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This set of Consumer Behaviour Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Consumer Behaviour Set 10

Q1 | According to the stimulus-response model of buyer behavior , the place where consumersprocess marketing stimuli prior to making purchase decision is called_______________
  • Consumer’s value chain.
  • Consumer’s cognitive schema.
  • Consumer’s black box. .
  • Consumer’s thoughts-emotions network.
Q2 | Consumer purchases are influenced strongly by cultural, social, personal, and __________
  • Psychographic characteristics.
  • Psychological characteristics
  • Psychometric characteristics.
  • Supply and demand characteristics.
Q3 | ______________ is the most basic cause of a person’s wants and behaviors.
  • Culture.
  • Social class
  • Personality
  • Lifestyle
Q4 | The cultural shift toward _____________ has resulted in more demand for casual clothingand simpler home furnishings.
  • liberal political causes
  • conservative political causes
  • informality.
  • downsizing
Q5 | A ________________ is a group of people with shared value systems based on common lifeexperiences and situations.
  • culture
  • subculture
  • lifestyle composite
  • social class
Q6 | A ___________ is a strong internal stimulus that calls for action.
  • Driv .
  • cue
  • response
  • perception .
Q7 | If a consumer describes a car as being the “most economical car on the market,” then this descriptor is an ___________
  • Rule.
  • Attitude.
  • Belief. .
  • Cue.
Q8 | If a consumer tells friends “I like my car more than any other car on the road,” then theconsumer has expressed an _____________
  • Rule.
  • Attitude. .
  • Belief.
  • Cue.
Q9 | ___________ puts people into a frame of mind of liking or disliking things, of movingtoward or away from them.
  • A rule
  • An attitude.
  • A belief 00
  • A cue.
Q10 | According to the buyer decision process suggested in the text, the first stage is characterizedas being one of __________
  • Awareness.
  • Information search.
  • Need recognition. .
  • Demand formulation.
Q11 | The buying process can be triggered by a(n) __________ when one of the person’s normalneeds—hunger, thirst, sex—rises to a level high enough to become a drive.
  • awareness
  • external stimuli
  • internal stimuli .
  • experiential motivation.
Q12 | The _________________ is the mental process through which an individual passes fromfirst hearing about an innovation to final adoption.
  • adoption process .
  • consumption process
  • innovation process
  • new product development process
Q13 | All of the following are part of the adoption process that consumers may go through whenconsidering an innovation EXCEPT:
  • Awareness.
  • Process.
  • Interest.
  • Trial.
Q14 | With respect to adopter categories, the _______________ are guided by respect, are the opinion leaders in their communities, and adopt new ideas early but carefully.
  • seekers
  • innovators
  • early adopters .
  • early majority
Q15 | Several characteristics are especially important in influencing an innovation’s rate of adoption. _________ is the degree to which the innovation may be tried on a limited basis.
  • Relative advantage
  • Synchronization
  • Compatibility
  • Divisibility .
Q16 | If a company makes products and services for the purpose of reselling or renting them toothers at a profit or for use in the production of other products and services, then the company is selling to the__________
  • Business market. .
  • International market.
  • Consumer market.
  • Private sector market.
Q17 | All of the following are among the primary differences between a business market and aconsumer market except ____________
  • Purchase decisions to satisfy needs. .
  • Market structure and demand.
  • The nature of the buying unit.
  • The types of decisions and the decision process involved.
Q18 | When demand comes (as it does in the business market) from the demand for consumer goods, this form of demand is called___________
  • Kinked demand.
  • Inelastic demand.
  • Cyclical dema
  • d. Derived demand. .
Q19 | General Motors buys steel because consumers buy cars. If consumer demand for cars drops,so will General Motors’ demand for steel. This is an example of the relationships found in___________
  • Kinked demand.
  • Inelastic demand.
  • Cyclical dema
  • d. Derived demand. .
Q20 | That business markets have more buyers involved in the purchase decision is evidence of which of the following characteristic differences between business and consumer markets?
  • market structure and demand
  • the nature of the buying unit .
  • types of decisions made
  • type of decision process itself
Q21 | The place in the business buying behavior model where interpersonal and individual Influences might interact is called the__________
  • Environment.
  • Response.
  • Stimuli.
  • Buying center.
Q22 | In a _______________, the buyer reorders something without any modifications.
  • habitual re buying
  • straight re buying
  • modified re buying
  • new task buying
Q23 | In a _______________, the buyer wants to change something about product specifications,prices, terms, or suppliers.
  • habitual re buy
  • straight re buy
  • modified re buy .
  • new task buy
Q24 | When a firm buys a product or service for the first time, it is facing a _____________
  • Habitual re buy situation.
  • Straight re buy situation.
  • Modified re buy situation.
  • New task situation. .
Q25 | The “in” suppliers are most likely to get nervous and feel pressure to put their best footforward in which of the following types of buying situations?
  • modified re buy .
  • new task buying
  • straight re buy
  • indirect re buy