πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. Word-of-Mouth communication networks are particularly important for service firms because
  • (A) Service customers tend to rely more on personal than the non-personal source of information
  • (B) Service firms only offer one brand of service.
  • (C) Service firms can seldom afford to pay for promotional efforts.
  • (D) Service customers tend to rely more on non-personal than personal sources of information
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Service customers tend to rely more on personal than the non-personal source of information
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. Branding of services becomes difficult because they are
  • (A) Intangible.
  • (B) Heterogeneous.
  • (C) Perishable.
  • (D) Inseparable.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Intangible.
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. Which of the following communication objectives becomes the most important during the post-consumption evaluation stage
  • (A) Informing customers
  • (B) Managing customer expectations.
  • (C) Reducing consumer perceived risk
  • (D) Persuading customers
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Reducing consumer perceived risk
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. Tangible clues are more important when services are
  • (A) Highly perishable.
  • (B) Tangible dominant.
  • (C) Intangible dominant
  • (D) Heterogeneous
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Intangible dominant
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. The perceived consequences of a consumer s purchase decision are
  • (A) Financial, social and performance
  • (B) Social, ethical and performance.
  • (C) Performance, social and ethical.
  • (D) Ethical, social and psychological
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Financial, social and performance
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. The primary objective of a firms communication mix during the pre-consumption choice stage is to
  • (A) sell the product
  • (B) Minimize the perceived risk associated with the purchase
  • (C) Encourage repeat purchases
  • (D) Persuasively convince customers why the firms brand is superior to the competitors
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Persuasively convince customers why the firms brand is superior to the competitors
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. Which one of the following communication approaches would be appropriate during the growth and maturity stages of the product life cycle?
  • (A) Informational.
  • (B) Informational and persuasive
  • (C) Persuasive.
  • (D) Persuasive and reminder
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Persuasive and reminder
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. Which of the following is not a communication objective during the maturity and decline stages of the product life cycle?
  • (A) Encourage repeat purchases
  • (B) Provide ongoing contact with customers
  • (C) Prepare the way for personal selling efforts
  • (D) Express gratitude to the existing customer base.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Provide ongoing contact with customers
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. The appropriate communication content during the introduction stage of the product life cycle would be
  • (A) Informational.
  • (B) Informational and persuasive
  • (C) Persuasive.
  • (D) Persuasive and reminder.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Informational and persuasive
πŸ“Š Service Marketing
Q. Differentiation approaches such as competence, courtesy, reliability, and responsiveness are forms of
  • (A) Product differentiation
  • (B) Personnel differentiation
  • (C) Image differentiation
  • (D) Service differentiation.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Personnel differentiation