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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is NOT consistent with the definition of marketing research?
a. The definition is broad.
b. The definition stresses the importance of activities conducted in order to understand the
process of marketing.
c. The definition emphasizes the function as a link between consumers and the firm.
d. The definition states that marketing research is focused on collecting information.
e. Neither b nor d is consistent with the definition.
ANS: D PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Knowledge
2. Marketing research:
a. is simply asking consumers for their likes, dislikes, needs, and wants in a one-on-one
situation.
b. spans the informational boundary between the firm and its environment.
c. can only be employed to assess the impact of past or contemplated adjustments in the
marketing mix.
d. is most generally used for marketing control purposes.
e. is most generally a marketing implementation function.
ANS: B PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Comprehension
4. Marketing research:
a. is the use of information to identify and define marketing problems.
b. aims to improve our understanding of management as a process.
c. aims to promote government regulation of research activities.
d. is only useful in companies with over $1 million in annual sales.
e. is not very useful to a provider of services, such as banks.
ANS: A PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Knowledge
5. Which of the following phases of the information-management process is NOT part of the marketing
research process?
a. The specification of what information is needed.
b. The collection of the information.
c. The analysis of the information.
d. The use of the analyzed information.
e. The interpretation of the information.
ANS: D PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Comprehension
8. The Handyman Tools Company commissioned a survey designed to determine whether homeowners
prefer plastic or metal casings on electric screwdrivers. The results of this survey will likely be used as
input into decisions concerning which element of the marketing mix?
a. Price
b. Product
c. Publicity
d. Promotion
e. Place
ANS: B PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Application
10. A company wants to identify the market for a new candy bar and commissions a survey of 1000
middle-school students from three cities. In this case, all middle-school students in the three cities are
the _____ for the market research.
a. population
b. sample
c. control group
d. census
e. focus group
ANS: A PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Application
18. Which of the following types of marketing research is most likely to be unethical?
a. Causal research
b. Descriptive research
c. Clinical research
d. Quantitative research
e. Advocacy research
ANS: E PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Knowledge
TRUE/FALSE
19. The basic purpose of all marketing research is to help develop new products.
ANS: F PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Knowledge
20. Primary data are almost always less expensive and can be obtained and analyzed more quickly than
secondary data.
ANS: F PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Comprehension
21. The particular subset of the population for whom data are available is known as a sample.
ANS: T PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Knowledge
ANS: T PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Knowledge
ANS: F PTS: 1
NAT: AACSB Analytic | CB&E Model Research | Bloom's: Analysis
COMPLETION
25. ____________________ research is needed if relatively little is known about the phenomenon to be
investigated.
ANS: Exploratory
26. ____________________ research is not custom designed for a particular client, but is designed and
collected by the research company and sold to multiple clients.
ANS: Syndicated
28. Contacting people under the guise of marketing research when the real goal is to sell products or
services is known as ____________________.
ANS: sugging
ESSAY
29. Discuss the four main stages in the market research process.
ANS:
The main stages in the marketing research process are (1) formulating the research problem, (2)
determining the research design, (3) analyzing and interpreting data, and (4) preparing the research
report.