191. ______________ is direct communications with carefully targeted individual consumers to obtain an immediate response.
Personal selling
Public relations
Direct marketing
Sales promotion
Correct answer: (C) Direct marketing
192. The shift from ______________ has had a dramatic impact on marketing communications.
Brand management to value management
Media manipulation to media control
Mass marketing to segmented marketing
Mass marketing to global marketing
Correct answer: (C) Mass marketing to segmented marketing
193. If a company's objective were to reach masses of buyers that were geographically dispersed at a low cost per exposure, the company would likely choose which of the following promotion forms?
Advertising
Personal selling
Public relations
Sales promotion
Correct answer: (A) Advertising
194. 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
Correct answer: (B) Pull strategy
195. All of the following are commonly recognized promotion budget formats EXCEPT:
The affordable method.
The LIFO method.
The percentage-of-sales method.
The objective-and-task method.
Correct answer: (B) The LIFO method.
196. A specialized institution which offers professionaisled advertising services to company is known as
Advertising
Message
Media
Ad agency
Correct answer: (D) Ad agency
197. The central theme of media planning is ______________
Message dissemination
Appeal
Media scheduling
Media scheduling
Correct answer: (A) Message dissemination
198. The large volume of advertising in a society is known as ______________
Advertising clutter
Advertising revolution
Mass advertising
Large scale advertising
Correct answer: (A) Advertising clutter
199. The strategy that encourages dealers and distributors to sell a product is known as
Push
Pull
Combination
Marketing
Correct answer: (A) Push
200. Publicity s simply defined as a ______________ advertisement