Deck 1: Introduction to Marketing Research

Question 1

Several product failures were presented in your textbook. The key reason given for the failure of Ice Breakers Pacs was:

A) the packaging resembled "street" cocaine
B) demand was too low to earn a respectable ROI
C) Hershey found that the product was cannibalizing their existing products
D) the packaging was so inferior that the product often spilled on retailers' shelves
E) the product was either too hot or too cold for consumer preferences

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following refers to applying marketing research to a specific geographical marketing area?

A) marketing research
B) market research
C) area marketing research
D) geographical research
E) MSA research

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Marketing research conducted on the popular TV program, Seinfeld, starring Jerry Seinfeld, was used to illustrate:

A) how marketing research always correctly identifies a product or service that will be popular in the marketplace
B) when marketing research predicts a failure, yet there is success
C) when marketing research predicts a failure and there is a failure
D) why marketing research may not be applied to all fields, such as entertainment
E) how marketing research may be used for television but not for movies

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In order to develop the "right strategy" to succeed in business, managers must make the right decisions; and in order to make the right decisions, they must have objective, accurate, and timely:

A) reports about the competition
B) reports about customers wants and needs
C) the number and sizes of market segments
D) information
E) marketing mix elasticity coefficients

Question 5

Which of the following is the best statement reflecting the purpose of marketing research?

A) to provide consumers with information they need to evaluate products and services at a profit
B) to provide information that improves profitability
C) to link the environments to the firm
D) to link target markets to specific decision makers at all levels within firms
E) to link the consumer to the marketer by providing information that can be used in making marketing decisions

Question 6

The difference between basic research and applied research is that basic research is conducted to:

A) determine the most appropriate basic price for new products
B) determine the most efficient basic distribution channels for products
C) to expand our knowledge, rather than solve a specific problem
D) to determine the most basic desired features in new products
E) to understand the basic desires and motives of consumers

Question 7

One of the implications discussed by your textbook authors is that the Service Dominant Logic for Marketing means:

A) that more information will be needed
B) that third world countries specializing in services will have an upper hand in the marketplace in the years ahead
C) that more firms should try to create short-term customer relationships in order to be more profitable
D) less information will be needed by decision makers in the future
E) about the same amount of information will be needed by decision makers

Question 8

We can classify marketing research studies according to:

A) The SIC codes
B) NAICS codes
C) Census classifications
D) how they are used: to generate marketing actions, to determine problems and opportunities, etc.
E) The MRA Classification of Marketing Research Studies

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the subsystems of the marketing information system?

A) internal reports
B) marketing intelligence
C) marketing decision support
D) consumer information support system
E) marketing research system

Question 10

Which of the following professional organizations serves the marketing research industry?

A) Marketing Research Association
B) CAG (Council of American Grocers)
C) QRCA (Q Research Council & Association)
D) Professional Accreditors.com
E) Union of Industrial Organizations

Question 11

The marketing research industry has a certification program for marketing researchers and this certification program is hosted by:

A) American Marketing Association
B) Research Certification Board
C) Marketing Research Corporation
D) Marketing Research Association (MRA)
E) Professional Accreditors.com

Question 12

The AMA has defined marketing research. Which of the following is NOT one of the uses of marketing research?

A) to identify and define marketing opportunities and problems
B) to solve general, not specific, marketing problems
C) to generate, refine, and evaluate marketing actions
D) to monitor marketing performance
E) to improve marketing as a process

Question 13

Companies which have consistent product and service failures:

A) spend too much time developing adequate accounting systems
B) have motivated employees
C) have strong middle managers
D) seem to "hear the voice" of the consumer
E) have adequate financial accounting reporting systems

Question 14

Which of the following best illustrates one of the uses of marketing research, monitoring marketing performance?

A) marketing research managers closely overseeing the work of subordinates in the marketing research industry
B) describing the return on investment of firms using/not using marketing research
C) tracking research that monitors how well products are performing in the marketplace
D) providing closed-circuit TV to monitor the actions of marketing researchers practicing in the field
E) setting up a consumer complaints system

Question 15

A marketing strategy consists of selecting a segment of the market as the company's target market and designing the proper:

A) products for that target market
B) "mix" of product/service, price, promotion, and distribution for that market
C) promotion for that target market
D) incentives to allow a large percentage of the target market to purchase goods and services from the company
E) properly defining the marketing "mission statement"

Question 16

Which of the following is the best definition of marketing research? Marketing research is:

A) the activity of analyzing secondary information and providing executives with timely reports
B) the process of designing experiments that provide decision makers with causal information
C) the linking of consumers with information managers
D) the process of analyzing existing information so that decision makers can make better decisions
E) the process of designing, gathering, analyzing, and reporting information that may be used to solve a specific marketing problem

Question 17

In their book, Counterintuitive Marketing, Clancy and Kreig argue that many failures may be attributed to managers making:

A) intuitive decisions without the use of research to make better decisions
B) bad decisions but with good information
C) decisions based only on competitive information
D) good decisions but making them too late to be competitive
E) decisions that do not allow for the counter-actions of competitors

Question 18

The marketing concept is an important philosophy for marketing managers because it dictates:

A) the amount of quarterly profits firms will earn
B) the market share a firm will earn
C) day-to-day decisions that managers will make
D) whether or not the firm will reach its sales quota
E) the adequ8 of internal ROI

Question 19

The key reason that the marketing concept has been recognized as the "right philosophy" is that it:

A) is well established in the marketing literature
B) has been recommended by successful marketing executives
C) always focuses on the consumer
D) does not rely on high-pressure selling
E) recognizes that profits are a result of sales volume

Question 20

Which of the following best illustrates the Service-Dominant Logic for Marketing?

A) Decision makers should know their firms' core competencies.
B) Decision makers need to know how to measure service satisfaction.
C) Decision makers need to know how to directly control ROI.
D) Service-Dominant Logic for Marketing means that internal service is more important than external service.
E) Service should be more important than product quality.

Question 21

The information system that gathers information generated by internal reports such as orders, billing, receivables, inventory levels, and so on is called the:

A) consumer information support system
B) marketing research system
C) decision support system
D) internal reports system
E) marketing intelligence system

Question 22

Marketing researchers may be certified and the certification is called the Professional Researchers Certification (PRC).

Question 23

The purpose of marketing research is to link the consumer to the marketers by providing information that can be used in making marketing decisions.

Question 24

Other names for The Marketing Concept are "consumer -oriented" or "market-driven."

Question 25

Marketing research is infallible.

Question 26

Marketing research provides information collected only on consumers. Information collected on other entities such as employees, members of distribution channels, or competitors would NOT be considered marketing research.

Question 27

The definition of marketing research provided by the American Marketing Association stresses the 11-step process of marketing research.

Question 28

Which of the following marketing information subsystems provides studies conducted for specific situations facing the company?

A) marketing intelligence system
B) marketing research system
C) consumer information support system
D) decision support system
E) internal reports system

Question 29

Marketing is a part of, or a subcategory of, marketing research.

Question 30

Coca-Cola Blak is a huge success because it gives consumers a "two for one" benefit: they can have coffee and their soda at the same time.

Question 31

Which of the following marketing information subsystems gathers information about events and happenings "outside" the firm?

A) marketing intelligence
B) internal reports system
C) consumer information support system
D) external environment reporting system
E) Decision Support System

Question 32

One of the uses of marketing research is to identify market opportunities; however, the identification of problems is not a use of marketing research, but rather a use of the firm's internal auditing system.

Question 33

Once objective, accurate, and timely information is provided to managers to allow them to implement the correct strategy, there is no future need for information.

Question 34

The Service-Dominant Logic for Marketing means marketing decision makers will need less information in the future.

Question 35

In order to implement the "right" strategy, managers must make many decisions, and they must have objective, accurate, and timely information in order to make these decisions correctly.

Question 36

Marketing research is synonymous with market research.

Question 37

The American Marketing Association's definition of marketing stresses that the function of marketing should be to create a sale that generates high profits for the firm.

Question 38

Marketing research is the process of designing, gathering, analyzing, and reporting information that may be used to solve a specific marketing problem.

Question 39

Which of the following marketing information subsystems is NOT continuous?

A) consumer information support system
B) marketing research system
C) internal report system
D) decision support system
E) marketing intelligence system

Question 40

A definition of marketing strategy is: a planned design to reach the largest portion of the market by leveraging the benefits of both low marketing costs and promotion using the mass media to reach the largest audience.

Question 41

The marketing intelligence system gathers information generated by internal reports, which includes order billing, receivables, inventory levels, stockouts, and so on.

Question 42

A marketing information system is a structure consisting of people, equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute needed, timely, and accurate information to marketing decision makers.

Question 43

When marketing research is used to "improve marketing as a process" instead of trying to solve a specific problem, we classify this research as applied research.

Question 44

Hershey's can monitor the sales of their candy bars as well as the sales of their competitors' brands through the use of tracking research studies.

Question 45

Rachel would like to create a new department within her firm. She wishes that her firm could provide information that will help link consumers outside the firm to individuals in the firm. The individuals inside the firm would make decisions used to identify marketing opportunities and problems; generate, refine, and evaluate marketing actions; monitor marketing performance; and perhaps improve the understanding of marketing as a process. Rachel should name this department:

A) the department of consumer public information
B) the marketing research department
C) the marketing performance and evaluation department
D) the marketing opportunities department

Question 46

Marketing research projects, like the other MIS components, are continuous, running 24/7.

Question 47

The marketing research system gathers information for a specific situation facing the company, and it is unlikely that the other components of an MIS have the information needed for the specific situation.

Question 48

Marketing has been defined as a function and set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers, and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders. Marketing managers must have information in order to determine values desired by customers and how to build customer relationships. This explanation shows:

A) why marketing research is a part of marketing; that is, marketing research provides information to allow marketing managers to understand values desired by customers
B) why marketing is a part of marketing research; that is, marketing processes are used to generate marketing research information that is needed to determine customers' desired values
C) why the uses of marketing research do not include creating, communicating, and delivering value, but include identifying opportunities and problems
D) why marketing and marketing research are not interrelated

Question 49

A marketing decision support system is defined as collected data that may be accessed and analyzed using tools and techniques that assist managers in decision making.

Question 50

Allison is the CEO of a large consumer products company. She asks the marketing research department to gather information to help her determine target markets having the most potential from among several market segments. She also asks the research department to give her an assessment as to the best product, price, distribution, and promotion to appeal to the various market segments. Allison is collecting information to help her implement a:

A) marketing mix
B) marketing audit
C) marketing concept
D) marketing strategy

Question 51

Abe would like to locate a new unit of his franchised fast-food restaurant chain. He orders an evaluation of several city blocks from a marketing research firm. The research firm will determine the population, population growth, income, and other important demographic information for the defined geographical area. The research company will be performing:

A) marketing research
B) market research
C) a restaurant location study
D) basic research

Question 52

Applied research addresses specific problems, and this type of research represents the vast majority of marketing research studies.

Question 53

Professors at Texas A&M University conducted research to determine the best way to measure customer satisfaction with services. Their method was published in the Journal of Marketing and may be used by any firm wishing to measure their own customer's satisfaction. This would be an example of:

A) basic research
B) customer services research
C) research applied to a specific problems
D) research aimed at identifying market opportunities

Question 54

Marketing research is not needed if there is an adequate Decision Support System in place.

Question 55

A use of marketing research is to monitor marketing performance, which takes place prior to implementing marketing strategies.

Question 56

Tim, a marketing manager disagreed with other company managers. Tim believed that the company should not just try to make a better product or try to sell more of the product. Tim believed that the company should try to identify and satisfy consumer wants and needs. Tim's philosophy may best be described as:

A) the production-oriented philosophy
B) the selling philosophy
C) the marketing concept philosophy
D) the management philosophy

Question 57

Wrangler developed several different proposed advertisements. They then used marketing research to test consumers' preferences for the different promotional messages expressed in the various ads. This is an example of which use of marketing research?

A) identify market opportunities and problems
B) generate, define, and evaluate potential marketing actions
C) monitor marketing performance
D) improve marketing as a process

Question 58

When marketing research is used to improve marketing as a process, the research information is often published in journals such as The Journal of Marketing Research and Marketing Research.

Question 59

Marketing research studies predicted that hair styling mousse, answering machines, the Jerry Seinfeld TV program, Seinfeld, and other products and services would fail. Yet, these products and services were all successful. This illustrates that marketing research:

A) always makes accurate predictions
B) does not always make accurate predictions
C) should not be used for consumer products or services
D) should only be conducted on improving existing products

Question 60

Everyday, information about pertinent developments in the environment is gathered through the internal report system.

Question 61

Bob is a salesperson with the Acme Corporation. Bob has just made a large sale, and he accesses Acme's marketing information system in order to determine if the company has enough existing inventory to fill the large order. Bob is accessing which component of Acme's MIS?

A) marketing intelligence
B) internal reports
C) marketing research
D) consumer information support system

Question 62

Andrea Livingston arrives at her desk at Western Utility Corporation, a provider of electrical power. She accesses her Lexis-Nexis computer program, which provides her with articles containing information related to the utilities industry. She discovers that a new breakthrough has occurred in solar panel technology, and this report was published during the evening in a newspaper in Europe. She immediately takes this information to her research and development department. Andrea is accessing which component of the MIS of Western Utility Corporation?

A) internal reports
B) marketing decision support system
C) marketing intelligence
D) marketing research

Question 63

Doss is vice president of marketing research for General Mills. The chefs at General Mills bring three new cookie recipes to Doss. Doss wants to know which of these three cookie recipes would be most preferred by consumers. Which component of General Mills' MIS would Doss use in order to provide him with this information?

A) internal reports
B) marketing research
C) marketing intelligence
D) marketing decision support system