Deck 18: Integrated Marketing Communications

Question 1

Even the best marketing communication can be wasted if the sender does not gain the attention of the consumer.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Though advertising experts wish it were true,there is not always a direct link between a particular marketing communication and a consumer's purchase.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Integrated marketing communications represents the _________________ P in the four Ps of a firm's marketing mix.

A) Pricing
B) Product
C) Promotion
D) Place
E) Partnering

Answer 3

C

Question 4

If the marketing communication has piqued the interest of its target market,the goal of subsequent IMC messages should be to move the consumer from "I want it" to "I like it."

Question 5

As the number of communication media has increased,the task of understanding how best to reach target customers has become easier.

Question 6

Personal selling can only be successful through the use of print,newspapers,and radio.

Question 7

Betty is assessing the effect of her firm's marketing communications.She should remember that the ultimate goal is to drive the receiver to action.

Question 8

Mobile marketing involves marketing to customers through wireless handheld devices such as mobile phones.

Question 9

Public relations is the component of IMC that has received the greatest increase in aggregate spending.

Question 10

If there is a difference between the message that is sent and the message that is received,it is probably due to noise.

Question 11

Especially for marketers with new products or services,IMC is needed because

A) consumers need to know all about the features of new products before they make a purchase decision.
B) consumers are unlikely to buy products they are not aware of.
C) it is impossible for products to sell themselves through word of mouth communication.
D) pricing decisions cannot be made without IMC.
E) new products and services need to be integrated into the supply chain value proposition.

Question 12

Gross Rating Points (GRP)measure how often the audience is exposed to a communication within a specified period of time.

Question 13

Though a picture may be worth a thousand words,the most important facet of encoding is not what is received but what is sent.

Question 14

The sender of an integrated marketing communication controls the meaning individual receivers take from the message.

Question 15

Frequency describes the percentage of the target population exposed to a specific marketing communication,such as advertisement,at least once.

Question 16

Encoding means converting the sender's ideas into a message,which could be verbal,visual,or both.

Question 17

Because the goals of IMC are only part of the overall promotional plan,they do not need to be explicit or measurable.

Question 18

It may take several exposures to marketing communications before consumers are moved to buy.

Question 19

The basic goal of integrated marketing communications is to

A) communicate the value proposition to the target market.
B) create desire.
C) manipulate consumers.
D) outspend competitors.
E) tell the world about your company.

Question 20

"Top-of-mind awareness" is when consumers indicate that they know the brand when the name is presented to them.

Question 21

In the IMC communication process,the _____________________ is the person who reads,hears,or sees and processes the message being communicated.

A) medium
B) sender
C) transmitter
D) communication channel
E) receiver

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a communication channel used in the IMC process?

A) Radio
B) Television
C) Newspaper
D) Internet
E) Supply chain

Question 23

In the IMC process,noise can occur as a result of lack of message clarity,a poor choice of medium,or

A) competing messages.
B) an extended feedback loop.
C) indirect encoding.
D) inhibited decoding.
E) excessive reach.

Question 24

The IMC communication process begins with ________,who must be clearly identified.

A) the integrator
B) the sender
C) the transmitter
D) the communication channel
E) the receiver

Question 25

In integrated marketing communications,encoding involves

A) converting consumers' ideas into value propositions.
B) differentiating noncommercial speech from commercial speech.
C) converting the decoder into the receiver.
D) interpreting click-through rates.
E) converting the sender's ideas into a message,which could be verbal,visual,or both.

Question 26

___________ means converting the sender's ideas into a message,which could be verbal,visual,or both.

A) Decoding
B) Integrated marketing communications
C) Precoding
D) Encoding
E) Tracking

Question 27

The three elements of any IMC strategy are the consumer,the channels,and

A) the receiver.
B) the product.
C) evaluation of the results.
D) the company.
E) event sponsorship.

Question 28

Carlos owns a chain of retail electronic stores.He is evaluating how he allocates his firm's IMC budget.He receives offers from a variety of advertising media,spends money on his firm's public relations efforts,and is considering electronic media alternatives.Carl recognizes that each IMC alternative

A) will stand on its own.
B) is part of the whole.
C) is part of noncommercial free speech.
D) is less important than stealth marketing.
E) is dictated by the nature of the supply chain.

Question 29

The right communication channel to use in IMC is

A) the traditional channel used in that particular retail sector.
B) network advertising,local newspapers,and regional radio stations.
C) the one that will connect to the desired recipients.
D) the one with the best encoding capabilities.
E) the one that maximizes decoding difficulty.

Question 30

If you ever watched a television commercial and at the end of the message wondered what they were promoting,you may have had trouble _____________ the IMC message.

A) decoding
B) pre-testing
C) precoding
D) encoding
E) tracking

Question 31

In the IMC communication process,the ________________ is the medium that carries the message.

A) feedback loop
B) sender
C) transmitter
D) communication channel
E) receiver

Question 32

_______________ refers to the process by which the receiver interprets the sender's message.

A) Decoding
B) Stealth marketing
C) Precoding
D) Encoding
E) Tracking

Question 33

The sender of an IMC message hopes the receivers are

A) the people for whom the message was originally intended.
B) the people with the most buying power.
C) consumers who are capable of discerning value.
D) consumers who have purchased the firm's products in the past.
E) the market segment with the most gross rating points.

Question 34

Advertising agencies often provide the IMC function of comparing their customer's target audience with the viewer,listener,or reader profile of the communication channel being considered.The agency is most likely trying to avoid noise problems associated with

A) competing messages.
B) lack of clarity in the message.
C) a poor choice of medium.
D) an extended feedback loop.
E) a flaw in the medium.

Question 35

Though a picture may be worth a thousand words,the most important facet of encoding is

A) who draws the picture.
B) the self-visualization process.
C) not what is received,but rather what is sent.
D) the sponsor rather than the receiver.
E) not what is sent,but rather what is received.

Question 36

Integrated marketing communications include all of the following EXCEPT

A) personal selling.
B) advertising.
C) public relations.
D) supply chain management.
E) direct marketing.

Question 37

The IMC communication process includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) evaluation.
B) the sender.
C) the transmitter.
D) the communication channel.
E) the receiver.

Question 38

In the IMC communication process,the ____________ encodes the marketing communication message.

A) instructor
B) sender
C) transmitter
D) communication channel
E) receiver

Question 39

__________________ is any interference in the IMC process.

A) Translation
B) Looping
C) Excessive reach
D) Noise
E) Feedback

Question 40

As the number of communication media has increased,the task of understanding how best to reach target customers has

A) shifted from creating a value proposition to revising a value proposition.
B) increased the use of rule-of-thumb targeting.
C) become easier.
D) focused on reducing the lagged effect of marketing communications.
E) become more complex.

Question 41

In the AIDA model,

A) advertising leads to interest,which hopefully leads to desire and then,action.
B) awareness leads to integration,which hopefully leads to desire and then,action.
C) awareness leads to interest,which hopefully leads to desire and then,action.
D) awareness leads to interest,which hopefully leads to desire and then,attention.
E) awareness leads to interest,which hopefully leads to determination and then,action.

Question 42

The sender of an integrated marketing communication

A) must work with the advertising specialists to ensure all recipients interpret the message accurately.
B) can assess the manner in which receivers interpret the message through gross rating points.
C) has little control over what meaning any individual receiver will take from the message.
D) controls the meaning all receivers take from the message.
E) should attempt to control how the message is received.

Question 43

The highest level of awareness occurs when customers mention a specific brand name when asked about a product or service.Marketers call this

A) the primacy effect.
B) aided recall.
C) top-of-mind awareness.
D) category dominance.
E) elevated awareness.

Question 44

National manufacturers and retailers often pay a service provider to monitor television ads around the country,in order to ensure that their ads are shown in their entirety during the time frames that were purchased.This service provider is monitoring for IMC noise problems associated with

A) competing messages.
B) lack of clarity in the message.
C) a poor choice of medium.
D) a flaw in the medium.
E) an extended feedback loop.

Question 45

Marketers often use focus groups to learn how consumers interpret their IMC messages.Experience has shown that

A) effective branding requires marketers to encode messages the same way for each market segment.
B) each receiver decodes IMC messages in his or her own way.
C) action is taken before desire and interest are determined.
D) marketers can almost always use the same message for all audiences.
E) messages are decoded in the manner intended by the encoder.

Question 46

Cheryl asked Nadia to help her buy some aftershave for her boyfriend.Nadia was going through a list of different brand names,when Cheryl stopped her and said,"I recognize that one." Marketers call this

A) selective recall.
B) free association.
C) aided recall.
D) recall mapping.
E) top-of-mind awareness.

Question 47

Sales data,complaints,compliments,and redemption rates for coupons and rebates are types of ________________ marketers use to assess the effectiveness of their IMC efforts.

A) decoding
B) pre-testing
C) feedback
D) simulations
E) encoding

Question 48

Most manufacturing and retailing marketers worry constantly about whether or not their IMC efforts are paying off.They assess various forms of ___________ to determine what is working and what is not.

A) noise
B) pre-testing
C) precoding
D) encoding
E) feedback

Question 49

Julia is driving down Interstate 95 on her way from New England to Florida and sees a billboard saying "South of the Border Restaurant and Motel is just 100 miles away." Julia has never heard of South of the Border before.After seeing the sign,she will most likely need additional exposure to the product before deciding whether to stop at South of the Border.This is an example of

A) rejection of advertising.
B) subliminal advertising.
C) product underwhelm.
D) IMC strategy.
E) the lagged effect.

Question 50

After creating awareness that the firm's products or services exist,the next goal of integrated marketing communications is to

A) generate consumer action.
B) increase the level of interest among consumers.
C) determine the level of desire needed to sustain action.
D) gain the attention of the consumer.
E) create intentions to purchase the product.

Question 51

Several years ago,changes in advertising restrictions allowed pharmaceutical companies to begin promoting their products through traditional media.Today,it is common to see ads on television ending with,"Ask your doctor about (our medicine)." In addition to creating awareness about their drugs,the companies are hoping to

A) reduce deceptive advertising.
B) signal encoding symbols to simplify the feedback loop.
C) offer objective-and-task marketing communications.
D) stimulate interest,persuading consumers to investigate further.
E) promote public interest social responsibility communications.

Question 52

In the movie Field of Dreams,one of the memorable phrases is,"If you build it,he will come." The AIDA model would suggest that after marketers "build" a product or service and create awareness among consumers,they need to

A) determine the level of desire needed to sustain action.
B) promote sufficiently to gain global attention.
C) create interest among consumers,persuading them to investigate further.
D) offer discounts to increase purchase intentions.
E) take steps to encourage immediate purchase.

Question 53

Even the best marketing communication can be wasted if the sender does not first

A) generate consumer action.
B) offer testimonials from past consumers.
C) determine the level of desire needed to sustain action.
D) gain the attention of the consumer.
E) stimulate interest among stealth marketing consumers.

Question 54

_______________ refers to a potential customer's ability to recall that the brand name is a particular type of retailer,product,or service.

A) Product familiarity
B) Brand association
C) Brand awareness
D) Marketing recall
E) Cognitive association

Question 55

Loretta would like to know which,if any,of her firm's IMC efforts are working.She could use all of the following EXCEPT _______________ to provide feedback from her efforts.

A) sales data
B) complaints
C) compliments
D) redemption rates for coupons or rebates
E) the channel

Question 56

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in the AIDA model?

A) Awareness
B) Intention
C) Action
D) Desire
E) Interest

Question 57

The _____________ loop allows the receiver to communicate with the sender in the IMC process.

A) decoding
B) pre-testing
C) precoding
D) encoding
E) feedback

Question 58

Though advertising experts wish it were true,there is not always a direct link between a particular marketing communication and

A) supply chain effectiveness.
B) enhanced decoding processes.
C) a consumer's purchase.
D) the level of noise in the IMC channel.
E) the reach / frequency ratio.

Question 59

In the AIDA model,the "do" stage is the ________________ stage.

A) Awareness
B) Action
C) Interest
D) Desire
E) Intentions

Question 60

In the AIDA model,the "think" stage is the ________________ stage.

A) Awareness
B) Action
C) Interest
D) Desire
E) Intention

Question 61

Sales promotions include all of the following EXCEPT

A) coupons.
B) rebates.
C) online ads.
D) point-of-purchase displays.
E) free samples.

Question 62

The proliferation of new media alternatives has led many firms to shift their promotional budgets from

A) publicity to public relations.
B) personal selling to advertising.
C) integrated marketing communications to disintegrated marketing communications.
D) stealth marketing to viral marketing.
E) advertising to direct marketing and website development.

Question 63

Once the marketing communication has captured the interest of its target market,the goal of subsequent IMC messages should be to move the consumer from

A) "I want it" to "I like it."
B) action to desire.
C) "I like it" to "I want it."
D) awareness to action.
E) feeling to thinking.

Question 64

Brenda wants to reduce mass media IMC and to increase the use of personalized marketing communication messages.To achieve this goal,Brenda will likely increase her use of

A) sales promotions.
B) advertising.
C) public relations.
D) price reductions.
E) direct marketing.

Question 65

Compared to other IMC alternatives,advertising is extremely effective for

A) closing a sale.
B) efficient message decoding.
C) reducing the potential for noise.
D) creating awareness and generating interest in a product.
E) repositioning consumers in the AIDA model.

Question 66

One difficulty associated with using advertising as part of a marketer's IMC efforts is

A) breaking through the clutter of other messages targeted for the same audience.
B) it is more expensive than personal selling.
C) it only works when communicating to the most uninformed consumers.
D) government regulations have significantly decreased allowable advertising frequencies.
E) all of these are correct.

Question 67

Ryan is debating how to allocate the IMC budget for his new ski equipment store.He knows having knowledgeable salespeople in his store can simplify buyers' purchase decisions.He should also consider that,compared to other IMC alternatives,personal selling is

A) easy.
B) expensive.
C) ineffective.
D) overrated.
E) simple.

Question 68

Betty is assessing the effectiveness of her firm's marketing communications.She knows the ultimate goal is to

A) maximize rating points.
B) minimize marketing communication expenditures.
C) shift encoding into decoding.
D) use personal selling to augment public relations.
E) drive the receiver to action.

Question 69

A major factor contributing to the growth in the use of direct marketing IMC efforts is

A) reduced government regulation of deceptive advertising practices.
B) expanded use of personal selling.
C) a shift from objective-and-task to rule-of-thumb budgeting.
D) increased use of credit and debit cards,and online shopping by consumers.
E) the reduction in IMC noise allowing for a decreased lagged effect.

Question 70

One of the difficulties in measuring the effectiveness of IMC efforts is the ______________,where consumers do not act immediately after receiving a marketing communication.

A) decoding decomposition effect
B) lagged effect
C) noncommittal affect
D) viral effect
E) click-through delay

Question 71

Integrated marketing communications include all of the following EXCEPT

A) advertising.
B) supply chain management.
C) direct marketing.
D) public relations.
E) sales promotion.

Question 72

Reaching the right audience with marketing communications is becoming more difficult because

A) consumers are bored.
B) government regulations are constraining free speech.
C) personal selling is becoming less expensive,making it more competitive with advertising.
D) the media environment has become more complicated.
E) the AIDA model is no longer an accurate representation of how marketing communication works.

Question 73

Compared to mass media advertising,a key advantage of direct marketing is

A) it allows for personalization of the message.
B) it reaches a larger audience.
C) it involves face-to-face contact.
D) it uses the rule-of-thumb budgeting method.
E) it is used almost exclusively for B2B marketing.

Question 74

In recent years,the component of IMC that has received the greatest increase in spending is

A) media advertising.
B) direct marketing.
C) public relations.
D) sales promotions.
E) publicity.

Question 75

If marketing communications are effective,they will

A) result in purchases by some consumers receiving the communications.
B) offset any negative publicity the firm may have received.
C) minimize the number of communication channels used by the firm.
D) generate interest in the product in over half the consumers who receive the communications.
E) include all steps of the AIDA model with equal weighting to each step.

Question 76

Personal selling is an especially important part of IMC in

A) business-to-business markets.
B) cause-related marketing.
C) event sponsorships.
D) stealth marketing.
E) Web tracking.

Question 77

The increased use of customer databases has enabled marketers to identify and track consumers over time and across purchase situations,and has contributed to the rapid growth in

A) media advertising.
B) publicity.
C) public relations.
D) sales promotions.
E) direct marketing.

Question 78

The goal of any marketing communication is to

A) maximize sales.
B) increase public relations click-through rates.
C) overwhelm negative publicity with commercial speech.
D) replace cause-related marketing with non-cause-related marketing.
E) get the right message to the right audience through the right media.

Question 79

When purchasing books on Amazon.com,customers are shown other books and a message saying "Customers who purchased (your book)also purchased…" This is an example of

A) mass media advertising.
B) publicity.
C) public relations.
D) sales promotions.
E) direct marketing.

Question 80

Which statement best describes personal selling?

A) It involves a larger audience than advertising.
B) It is primarily indirect communication.
C) It is primarily informational communication,as compared to advertising,which involves persuasive communication.
D) It is the two-way flow of communication between a buyer and a seller.
E) It involves encoding while advertising involves only decoding.