Developing Marketing Strategies and Plans - Quiz

1. A cash cow in the BCG Matrix is a business that:

Has high potential but is currently underperforming

Is in a declining market segment

Operates in a high-growth, high-market-share market

Generates more cash than it needs and operates in a low-growth market

2. Strategic business units (SBUs) are:

Financial reports of company profits

Employee groups tasked with product development

Divisions within a company that focus on a specific product, market, or business area

External marketing agencies

3. Market share is defined as:

A company’s profit margin

The total number of products a company produces

The percentage of a market’s total sales that is earned by a particular company

The number of customers in a market

4. In a growth-share matrix, a star represents:

An international market entry strategy

A high-growth, high-market-share business unit

A declining product line

A low-growth, low-market-share business unit

5. Competitive positioning means:

Creating a unique place in the minds of consumers that sets a brand apart from its competitors

Lowering prices to compete

Limiting advertising efforts

Focusing only on increasing sales volume

6. Market penetration strategy refers to:

Expanding into international markets

Introducing new products to new markets

Increasing sales of existing products to current market segments without changing the product

Reducing the marketing budget

7. Marketing metrics are important because:

They focus only on financial data

They reduce the marketing budget

They allow businesses to measure the effectiveness of their marketing strategies and efforts

They are used for evaluating employee performance

8. Differentiation strategy in marketing means:

Providing unique features and benefits that set a product apart from competitors

Focusing on cost reduction

Offering the lowest price

Reducing product variety

9. In Kotler’s marketing strategy model, competitive advantage is achieved by:

Focusing on product features

Reducing production costs

Offering the lowest price

Delivering superior value to customers in a way that competitors cannot easily imitate

10. The SWOT analysis in marketing involves:

Segmentation, Wealth, Objectives, Trends

Strategy, Workflows, Offerings, Targets

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

Sales, Workforce, Opportunities, Technology

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