CH 9 and 10 Check Your Understanding
CH 9 and 10 Check Your Understanding
1) A "brand manager" and "category manager" are the same thing in marketing.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Recall
LO: 1
2. A look-alike product that is designed to copy or mimic an existing product is called a castoff.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Recall
LO: 2
3. A new product or service rejected very quickly by consumers is called an instant bust.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: Recall
LO: 4
4. Molson Breweries has established different companies to manage four distinct regions in Canada. Each region has its own
marketing and sales staff. This system is called
A) category management.
B) local management.
C) marketing services.
D) product management.
E) regional management.
Answer: E
Skill: Applied
5. Dove was originally a facial bar soap. Unilever has developed products in the body wash, hair care, moisturizer, and
antiperspirant segments with the Dove brand name. Unilever has engaged in ________ with this brand.
A) functional launching
B) product stretching
C) commercialization
D) business analysis
E) innovation diffusion
Answer: B
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Skill: Applied
LO: 3
A) diffusion of innovation.
B) brand awareness.
C) adoption.
D) absorption.
E) positioning.
Answer: A
Skill: Recall
LO: 5
CH10
Skill: Applied
LO: 1
8. When a WestJet airplane flies with a 50% load, there is a cost of perishability of demand.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: Applied
LO: 1
9. Fundraising for the Vancouver General Hospital and the University of Toronto are examples of place marketing.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: Applied
LO: 4
10. The advice offered by a financial planner cannot be seen, heard, or touched. This is an illustration of a service's
A) intangibility.
B) flexibility.
C) perishability.
D) variability.
E) inseparability.
Answer: A
Skill: Applied
LO: 1
11. Golf course green fees are often lower in the early spring and late fall than during the peak season. This promotional strategy
is an attempt to manage the ________ of this service.
A) inseparability
B) quality variability
C) perishability of demand
D) vulnerability of staffing
E) intangibility
Answer: C
Skill: Applied
LO: 1
12. One of the major goals of not-for-profit marketing is to promote social consciousness. This is known as ________
marketing.
A) philosophical
B) social
C) organization
D) people
E) cause
Answer: B
Skill: Recall
LO: 3