Market Segmentation - Marketing Aptitude Assignment
Q1. _________________ is useful for targeting existing customers
(1) Market targeting
(2) Market segmentation
(3) Market positioning
(4) All of these
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Market segmentation
Q2. _________________ is a set of buyers sharing common needs that company decides to serve.
(1) Target group
(2) Demographic group
(3) Behavioral group
(4) Psychographic group
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ3. ________________is for identifying the difference in behavior that have implications for marketing.
(1) Purpose of positioning
(2) Purpose of targeting
(3) Purpose of segmentation
(4) Purpose of repositioning
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Purpose of segmentation
Q4.Diffrentiable, substantial, actionable, measurable are requirement for ________________________
(1) Effective marketing
(2) Effective segmentation
(3) Effective repositioning
(4) Effective targeting
(5) Effective positioning
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Q5. Who stated that “Market segmentation is sub dividing of market into homogenous subsets of customers where any subset may conceivably be selected on a market target to be reached with a different Marketing Mix”?
(1) Philip Kotler
(2) Stephen Morse
(3) Kenneth
(4) Neilsen
(5) Lorie and Robert
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Philip Kotler
Q6. The segmentation of market based on the gender of the customer is
(1) Geographical
(2) Psychographic
(3) Demographic
(4) Behavioral
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ7. DAMP means
(1) Direct Accessible Market and Profitable
(2) Discernible Accessible Measurable and Profitable
(3) Demographic Accessible Measurable and Profitable
(4) Discernible Accessible Market and Profitable
(5) Differentiated Accessible Measurable and Profitable
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Discernible Accessible Measurable and Profitable
Q8. What is MKIS?
(1) Managing Information System
(2) Marketing Inter-office System
(3) Managing Inter-office System
(4) Marketing Information System
(5) None of these
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Q9. In marketing segmentation technique customers using the product are divided into several homogenous groups on the basis of their ______________________
(1) Economic condition
(2) Physical condition
(3) Common characteristics
(4) Place they live
(5) Gender
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Common characteristics
Q10. ___________________ is a market coverage strategy where a company decides to target one market segment with a single Marketing Mix called
(1) Traditional marketing
(2) Focused marketing
(3) Mass marketing
(4) Segment marketing
(5) Micro marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Focused marketing
Q11. Personality traits which influence consumer behavior are _________________ criteria used for segmentation.
(1) Geographical
(2) Psychographic
(3) Behavioral
(4) Demographic
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Psychographic
Q12. Broad segment, adapt offering to closely match the needs of the market, face fewer competitors, market more efficiently is
(1) Mass marketing
(2) Niche marketing
(3) Segment marketing
(4) Micro marketing
(5) Traditional marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Segment marketing
Q13. “The purpose of Market Segmentation is to determine difference among the buyers which may be consequential in choosing among them” was given by whom?
(1) Philip Kotler
(2) Stephen Morse
(3) Kenneth
(4) Neilsen
(5) Lorie and Robert
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Philip Kotler
Q14. ________________________ is how a segment can be differentiated from other segments.
(1) Niche
(2) Accessible
(3) Discernible
(4) Geographical
(5) Behavioral
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ15. Effective programs can be designed for the segment, i.e. matches company capabilities is ____________________ requirements for effective segmentation.
(1) Actionable
(2) Substantial
(3) Accessible
(4) Measurable
(5) Differentiable
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ16. Market segmentation makes it possible for the enterprise to make possible utilization of ____________________
(1) Goods
(2) Services
(3) Resources
(4) Money
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ17. In the 20th century, most of the firms followed which form of marketing?
(1) Traditional marketing
(2) Mass marketing
(3) Segment marketing
(4) Micro marketing
(5) Local marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Mass marketing
Q18. Region, size of city, population density, and climate are the common ways of _______________________ segmentation.
(1) Behavioral
(2) Demographic
(3) Psychographic
(4) Geographical
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ19. ____________________ is how a segment can be accessed via marketing communication produced by a firm.
(1) Discernable
(2) Accessible
(3) Measurable
(4) Profitable
(5) Undifferentiated
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ20. Technology, customer capabilities are
(1) Purchasing approaches
(2) Situational factors
(3) Personal characteristics
(4) Customer operating characteristics
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Customer operating characteristics
Q21. The concept of market segmentation is based on the fact that market of all products is
(1) Local
(2) Homogenous
(3) Heterogeneous
(4) Foreign trade
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Heterogeneous
Q22. When a company produces a likely product for all of market segment called
(1) Differentiated
(2) Undifferentiated
(3) Discernable
(4) Assessable
(5) Measurable
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Undifferentiated
Q23. Quick service, specific applications, generic applications, large or small orders are
(1) Customer operating characteristics
(2) Purchasing approach
(3) Personal characteristics
(4) Situational approach
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Situational approach
Q24. A process that involves tailoring brands and promotions according to the need of specific groups like cities, neighborhood, and specific stores called
(1) Individual marketing
(2) Mass marketing
(3) Local marketing
(4) Segment marketing
(5) Niche marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Local marketing
Q25. A firm produces product with slight modifications within a segment is called
(1) Differentiated
(2) Undifferentiated
(3) Discernable
(4) Assessable
(5) Measurable
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Differentiated
Q26. __________________ concerns with how a product’s position is in the consumer’s mind.
(1) Target
(2) Segment
(3) Positioning
(4) Accessible
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ27. Engineering, finance, centralized or decentralized buying, leasing or service contracts, quality, service, price are
(1) Customer operating characteristic
(2) Purchasing approach
(3) Situational factors
(4) Personal characteristics
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Purchasing approach
Q28. ____________________ is the characteristic which shows the ability to reach and serve a market segment.
(1) Accessibility
(2) Measurability
(3) Profitability
(4) Durability
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Accessibility
Q29. Market Segmentation means dividing the market of different groups on the basis of customers
(1) Price and quality
(2) Quantity and price
(3) Taste and need
(4) Culture and response
(5) Accessibility and need
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Taste and need
Q30. _______________ is a repositioning strategy of market segmentation where the target market and product change.
(1) Market positioning
(2) Image repositioning
(3) People repositioning
(4) Tangible repositioning
(5) Channels repositioning
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Tangible repositioning
Q31. __________________ is deciding to target several market segments and design separate offers for each.
(1) Mass marketing
(2) Differentiated marketing
(3) Undifferentiated marketing
(4) Segment marketing
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Differentiated marketing
Q32. Sharing marketing mix for all segments, firm goes after a large share of few segments and attractive when resources are limited is
(1) Undifferentiated marketing
(2) Differentiated marketing
(3) Concentrated marketing
(4) Mass marketing
(5) Local marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Concentrated marketing
Q33. The strategy of choosing one attribute as competitive advantage is called
(1) ISP
(2) JSP
(3) USP
(4) PSP
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ34. When the largest potential market lead to the lowest costs that translates into either lower prices or higher margins is ___________________________ argument for mass marketing.
(1) Technical
(2) Traditional
(3) Logical
(4) Homogenous
(5) Heterogeneous
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ35. _______________________ is a trend in customer that moves towards individual marketing mirrors.
(1) Local marketing
(2) Segment marketing
(3) Mass marketing
(4) Self marketing
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Self marketing
Q36. The aim of market segmentation is to prepare different strategies and programs for all segments with maximum
(1) Customers
(2) Profit
(3) Suppliers
(4) Buyers
(5) Markets
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ37. For example a bank is using Market Segmentation and it wants to target a group of customers that require current account. Who among the following will be target group?
(1) Students
(2) Individuals
(3) Businessman
(4) Teachers
(5) Retired people
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ38. Setting competitive position for the product and creating a detailed marketing mix is known as
(1) Market targeting
(2) Market positioning
(3) Repositioning
(4) Image positioning
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Market positioning
Q39. When a motor company designs specific models for different age groups and income, it means the company is using
(1) Micro marketing
(2) Local marketing
(3) Traditional marketing
(4) Segment marketing
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Segment marketing
Q40. In market segmentation, customization may often result in
(1) Customer behavior
(2) Customer positioning
(3) Customer retention
(4) Customer grievances
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Customer retention
Q41. Buying motives are classified in two parts. Food and drink, comfort, welfare of beloved ones is called
(1) Primary buying motive
(2) Secondary buying motive
(3) Future buying motive
(4) Both 2 and 3
(5) Both 1 and 3
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Primary buying motive
Q42. Association that is necessarily unique to the brand but may be shared with other brands is
(1) Point of difference
(2) Point of parity
(3) Point of same
(4) Point of common
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Point of parity
Q43. For a bank the target groups of customers that require education loan are
(1) Parents
(2) Children
(3) Students
(4) Teachers
(5) Principle
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ44. Growing number firms have adopted differentiated marketing. The drawback of his approach is
(1) Decrease the cost of doing business
(2) Increase the cost of doing business
(3) Nothing doing with cost
(4) Decrease in production
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Increase the cost of doing business
Q45. A market which adopt the strategy of ignoring market segment differences and go after the whole market with one offer is known as
(1) Local marketing
(2) Micro marketing
(3) Mass marketing
(4) Undifferentiated marketing
(5) Differentiated marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Undifferentiated marketing
Q46. A kind of attribute that binds the customer strongly, where customer believes that they could not find the same extent with a competitive brand is called
(1) Point of difference
(2) Point of parity
(3) Point of same
(4) Point of common
(5) None of these
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Q47. Forming segments of customers who have similar needs and buying behavior even though they are located in different countries is called
(1) Benefit segmentation
(2) Inter-market segmentation
(3) Occasion segmentation
(4) Demographic segmentation
(5) Geographic segmentation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Inter-market segmentation
Q48. When a firm interacts with individual customer to create customer unique value by designing tailor made services for individual customer is called
(1) Mass marketing
(2) Mass customisation
(3) Mass segmentation
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Mass customisation
Q49. A company manufactures orange juice, which is often consumed in morning or in a particular season. If the company want to make it available for all time periods. Which type of segmentation they adopt?
(1) Benefit segmentation
(2) Demographic segmentation
(3) Geographic segmentation
(4) Occasion segmentation
(5) Inter-market segmentation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Occasion segmentation
Q50. Marketing Segmentation helps in the formulation of
(1) Marketing policies
(2) Buyers motive
(3) Focused marketing
(4) Market targeting
(5) None of these
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Q51. When marketing of a product performed by a company is on the basis of what the products attribute will do for a given segment of consumer. The company is using _____________________________ which is a form of behavioral segmentation.
(1) Occasion segmentation
(2) Benefit segmentation
(3) Inter marketing segmentation
(4) Micro segmentation
(5) Market segmentation
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Benefit segmentation
Q52. Manufacturing tailor made products to suit the requirement of specific individuals and locations is known as
(1) Micro marketing
(2) Local marketing
(3) Traditional marketing
(4) Segment marketing
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Micro marketing