Strategic Marketing Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Strategic Marketing explores the development and implementation of essential marketing strategies that drive organizational success in competitive and dynamic environments. This course covers the analysis of market opportunities, segmentation, targeting, and positioning, along with the creation of value propositions. Students learn to integrate product, pricing, distribution, and promotional tactics to support long-term growth objectives and gain sustainable competitive advantage. Through case studies and practical applications, the course emphasizes decision-making skills and the alignment of marketing strategies with overall business goals.
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Consumer Behavior Buying Having and Being 12th Edition by Michael R. Solomon
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Chapter 1: Buying, Having, and Being: an Introduction to Consumer Behavior
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Q1) ________ are statistics that measure observable aspects of population.
A) Psychographics
B) Lifestyles
C) Demographics
D) None of the above
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is an example of C2C e-commerce?
A) RFID tags
B) Virtual brand communities
C) Database marketing
D) Green marketing
Answer: B
Q3) A relationship a person might have with a product is called ________.
A) self-concept attachment
B) nostalgic attachment
C) interdependence
D) all of the above
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Consumer and Social Well-Being
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Q1) The ability to find and purchase goods is called ________.
A) market access
B) retailing
C) market penetration
D) social marketing
Answer: A
Q2) Explain the fair packaging and labeling act of 1966.
Answer: The fair packaging and labeling act regulates packaging and labeling of consumer products.
Q3) Explain the role social marketing plays in public policy.
Answer: Social marketing means to use marketing strategies to encourage positive behaviors like increased literacy or discourage negative behaviors like drunk driving. Public policies are most likely to be successful when they are implemented with these techniques.
Q4) Discuss how materialism has changed in meaning.
Answer: New materialism is thought to be less about status and more about an appreciation for design and quality. Old materialism was about flaunting affluence while new materialists may hide it. Old materialists preferred designer labels while the new materialists value unknown producers.
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Chapter 3: Perception
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Q1) Weber's Law states that the intensity of the stimulus is greater if its duration is increased.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Colors look duller to older people, which why they prefer white and other bright tones.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A consumer's ability to detect a difference between two stimuli is relative to the strength of those stimuli.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The absolute threshold is dependent upon how strong a marketer makes a stimulus.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Learning Memory
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Q1) A mother observes her daughter stirring batter in a bowl just the way she does when she bakes. The daughter has modeled her mother's behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Encoding is when consumers access desired information from their memory.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following was first demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov?
A) Classical conditioning
B) Instrumental conditioning
C) Behavioral conditioning
D) Psychological conditioning
Q4) The observational learning process begins with a person being motivated to perform an action.
A)True
B)False
Q5) For modeling behavior to occur during observational learning, four conditions must be met. What are those conditions? Be specific in your description.
Q6) Explain how frequency marketing works.
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Chapter 5: Motivation and Affect
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Q1) Because a purchase decision can involve more than one source of motivation, consumers often find themselves in situations in which different motives, both positive and negative, conflict with one another. Describe three general types of motivational conflict. In addition, comment on how these conflicts help to bring about satisfaction of needs. Provide an example of how marketers tailor their marketing communications to fit consumer needs in each of these cases.
Q2) Jill was planning on traveling over spring break, but she didn't want to spend a lot of money on the airfare. Even though it took more time, she went online to get tickets instead of going to a travel agent. What theory of motivation best explains Jill's behavior?
A) Drive theory
B) Instinct theory
C) Expectancy theory
D) Theory of cognitive dissonance
Q3) Motivation that is driven by raw emotions is called ________.
A) effect
B) hedonic
C) utility
D) affect
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Chapter 6: The Self: Mind, Gender, and Body
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Q1) Luv's color changing diapers (blue for boys and pink for girls) are an example of a product that emphasizes its androgynous characteristics.
A)True
B)False
Q2) People tend to pattern their behavior on the perceived expectations of others, which is a form of self-fulfilling prophecy.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If Volkswagen owners see themselves as being more economical and conservative than do owners of the Buick Regal, ________ is probably at work.
A) self-image congruence model
B) self-concept
C) self-image
D) looking-glass self
Q4) Promotions featuring fantasy appeal have been found to be effective with customers whose real self and ideal self are close and consistent.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Personality, Lifestyles, and Values
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Q1) Explain the Freudian system of personality as it might apply to the behavior of a consumer.
Q2) ________, one of Freud's followers, proposed that people can be described as moving toward others (compliant), away from others (detached), or against others (aggressive).
A) Alfred Adler
B) Carl Jung
C) Ernest Dichter
D) Karen Horney
Q3) Explain the 3 systems of Freud's personality theory.
Q4) A well-known segmentation system based on how consumers agree or disagree with various social issues is called ________.
A) the Likert scale analysis
B) the AIO measurement analysis
C) the VALS (the Values and Lifestyles) system
D) the PRIZM Cluster system
Q5) Define the personality trait.
Q6) The superego is also known as the pleasure principle.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Attitudes and Persuasive Communication
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Q1) Gasoline is the only commonly purchased product that is priced down to a fraction of a cent. This is the case because buying gasoline is a low-involvement activity, which makes point-of-purchase factors more important.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the two-factor theory, the net effect of being exposed repeatedly to the same message is a combination of ________.
A) argument and counter-argument
B) learning and tedium
C) compliance and non-compliance
D) affect and cognition
Q3) The two-factor theory suggests that there is no limit to the optimal number of repetitions for a message.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Geico Gecko, Tony the Tiger and the Allstate Mayhem Man are examples of spokescharacters.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Decision Making
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Q1) ________ is a frenzied, guilt-ridden compromise between conflicting cultural ideals of motherhood and professionalism.
A) Kin-network system
B) Dad advertising
C) Home shopping
D) Juggling lifestyle
Q2) Pepsi A.M. was positioned as a coffee substitute. In one test market, Pepsi A.M. was introduced onto a university campus. It was both an immense hit and a total failure. The product always sold out in vending machines, but the consumption of coffee stayed the same and the sale of other Pepsi products declined. In terms of levels of categorization, discuss what created the problem in the test market.
Q3) ________ is the process by which the consumer surveys his or her environment for appropriate data to make a reasonable decision.
A) Problem recognition
B) Evaluation of alternatives
C) Constructive perspective
D) Behavioral influence perspective
Q4) What are determinant attributes?
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Chapter 10: Buying, Using, and Disposing
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Q1) Describe the concepts of normative influence and comparative influence among reference groups.
Q2) Which of the following is an unpleasant psychological state?
A) Density
B) Arousal
C) Crowding
D) Expectancy
Q3) The perception of time is different in different cultures. It would likely be most accepted for employees to be paid by the hour in a culture with which of the following perceptions of time?
A) River
B) Map
C) Pressure cooker
D) Mirror
Q4) In a(n) ________, consumers participate in the production of the products or services they buy.
A) pop-up store
B) minipreneur shop
C) activity store
D) sharing site
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Chapter 11: Groups and Social Media
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Q1) ________ refers to the strategy of getting visitors to a Web site to forward information on the site of their friends in order to make more consumers aware of a product.
A) Foot-in-door marketing
B) Guerrilla marketing
C) Viral marketing
D) Demand-based marketing
Q2) What characteristics of opinion leaders make them valuable sources for product information?
Q3) What is a reference group? What is the difference between a membership reference group and an aspirational reference group?
Q4) Earlier purchasers tend to be innovators, who like to take risks.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Homophily refers to the degree to which a pair of individuals is similar in terms of education, social status, and beliefs.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain the three different reference groups.
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Chapter 12: Income and Social Class
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Q1) Why is wearing a baseball cap backward (with the brim toward the back) a type of parody display?
Q2) A consumer's belief about what the future holds is an indicator of consumer confidence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If a member of the upper class wore shredded Levi's jeans to a formal party, the person would be exhibiting a sophisticated form of conspicuous consumption known as
A) parody display
B) invidious distinction
C) downsizing
D) status anxiety
Q4) ________ are consumers who refuse to sacrifice style, but they achieve on a budget.
A) Fashionistas
B) Frugalistas
C) Nouveau rich
D) Cosmopolitanism
Q5) Explain the concept of social mobility and its various forms.
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Chapter 13: Subcultures
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Q1) Which of the following statements about teenagers is True?
A) Most cultures have historically separated youth between the ages of 13 to 17 as being neither children nor adults.
B) Most primitive cultures have isolated youth between the ages of 13 to 17 as being unstable and incapable of membership in adult life.
C) The concept of being a teenager is a relatively new historical development that did not exist prior to about 60 to 70 years ago.
D) The concept of a teenager began to appear in Western cultures about 200 years ago as a result of practices by Native American tribes.
Q2) Most religion-oriented marketing activity in America can be traced to the ________ community.
A) Jewish
B) Baby Boomer
C) Muslim
D) born-again Christian
Q3) Who are "born-again Christians," and why are marketers interested in this group?
Q4) List and explain the 4 basic conflicts teens face.
Q5) Describe the Baby Boomer market and the impact it has had on marketing efforts.
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Chapter 14: Culture
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Q1) A female writer applies a well-known myth of Western culture to a novel using modern characters. Use this concept of a culture production system (CP S) to explain how this writer will market her novel to readers.
Q2) Define the term "myth."
Q3) Culture is best described as a society's ________.
A) attitude
B) consciousness
C) personality
D) history
Q4) In many cultures, myths feature talking animals that act as mediating figures.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A culture production system is a set of individuals and organizations that create and market cultural products.
A)True
B)False
Q6) List and explain the four interrelated functions in a culture.
Q7) Define rites of passage. Describe the three rites of passage phases. Give at least two rites of passage examples.
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