CBA CBA Marketing & Customer Relations 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does the marketing concept known as the '4 Ps' include?
- People, Process, Performance, Promotion
- Product, Price, Place, Promotion (Correct answer)
- Planning, Positioning, Pricing, Packaging
- Product, Profit, Place, People
Correct answer: Product, Price, Place, Promotion
The traditional marketing mix consists of Product, Price, Place, and Promotion, collectively known as the 4 Ps.
Question 2: What is market segmentation?
- The process of setting a product's price based on competition
- Dividing a broad market into distinct subgroups of consumers with common needs or characteristics (Correct answer)
- Analyzing a company's share of total industry sales
- Creating a brand identity for a new product
Correct answer: Dividing a broad market into distinct subgroups of consumers with common needs or characteristics
Market segmentation divides a heterogeneous market into smaller, more homogeneous groups to allow for targeted marketing strategies.
Question 3: Which metric measures the total revenue a business can expect from a single customer account throughout the business relationship?
- Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
- Net Promoter Score (NPS)
- Customer lifetime value (CLV) (Correct answer)
- Churn rate
Correct answer: Customer lifetime value (CLV)
Customer lifetime value (CLV) estimates the total net profit a company expects to earn from its entire relationship with a customer.
Question 4: What is the primary purpose of a SWOT analysis in marketing planning?
- To evaluate advertising campaign performance
- To assess a company's internal strengths and weaknesses alongside external opportunities and threats (Correct answer)
- To develop a social media content calendar
- To forecast quarterly sales revenue
Correct answer: To assess a company's internal strengths and weaknesses alongside external opportunities and threats
A SWOT analysis evaluates an organization's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats to inform strategic marketing decisions.
Question 5: What is 'brand equity' in marketing?
- The total monetary value of a company's advertising spend
- The added value a brand name gives to a product beyond its functional benefits (Correct answer)
- The percentage of market share held by a brand
- The cost associated with maintaining a company's trademark
Correct answer: The added value a brand name gives to a product beyond its functional benefits
Brand equity represents the premium value that a recognizable brand name adds to a product compared to a generic equivalent.
Question 6: In the context of the product life cycle, which stage is characterized by slow sales growth and minimal profit as the product is introduced to the market?
- Growth
- Maturity
- Introduction (Correct answer)
- Decline
Correct answer: Introduction
The introduction stage of the product life cycle features slow sales growth and little to no profit due to high launch expenses.
What does the marketing concept known as the '4 Ps' include?