Question 1

For shopping products,the consumer

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A)   purchases the items frequently, conveniently, and with a minimum of effort.
B)   compares several alternatives on criteria such as price, quality, or style.
C)   makes a special effort to search out and buy the items.
D)   does not know about the items or knows about them but does not initially buy them.
E)   buys the items as a result of buying other consumer products, such as impulse purchases. B

Question 2

Philips Sonicare recently introduced the DiamondClean rechargeable toothbrush.A key innovation is its Quadpacer interval timer that goes off after 30 seconds to prompt the user to move on to the next quadrant of the mouth,resulting in better cleaning and improved gum health.This is an example of which type of innovation?

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A)   disruptive innovation
B)   continuous innovation
C)   discontinuous innovation
D)   dynamically continuous innovation
E)   evolutionary innovation

Question 3

The emphasis of a marketing strategy for a continuous innovation concentrates on

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A)   obtaining exclusive distribution.
B)   setting a low price.
C)   generating awareness.
D)   using reminder advertising to reeducate consumers.
E)   using personal selling.

Question 4

Idle production capacity can be reduced by

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A)   using a straight salary compensation plan.
B)   hiring additional full-time personnel.
C)   allowing personnel to work overtime.
D)   increasing the hours worked per week.
E)   reducing worker hours.

Question 5

Which of the following new products is the best example of the lowest level of risk from the company's point of view?

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A)   adding Ball Park Beef Franks with Cheese to the Ball Park Franks line
B)   moving from production of landline telephones to smartphones
C)   marketing the first Apple computer
D)   changing the formula from Coca-Cola to New Coke and then back to Coca-Cola Classic
E)   offering online marketing classes rebranded under a new college name A

Question 6

Personal selling is least important for which of the following products?

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A)   camera
B)   toaster
C)   toothpaste
D)   deck furniture
E)   watch

Question 7

A product can be classified as new if it __________ from existing products.

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A)   is functionally different
B)   is different in color
C)   is different in its packaging
D)   is different in price
E)   requires a different distribution channel A

Question 8

A product that is new in some way but requires no new behaviors to be learned by consumers is a

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A)   continuous innovation.
B)   discontinuous innovation.
C)   dynamically continuous innovation.
D)   product transformation.
E)   concurrent innovation.

Question 9

The demand for a business product that results from the demand for a consumer product is referred to as

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A)   sequential demand.
B)   selective demand.
C)   primary demand.
D)   secondary demand.
E)   derived demand.

Question 10

Marketing Dashboard Map 
-There are seven stages of the new-product development process.Stage 3 follows idea generation; it is the __________ stage.

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A)   tactic generation
B)   screening and evaluation
C)   screening and analysis
D)   new-product strategy development
E)   product assessment

Question 11

To save time and money,companies often turn to __________,a technique that somewhat replicates a full-scale test market.

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A)   partial rollouts
B)   screening and evaluation
C)   virtual reality testing
D)   time-to-market measures
E)   simulated test markets

Question 12

Appliances and smartphones are classified as

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A)   reusable goods.
B)   durable goods.
C)   resilient products.
D)   reliable products.
E)   nondisposable goods.

Question 13

Among consumer products,advertising is especially important for

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A)   durable goods.
B)   specialty products.
C)   nondurable goods.
D)   production goods.
E)   semidurable goods.

Question 14

Distribution is very limited and brand status is stressed in promoting which of the following consumer product types?

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A)   shopping product
B)   convenience product
C)   discretionary product
D)   prepurchase product
E)   specialty product

Question 15

OUT! International's Hey! There's A Monster In My Room spray with a bubble-gum fragrance was designed to rid scary creatures from a kid's bedroom.Although a clever idea,it failed because it

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A)   did not satisfy customer needs on critical factors.
B)   had poor product quality.
C)   had bad timing.
D)   had an incomplete market and product protocol.
E)   had too little market attractiveness.

Question 16

A __________ is defined as an item consumed in one or a few uses.

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A)   durable good
B)   convenience good
C)   specialty good
D)   shopping good
E)   nondurable good

Question 17

How can a firm use a test market in its new-product development process?

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Question 18

Open innovation helps organizations overcome __________,one of the organizational inertias common in new-product failures.

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A)   groupthink
B)   intelligent failures
C)   incomplete protocols
D)   NIH barriers
E)   bad timing

Question 19

Screening and evaluation refer to the stage of the new-product development process

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A)   at which prospective customers are exposed to new-product prototypes for the first time.
B)   at which new-product concepts that have been found viable are converted into actual prototypes.
C)   that internally and externally evaluates new-product ideas to eliminate those that warrant no further effort.
D)   that specifies the features of the product and the marketing strategy needed to bring it to market and make financial projections.
E)   where consumers evaluate a new product's performance in an actual-use situation.

Question 20

The screening and evaluation stage of the new-product process involves

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A)   internal and external appraisals of new-product ideas.
B)   product selection and budgeting projections.
C)   business and cost analyses.
D)   patent searches and environmental scanning.
E)   idea selection and prototype development.

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