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Multiple Choice Questions:: International Marketing Semester Vi
Multiple Choice Questions:: International Marketing Semester Vi
SEMESTER VI
1. Many people want BMW, only a few are able to buy” this is an example of ……….
A)Need
B)Want
C)Demand
D)Status
Answer: C
2. This is the act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return.
A)Marketing Myopia
B)Selling
C)Exchange
D)Delivery
Answer: c
Answer: b
5. This model is highly firm centric, where the firm believes that the competitive edge lies in its ability to
innovate.______________
A) Conventional
B) Contemporary
C) Competitive
D) None of the above
Answer: a
6. “Marketing is the activity, set of ……………… & processes for creating, communicating, delivering &
…………… offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners & society.”
A) Institutions, satisfying
B) Organizations, exchanging
C) Institutions, exchanging
D) Organizations, understanding
Answer: c
7. …………. Involves purchase from various sources & assembled at one place – involves creation &
maintenance of the stock of goods purchased & ………….. Involves transfer of ownership of the goods
A) Selling & Buying
B) Assembling & Selling
C) Buying & Assembling
D) Assembling & Buying
Answer: b
8. These are the form of human needs take as shaped by culture & individual personality.
A) Wants
B) Demands
C) Needs
D) Social Needs
Answer: d
Answer: a
Answer: d
Answer: b
Answer: d
13. Marketing is a process which aims at ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐.
A) Production
B)Profit-making.
C) The satisfaction of customer needs
D) Selling products
Answer: c
Answer: d
Answer: a
16. Marketers often use the term ________ to cover various groupings of customers.
A) buying power
B) demographic segment
C) market
D) people
Answer: c
17. Today, marketing must be understood in a new sense that can be characterized as:___________
A) “Get there first with the most.”
B) “Management of youth demand.”
C) “Satisfying customer needs.”
D) “Telling and selling.”
Answer: c
18. Marketing is both an “art” and a “science” there is a constant tension between the formulated side of
marketing and the ________ side.
A) behaviour
B) creative
C) management
D) selling
Answer: c
19. …………is the major objective of any marketing activity in the world because marketing completes
with the real sale of goods and services bought or acquired by the seller or when intermediary has been
affected.
A) Marketing
B) Selling
C) Assembling
D) Transportation
Answer: b
20. It upholds the importance of the customer in the whole value creation process. The D.A.R.T highlights
this aspect in a vivid manner.
A) Contemporary Model
B) Conventional Model
C) Both a&b
D) None of the above
Answer: a
Answer: c
Answer: d
Answer: a
24. Which of the following statements is the most correct statement?
A) “The delivery of Goods& Services from producers to their ultimate consumers or users includes many
different activities. These different activities are known as marketing.”
B) Marketing is to ensure that the product is easily & effectively moved from the point of production to
the target market & ensures that the product can be easily accessed by customers.”
C) Marketing is the activity, set of institutions & processes for creating, communicating, delivering &
exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners & society
D) “Marketing is the last step in the chain of commerce where a buyer exchanges cash for a seller’s good
or service, or the activity of trying to bring this about.”
Answer: c
25. This company is well known for Technology innovation, Great value and act as a game changer.
A) Nokia
B) Apple
C) HTC
D) Samsung
Answer: b
26. In the history of marketing, when did the production period end?
A) In the late 1800s.
B) In the early 1900s.
C) In the 1920s.
D) After the end of the Second World War.
Answer: c
27. Which one of the following is a key to build lasting relationships with consumers?
A) Price of the product
B) Need recognition
C) Customer satisfaction
D) Quality of product
Answer: c
Answer: c
29. If the focus is on social and ethical concerns in marketing’ is characteristic of the _________ period.
A) Production
B) Sales
C) Marketing
D) Societal marketing
Answer: d
30. The key term in the American Marketing Association’s definition of marketing is:_____________
A) Activity
B) Sales
C) Products
D) Value
Answer: d
31. …….…..is a cluster of complementary products and services that are closely related in the minds of
consumers but spread across a diverse set of industries.
A) Marketspace
B) Marketplace
C) Metamarket
D) Marketpace
Answer: c
32. The ___________________ concept holds that consumers will favour products that offer the most in
quality, performance and innovative features.
A) Marketing
B) Production
C) Product
D) Selling
Answer: c
33. ____________________ are products bought by individuals and organizations for further processing
or for use in conducting a business.
A) Consumer products
B) Speciality products
C) Industrial products
D) Personal Products
Answer: c
Answer: d
35. When customer expectations regarding product quality, service quality, and value-based price are met
or exceeded, _____ is created.
A) customer satisfaction
B) planning excellence
C) a quality rift
D) a value line
Answer: a
36. According to the Marketing and Sales Standards Setting Body (MSSSB), which of the following is not
a marketing function?
A) Promote marketing intelligence.
B) Develop sales tactics.
C) Develop the customer proposition.
D) Work with other business functions and third parties.
Answer: b
37. After concept testing, a firm would engage in which stage for developing and marketing a new
product?
A) Marketing strategy development
B) Business analysis
C) Product development
D) Test marketing
Answer: a
38. If the company’s sales are slow down, and profits level off or decline. At which stage the company has
reached?
A) Introduction
B) Decline
C) Growth
D) Maturity
Answer: b
39. Which of the following marketing mix activity is most closely associated with newsletters, catalogues
and invitations to organization-sponsored events?
A) Pricing
B) Promotion
C) Distribution
D) Product
Answer: b
41. goods and services for further processing or for use in the production process refers to which of the
following markets?
A) Consumer markets
B) Government markets
C) Business markets
D) International markets
Answer: c
42. Which one of the following sets represents 4C’s of the marketing mix?
A) Customer solution, cost, convenience, communication
B) Customer, cost, convenience, comfort
C) Convenience, communication, coverage, cost
D) Cost, coverage, communication, consultancy
Answer: a
43. Which one of the following is NOT the stage that customers go through in the process of adopting a
new product?
A) Awareness
B) Interest
C) Evaluation
D) Culture
Answer: d
44. The mental act, condition or habit of placing trust or confidence in another, shows which of the
following options?
A) Motive
B) Belief
C) Behaviour
D) Attitude
Answer: b
45. New product development starts with which one of the following steps of new product development?
A) Idea screening
B) Idea generation
C) Test marketing
D) Concept testing
Answer: b
46. What does this statement show “Trade of value between two parties”?
A) Competition
B) Transaction
C) Exchange
D) Need
Answer: b
47. Which one of the following concepts is a useful philosophy in a situation when the product’s cost is
too high and marketers look for ways to bring it down?
A) Selling concept
B) Product concept
C) Production concept
D) Marketing concept
Answer: c
48. The buying process starts from which one of the following stages in which the buyer recognizes a
problem or need
A) Need recognition
B) Information search
C) Evaluation of alternative
D) Purchase decision
Answer: a
49. A firm has decided to localize its products and services to meet local market demands. Which one of
the following approaches is a good approach for this segmentation?
A) Geographic
B) Demographic
C) Psychographics
D) Behavioural
Answer: a
50. Customer’s evaluation of the difference between all the benefits and all the costs of a marketing offer
relative to those of competing offers refers to which of the following options?
A) Customer perceived value
B) Marketing myopia
C) Customer relationship management
D) Customer satisfaction
Answer: a
51. Which one of the following statements by a company chairman BEST reflects the marketing concept?
A) We have organized our business to satisfy the customer needs
B) We believe that the marketing department must organize to sell what we produce
C) We try to produce only high quality, technically efficient products
D) We try to encourage company growth in the market
Answer: a
52. The word shampoo in English is derived from the ………. chāmpo
A) French Word
B) Greek Word
C) Hindi Word
D) Sanskrit Word
Answer: C
53. Which of the following promotion at budget method wrongly views sales as the cause of promotion
rather than as the result?
A) Affordable methods
B) Percentage of sales method
C) Competitive part method.
D) Objective and task method
Ans. Advertisement
55. As per the terminology of international Air Transport Association (IATA), air Transport Association
(IATA), airway bill is issued in how many set?
A) 14 sets
B) 12 sets
C) 13 sets
D) 11 sets
Ans. 12 sets
56. The short-term motivation schemes prepared for purchase promotion are known as-
A) Personal sale
B) Sales promotion
C) Advertisement
D) Packaging
57. According to text, the most dramatic of the environments the effect marketing and appears to be now
shaping our world is the environment.
A) Natural
B) Demographic
C) Ecomonic
D) Technological
60. ‘International marketing is global process of planning and executing conception, pricing, promotion’
The definition fails to recognize_______________
A) Non-Profit marketing
B) Business-To –business marketing
C) Consumer marketing
D) Integration of the 4 Ps
62. Determining that which product should be introduced in which country what modification should be
made in it, is called-______________________
A) International Product Planning
B) World Product Planing
C) (a) and (b) both
D) None
63. To ensure that sub-standard goods are not exported from India which may bring bad name to country,
compulsory pre-shipment inspection is carried out of about how many items?
A) 1057
B) 1058
C) 1059
D) 1060
70. ....………..are products bought by individuals and ogranisation for further processing or for use in
conducting a business.
A) Consumer products
B) Services
C) Industrial products
D) Specially products
73. The sender of the goods submits it to the shipping company which issues in exchanges of for mate’s
receipt?
A) Way Bill
B) Latter of credit
C) Bills of landing
D) Combined transport document
74. Which of the following is the first stage for market segmentation?
A) Analysis
B) Future generation
C) Investigation and Research
D) None of these
75. The business organization established on the basis of characteristics of the foreign customers is known
as-__________________
A) Work oriented organization
B) Product oriented organization
C) International Marketing Customer Qrganisation
D) All the above
76. Which one of the following is not and alternative Market Strategies toward Market segment?
A) Undifferentiated Marketing Strategy
B) Differentiate Marketing Strategy
C) Concentrate Marketing
D) International Marketing Strategy
79. Spreading news which is important from business point of view through newswpapers, televisions etc.,
is called-_________________
A) Publicity
B) Advertising
C) Promotion
D) All of these
83. _______________Global Presence of giant multinational corporations is a evidence for the existence
of globalization.
A) Ecological
B) Political
C) Agricultural
D) Economic
86. Which of the following is_____________ the means of measuring the transfer price?
A) Direct manufacturing cost
B) Cost plus mark up
C) Market based transfer price
D) All of these
87. Which of the following does not affect the purchasing power of the man?
A) Income
B) Prize
C) Loan
D) Cultural nature
89. Which one is not the technique of Environmental Analysis of international marketing?
A) Verbal and written information
B) Search and Scanning
C) Bargaining Power
D) Forecasting and formal Studies
Ans.(a) Purchasing the domestic goods and selling the name in foreign countries
91. Which approach explains that the producer should conduct according to requirement of the consumer?
(a) Traditional approach
(b) Consumer investigation
(c) Current approach
(d) General approach
95. . It is one provides for credit to be given to the exporter to cover the period of storage of goods at the
part?
(a) With recourse letter of credit
(b) Transferable letter of credit
(c) Red Clause letter of credit
(d) Green Clause letter of credit
97. In evaluating message for advertising, telling how the product is better than the competing brands aims
at making the ad____________________
(a) Meaningful
(b) Distinctive
(c) Believable
(d) Remembered
Ans.(c) Are often entrepreneur who have prior international business experience
102. Which marketing factors in creating the finance in the market?
(a) Product
(b) Price
(c) Place
(d) Promotion
103. The person act as connecting links between an exporter and importer and charge commission for their
service, is called_________________
(a) Agent
(b) Brokers
(c) Distributor
(d) None of these
105. Which of the following information forms available to the marketing manager can usually be
accessed more quickly and cheaply than other information sources?
A) Marketing intelligence
B) Marketing research
C) Customer profiles
D) Internal databases
ANSWER: d
106. All of the following are considered to be drawbacks of local marketing EXCEPT:
A) it can drive up manufacturing and marketing costs by reducing economies of scale.
B) it can create logistical problems when the company tries to meet varied requirements.
C) it can attract unwanted competition.
D) it can dilute the brand's overall image.
ANSWER: c
107. The biggest or greatest amount of involvement in a foreign market comes through which of the
following?
A) Exporting
B) Joint venturing
C) Licensing
D) Direct investment
ANSWER:d
108. _______________has contractual authority to sell a manufacturer's entire output.
A) Selling agents
B) Rack jobbers
C) Manufacturer's agents
D) Purchasing agents
ANSWER:a
109. Sellers that handle their own exports are engaged in:____________________
A) direct exporting.
B) indirect exporting.
C) licensing.
D) contract manufacturing.
ANSWER:a
110. Using a successful brand name to introduce additional items in a given product category under the
same brand name (such as new flavors, forms, colors, added ingredients, or package sizes) is called
a(n):______________
A) line extension.
B) brand extension.
C) multibranding.
D) new brands.
ANSWER:a
ANSWER:c
112. Wal-Mart owned Sam's club is an example of a retail form called a(n):_______________
A) factory outlet.
B) super specialty store.
C) seconds store.
D) warehouse club.
ANSWER:d
113. ________________is the general term for a buying and selling process that is supported by electronic
means.
A) Internet commerce
B) Web commerce
C) Computer commerce
D) Electronic commerce
ANSWER: d
114. ______________consists of dividing a market into distinct groups of buyers on the basis of needs,
characteristics, or behavior who might require separate products or marketing mixes.
A) Product differentiation
B) Market segmentation
C) Market targeting
D) Market positioning
ANSWER:b
115. Many U.S. firms have sought relief from foreign competition by demanding protectionism policies by
the U.S. government. A better way for companies to compete is to expand into foreign markets
and________________
A) lower prices.
B) increase promotion both at home and abroad.
C) continuously improve their products at home.
D) join into cartels at home.
ANSWER: c
ANSWER:b
117. When an importing country sets limits on the amount of goods it will accept in certain product
categories it is called a(n):________________
A) quota.
B) barrier.
C) tariff.
D) embargo.
ANSWER:a
118. A_______________ is a promotion strategy that calls for using the sales force and trade promotion to
move the product through channels.
A) push strategy
B) pull strategy
C) blocking strategy
D) integrated strategy
ANSWER:a
119. Which of the following is foreign owned (even though it is traditionally thought of as a U.S.
company)?
A) IBM
B) Xerox
C) Kodak
D) Universal Studios
ANSWER:d
120. A company is practicing_________________if it focuses on sub segments with distinctive traits that
may seek a special combination of benefits.
A) micromarketing
B) niche marketing
C) mass marketing
D) segment marketing
ANSWER:b
121. ______________is the concept under which a company carefully integrates and coordinates its many
communications channels to deliver a clear, consistent, and compelling message about the organization
and its products.
A) The promotion mix
B) Integrated international affairs
C) Integrated marketing communications
D) Integrated demand characteristics
ANSWER: c
122. A company faces several major decisions in international marketing. The first of these decisions is
often:________________
A) deciding whether to go international.
B) looking at the global marketing environment.
C) deciding which markets to enter.
D) deciding how to enter markets.
ANSWER:b
123. The American Marketing Association suggests a list of code of ethics. All of the following are ethics
suggested in the area of distribution EXCEPT:_________________
A) not manipulating the availability of a product for purpose of exploitation.
B) not using coercion in the marketing channel.
C) using gray marketers whenever possible to save the consumer money.
D) not exerting undue influence over the reseller's choice to handle a product.
ANSWER:c
124. If a government uses barriers to foreign products such as biases against a foreign company's bids, or
product standards that go against a foreign company's product features, the government is
using:_________________
A) protectionism.
B) exchange controls.
C) exchange facilitators.
D) nontariff trade barriers.
ANSWER: d
125. Joining with foreign companies to produce or market products and services is
called:____________________
A) direct exporting.
B) indirect exporting.
C) licensing.
D) joint venturing.
ANSWER:d
ANSWER:c
ANSWER:b
ANSWER:d
129. Key controllable factors in global marketing are:_______________
A) Government policy and legislation.
B) Social and technical changes.
C) Marketing activities and plans.
D) All of the above.
ANSWER: c
130. IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) also known as__________________
A) Exim Bank
B) World Bank
C) International Monetary fund
D) International Bank
ANSWER:b
131. The most common form of price discrimination in international trade is______________Non-tariff
barriers.
A) Voluntary Export Restraints.
B) Dumping.
C) Preferential trade arrangements.
D) None of the above
ANSWER: c
ANSWER: b
ANSWER:d
ANSWER: a