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This set of Retail Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Retail Management Set 3

Q1 | Atmosphere in retailing refers to ----.
  • the weather outside a store.
  • the ambience, music, color scent in a store.
  • assortment of products in the store.
  • display of items in a store.
Q2 | A multi channel retailer sells merchandise ----.
  • over the telephone
  • through personal selling and retail store only.
  • over the internet .
  • through more than one channel.
Q3 | Retailing is a marketing function which ----.
  • sells products to other business.
  • sells products to a company that resells them.
  • sells products to final consumers.
  • sells products for ones own use
Q4 | All of the following are possible types of service that a retailer can offer except ----.
  • self service.
  • self selection.
  • limited service.
  • all of the above.
Q5 | The correct statement about chain stores is ----.
  • they offer economic of scale in buying.
  • they can hire good managers.
  • they integrate wholesaling and retailing function.
  • they centralize function.
Q6 | The term which is used to identify the major areas of business of a diversifiedorganization is.
  • business area.
  • business segment, group or diversion
  • business scope.
  • diversified business.
Q7 | Which of the following is not the characteristics of a strategic business unit?
  • it serves a homogenous set of markets with a limited number of related technologies
  • it serves a unique set of products.
  • it owns responsibility for its own profitability.
  • none of the above.
Q8 | According to GE screening grid model, which strategy should a company followwhen it has high industry attractiveness and low business competitive position.
  • invest/growth
  • selective investment /maintain position.
  • harvest/divest
  • none of the above.
Q9 | Which of the following is not included in the list of macro environmental variables.
  • prevailing economic conditions and political manifestors.
  • changes in legislation and emerging new technologies.
  • financial conditions and culture.
  • none of the above.
Q10 | The final stage of the consumer shopping/purchase model around which all otherstages revolves is the.
  • buy decision stage.
  • active information gathering stage.
  • purchase stage.
  • post-purchase evaluation stage.
Q11 | What type of competitive structure are most retail firms involved in?
  • horizontal competition.
  • monopolistic competition.
  • vertical competition.
  • pure competition.
Q12 | Which one of the following factors is not found on a six month merchandisebudget?
  • planned gross margin.
  • current liabilities.
  • planned sales percentage
  • planned purchases at retail.
Q13 | What word best describes the relationship between a retailer's pricing decisions andthe merchandise, location, promotion, credit, services, image and legal decisions thatretailers must make?
  • independent.
  • separate.
  • interactive.
  • competitive.
Q14 | If a retailer is offering the same products and quantities to different customers atdifferent prices, the retailer has what kind of pricing policy?
  • two-price
  • customary.
  • flexible.
  • leader.
Q15 | Which of the following should not be part of the campus shoppe's advertisingcampaign's objectives. The campus shoppe desires to increase.
  • awareness of its two locations
  • sales among incoming freshmen.
  • sales to 40 percent.
  • all the above belong in the retailer\s advertising objectives
Q16 | Consumer premiums are considered to be a form of.
  • joint-sponsored sales promotion.
  • publicity that utilizes opm.
  • advertising.
  • sole-sponsored sales promotion.
Q17 | Merchandise availability is an example of a.
  • cost of sales
  • pretransaction service.
  • operating cost.
  • transaction service.
Q18 | Which of the following is not part of a visual communications program
  • store name and logo.
  • institutional signage.
  • lifestyles graphics.
  • television advertising
Q19 | In which of the following behavioral models there will be no productdifferentiation and brands as a factor plays very little role in the purchase preferences.
  • complex buying behavior.
  • variety seeking behavior.
  • dissonance reducing behavior.
  • habitual buying behavior
Q20 | Which of the following factors include forces like small groups, family, social rolesand status that will have an influence on buyer's behavior?
  • cultural factors.
  • psychological factors.
  • personal factors.
  • social factors
Q21 | Which of the following psychological factors drive a person to satisfy his need andwants.
  • motivation.
  • perception.
  • learning.
  • beliefs and attitudes.
Q22 | Which of the following factors influence the organizational buying decisionprocess?
  • buyers objectives.
  • purchasing policies and resources
  • size and composition or buyers.
  • all of the above.
Q23 | Which method of organizational buying is suitable for he second-hand(used.vehicles, buildings etc, that have unique characteristics, but vary depending ontheir condition and usage.
  • inspection.
  • description.
  • sampling.
  • negotiation.
Q24 | Which of the following do not include while in the learning process of a marketoriented organization.
  • open-minded inquiry.
  • synergistic information distribution.
  • mutually informed interpretation and accessible memory.
  • none of the above.
Q25 | Management information system (MIS. supplies information, which include datafrom both internal and external sources is useful for .
  • order processing.
  • invoicing.
  • customer analysis and product performance.
  • all of the above.