Retail Management Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Retail Management explores the principles and practices involved in the successful operation of retail businesses. This course covers key topics such as store layout and design, merchandising, inventory control, customer service, retail marketing strategies, and the integration of technology in modern retail environments. Students will examine the decision-making processes behind product assortment, pricing, promotion, and distribution, as well as the impact of consumer behavior on retail operations. By analyzing real-world case studies and industry trends, learners will gain practical insights and skills essential for managing and leading in todays dynamic retail sector.
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CB 2nd Canadian Edition by Murray Babin
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Chapter 1: What Is CB, and Why Should I Care?
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Q1) What are the two perspectives from which consumer behaviour can be defined?
A) primary and secondary
B) human thought and behaviour and as a field of study
C) social and psychological
D) based on needs and based on wants
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is NOT an example of a touchpoint?
A) a consumer placing an order over the telephone
B) a customer asking an attendant for directions at an amusement park
C) a consumer replying to a request sent in an email by a company
D) a consumer watching a television commercial
Answer: D
Q3) Undifferentiated marketers generally adopt a market orientation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Benefits are the physical parts of a product.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Value and the Consumer Behaviour Value Framework
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT considered part of a consumer's personality?
A) values
B) lifestyles
C) motivations
D) perceptions
Answer: D
Q2) Companies embracing the total value concept demonstrate an understanding that products provide value in multiple ways.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which term refers to a personal assessment of the net worth obtained from an activity?
A) value
B) prestige
C) quality
D) effort
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Consumer Learning Starts Here: Perception
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Q1) Which type of memory is exhibited by a student who tries to remember all the definitions, goes over the textbook and notes, and answers the questions at the end of eachChapter while studying for a test?
A) explicit
B) implicit
C) intentional
D) attentive
Answer: A
Q2) In the absence of attention, what type of effects are created by implicit memories?
A) subliminal
B) mere exposure
C) pre-attentive
D) just noticeable
Answer: C
Q3) Comprehension is the consumer's attempt to derive meaning from information received.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Comprehension, Memory, and Cognitive Learning
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Q1) In which area in memory are the things encountered with any of the five human senses stored?
A) immediate
B) sensory
C) long-term
D) intermediate
Q2) Every concept within a consumer's associative network is linked to every other concept.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which term refers to the process by which continuous exposure to a stimulus affects the comprehension of and response to the stimulus?
A) shaping
B) adaptation
C) framing
D) habituation
Q4) Likeability of a source can influence message comprehension.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Motivation and Emotion: Driving Consumer Behaviour
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Q1) Define cognitive appraisal theory and name and describe the four types of cognitive appraisals relevant for consumer behaviour.
Q2) Intense emotions lead to superior information processing and should be stimulated by marketers whenever possible.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which type of variable changes the nature of a relationship between two other variables?
A) dependent
B) interactive
C) moderating
D) intervening
Q4) Hal is an Apple computer enthusiast who reads magazines, has an iPad, iPod and an Apple TV at home. When it comes to Apple products, it can be said that Hal is exhibiting situational involvement.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast the different types of involvement.
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Q6) Describe Maslow's hierarchy of needs and give an example of each type of need.
Chapter 6: Personality, Lifestyles, and the Self-Concept
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Q1) Brand personality refers to human characteristics that can be associated with a brand.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which perspective focuses on the total person and the uniqueness of his or her psychological makeup rather than focusing on one trait across many individuals?
A) holistic
B) nomothetic
C) universal
D) idiographic
Q3) AIO statements represent a popular psychographic method in consumer research that divides consumers into groups based on resources and consumer behaviour motivations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Typical variables in the study of demography include age, ethnicity, income, family size, and occupation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Attitudes and Attitude Change
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Q1) According to the elaboration likelihood model, which route to persuasion will be followed when a consumer is not involved with a message or lacks the motivation or ability to process information?
A) central
B) peripheral
C) secondary
D) incongruent
Q2) In the attitude-toward-the-object (ATO) model, the belief ratings (b) do not vary across the brands under consideration.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which component of attitude is exemplified by the statement "Volvos are safe automobiles"?
A) affective
B) behaviour
C) cognitive
D) practical
Q4) Explain social judgment theory and its implications for influencing consumers' attitudes.
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Chapter 8: Consumer Culture
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Q1) Which term represents how disparate one nation is from another in terms of their CSVs?
A) cultural distance
B) dissociation score
C) cultural disparity measure
D) power distance
Q2) A researcher is interested in conducting a survey in Canada and in Brazil, but she wants each survey to be in each country's native language. So she hires a graduate student from Brazil to translate the survey into Portuguese and hires another one to translate it back into English to ensure that the two surveys share the same meaning. What does using this technique, called back translation, help researchers to ensure?
A) translational equivalence
B) metric equivalence
C) verbal communication
D) verbal congruency
Q3) Translational parity exists when two phrases share the same precise meaning in two different cultures.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Microcultures
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Q1) Which term refers to a group of people who share similar values and tastes that are subsumed within a larger culture?
A) subgroup
B) secondary group
C) microculture
D) cultural segment
Q2) Which term refers to consumers who are marked in some way that indicates their place in society?
A) stigmatization
B) identification
C) assimilation
D) stratification
Q3) Comparing today's country music star in his 30s with a country music star of the same age in 1950 clearly demonstrates how generational effects have impacted today's country music artists and sound.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Name and describe three generational microcultures in Canada and discuss how each microculture influences consumers' behaviour.
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Chapter 10: Group and Interpersonal Influence
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Q1) The utilitarian influence of groups refers to the ways in which consumers use the behaviours and attitudes of reference groups as information into making their own decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which term refers to the process through which young consumers develop attitudes and learn skills that help them function in the marketplace?
A) sex role orientation
B) viral marketing
C) consumer orientation
D) consumer socialization
Q3) Dolly is middle-aged with four teenagers at home. She also takes care of her ailing father, who lives nearby. What are individuals like Dolly called?
A) boomerang kids
B) sandwich generation
C) gatekeepers
D) dual caregivers
Q4) Describe social networking websites and discuss how they may influence your behaviour.
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Chapter 11: Consumers in Situations
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Q1) Which term refers to the density of people and objects within a given space?
A) antecedent conditions
B) crowding
C) infiltration
D) interference
Q2) Situational influences can be classified into one of two categories: utilitarian and hedonic.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Situational influences change the desirability of consuming things but don't change the value of these things.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which type of shopping involves activities oriented toward a specific, intended purchase or purchases?
A) experiential
B) utilitarian
C) end-state
D) acquisitional
Q5) Discuss antecedent conditions consumers bring to a consumption environment.
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Chapter 12: Decision Making I: Need Recognition and Search
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Q1) What are the alternatives in a consumer's awareness set that are deemed to be unacceptable for further consideration?
A) inept set
B) inert set
C) rejection set
D) secondary set
Q2) Which set of alternatives is the largest?
A) awareness
B) consideration
C) universal
D) inert
Q3) Some consumers won't purchase products online from retailers like Groupon, Buytopia, or Living Social because the products take too long to be delivered. Which type of risk is most likely influencing the decision not to purchase one of these brands?
A) financial
B) performance
C) time
D) social
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Chapter 13: Decision Making II: Alternative Evaluation and Choice
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Q1) Diet Coke is a brand of soft drink. Which level of product category is this an example of?
A) secondary
B) tertiary
C) subordinate
D) superordinate
Q2) Perceived quality is based on consumer perceptions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following are mental representations of stored knowledge about groups of products?
A) product metrics
B) product categories
C) product segments
D) product sections
Q4) Evaluative criteria are the attributes, features, or potential benefits that consumers consider when reviewing possible solutions to a problem.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Consumption to Satisfaction
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Q1) Jenny bought a new car and she immediately doubted that she made the right decision. She is not sure she bought the right car and paid the best price. She continued to have doubts for several months after her purchase. What is Jenny likely experiencing?
A) postconsumption disconfirmation
B) dissatisfaction
C) cognitive dissonance
D) purchase unease
Q2) Permanent goods are goods that are consumed over long periods of time.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If performance perceptions exactly match what was expected, confirmation is said to occur.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the term for goods that are consumed quickly?
A) durable goods
B) non-durable goods
C) primary goods
D) secondary goods
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Chapter 15: Consumer Relationships
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Q1) The consumer who reacts with disgust is very likely to complain.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Matt found out that he would have to pay a $450 initial fee to switch service providers for his home security system. Which type of switching costs is the $450 an example of?
A) procedural
B) transactional
C) financial
D) induction
Q3) Margo has decided to go to a different hair salon because it is trendier than the one she currently uses. However, she will miss her stylist, Sheri, because she has been cutting Margo's hair for 10 years. Which type of switching costs will Margo most likely experience in this case?
A) procedural B) relational C) personal
D) disconfirmation
Q4) List the behavioural outcomes of consumption.
Q5) Describe each component of true consumer loyalty.
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Chapter 16: Marketing Ethics and Consumer Misbehaviour
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Q1) Describe consumer misbehaviour and discuss how it affects the exchange process.
Q2) David is selling a set of knives that is very expensive for the entire set. One tactic he uses is to ask people to try the paring knife and then ask them to purchase it for $5.00. Then he asks them to try other knives until he eventually works up to asking consumers to purchase the entire set of knives. Which selling technique is David using?
A) foot-in-door
B) door-in-the-face
C) even-a-penny-will-help
D) "I'm working for you!"
Q3) One reason for dysfunctional fan behaviour is due to an increasingly violent society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which term refers to beliefs about the violation of written (or unwritten) laws?
A) relativism
B) moral beliefs
C) contractualism
D) teleology
Q5) What role does value play in consumer misbehaviour?
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