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Mars Incorporated targets health-conscious females by advertising its 3 MUSKETEERS Bar which has "45 percent less fat than average of the leading Chocolate brands." It uses clever television ads to promote this product benefit and is achieving good sales results using this strategy. Mars is _________in the second stage Of the strategic marketing process.


A) planning the marketing program
B) designing the marketing organization
C) executing the marketing program
D) determining the marketing strategy

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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What is the purpose of the control phase of the strategic marketing process? How is control accomplished?

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In late 1993, the Honda Motor Company unveiled the Honda Passport, announcing their entrance into the sport-utility vehicle market. Competing automakers-General Motors, Ford, and Jeep had vehicles firmly entrenched in this highly competitive market. For years Honda experienced tremendous success with their Accords, Preludes, Civics, and other passenger automobiles-in fact, Honda cars were repeatedly the top selling automobiles in the U.S. Where would the Honda Passport and the Honda Accords, Preludes, and Civics fall in the BCG product portfolio matrix?


A) The Passport would be a problem child or question mark, and the other Honda offerings would be cash cows.
B) The Passport would be a classified as a star, and the Accords, Preludes, and Civics would be classified as cash cows.
C) Due to the overwhelming success of Honda cars, the Passport, Accords, Preludes, and Civics would all be classified as cash cows.
D) The Passport would be considered a cash cow, and the Accords, Preludes, and Civics would be classified as stars.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Pepsi-Co set out a task to earn $10 million (CDN) in sales on their new Odwalla beverage, which was accomplished by the date they set. This is an example of a(n) :


A) plans.
B) procedures.
C) goals or objectives.
D) bureaucracies.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Sometimes cross-functional teams will have representatives from outside the organization such as:


A) suppliers and customers.
B) consultants and retired CEOs.
C) competitors.
D) opinion leaders.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Which one of the following is NOT an example of the different goals that non-profit firms can pursue?


A) social responsibility.
B) employee welfare.
C) market share.
D) profit.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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The Boston Consulting Group's business portfolio analysis model can be used to guide a firm as it tries to change its relative market share (the factor on the horizontal axis). What conscious decisions can management make on the role each SBU should have in the future and how money should be budgeted for its operations?

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Which of the following is NOT one of Ben and Jerry's successful organizational and marketing strategies?


A) FairTrade.
B) B-Corp Certification.
C) PartnerShop Program.
D) FairFranchise.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Categorizing a group of consumers for soda on the basis of whether they wanted sugar-free and caffeine-free, caffeine-free but with sugar, or regular with sugar and caffeine is an example of:


A) Profiling
B) Aggregation marketing
C) Market segmentation
D) Market clustering

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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For less complex firms with a single business focus, which two organizational levels may merge?


A) strategic business-unit level and functional-level.
B) marketing and research and development.
C) corporate-level and strategic business unit-level.
D) corporate-level and business unit-level.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Telus accepts their current profit level and focuses on increasing their market share, even though profitability may not be maximized. They are attempting to do what:


A) decrease social responsibility
B) decrease employee loyalty
C) abandon green marketing
D) maintain or increase sales

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Yorkdale Mall hopes to increase traffic in the shopping center by offering free lunches to children in mall restaurants on Tuesdays. This promotion is directed to families who currently do not shop at the mall. This is an example of the implementation of a ________ strategy.


A) market penetration
B) diversification
C) product development
D) market development

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Kodak wanting to be the top seller of digital cameras by 2013 is an example of an organizational:


A) plan.
B) bureaucracy.
C) goal or objective.
D) procedure.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Myers Apple Farm discovers the trend that consumers are more focused about buying locally produced and heirloom varieties of apples. Which aspect of the situational analysis is this considered:


A) market trend
B) strength
C) opportunity
D) SWOT analysis.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Identify and describe the four critical factors in a SWOT analysis that help an organization identify t critical strategy-related factors that could have major effects on it.The four critical factors in a SWOT analysis are:

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Specialists from all the functional units who analyze, implement, and control programs to accomplish the corporate and business strategic directions usually serve as members to a:


A) department
B) organizatio n
C) team
D) system

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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What are the four components of the implementation phase of the strategic marketing process? The four components of the implementation phase of the strategic marketing process are:

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Which aspect of a firm, assuming classic economic theory, are shareholders most concerned about?


A) profit
B) market share
C) sales revenue
D) quality

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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One of the strengths inherent in the use of the BCG portfolio analysis is the fact that it:


A) forces firms to assess their SBUs in terms of relative market share and industry growth rate.
B) considers all factors that might impact an SBU's value to an organization.
C) is remarkably easy to locate an SBU on the BCG matrix.
D) acts as a strong motivational tool for employees in SBUs that have been labeled dogs or problem children.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Situation analysis requires a firm to consider both internal and external factors. Which of the following is NOT an example of an external factor?


A) consumer demand
B) technological
C) departmental objectives
D) competitive

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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