Elements of Marketing
Commerce · 50 practice questions
Importance and functions of marketing; the marketing concept (consumer orientation, customer satisfaction, integrated marketing); the marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion); market segmentation; public relations and customer service.
- Highlight the importance and functions of marketing.
- Discuss the marketing concept.
- Assess the elements of the marketing mix.
- Explain market segmentation.
- Examine public relations and customer service.
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- Practice question 1
The 'marketing mix' generally consists of the four elements known as the 4 Ps, namely
- A.Planning, Production, Place and Promotion
- B.Product, Price, Place and Promotion
- C.People, Profit, Product and Price
- D.Product, Profit, People and Place
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B. Product, Price, Place and Promotion
The marketing mix (4 Ps) consists of Product, Price, Place and Promotion.
- Practice question 2
'Consumer orientation', a key element of the marketing concept, means a business should primarily focus its efforts on
- A.Understanding and meeting the needs and wants of its target customers
- B.Copying the exact strategy of its competitors
- C.Reducing product quality to cut costs
- D.Its own internal production processes with no regard for customers
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A. Understanding and meeting the needs and wants of its target customers
Consumer orientation means focusing efforts on understanding and meeting target customers' needs and wants.
- Practice question 3
The 'product life cycle' describes the stages a product typically passes through, generally identified as introduction, growth, maturity and
- A.Recall, referring only to product safety recalls
- B.Segmentation, referring to dividing the market
- C.Expansion, with sales rising forever with no eventual decline
- D.Decline, as sales eventually fall as the product becomes outdated or is replaced by newer alternatives
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D. Decline, as sales eventually fall as the product becomes outdated or is replaced by newer alternatives
The product life cycle includes introduction, growth, maturity and eventual decline as sales fall over time.
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