Professional Documents
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Chapter 5
1) Once the advertising objectives are clearly defined, devising the message and media
strategies are the task of the
A) product manager
B) client
C) agency
D) product mix
E) account manager
Answer: C
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Skill: Recall
3) In order to ensure consistency of thought and style to campaigns that stretch over
extended periods of time, this is an important component of the creative development
process:
A) product mix
B) media budget
C) market place
D) teamwork
E) mission statement
Answer: D
4) The document that contains vital information about the advertising task at hand is
known as the creative brief. This is provided by the
A) marketplace
B) client
C) sales team
D) agency
E) industry
Answer: B
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Skill: Recall
5) The document that is known as the creative brief provides a framework for discussion
between
A) the client and the agency
B) the agency and the consumer
C) the creative director and the creative team
D) the agency and the media
E) the media buyer and the client
Answer: A
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Skill: Recall
6) The market profile includes key issues on happenings in the marketplace, such as
A) media strengths and weaknesses
B) the agency creative team
C) size and rate of growth in the market
D) the creative brief
E) tactical considerations
Answer: C
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Skill: Applied
8) Objectives that are focused on behavioural issues such as creating awareness are:
A) sales objectives
B) creative objectives
C) media objectives
D) advertising objectives
E) marketing objectives
Answer: D
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Skill: Applied
9) This area of analysis may have an impact on the tone, style and appeal techniques used
in advertising.
A) sales
B) geographic
C) competitive
D) technological
E) product mix
Answer: C
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Skill: Applied
10) When the creative team has completed an assignment in the form of rough layouts,
storyboards or scripts, it is submitted to ________ for approval.
A) the client
B) fellow designers
C) senior agency personnel
D) the general public
E) a focus group
Answer: C
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Skill: Applied
11) The target market profile must be supplied to the agency by the
A) Canadian Outdoor Measurement Bureau
B) Statistics Department of Canada
C) Audit Bureau of Circulation
D) media
E) client
Answer: E
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Skill: Recall
12) The starting point for any new advertising project is the
A) signed contract
B) market analysis
C) target market analysis
D) competitive analysis
E) creative brief
Answer: E
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Skill: Recall
13) The task of developing the creative concept or "big idea" belongs to the
A) client and creative director
B) media planner, account executive and copywriter
C) marketing manager and copywriter
D) copywriter alone
E) copywriter, art director and creative director
Answer: E
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Skill: Recall
14) The advertising agency might gain general direction by noting the client's preference
for ______________, but strategy is normally the domain of the agency.
A) the amount of product to be advertised
B) emotional or humorous appeals
C) the market segment to be targeted
D) the amount of market research required
E) the use of certain dayparts
Answer: B
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Skill: Applied
17) To facilitate the creative thinking process, overall goals focus on issues that
advertising can definitely influence, such as
A) media exposure
B) increasing sales
C) creating awareness and preference
D) product development
E) budget realities
Answer: C
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Skill: Applied
19) "To achieve a brand awareness level of 60 per cent among the defined target market
within 12 months of launching the product" is an example of
A) a sales promotion objective
B) a media objective
C) a creative objective
D) an advertising objective
E) a marketing objective
Answer: D
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Skill: Applied
20) When a product is firmly established in the market, the marketing objectives usually
reflect an attempt to
A) use new media
B) create awareness
C) encourage product trial
D) differentiate user segments
E) convert light users into heavy users
Answer: E
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Skill: Applied
21) When Ford launched the Focus they incorporated music-themed creative for the
internet. This was an effort to
A) attract a new, younger target
22) To stimulate trial purchase of a product, quite often an advertising campaign will
include
A) head-to-head advertising
B) new media
C) a change to a boutique agency
D) an increase in point of sale
E) coupon incentives
Answer: E
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Skill: Applied
23) Multi-product firms such as Shell Oil may run a corporate advertising campaign as
part of their
A) search for an advertising agency
B) market research
C) product line extension
D) repositioning
E) corporate responsibility positioning
Answer: E
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24) Frequently the tagline or slogan in the creative execution captures the essence of
A) the positioning strategy
B) the target audience
C) a product line extension
D) the competition
E) a character or spokesperson
Answer: A
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E) positioning statements
Answer: B
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28) After confirming the message content (creative objective), the next stage in the
process is to develop the
A) creative execution
B) client evaluation
C) media buy
D) creative strategy
E) research plan
Answer: D
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Skill: Recall
32) For negative appeals, such as insurance companies showing disasters homeowners
could encounter, the product promise and benefits are based on an experience the
potential buyer can
A) increase
B) replace with a substitute
C) avoid
D) use
E) buy
Answer: C
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33) For factual appeals, the promise and benefits of the product are presented
A) in a positive way
B) in a negative way
C) with the use of humour
D) with the use of fear
E) in a straightforward manner
Answer: E
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Skill: Recall
34) When comparative appeal techniques are used, the product is presented through
A) testimonials
B) a torture test
C) comparison with another leading brand
D) TV advertising only
E) comparing consumer lifestyles
Answer: C
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Skill: Applied
36) Once the strategy has been developed, the creative team must decide how to best
present the product so that the message has the maximum impact on the target
market. Creative execution deals with production and
A) demographics
B) size of budget
C) tactical considerations
D) new target markets
E) market research
Answer: C
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Skill: Applied
37) Production considerations are addressed in which stage of the creative development
process?
A) creative execution
B) creative brief
C) positioning strategy
D) creative objectives
E) creative evaluation
Answer: A
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Skill: Recall
38) In a testimonial advertisement, the message and the product are usually presented by
A) cartoon characters
B) a celebrity
C) actors
D) professional models
E) a typical real-world user
Answer: E
40) Product categories where the use of sexual appeals is popular and appropriate include
A) travel and tourism
B) household cleaners
C) soft drinks
D) footwear
E) alcoholic beverages
Answer: E
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Skill: Recall
43) "Before and after" scenarios are examples of this presentation tactic:
A) endorsement
B) torture test
C) testimonial
D) product as hero
E) product demonstration
Answer: E
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Skill: Applied
44) Pickup trucks like the Dodge Ram often use this tactic in their advertising:
A) endorsement
B) testimonial
C) a comparative appeal
D) a lifestyle appeal
E) exaggerated product demonstration
Answer: E
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Skill: Applied
45) Creative research is the process of measuring the effect of an advertising message on
A) senior management of the client
B) the target market
C) a new client
D) the internet
E) social media
Answer: B
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Skill: Recall
Skill: Applied
49) Day-after recall testing is used by the broadcast media, in particular television. The
objective is to
A) find out which media the consumer used in the last 24 hours
B) find out what products the consumer purchased recently
C) determine the exposure and recall of particular commercials
D) measure the creative content for the agency
E) measure the reach of the media
Answer: C
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52) Another form of advertising research is the split-run test, usually in print media. This
is when
A) opinion measure testing is carried out
B) two competitors advertise at the same time
C) two different ads are run with the same coupon
D) different forms of media are used
E) different products are advertised at the same time
Answer: C
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Skill: Recall
53) This team plays a dominant role in the development of the creative strategy.
A) media planning
B) senior management
C) market research
D) brand management
E) agency's creative team
Answer: E
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Skill: Recall
54) Attempting to accomplish too many goals at one time in an advertising campaign will
only
A) increase the amount of pre-planning research required
B) create the need for a larger media budget
C) increase the production costs
D) impact the working relationship with the agency
E) create confusion in the customer's mind
Answer: E
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Skill: Recall
58 Brand names like McDonald’s that have a closely associated slogan (i.e. "I’m lovin’
it") have
A) higher recall
B) stronger executions
C) higher prestige
D) prominent placement in media
E) larger advertising budgets
Answer: A
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Skill: Applied
59) Wal Mart uses this production consideration in their ads when they feature a diversity
of ethnic people making the point that Wal Mart offers the value their families need:
A) endorsements
B) product comparisons
C) product-as-hero
D) testimonials
E) demonstration
Answer: D
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Skill: Applied
60) In order for the audience to remember the name of the product in a television
commercial, there must be sufficient
A) brand registration
B) production quality
C) product comparison
D) brand endorsement
E) brand demonstration
Answer: A
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Skill: Applied
61) Through consultation with the agency's creative team, the client will play a dominant
role in the development of creative-strategy statements.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
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62) Advertising agencies commonly have copywriters and art directors work together as a
creative team.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
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63) The creative team develops the creative concept or central theme/idea; this is referred
to as the media plan.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
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Skill: Applied
64) The client compiles a document containing vital information about the advertising
task at hand. This is often referred to as the mission statement.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
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Skill: Applied
65) One of the key issues addressed in the market profile is identification of major
competitors and their market shares.
A) True
B) False