Question 1

Question 1

This forecasting method allows for voicing of unusual opinions and anonymous mind changing.

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Delphi method

Salesforce composite

Exponential smoothing

Moving averages

Question 2

For most marketing communications strategies, the main communication tools are

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sales promotion or advertising.

publicity or public relations.

personal selling or sales promotion.

advertising or personal selling.

Question 3

Sales and marketing often focus on different activities. Which of the following is not one of the activities on which sales focuses?

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Distributor management

Account management

Merchandising

Product positioning

Question 4

Personal selling, advertising, sales promotion, and publicity comprise what’s referred to as

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marketing strategy.

selling strategy.

marketing mix strategy.

marketing communications strategy.

Question 5

This forecasting method is well suited to situations in which sales forecasts are needed for a large number of products.

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Delphi method

Salesforce composite

Exponential smoothing

Moving averages

Question 6

The _______ provides direction for strategy development and execution throughout the organization.

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mission statement

strategy statement

corporate plan

business unit portfolio

Question 7

Every forecast should be defined in terms of

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geographic area, salesperson, and estimated accuracy.

territory, product level, and sales volume.

sales volume, salesperson, and estimated accuracy.

geographic area, product level, and time period.

Question 8

If the sales organization objective is to reduce selling costs and target profitable accounts, then the SBU objective is likely to be

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hold market share.

build market share.

develop market share.

harvest market share..

Question 9

The importance of developing a partnership with distributors has been emphasized in the text. Which of the following situations would strengthen this relationship?

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Commissions on sales to direct salespeople are lowered for sales made jointly with distributors.

Direct salespeople call on the most profitable accounts and ask the distributor’s salesforce to handle all other accounts.

The manufacturer provides its distributors with market information to help them succeed.

When new models for equipment are available, ask the distributors to take care of selling out the old models and allow the company’s salesforce to begin offering the new model.

Question 10

The _______ consists of different methods for developing sales forecasts for individual accounts.

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bottom-up approach

salesforce composite method

top-down approach

naive approach

Question 11

When the SBU objective is to “harvest market share,” which of the following is not a primary sales task?

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Service the most profitable accounts.

Eliminate unprofitable accounts.

Replace lost sales with new accounts.

Reduce service levels.

Question 12

Which of the following is one of the steps in corporate strategy development?

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Developing a marketing mix to serve a target market.

The development of an account management strategy.

Developing a corporate strategy for each of the SBUs.

Analyzing the corporate situation to identify potential opportunities and threats.

Question 13

One definition of an SBU is

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a qualitative description of the firm’s strategic orientation in relation to customers and markets, products and services, geographic scope, and technology.

the method by which corporate management implements, evaluates, and controls the corporate strategic plan.

the corporate growth orientation of the firm.

a designated unit within a corporation that’s operated like an individual business.

Question 14

The only promotional tool that consists of personal communication between seller and buyer is

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sales promotion.

personal selling.

Advertising.

public relations.

Question 15

The expected level of industry sales given a specific industry strategy in a given geographic area for a specific time period is the definition for

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market forecast.

sales potential.

salesperson quotas.

sales forecast.

Question 16

All of the following are key decision areas in sales strategy except

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account targeting strategy.

relationship strategy.

marketing mix strategy.

selling strategy.

Question 17

Distributors can be characterized as

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the company’s salesforce for industrial products.

the end users for a company’s product.

independent sales organizations that sell complementary, but noncompeting, products from different manufacturers.

channel middlemen that take title to the goods that they market to end users.

Question 18

Which of the following statements regarding telemarketing is false?

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Telemarketing is more effective than field selling.

One of the important benefits from telemarketing is the ability to gather, combine, and disseminate a great deal of useful information.

Telemarketing can provide a cost-effective way to support or substitute for expensive personal sales calls.

Training programs for the telemarketing salesforce should include knowledge and skills that will enable them to work effectively with the field salesforce.

Question 19

Independent representatives can be characterized as

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the company’s salesforce for industrial products.

the end users for a company’s product.

independent sales organizations that sell complementary, but noncompeting, products from different manufacturers.

channel middlemen that take title to the goods.

Question 20

The basic purpose of defining strategic business units is to

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divide the corporation into parts to facilitate strategic analysis and planning.

provide management opportunities in different regions.

allow for a more focused market perspective.

reorganize the personal selling operations of the firm.