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MBA Advertising and Sales Promotion Mcq Set 9
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1. The entire target population in a market research is called,
Sample
Stratified Sample
Audience
Universe
2. Which of the five major promotion tools includes press releases and special events?
Sales promotion
Personal selling
Direct marketing
Public relations
3. ______________ is used heavily when introducing a new product category.
Persuasive advertising
Inferential advertising
Reminder advertising
Informative advertising
4. `Merchandise allowance´ is a term for:
Display materials
Coupon costs
Free product
Postage costs
5. Advertising that is under complete control of the advertiser, rather than through some established medium
Direct advertising
Brand advertising
Display ad
Classified ad
6. ______ are programs in which a manufacturer pays a percentage of a retailer's local advertising expense for advertising the manufacturer's products.
Trade promotion programs
Consumer promotion programs
Cooperative advertising programs
Cause-related marketing programs
7. Expand ISA :
International Society of Advertisers
Indian Society of Advertisers
International Sort of Advertisers
Informative and Service Advertisements
8. AAAI represents;
American Agency for Advertisers Information
Advertising Agencies Association of India
Association of Advertising Agencies in India
Indian Association of Advertising Agencies
9. AAAA stands for,
American Agency for Advertising and Awareness
American Association of Advertising Agencies
Association of Advertising Agencies in America
American Advertising Agencies´ Association
10. The consumer´s conscious or unconscious decision to repurchase a brand continually,
Decision making
Consumption rate
Consumption strategy
Brand loyalty
11. _________ is defined as the number of different people or households exposed to an advertisement.
Scope
Share
Reach
Span
12. _______ are directed at a specialized and relatively small-sized target audience such as manufactures.
Trade Advertising
Industrial Advertising
Consumer Advertising
Corporate Advertising
13. What is the main objective of informative advertising?
To create selective demand
To stimulate primary demand
To keep the brand in consumers' minds during the mature stage of the product life cycle
None of the above
14. Which type of advertising objective is the most important for mature products?
Informative advertising
Comparison advertising
Persuasive advertising
Reminder advertising
15. The most important element of "marketing mix" is
The product
The price of the product
The advertising support
A sound distribution network
16. The first thing a reader notices in a printed advertising is the:
Headline
Illustration
Copy
Format
17. Which among them is not a function of advertising;
Eliminate seasonal fluctuations
Creates confidence in quality
Balancing consumers´ budget
Increase in per-capita use
18. The research which enables an ad agency to better understand how consumers use a product or service is, ______________
Evaluative Research
Strategic research
Target Research
Consumer Research
19. Which among them is not a function of advertising;
Increase sales
Increase in per-capita use
Increase the annual income of the consumer
Eliminate seasonal fluctuations
20. Identify the theory not considered as theories of advertising;
Stimulus Response Theory
The Starch Model
DAGMAR Model
Cultivation Theory
21. What are the major advantages of an effective integrated advertising campaign?
Impact
Precision of message
Cultivation of customer relationships
All of the above
22. Copy testing is a specialized field of marketing research that determines an ad´s effectiveness among consumers. It is also known as,
Post-testing
Copy tasting
Pre-testing
Primary testing
23. ________ are established to influence government policy, corporate policy or public opinion.
Marketing Group
Persuasive Group
Lobby Group
Agenda setting Group
24. _______ is an advertising strategy in which low-cost unconventional means are utilized to convey or promote a product or an idea.
Guerrilla Marketing
Alternate Marketing
Bandwagon
Heartstrings
25. POP advertising include ads on the following except:
Shopping carts
Shelves
Magazines
Cart straps
26. The term marketing refers to:
New product concepts and improvements
Advertising and promotion activities
A philosophy that stresses customer value and satisfaction
Planning sales campaigns
27. Which of the following is NOT an internal factor that influences the consumer product acquisition process include
Learning
Family
Self-concept
Perceptions
28. Define Audience turnover:
The income received from consumers
Annual turnover of an ad agency
Broadcast audience that changes over time
Feedback/responses from audience to an ad
29. Printing to the edge of the page, with no margin or border:
Drop
Over Printing
Edged printing
Bleed
30. What is called as overrun?
The ad people working over time to complete an ad on time
The negative response of the audience when an ad exposed to them
Additional copies of an advertisement beyond the number actually ordered or needed
Trail run of an ad before it is published or broadcasted
31. `Sixty´ is an advertising jargon, which means;
A broadcast commercial runs in one minute
Time slot for advertisements within a broadcast programme
Maximum time allotted for a broadcast commercial
An informational advertisement programme fro 60 secs
32. A broadcast station´s record of its programming is known as;
Record
Log
Beat
Register
33. Cross Selling means;
Identifying customer needs
Convincing the customers of product benefits
Responding to questions and objections of customers
All of these
34. Conflicts between different levels of the same channel of distribution are referred to as:
Horizontal conflicts
Vertical conflicts
Layer-based conflicts
Parallel conflicts
35. If an advertiser wants flexibility, timeliness, good local market coverage, broad acceptability, and high believability, the advertiser will probably choose which of the following mass media types?
Newspapers
Television
Direct Mail
Radio
36. The last stage in the selling process is the ______________ stage.
Approach
Handling objections
Closing
Follow-up
37. Expand `TRP´.
Television Reader Poll
Television Rating Poll
Television Rating Points
Television Rating Programme
38. What termed as consumer perception?
Consumer receives, organize, and interprets an ad
Consumer identifies and compare a product with the competitors product
The attitude of a consumer to a newly launched brand in the market
The method of distinguishing products of different companies
39. Identify the largest advertiser.
Wal-Mart
General Motors
Procter & Gamble
Xerox
40. A /an ______________ reimburses a retailer for extra in-store support or special featuring of a brand.
Organizational allowance
Merchandise allowance
Case allowance
Finance allowance
41. One reason for NOT using the outdoor advertising is
Its local market focus
Its high costs
Its lack of visibility
Its inability to communicate short, pithy messages
42. What is USP?
A quality/ feature that is unique to a given brand/product which competitors cannot/do not offer
A quality/ feature that is not unique to a given brand/product which being advertise
A quality/ feature of a product/ brand similar to that of the competitor´s product/ brand
A product that can sell well
43. Writing text for advertisements is called:
Ad writing
Art Production
Illustration
Copy writing
44. In financial terms Return on Investment(ROI) is the calculation used to determine,
The increase in profit on an advertised product
The profit received for a particular product in share market
The relative efficacy of an ad campaign
The return of revenue after an ad campaign
45. A Boutique agency focuses on which aspect of advertising?
Media
Retail clients
Planning
Creativity
46. A graphical representation of the media schedule information is called a
A Timetable
A Media Plan
A Media Flowchart
Media Objectives
47. A great deal of advertising is directed towards ___________ of the target audience.
Measuring the reaction
Changing the perception
Generating a response
Getting the attention
48. A pitch is a presentation by an agency to a prospective client which outlines how they would approach and resolve:
Allocating advertising expenditures
Identifying strategic and creative issues
Using new media
Changing communications methods
49. A post-campaign analysis examines
media and digital tear sheets for accuracy
costs of magazines per insertion
the expenditures made in media and cross-checks them
rate cards and costs of broadcast commercials
50. A Pull positioning strategy targets:
Distributors
End users
Suppliers
Stakeholders
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