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Although the lack of control means that it is rarely the main element of a promotional campaign,__________ is an important element of most promotional campaigns.


A) publicity
B) advertising
C) personal selling
D) sales promotion
E) direct marketing

F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

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Percentage of sales budgeting refers to


A) matching a competitor's absolute level of spending or the proportion per point of market share.
B) allocating funds to a promotion only after all other budget items are covered.
C) allocating funds to a promotion as a percentage of past or anticipated sales,in terms of either dollars or units sold.
D) determining a firm's promotion objectives,outlining the tasks to accomplish these objectives,and determining the advertising cost of performing these tasks.
E) allocating funds to a promotion based on expected profits generated from it.

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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The promotional mix includes advertising,__________,sales promotion,public relations,and direct marketing.


A) publicity
B) personal selling
C) merchandising
D) branding
E) people

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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The promotional objective of the decline stage of the product life cycle is to __________.


A) inform
B) persuade
C) compare
D) remind
E) phase out

F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

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In the communication process,printing mistakes that affect the meaning of a newspaper advertisement,or using words or pictures that fail to communicate the message clearly,are referred to as


A) noise.
B) clutter.
C) feedback.
D) distortions.
E) annoyances.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

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In the hierarchy of effects,evaluation refers to


A) the consumer's ability to recognize and remember the product or brand name.
B) the consumer's appraisal of the product or brand on important attributes.
C) an increase in the consumer's desire to learn about some of the features of the product or brand.
D) a favorable experience on the first trial,resulting in the consumer's repeated purchase and use of the product or brand.
E) the consumer's first actual purchase and use of the product or brand.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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For a message to be communicated effectively,the sender and receiver must have a mutually shared field of experience,which means a similar __________ they apply to the message.


A) common ground
B) national,regional,or ethnic origin
C) understanding and knowledge
D) feeling
E) psychographics

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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During the planning phase of an IMC program,a firm will __________,specify the promotion objectives,set the budget,select the right promotional tools,design the promotion,and schedule the promotion.


A) pretest the promotion
B) identify the target audience
C) state the mission
D) identify possible advertising or promotional firms
E) carry out the promotion

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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After a receiver responds to a message,the sender's interpretation of the response indicating whether the message was decoded and understood as intended during the communications process is referred to as __________.


A) encoding
B) receiver response
C) feedback
D) noise
E) message loop

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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Advertising,sales promotion,and public relations are often said to use __________ because they are used with groups of prospective buyers.


A) cooperative selling
B) mass selling
C) customized selling
D) collection selling
E) paid selling

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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For a promotional campaign,the sequence of stages a prospective buyer goes through from initial awareness of a product to eventual action is referred to as __________.


A) the purchase continuum
B) the hierarchy of effects
C) the product life cycle
D) the consumer purchasing scale
E) Maslow's hierarchy

F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

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The result of offers that contain all the information necessary for a prospective buyer to make a decision to purchase and complete the transaction is referred to as __________.


A) direct orders
B) lead generation
C) traffic generation
D) indirect orders
E) prospect bid

F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

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In the hierarchy of effects,the consumer's ability to recognize and remember the product or brand name is referred to as the __________ stage.


A) adoption
B) evaluation
C) awareness
D) interest
E) trial

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Integrated marketing communications (IMC) programs coordinate a variety of promotion alternatives to provide


A) a promotional channel.
B) a communications message.
C) a consistent message across audiences.
D) a media mix useful to all types of companies.
E) a marketing matrix.

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

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The fourth stage in the hierarchy of effects is __________.


A) interest
B) awareness
C) adoption
D) trial
E) evaluation

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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What three product characteristics should be considered when selecting promotional tools? For each characteristic,give an example of a product where the characteristic is very important.

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Development of the promotion program focuses on the four Ws.What are they?

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Consider the Frommer's Italy from $90 a Day image above.Travelers throughout the world have relied on Frommer's guides,which outline out-of-the-way,inexpensive restaurants and hotels.This guide provides invaluable __________ to these establishments.


A) direct sales
B) publicity
C) direct marketing
D) personnel selling
E) public service announcement

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Figure 17-1 above depicts the communication process,which consists of ten key elements ("A" through "J") .The position labeled "F" is referred to as __________.


A) the response
B) the message
C) the feedback loop
D) the fields of experience
E) feedback

F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

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The growing concern about __________ has led to a decline in direct marketing response rates among some customer groups.


A) government regulation
B) privacy
C) landfill waste
D) postal rates
E) fraud

F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

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