Marketing organization and its environment - Marketing aptitude questions
Q1. What is the abbreviation for SWOT?
(1) Strong, , Opportunity and Threats
(2) Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats
(3) Strength, Weakness, Operation and Threats
(4) Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Targets
(5) Strategy, Weakness, Operation and Targets
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats
Q2. What does the term “Opportunity” mean in marketing?
(1) Scope for business production
(2) Scope for business classification
(3) Scope for business expansion
(4) Scope for business segmentation
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Scope for business expansion
Q3. The need of marketing organization arises with the development of
(1) New concept in marketing
(2) Old concept in marketing
(3) Different concepts in marketing
(4) All of the above
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) New concept in marketing
Q4. According to whom a poor marketing organization may destroy a Good Product
(1) Philip Kotler
(2) Stephen Morse
(3) Kenneth
(4) Neilsen
(5) Lorie and Robert
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ5. PESTLE means
(1) Pollution, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Ecological
(2) Pollution, Environment, Social, Technological, Legal, Ecological
(3) Political, Economic, Social, Technology, Legal, Eco-friendly
(4) Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Ecological
(5) Political, Economic, Social, Technical, Legal, Ecological
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Ecological
Q6. Marketing environment relates to all factors that affect_____________________
(1) Decision-making
(2) Production
(3) Supply
(4) Target
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Decision-making
Q7. The organizational relationship of people in marketing can be classified by
(1) Casual and Social type
(2) Executive and Economic type
(3) Formal and Informal type
(4) Technical and non-technical type
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Formal and Informal type
Q8. Suitability of organization depends on
(1) Nature of business and customer
(2) Nature of customer and product
(3) Type of product and customer
(4) Type of market and investor
(5) All of these
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Q9. ‘The long term customer satisfaction’ and ‘one time sale’ are described in
(1) Social philosophy
(2) Financial philosophy
(3) Economical philosophy
(4) Managerial philosophy
(5) Geographical philosophy
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Social philosophy
Q10. Exchange rates, Inflation rates and Interest rates are studies in which factor of marketing environment
(1) Political factor
(2) Cultural factor
(3) Direct factor
(4) Economic factor
(5) Indirect factor
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (4) Economic factor
Q11. On which Marketing environment firm hold only little control
(a)Macro Environment (b) Micro Environment
(1) Only a
(2) Only b
(3) Both a and b
(4) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ12. If the firm wants to study Political Economic, Social, and technological environments then this type of analysis is known as
(1) SWOT analysis
(2) PESTLE analysis
(3) Situation analysis
(4) Stakeholder analysis
(5) Opportunity analysis
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) PESTLE analysis
Q13. When a company engaged itself in different business activities such as textile, telecom, retail etc. It comes under which form of diversification
(1) Horizontal diversification
(2) Conglomerate diversification
(3) Vertical diversification
(4) Concentric diversification
(5) Corporate diversification
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Conglomerate diversification
Q14. What is the full form of SME?
(1) Sales and mergers of entities
(2) Small and Micro entities
(3) Small and medium enterprises
(4) Small and Macro Entity
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Small and medium enterprises
Q15. In which type of Market strategy a consumer gets an opportunity of price bargaining
(1) Double win strategy
(2) New brand strategy
(3) Multi-brand strategy
(4) Live extension strategy
(5) Brand extension strategy
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Double win strategy
Q16. What type of forces include in Marketing Environment
(1) External and Internal forces
(2) Direct and Indirect Forces
(3) Electrical and Mechanical Forces
(4) Physical and Virtual Forces
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Direct and Indirect Forces
Q17. Process which monitors and analyzes the Marketing Environment of the company is known as
(1) Process scanning
(2) Production scanning
(3) Environmental scanning
(4) Political scanning
(5) Social scanning
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Environmental scanning
Q18. Company’s image is important to all departments. Which department is most important for company?
(1) Manufacturing department
(2) Finance department
(3) Selling department
(4) Advertising department
(5) Production department
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (5) Production department
Q19. The growth of an organization depends on which two things?
(1) Expansion and diversification
(2) Integration and coordination
(3) Acquisition and creation
(4) Marketing and selling
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Expansion and diversification
Q20. Tax policy and employment laws come under which factor of marketing?
(1) Cultural factor
(2) Political factor
(3) Social factor
(4) Ecological factor
(5) Legal factor
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Political factor
Q21. Which aspect of micro environment occupies the core position?
(1) Customers and supplier
(2) Employees and media
(3) Supplier and employees
(4) Customers and media
(5) None of these
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Q22. What is the meaning of ‘altitude of customer’ in the marketing environment?
(1) Physical state of consumer
(2) Mental state of consumer
(3) Height of consumer
(4) Assets of consumer
(5) awareness of consumer
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Mental state of consumer
Q23. Which type of analysis is mast for accomplishment of SWOT analysis?
(1) PESTEL analysis
(2) Product analysis
(3) Quality analysis
(4) Situation analysis
(5) None of these
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Q24. Relationship Marketing is same as
(1) Transaction Marketing
(2) Telemarketing
(3) Internal Marketing
(4) Internet Marketing
(5) Service Marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (5) Service Marketing
Q25. Company after analyzing its environment provides a wide variety of small segment. This type of marketing is called
(1) Outbound marketing
(2) Entrepreneurial marketing
(3) Conversional marketing
(4) Product variety marketing
(5) None of these
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Q26. Which of the following statement is correct?
(1) Study of marketing environment is necessary due to the emergency of globalization.
(2) Study of marketing environment is necessary for market reputation.
(3) Study of marketing environment is necessary for financial planning.
(4) Study of marketing environment is necessary for nationalization of bank.
(5) Study of marketing environment is not much necessary.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Study of marketing environment is necessary due to the emergency of globalization.
Q27. Social class belongs to -------------------- factor of marketing environment
(1) Political
(2) Economic
(3) Cultural
(4) Legal
(5) Ecological
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ28. A condition when market is expended by developing new products to satisfy new customer need is known as ----------
(1) Market development
(2) Product development
(3) Customization
(4) Globalization
(5) Diversification
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (5) Diversification
Q29. In a country an industry and developed a sun protective skin cream which resulted increase in skin cancer. This example is related which micro environmental factor?
(1) Natural
(2) Political
(3) Social
(4) Ecological
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ30. ---------------- Environment is changing rapidly.
(1) Marketing
(2) Technological
(3) Social
(4) Political
(5) Economic
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Technological
Q31.”A company’s marketing environment consists of the factor and forces outside marketing that affect marketing management’s ability”. Who gave this statement?
(1) Philip Kotler
(2) Stephen Morse
(3) Kenneth
(4) Neilsen
(5) Lorie and Robert
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Philip Kotler
Q32. Economic forces, natural forces and political forces are considered in ----------------------- environment.
(1) Macro
(2) Micro
(3) Both 1 & 2
(4) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ33. Company, suppliers, customers and marketing channels are considered in ___________________ environment.
(1) Macro
(2) Micro
(3) Both 1 & 2
(4) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ34. A company tries to develop a new technology product that appeal to its current customer. It is an example of ______________________ diversification.
(1) Horizontal diversification
(2) Conglomerate diversification
(3) Vertical diversification
(4) Concentric diversification
(5) Corporate diversification
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Horizontal diversification
Q35. How direct and indirect forces affect the inputs and outputs of any organization?
(1) Expansion and diversification
(2) Integration and coordination
(3) Acquisition and creation
(4) Marketing and selling
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Acquisition and creation
Q36. Which analysis is better choice for the new product development?
(1) SWOT analysis
(2) Situation analysis
(3) PESTEL analysis
(4) 1 and 3
(5) 1,2, and 3
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) PESTEL analysis
Q37. Organizational structure establishes which kind of relationship among marketing personal and others?
(1) Authority relationship
(2) Customer relationship
(3) Marketing relationship
(4) Organizational relationship
(5) None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Authority relationship
Q38. These people help the company to promote, distribute and sell the products to the final customers.
(1) Resellers
(2) Physical distribution firms
(3) Marketing services agencies
(4) Financial intermediaries
(5) All of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ39. ____________ Practice such as welcoming customer’s suggestion, loyalty programs, thanking email or card etc.
(1) Relationship Marketing
(2) Traditional Marketing
(3) Online or modern Marketing
(4) Door-to-door Marketing
(5) Internal Marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (1) Relationship Marketing
Q40. ________________ includes posting customer events, creating Radio spots, printing advertisement in newspaper and magazines, printing pamphlet etc.
(1) Relationship Marketing
(2) Traditional Marketing
(3) Online or modern Marketing
(4) Door-to-door Marketing
(5) Internal Marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (2) Traditional Marketing
Q41. This type of marketing includes advertisement on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. which includes pay per click advertisements and sending advertisements on mails.
(1) Relationship Marketing
(2) Traditional Marketing
(3) Online or modern Marketing
(4) Door-to-door Marketing
(5) Internal Marketing
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Online or modern Marketing
Q42. Internet marketing is same as
(1) Society by law
(2) Marketing for social cause
(3) Social marketing
(4) Share market price
(5) Marketing by the entire society
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) Social marketing
Q43. Which concept is necessary to understand the meaning of marketing and selling?
(1) Consumer buying behavior
(2) Marketing planning
(3) Marketing research
(4) Marketing segment
(5) Marketing organization
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (5) Marketing organization
Q44. _________________ explains the structure of Macro-environmental factors used in marketing environment scanning component of strategic management.
(1) Business analysis
(2) SWOT analysis
(3) PESTEL analysis
(4) DESTEP analysis
(5) Quality analysis
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: (3) PESTEL analysis