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Fundamentals of Marketing introduces students to the core concepts, strategies, and techniques used in the modern marketing environment. The course covers essential topics such as market research, consumer behavior, product development, pricing strategies, distribution channels, and promotional methods. Students gain an understanding of the marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion), explore ethical and social issues in marketing, and develop analytical skills through case studies and real-world examples. By the end of the course, students should be able to apply foundational marketing principles to create effective marketing plans and strategies in diverse business contexts.
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MKTG 11th Edition by Charles W. Lamb
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Chapter 1: An Overview of Marketing
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Q1) In the context of on-demand marketing, which of the following statements is true of a sales-oriented firm?
A)It carefully identifies market segments.
B)It extensively uses relationship marketing strategies.
C)It extensively uses personal selling and advertising.
D)It increases sales by creating customer value and satisfaction.
Answer: C
Q2) Define customer value, and discuss ways to provide customer value.
Answer: Answers will vary. Customer value is the relationship between benefits and the sacrifice necessary to obtain those benefits.Marketers who want to be perceived by their customers as offering value can (1) offer products that perform, (2) earn trust, (3) avoid unrealistic pricing of their products, (4) give the buyer facts, (5) offer organization-wide commitment in service and after-sales support, and (6) co-create with customers.
Q3) A market-oriented organization focuses on making products identical to its competitors' offerings.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of a niche strategy?
A)Only large companies can implement a niche strategy.
B)Companies that adopt a niche strategy have only a small number of customers.
C)Only the companies that do not have competitors can adopt a niche strategy.
D)Companies that adopt a niche strategy can only gain a price advantage over competitors.
Answer: B
Q2) Marketing objectives serve as motivators by creating something for employees to strive for.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) According to Ansoff's strategic opportunity matrix, a firm using the market penetration alternative would try to:
A)increase market share among existing customers.
B)attract new customers to existing products.
C)create new products for present markets.
D)introduce new products into new markets.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Q1) A business firm is collaborating with a nonprofit organization in an initiative to provide public relations training to working professionals throughout a country. Twenty percent of the fee that the working professionals would pay is given to the nonprofit organization. The money is then used by the nonprofit organization to fund the training program. This scenario illustrates _____.
A)relationship marketing
B)effect-related marketing
C)cause-related marketing
D)green marketing
Answer: C
Q2) Postconventional morality represents the morality of the mature adult.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of a code of ethics?
A)It is most effective when it is in the form of a long list of dos and don'ts.
B)It is an effective internal control of behavior.
C)It is typically drafted by government agencies.
D)It applies to top managers of an organization rather than its employees.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The Marketing Environment
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of the attitude of teens in the United States?
A)Most teens prefer to shop online than in stores.
B)According to a survey taken by Piper Jaffary, teens continue to seek peer affirmation.
C)Teens spend more on food than any other cohort group.
D)Most teens are influenced by traditional advertising, sales reps, and word-of-mouth recommendations than any other cohort.
Q2) List and discuss six approaches that are used by companies now to stimulate innovation.
Q3) Millennials tend to be influenced more by traditional advertising, sales reps, and word-of-mouth recommendations than through digital media.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In today's age, a person's profession defines his or her lifestyle.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the concept of a marketing mix.
Q6) Discuss a few strategies for marketing products to baby boomers.
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Chapter 5: Developing a Global Vision
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Q1) Write a note on the economic factors that influence the external business environment.
Q2) Average family incomes are higher in more developed countries than in less developed countries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the context of distribution, ocean shipping is faster than airfreight.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is a factor that drives the popularity of imports in the United States?
A)Lower wages compared to that of other countries
B)Higher number of employees in the countries from where goods are imported
C)Higher prices of products in the countries from where the goods are imported
D)Lower capacity of the equipment used for production in the exporting countries
Q5) Of all the types of managers, the managers of global social media campaigns are the ones who need not be aware of the cultures of the countries in which they operate.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Consumer Decision Making
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Q1) Rochelle wants to purchase a new gaming laptop. She compares two latest models of gaming laptops from different manufacturers with similar build quality and hardware specifications. Rochelle reads reviews of each product on reputed online forums before making her decision. In this scenario, Rochelle is being influenced by _____.
A)a marketing-controlled information source
B)routine responsive behavior
C)a nonmarketing-controlled information source
D)an internal information search
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of nonmarketing-controlled information sources?
A)It includes mass media advertising like television, and newspaper advertising.
B)It is biased towards a specific product because it originates with marketers promoting that product.
C)It includes Internet forums and other forms of public sources of information.
D)It is monitored anonymously by marketers acting as nonmarketing agents to promote their product.
Q3) Discuss how personality affects consumer behavior.
Q4) Explain how cultural influences affect consumer decision making.
Q5) How do psychological factors affect consumer buying decisions?
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Chapter 7: Business Marketing
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Q1) Which of the following is a similarity between raw materials and component parts?
A)Both fail to retain their identity in final products.
B)Both become part of a final product.
C)Both are unprocessed extractive products.
D)Both are more expensive than major equipment.
Q2) _____ exists when one party has confidence in an exchange partner's reliability and integrity.
A)Obeya
B)Trust
C)Keiretsu
D)Commitment
Q3) In the context of negotiations, final contracts are often short and precise.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following statements is true of content marketing?
A)It includes media such as videos, podcasts, webinars, and blog posts.
B)It includes materials such as steel or lumber mills and food canners.
C)It includes components such as spark plugs and electric motors.
D)It includes equipment such as portable drills and microcomputers.
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Chapter 8: Segmenting and Targeting Markets
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Q1) Promotion is one of the components that forms a marketing mix.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A concentrated targeting strategy differs from an undifferentiated targeting strategy in that a concentrated targeting strategy:
A)results in cannibalization of products.
B)involves the selection of a market niche to target the marketing efforts of a firm.
C)views the market as one big market with no individual segments.
D)reduces the production and marketing costs of a firm.
Q3) Single-variable segmentation has the advantage of being more precise than multiple-variable segmentation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the context of age segmentation, baby boomers expect everything to be instantaneous because they have never been introduced to a world without the Internet.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the importance of market segmentation.
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Chapter 9: Marketing Research
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Q1) Briefly discuss probability samples and nonprobability samples.
Q2) Gerrard, a manager at Zincod Clothing, organizes a survey to study the quality of the company's products. He instructs the survey team to interview readily accessible customers who visit the outlets during weekdays. In the context of nonprobability samples, Zincod Clothing is most likely using a _____ for its survey.
A)convenience sample
B)cluster sample
C)stratified sample
D)random sample
Q3) In the context of the customer relationship management (CRM) cycle, which of the following steps should be carried out once customer data are analyzed and transformed into usable information?
A)The unprofitable customers must be identified.
B)The information must be leveraged.
C)The relevant customer data must be captured.
D)The customer data must be stored and integrated.
Q4) Secondary data refers to information collected for the first time.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Product Concepts
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Q1) Greenwashing is the term used to describe industrial processes that cause pollution above the permissible limit set by the government.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Fournotts Corp. manufactures a special kind of filter that can purify water quickly, but the consumers in the market are not aware of the existence of the product. In this case, which of the following strategies will increase the sales of the filter?
A)Using status-conscious advertising
B)Using direct response advertising
C)Using selective advertising
D)Using customer-generated advertising
Q3) The three aspects of packaging that are especially important in international marketing are product line extension, product mix width, and brand equity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A service mark is the exclusive right to use a brand or part of a brand.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Developing and Managing Products
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of the development stage of the new-product development process?
A)Costs decrease dramatically once a product idea enters the development stage.
B)It involves evaluating a new-product idea before creating any prototype.
C)Simultaneous product development increases the time spent in the development process.
D)It involves examining the feasibility of manufacturing a product at an acceptable cost.
Q2) In comparison to early adopters, which of the following statements is true of the early majority?
A)They are more likely to be opinion leaders.
B)They are less likely to extend the adoption process.
C)They are self-confident, and they rely less on group norms.
D)They are likely to collect more information and evaluate more brands.
Q3) In the context of diffusion of innovation, the dominant value of laggards is _____.
A)skepticism
B)deliberateness
C)adventure
D)tradition
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Chapter 12: Services and Nonprofit Organization Marketing
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Q1) Briefly explain what service firms must do to be successful in the global marketplace.
Q2) For a nonprofit service firm, the first step toward success in the global marketplace is determining the nature of its core products.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Patronage-oriented pricing seeks to match supply and demand by varying prices.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The North Star Hotel, a luxury hotel, encourages its employees to develop strong, personal relationships with guests. It offers customized toiletries to its customers based on their preferences. It also has an entire floor dedicated to suites that have air purification systems. These value-added services make The North Star Hotel unique as these services are not available at other hotels. In this scenario, The North Star Hotel is at the _____ of relationship marketing.
A)financial level
B)social level
C)customization level
D)structural level
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Chapter 13: Supply Chain Management and Marketing Channels
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Q1) DutiLog Inc. is a company that specializes in providing warehouse space and transportation solutions to a diverse group of firms. Given this information, DutiLog Inc. is an example of a third-party logistics company.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Mezzah Bros., a video store that sells DVDs and entertainment publications, stores its products in separate warehouses. Moreover, it uses different modes of transportation to deliver them to customers. This scenario illustrates the _____ functions of Mezzah Bros. A)transactional
B)research
C)logistical
D)financing
Q3) Which of the following is an advantage of offshoring?
A)It reduces supply chain risks for a company.
B)It decreases labor costs incurred by a company.
C)It enables a company to relocate outsourced operations closer to home.
D)It reduces the fuel costs spent on transporting goods.
Q4) What are the advantages of M-commerce? Why is it important?
Q5) What are the disadvantages of globalizing a company's supply chain?
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Chapter 14: Retailing
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Q1) Zeta Inc., a multinational retail corporation, uses a device that notifies the respective store managers whenever a customer is near their store. It also helps them to map customer foot traffic data. This is an example of _____.
A)cloud computing
B)a beacon
C)shopper marketing
D)click-and-connect
Q2) Which of the following is a similarity between factory outlets and off-price retailers?
A)Both sell at prices 25 percent or more below traditional department store prices.
B)Both offer high levels of customized service to customers.
C)Both follow an agile approach to inventory.
D)Both carry multiple product lines that are considerably deep.
Q3) What is brand cannibalization? Why is it dangerous to the retailer?
Q4) Which of the following statements is true of service failures?
A)They can be eliminated by successful market segmentation.
B)Retailers cannot recover from service failures.
C)They can be solved by canceling return policies.
D)If handled effectively, they can result in higher customer loyalty.
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Chapter 15: Marketing Communications
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Q1) Dernz Inc., a food manufacturing company, markets its tomato ketchup globally. As its consumers are well aware of the uses of ketchup, the company does not have to generate product awareness. The company, however, wishes to focus on convincing consumers to buy Dernz's ketchup instead of other brands' ketchup. In this scenario, Dernz Inc. must employ _____.
A)reminder promotion
B)persuasive promotion
C)informative promotion
D)connective promotion
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of persuasive promotion?
A)It is designed to stimulate a purchase or an action.
B)It is used to keep the product and brand name in the public's mind.
C)It seeks to convert an existing need into a want or to stimulate interest in a new product.
D)It seeks to form relationships with customers and potential customers through technological ties.
Q3) A company that offers the same services as its competition has a competitive advantage.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Advertising, Public Relations, and Sales Promotion
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Q1) Tread Inc., a sports shoe manufacturing company, began its campaign by spending one million dollars on advertising. Currently, Tread Inc. spends 200 million dollars on advertising. Initially, the advertisements contributed to the gradual increase in returns, but the company now confronts diminishing returns. In this scenario, which of the following phenomena explains Tread Inc.'s diminishing returns?
A)A unique selling proposition
B)The advertising response function
C)Switch and bait advertising
D)Strategic advertising
Q2) Firms use competitive or brand advertising when a product enters the _____ of the product life cycle and other companies begin to enter the marketplace.
A)introductory phase
B)growth phase
C)formative phase
D)decline phase
Q3) Experiential marketing involves minimal engagement with a brand's consumers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the importance of media planning in advertising.
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Chapter 17: Personal Selling and Sales Management
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Q1) Personal selling is more important than advertising and sales promotion if the products being sold:
A)are standardized.
B)have many consumers.
C)have a low value.
D)are technically complex.
Q2) Which of the following is part of defining the sales goal of a company?
A)Assigning quotas to salespeople
B)Evaluating the sales force
C)Training new salespeople
D)Designing the sales force structure
Q3) Relationship selling is more often used in selling situations for consumer goods.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly explain the impact of technology on personal selling.
Q5) Write a note on customer relationship management.
Q6) Personal selling provides a brief and precise explanation of the product.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Social Media and Marketing
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Q1) Social media provide more sophisticated methods of measuring how marketers meet and interact with consumers than traditional advertising does.
A)True
B)False
Q2) LinkedIn is designed to be multimedia-rich rather than information-rich.
A)True
B)False
Q3) While much of the excitement in social media has been based on website and new technology uses, much of the growth lies in:
A)the diminished demand for televisions.
B)new platforms like tablets and smartphones.
C)the division of society into economic strata.
D)the reduced demand for crowdsourcing.
Q4) Distinguish between owned media and earned media with examples.
Q5) Which of the following treats location-based micronetworking as a game?
A)Facebook
B)Twitter
C)WordPress
D)Foursquare
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Chapter 19: Pricing Concepts
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Q1) Explain how the relationship between the price and quality of a product affects a purchase decision.
Q2) During the off-season, the Rues Hotel offers a 25 percent reduction on its rooms to attract guests. Given this information, which of the following is illustrated in this scenario?
A)The power of yield management systems
B)The advantage of markup pricing
C)The relationship between price and quality
D)The use of price as a promotional tool
Q3) Explain the concept of price lining as a pricing tactic for fine-tuning the base price.
Q4) Which of the following statements is true of yield management systems?
A)They determine the availability of product substitutes in industries that are experiencing rapid change.
B)They use software that employs techniques such as discounting early purchases and limiting early sales at these discounted prices.
C)They predict necessary service levels required to achieve revenue goals.
D)They determine whether it is financially more feasible to buy a new product or to repair a broken one.
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