Home
MCQS
MBA MCQ Quiz Hub
MBA Advertising and Sales Promotion Mcq Set 10
Choose a topic to test your knowledge and improve your MBA skills
1. A shift towards a more integrative approach to marketing communications was assisted by;
The development of sales promotion methodologies
The development of Web 2.0 technologies
The development of agency collaboration strategies
The development of database technologies
2. According to Tellis (2009) advertising effectiveness can best be improved by changing the;
the size of the budget
the content,
the frequency of repetition,
the amount of advertising
3. According to the Institute of Advertising Practitioners, the hierarchy of objectives consists of;
Business, Communication and Intermediate
Sales, Intermediate and Defined
Business, Behavioural and Intermediate
Communication, Behavioural and Sales
4. Activities by brands to associate themselves with an event of some description without paying the premium of being an official sponsor is known as:
Ambush marketing
Viral marketing
Free marketing
Social marketing
5. Addressable media are used
for two-way communication
to deliver customised marketing messages to identifiable prospects
for social media
none of the above
6. Ads that have substantial emotional content are more effective than informational ads and lead to:
stronger levels of recall
stronger levels of recognition
stronger levels of engagement
stronger levels of response
7. Advertising can also be seen to be misleading, #95;#95;#95;#95;#95;#95;#95;#95;#95;#95;#95;, false, or even socially irresponsible.
bureaucratic
offensive
corrupting
long winded
8. Advertising strategy is concerned with:
Positioning
Likeability
Audiences
Communications
9. Agency structures are changing as result of changes in:
Clients communication needs
Budgeting methods
Creative skills development
Global economies
10. AIDA stands for
Action, Interest, Desire and Attention
Attention, Interest, Desire and Action
Awareness, Interest, Desire and Action
Awareness, Involvement, Desire and Attention
11. All objectives should be – complete these words 1. S ___________ 2. M ___________ 3. A ___________ 4. R ___________ 5. T ___________
Specific, Timed, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic
Measurable, Specific Realistic, Achievable, Timed
Specific, Timed, Achievable, Realistic, Measurable
Achievable, Realistic, Timed, Specific, Measurable
12. Ambient communication
Facilitates the emergence of new platforms such as 3D technology
Is only digital in nature
Uses the environment to display its marketing messages
Engages the consumer in private spaces
13. An increasingly common form of agency remuneration is based on:
Media coverage
Results
Creativity
Awareness recall
14. Arising out of interaction is ___________
insight
understanding
persuasion
dialogue
15. ATR model of advertising stands for
accuracy–trial–recognition
application–trial–refreshment
awareness–trial–reinforcement
attention–trial–recall
16. Behavioural economics is grounded in the belief that people are
fundamentally haphazard in their decision making
fundamentally irrational in their decision making
fundamentally inconsistent in their decision making
fundamentally lazy in their decision making
17. Brand associations developed with above-the-line techniques use which one of the following as the primary element?
Advertising
Direct Marketing
Public Relations
Digital media
18. Brand associations developed with around-the-line techniques use which one of the following as the primary element?
Direct Marketing
Social media
Digital media
Public Relations
19. Brand names provide information about which of the following elements;
Content
Quality
Durability
Taste
20. Choose two strengths from the options below of using gaming in the media plan
Customized ads can be contextually relevant
It is easy to target a precise target audience
Gaming ads allow for focus on the advertising
Gaming sites can build brand recognition
21. Choose two strengths from the options below of using gaming in the media plan
Customized ads can be contextually relevant
It is easy to target a precise target audience
Gaming ads allow for focus on the advertising
Gaming sites can build brand recognition
22. Choose two strengths from the options below of using social media in the media plan
Develops customer relationships and builds brand loyalty
Is low-cost on a Pay-per-click basis
Needs few resources
Effective word of mouth advertising
23. Classical economic theory suggests that people make ___________ choices in their decision making and even seek to ___________ their opportunities and ___________ expenditure.
rational, minimise,maximise
maximise, minimise, rational
rational, maximise, minimise
rational, maximise, minimise
24. Classical psychological theory considers attitudes to consist of three components. These are ___________
affective
assumptive
cognitive,
conative
25. Clearcast is a pre-clearance centre for which types of advertisements?
Newspaper
TV
Online
Radio
26. Clients have responded to the environmental developments and industry concentration by
undertaking their advertising in-house
doing nothing
centralising their own communications needs into a single agency
demanding single-stop shopping
27. Clutter is defined as
An overabundance of message
Coarse paper stock
A faulty broadband connection
A promotional tool
28. Collectivist cultures emphasise ___________.
group skills and outcomes
good group membership and participation
group outcomes and cohesion
group identity and performance
29. Colley's DAGMAR principles relate to which method of setting advertising budgets
Share of Voice
Percentage of Sales
Objective and task
Affordability
30. Who would normally be responsible for developing the creative brief in an advertising agency?
Media planner
Account planner
Account executive
Creative partnership
31. Complete the following statement which argues the IPA's approach to planning- A ___________ approach to planning how a ___________ engages it's ______________________
holistic/brand/audience
brand/audience/holistic
audience/holistic/brand
audience/holistic/brand
32. Complete the following statement: ___________ is a critical component of ___________ advertising effectiveness as it ___________ how consumers in different countries and regions perceive advertising.
Culture/International/influences
Culture/influences/International
International/influences/Culture
International/influences/Culture
33. Contemporary media planning is based on precision, ___________ and the creation of opportunities to act and shape behaviour
Knowledge
Frequency
Response time
Reach
34. Contemporary online ads can be placed automatically in contextually relevant web locations. This serves to improve;
Targeting
Effectiveness
Profitability
Learning
35. Cost per impressions (CPI) can be applied to
Text links
Social media
Email
Web banners
36. Country and Place brands are concerned with the selection of 'a consistent mix of __________ and brand _____________with clear connections to a ____________.
elements, place of origin, brand values
brand values, place of origin, elements
brand values, elements, place of origin
brand values, elements, place of origin
37. CPM comparative analysis is one of the
Basic units to measure cost efficiency
Units used exclusively for TV measurement
Units to measure duplicated audience
Basic units to measure total audience
38. Creativity can be influenced by the relationship between an agency and:
Clients
Channels
Consumers
Controllers
39. Credibility consists of three core elements. They are ___________
expertise, motivation and trustworthiness
motivation, trustworthiness and power
expertise, power and trustworthiness
attractiveness, motivation and trustworthiness
40. Critics of advertising argue that it is wasteful in terms of resources allocated to it that might be 'better' deployed in doing what?, reducing prices, product improvements, providing better customer service.
Providing better customer services
Reducing prices
Product improvements
Paying staff higher salaries
41. Culture is acquired through
Learning
Parents
Experimentation
The media
42. DAGMAR stands for ___________ Advertising ___________for ___________ Advertising ______
Results, Defined, Goals, Measured
Goals, Measured, Results, Defined
Measured, Results, Defined, Goals
Defined, Goals, Measured, Results
43. Dashboards are used for what kind of audience data measurement?
Social media
Mobile devices
Radio
TV
44. Digital media measurement can not
Make advertising online cost efficient
Profile visitors' online behaviour
Provide insights into consuming behaviour
Provide measured audience analysis
45. Distributor brands are often referred to as;
Channel brands
Own-label brands
Store brands
Private label brands
46. Divergence dimensions of advertising creativity include which of the following:
Artistic value
Originality
Flexibility
Synthesis
47. Duhan and Sandvik (2009) present an article in the International Journal of Advertising which examines the relationships between which of the following:
Agencies and advertisers
Agencies and media owners
Agencies and consumers
Agencies and researchers
48. Early ideas about integrated marketing communications were based on;
Manufacturing
Airports
Farming
Orchestras
49. Editors of travel sections in the Sunday press and television presenters of travel programmes can influence the decisions of prospective travellers through ___________
experience
their peer network
their lack of qualifications
their formalised knowledge
50. Effective strategic development at all levels needs to be based on the setting of clear and detailed:
Objectives
Targets
Analysis
Plans
Submit