distribution centres hold goods for moderate or long time periods, whereas storage warehouses operate as central locations for the fast movement of goods.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Longer channels tend to occur where retail oligopolies dominate the distribution system.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The "Retailer and Retailer" level of franchising is useful when companies want to do which of the following?
A)When companies do not want to invest more capital outlay required with ownership
B)When companies want to distribute the products within a defined geographic area
C)When companies want to secure distribution of their product to consumers
D)When the company is seeking to expand geographically by means of a franchise operation
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Chapter 10: Integrated Marketing Communications 1: Mass Communications Techniques
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Q1) Which of the following is not part of the promotional mix?
A)Sales promotion
B)Digital marketing
C)Personal selling
D)Market research
Q2) Which of the following accounts for the growth of public relations in the UK?
A)Recognition by marketing teams of the power and value of public relations
B)Increased advertising costs
C)Improved understanding of the role of public relations
D)All of the above
Q3) Which of the following is a financial public of the organization?
A)Shareholders
B)Trade unions
C)Local community
D)Staff
Q4) The retail response to greater consumer impulse purchasing is to demand more sales promotions from manufacturers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Integrated Marketing Communications 2: Direct Communications Techniques
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Q1) What is the final stage in a direct marketing campaign?
A)Identification of the target audience
B)Media decisions
C)Execute and evaluate campaign
D)None of the above
Q2) Which of the following is an advantage associated with catalogue marketing?
A)Distribution is decentralized, thereby reducing distribution costs
B)Cheap to produce catalogues
C)Suits all product categories as products can be tested
D)Opportunity to display a wider range of products than could feasibly be achieved in a shop
Q3) Which of the following is not a form of direct marketing?
A)Catalogue marketing
B)Inserts
C)Advertising
D)Door-to-door leafleting
Q4) Telemarketing's cost per contact is cheaper than a personal sales call, however, it is more expensive than direct mail or media advertising.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Digital Marketing
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Q1) E-marketing allows companies to get closer to customers through creating a(n) _______ with them.
A)dialogue
B)monologue
C)strategy
D)intention
Q2) _______ are one of the oldest forms of social media. They are regularly updated websites, containing a writer's or a group's own experiences, observations and opinions.
A)Tweets
B)Hashtags
C)Blogs
D)Flags
Q3) Covisint.com is an example of which of the following?
A)Business-to-Business e-commerce
B)Consumer-to-Business e-commerce
C)Business-to-Government e-commerce
D)None of the above
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