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MBA Advertising and Sales Promotion Mcq Set 3
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1. A ______________ is a promotion strategy that calls for spending a lot on advertising and consumer promotion to build up consumer demand If the strategy is successful, consumer demand will move the product through the channel.
Push strategy
Pull strategy
Blocking strategy
Integrated strategy
2. Which of the following WOULD NOT be one of the primary advertising objectives as classified by primary purpose?
To inform
To persuade
To remind
To make profits
3. One of the arguments that supports the competitive-parity method for budgeting promotions is that:
It is the fairest budget method.
It is generally the cheapest method of allocating funds.
Competitor's budgets represent the collective wisdom of the industry.
It is the easiest budget method to use on a global basis.
4. Advertising appeals should have three characteristics. All of the following are among those characteristics EXCEPT:
Be meaningful.
Be tasteful.
Be believable.
Be distinctive.
5. The first thing a reader notices in a printed advertising is the:
Headline.
Illustration.
Copy.
Format.
6. The advantages of audience selectivity, no ad competition, and personalization apply to which type of media?
Newspapers
Television
Direct mail
Radio
7. ________ is short-term incentives to encourage purchase or sales of a product or service.
Advertising
Sales promotion
Online advertising
Public relations
8. Which of the following consumer-promotion tools is the most effective, but most expensive, way to introduce a new product?
Coupons
Price packs
Contests
Samples
9. Which type of promotion uses buying allowances, push money, and free goods?
consumer promotion
trade promotion
sales force promotion
place promotion
10. Despite its potential strengths, public relations is often described as as:
Unethical business.
Marketing stepchild.
Corrupt practice.
Cost drain that is not fruitful.
11. Which tool of the promotional mix consists of short-term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of a product or service?
Advertising
Public relations
Direct marketing
sales promotion
12. The personal presentation by the firm's sales force for the purpose of making sales and building customer relationships is called:
Personal selling.
Public relations.
Direct marketing.
Sales promotion.
13. For many years mass-media advertising was king among promotion variables. today, this form of advertising appears to be giving way to:
Product differentiation.
Other elements of the promotion mix.
No manipulative variables.
A move away from promotion.
14. The concept of ______________ suggests that the company must blend the promotion tools carefully into a coordinated promotion mix.
Public relations
Integrated market planning
Integrated marketing communications
global cultural imperatives
15. No matter which form of direct marketing might be used by a promotional manager, All of the forms have several characteristics in common. Which of the following WOULD NOT be among those characteristics?
Nonpublic
Immediate
Producer controlled
Interactive
16. Which of the following strategies is usually followed by B2B companies with respect to promotion strategy?
Push strategy
Pull strategy
Blocking strategy
Integrated strategy
17. ____ is used heavily when introducing a new product category.
Persuasive advertising
Inferential advertising
Reminder advertising
Informative advertising
18. Advertising aims at ______
Product selling
Marketing
Customer relation
Mass communication
19. The inner urge that prompts a person to buy a product is known as ______
Buying motive
Inspiration
Influence
Desire
20. Evaluation of an ad before it is transmitted to the audience is known as _______
Pre testing
Post testing
Concurrent testing
Advertising research
21. Promotions that are aimed at intermediary in the distribution channel are known as
Trade promotions
Sales promotion
Consumer promotion
Sale force promotion
22. Evaluation of an ad before it is transmitted to the audience is known as _____
Pre testing
Post testing
Concurrent testing
Advertising research
23. Advertisement that uses the fame of popular person is known as
Celebrity Ad
Customer Ad
Publicity
None of these
24. The ______________ is the specific mix of advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, public relations, and direct marketing tools that the company uses to pursue its advertising and marketing objectives.
value mix
integrated dealer mix
marketing communications mix
marketing control mix
25. Although the promotion mix is the company's primary communication activity, the ______________ must be coordinated for greatest communication impact.
organizational culture
entire marketing mix
demand mix
Profit variables in a company
26. Current trends in communications and promotions indicate that companies are doing less:
marketing and more promotion.
broadcasting and more narrowcasting.
selling and more advertising.
communication and more manipulation.
27. Which of the following promotional forms is often described as being too impersonal and only a one-way communication form?
advertising
personal selling
public relations
sales promotion
28. _______ is well suited to highly targeted marketing efforts and to building one-to-one customer relationships.
Advertising
Public relations
Sales promotion
Direct marketing
29. The first step in developing an advertising program should be to:
Set advertising objectives.
Set the advertising budget.
Evaluate advertising campaigns.
Develop advertising strategy.
30. After determining its advertising objectives, a company next sets its ______________ for each product.
Advertising strategy
Advertising budget
Advertising goals
Advertising format
31. No matter how big the advertising budget, advertising can succeed only if commercials:
Are economically feasible.
Gain attention and communicate well.
Are acceptable on a global level.
Are artistically pleasing.
32. In terms of execution styles, which type of advertising might show how a product contributes to a person's workout and health regime?
Slice of life
Lifestyle
Mood or imagery
Personality symbol
33. _____ has the advantage of being high in selectivity, low cost, immediacy, and interactive capabilities.
Direct mail
Outdoor
Online
Radio
34. All of the following are considered to be consumer-promotion tools EXCEPT:
Samples.
Push money.
Coupons.
Patronage reward.
35. _______ is defined as being cash or gifts to dealers or their sales forces to "push" the manufacturer's goods.
A display allowance
A price-off
A spiff
Push money
36. If an advertiser were to use corporate stationery, brochures, signs, and business cards to advance the public relations interests of the company, they would be using which of the following forms of PR?
Slick-back materials
Audiovisual materials
Corporate identity materials
Public service materials
37. If a company wants to build a good "corporate image," it will probably use which of the following marketing communications mix tools?
Advertising
Public relations
Direct marketing
sales promotion
38. Two major factors are changing the face of today's communications. One of these factors is the fact that:
Costs of promotion are rising.
Mass markets are fragmented and marketers are shifting away from mass Marketing.
Global communications are not growing rapidly enough.
marcom managers have achieved more power and control.
39. ________ is the concept under which a company carefully integrates and coordinates its many communications channels to deliver a clear, consistent, and compelling message about the organization and its products.
The promotion mix
Integrated international affairs
Integrated marketing communications
Integrated demand characteristics
40. Which of the following promotional tools is often the most effective tool at certain stages in the buying process, particularly in building up buyers' preferences, convictions, and actions?
Advertising
Personal selling
Public relations
sales promotion
41. Some of the earliest traces of what could be called advertising were found in:
Colonial New York.
16th century England.
2nd century China.
Ancient Rome.
42. If Sony tries to convince consumers that its brand of computer disks is the best quality for the money, it is using which of the following forms of advertising?
Informative advertising
Psychological advertising
Reminder advertising
Persuasive advertising
43. Current trends in communications and promotions indicate that companies are doing less:
Marketing and more promotion.
Broadcasting and more narrowcasting.
Selling and more advertising.
communication and more manipulation.
44. Which of the following promotional tools is thought to be the most expensive to use?
Advertising
Personal selling
Public relations
sales promotion
45. Which of the following WOULD NOT be one of the primary advertising objectives as classified by primary purpose?
To inform
To persuade
To remind
To make profits
46. Building selective demand is the objective of which type of advertising?
Informative advertising
Persuasive advertising
Reminder advertising
Demand-driven advertising
47. Advertising is considered as a ____ form of communication
Personal
Non personal
Inter personal
Intra personal
48. Advertising research tries to avoid ______________ ads
In effective
Effective
Expensive
Unappealing
49. Advertising is an important source of revenue to _______
Advertisers
Advertising company
Media
Government
50. The word advertising is means turning of ______________ to something
Desire
Attraction
Attention
Interest
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