Advertising and Sales Promotion MCQ
131. The advantages of audience selectivity, no ad competition, and personalization apply to which type of media?
- Newspapers
- Television
- Direct mail
- Radio
132. ______________ is short-term incentives to encourage purchase or sales of a product or service.
- Advertising
- Sales promotion
- Online advertising
- Public relations
133. Which of the following consumer-promotion tools is the most effective, but most expensive, way to introduce a new product?
- Coupons
- Price packs
- Contests
- Samples
134. Which type of promotion uses buying allowances, push money, and free goods?
- consumer promotion
- trade promotion
- sales force promotion
- place promotion
135. Despite its potential strengths, public relations is often described as as:
- Unethical business.
- Marketing stepchild.
- Corrupt practice.
- Cost drain that is not fruitful.
136. Which tool of the promotional mix consists of short-term incentives to encourage the purchase or sale of a product or service?
- Advertising
- Public relations
- Direct marketing
- Sales promotion
137. The personal presentation by the firm’s sales force for the purpose of making sales and building customer relationships is called:
- Personal selling.
- Public relations.
- Direct marketing.
- Sales promotion.
138. For many years mass-media advertising was king among promotion variables. today, this form of advertising appears to be giving way to:
- Product differentiation.
- Other elements of the promotion mix.
- No manipulative variables.
- A move away from promotion.
139. The concept of ______________ suggests that the company must blend the promotion tools carefully into a coordinated promotion mix.
- Public relations
- Integrated market planning
- Integrated marketing communications
- Global cultural imperatives
140. No matter which form of direct marketing might be used by a promotional manager, All of the forms have several characteristics in common. Which of the following WOULD NOT be among those characteristics?
- Nonpublic
- Immediate
- Producer controlled
- Interactive