MGT 103 BATES MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
marketing - Answers -started production based; engineers
the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, deliver- ing,
and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at
large
Eras of marketing - Answers -1. production
2. sales era
3. marketing concept era
4. customer relationship era
need - Answers -precedes a want; underlying necessity
-basic physical and psychological needs
want - Answers --our preferred way of satisfying our needs
market - Answers --a group or groups of consumers that can be characterized by their
interests or buying habits
-desire and ability to buy an offering
industry - Answers --esists to serve a market
-collection of product and service providers positioned for a target audience
target market - Answers -the group or groups of consumers an organization directs in
marketing efforts to
4 p's - Answers --cant control
-product, price, promotion, place
product - Answers -functionality, brand, packaging, services, warranty and services after
ex/ red bull, skinny can to be different
price - Answers --list price, discounts, and credit terms
promotion - Answers --advertising, sales force, publicity, sales promotion
place - Answers --channel, inventory, logistics, distribution
, uncontrollable forces - Answers --physical environment, economic, social aspects,
technology, competition, regulatory forces
value - Answers --either add more benefit or reduce cost
-based on ones own perception
-benefits=price ratio
perceptual map - Answers -f
supermarket jam experiment - Answers -more jame options were more attractive
but with less James, more people bought something
great variety.. - Answers --greater expectation and greater opportunity cost
benefits vs features - Answers --consumers buy benefits, not features
-why how what
organizational structure - Answers -1. board of directors
2. corporate- level strategy
3. business unit level strategy
4. functional Lebel strategy
marketing myopia (downfall) - Answers --companies think of themselves as what the
become to narrow and dont see big picture
ex/ railroad, only for mail, didn't think bout transportation
SMART - Answers -specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time based
marketing plan - Answers -focuses on the core offering, not looking at operations like a
buisness does
SWOT - Answers --strengths, weaknesses, opportunity, and threats
segmentation - Answers --most important part of marketing
-not best- time and money constraints
-use external things (age, race, educational level)
market segmentation - Answers --process of dividing a market into groups of similar
consumers
-who is our customer?
product positioning - Answers --relative position on where your product sits in the
consumers mind in comparison to others
-determines how best to communicate their products benefits to target consumers and
satisfy there needs and wants