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Essentials Of Marketing, 9/e
William D. Perreault, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Advertising and sales promotion

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

U.S. corporations spend an average of only about __________ of their sales dollar on advertising.
A)2.5%
B)10%
C)15%
D)25%
2

The major expense for advertising expenditures is to cover payroll for the large number of people employed in the advertising industry.
A)True
B)False
3

__________ advertising tries to sell a product, and may be aimed at final users or channel members.
A)Institutional
B)Pioneering
C)Product
D)Competitive
4

A kind of advertising that tries to develop primary demand for a product category rather than demand for a specific brand is called ___________________.
A)Institutional advertising
B)Product advertising
C)Competitive advertising
D)Pioneering advertising
5

The ________ type of competitive advertising points out product advantages to affect future buying decisions.
A)Direct
B)Indirect
C)Comparative
D)Prospective
6

The Federal Trade Commission currently bans comparative advertising.
A)True
B)False
7

Media research generally focuses on _____________.
A)Demographic characteristics
B)Costs of different advertising media available
C)The specific needs of an individual advertiser
D)None of the above
8

Which kind of media has the advantage of being very targeted, good detail, good "pass along", and the disadvantage of being inflexible with long lead times?
A)Television and cable
B)Radio
C)Newspaper
D)Magazine
9

An Internet __________ is a headline that appears on a web page.
A)Banner ad
B)Net header
C)IT ad
D)All of the above
10

Monitoring the content a net surfer is viewing and then serving up related ads is called _______________.
A)Inter-relational advertising
B)Context advertising
C)Parallel advertising
D)Limited-scope advertising
11

__________________ means displaying an ad only to an individual who meets certain qualifications.
A)Context advertising
B)Type-casting
C)Point-casting
D)Reminder advertising
12

When advertisers are paid by the number of people who actually click on the ad and link to the advertiser's website, it is called _______________.
A)Percentage payment
B)Volume payment
C)Click-through payment
D)Relative use payment
13

After you decide how a message will reach a target audience, you next have to decide what the words and illustrations should communicate, called the __________.
A)Copy thrust
B)Copy content
C)Target message
D)Message code
14

An advertising strategy that tries to appeal to a global "mass market" is typically very successful.
A)True
B)False
15

Most advertising agencies are large firms, employing 50-75 people.
A)True
B)False
16

If the FTC decides that a particular advertising practice is unfair or deceptive, it can require _________________ to correct this.
A)Corrective advertising
B)Remedial advertising
C)Retracting advertising
D)Cooperative advertising
17

In the U.S., the FTC has the power to control unfair or deceptive business practices, including deceptive advertising.
A)True
B)False
18

An activity other than advertising, publicity, or personal selling, that stimulates interest, trial or purchase by final customers or others in the channel, is called _________________.
A)Marketing promotion
B)Product promotion
C)Sales promotion
D)Distribution promotion




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