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MBA Advertising and Sales Promotion Mcq Set 8
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1. `Waste circulation´ means;
The readers of a publication who are not prospects for the product or service being advertised
The newspapers printed more than the subscribers need to increase readership
Circulation details of a publication having no authenticity
The ratio of circulation of a newspaper with its total readership
2. Which among the options is an attitude change theory that postulates, consumers act to relieve the discomfort that occurs as a result of conflict in believes?
Cultivation Theory
Magic Bullet Theory
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Diffusion of Innovations Theory
3. The Traditional Marketing style involves
Telemarketing
Digital Marketing
Indirect Marketing
Direct Marketing
4. ________ describes changes in an individual's behavior arising from experience.
Modeling
Motivation
Perception
learning
5. _______ is the process of evaluating each market segment's attractiveness and selecting one or more segments to enter.
Mass marketing
Market segmentation
Market targeting
Market positioning
6. The purpose of strategic planning is to find ways in which the company can best:
Overcome losses
Use its strengths to take advantage of attractive opportunities in the environment
Avoid paying taxes
Avoid the expense of costly research and development while still getting the benefits
7. _____ is a strategy of using a successful brand name to launch a new or modified product in a new category.
Duo-branding
Line extension
Brand extension
Multi-branding
8. An unbound booklet consists of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths is a __________
Pamphlet
Handbill
Poster
Flier
9. The strategy whereby a company stocks its products in as many outlets as possible is called:
Intensive distribution
Exclusive distribution
Selective distribution
Closed distribution
10. Animated screens, often ads that pop up momentarily as the computer searches for or downloads information for a requested web page is an example of,
Flash Ads
Interstitial
Pop ups
GIF Animations
11. One of the processes that changes attitudes, beliefs, opinion or behavior of receivers are refer to:
Attending
Persuasion
Perception
Presenting
12. _______ are goods offered either free or at low cost as an incentive to buy a product.
Rebates
Premiums
Price packs
Gimmicks
13. 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
14. Advertising agencies were first developed for, and still serve, the purpose of
Increasing the amount of research and decision-making clients need to do
Mystifying ad purchasing so that clients do not attempt it on their own
Pushing clients to make rapid decisions
Simplifying and speeding the purchasing of ads for their clients
15. The purpose of strategic planning is to find ways in which the company can best:
Overcome losses
Use its strengths to take advantage of attractive opportunities in the environment
Avoid paying taxes
Avoid the expense of costly research and development while still getting the benefits
16. Which of these is not a sales promotion technique?
Coupon
Questionnaire
Bonus pack
Loyalty card
17. The highest possible rate for advertising time or space.
Gross rate
Consumer rate
Ad rate
Cost
18. A/An ______________ made up of the company´s own advertising staff may provide full services or a limited range of services.
Intrafirm agency
In-house agency
Promotional department
Full-service agency
19. One reason for using magazines as an advertising medium is
Their ability to target specific audiences
The short lead time needed to place an ad
Their low cost
The lack of noise associated with the use of magazines in the communication channel
20. An opportunity to deliver an advertising element to a Website visitor,
Snippet
Banner ads
Pop-up ads
Ad request
21. The `hierarchy of human needs´ is a valuable guide in the process of Ad. copy formulation. Who devised it?
Abraham H. Maslow
Philip Lesley
Paul Lazarsfeld
Leon Festinger
22. Most advertising messages are made up of two types of elements. They are
Functional and persuasive
Expository and persuasive
Informational and persuasive
Informational and creative
23. Infomercials often resemble other types of television shows, including
Talk shows
Live, audience-participation shows
News shows
All of these
24. Awareness, ______, ______, preference, ________ and purchase are the stages consumers move through in terms of buyer-readiness.
Post-purchase, knowledge, liking
Liking, attitude, conviction
Knowledge, liking, conviction
Knowledge, liking, attitude
25. Which type of promotional tool is non-public, immediate, customized, and interactive?
Segmented advertising
Direct marketing
Brand contacts
Public relations
26. Which one of the following is a good example of direct advertising?
Display cards
Display panels on vehicles
Window display
A brochure
27. Promotional material located in and around retail outlets is known as
Retail Advertising
Direct Advertising
POP advertising
Personal Advertising
28. "Advertising is any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of idea, goods or services by identified sponsors." Whose definition is this?
Michael Schudson
Russed Colley
George Powell
American Marketing Association
29. ______ is the advertisement, facing editorial pages in magazines and newspapers
Facing matter
Advertorial
Op-Ed Ads
Edit page ads
30. Who coined the term USP?
Mashall McLuhan
Rosser Reeves
Michael Schudson
Russed Colley
31. Image advertising is a/an,
Advertising strategy
Advertising standard
Advertising firm
A type of advertisement
32. Advertisements from organizations, sending message intended to influence a targeted audience is called,______
Image Advertising
Product oriented advertising
Advocacy advertising
Agenda setting ads
33. ASCI stands for:
Advertising Standards Council of India
Indian Council for Advertising Standards
American Standards Council for Institutions
Association of Standards Council in India
34. ______is a relatively new form of advertising medium that blurs conventional distinctions between what constitutes advertising and what constitutes entertainment.
Infotainment
Branded content
Brand distinction
Content selection
35. The word `advertising´ is originated from;
Latin
French
German
Greek
36. A copywriter is a person who,
Writing text for an ad
Copying text from other ads
Editing the raw text
Making an ad meaningful
37. Advertising offers a reason to buy, sales promotion offers a/an ______________ to buy.
Inclination
Motive
Competitive advantage
Incentive
38. An organisation with a ______________ orientation assumes that customers will resist purchasing products not deemed essential. The job of marketers is to overcome this resistance through personal selling and advertising
Production
Marketing
Relationship
Sales
39. Which of the following is NOT an element of the marketing mix?
Distribution
Product
Target market
Pricing
40. Market expansion is usually achieved by:
More effective use of distribution
More effective use of advertising
By cutting prices
All of the above are suitable tactics
41. An online advertising strategy, which analyse a web page and displaying ads according to the meaning of the content of that site is called;
Semantic Ads
Syntactical Ads
Strategic Ads
Semiotic Ads
42. Who heads the ad team?
Creative director
Market researcher
Copywriter
Film director
43. Who is a media planner ?
One who selects the clients
One who selects the advertising media
One who selects the ad egency
One who selects the research team
44. Corporate strategy is:
More specific and practical than marketing strategy
Reactive to short-term competitive activity
The implementation of plans to achieve long-term aims
Decided by functional marketing strategy
45. ______ is quoted as "everyone lives by selling something."
Bill Gates
Robert Louis Stevenson
Arthur Miller
Henry Ford
46. In a Selling Process,
Only standard products are sold
No customization required
The seller need not have product knowledge
The seller should aim at customer satisfaction
47. In evaluating messages for advertising, telling how the product is better than the competing brands aims at making the ad:
Meaningful
Distinctive
Believable
Remembered
48. What is the name of the first ad agency established in India?
Ogilvy and Mather
Indian Advertising Agency
Modern Publicity Company
India´s Advertising Company
49. Expand GRP;
Group Rating Points
Group Rating Programme
Gross Rating Points
Gross Ratio Points
50. A short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising is called,
Logo
Brand image
Slogan
Sign
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