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This set of Consumer Behaviour Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Consumer Behaviour Set 2

Q1 | According to the stimulus-response model of buyer behavior (as presented in your text), theplace where consumers process marketing stimuli prior to making purchase decision is called the:
  • 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 | Marketers are always trying to spot ____________ in order to discover new products thatmight be wanted.
  • opinion graphers
  • dissonant groups
  • cultural shifts .
  • benchmarks
Q5 | The cultural shift toward _____________ has resulted in more demand for casual clothing andsimpler home furnishings.
  • liberal political causes
  • conservative political causes
  • informality .
  • downsizing
Q6 | A ________________ is a group of people with shared value systems based on common lifeexperiences and situations.
  • culture
  • subculture .
  • lifestyle composite
  • social class
Q7 | The greatest barrier to effectively marketing to the Asian American market is thought to be:
  • reluctance to grant credit to this group.
  • language and cultural traditions. .
  • the urban nature of their neighborhoods.
  • lack of a mass media that reaches this group.
Q8 | Relatively permanent and ordered divisions in a society whose members share similarvalues, interests, and behaviors are called:
  • cultures.
  • subcultures.
  • social classes. .
  • social factors.
Q9 | As a form of a reference group, the _______________ are ones to which the individualwishes to belong.
  • secondary groups
  • facilitative groups
  • primary groups
  • aspiration groups .
Q10 | The __________________ is a person within a reference group who, because of special skills,knowledge, personality, or other characteristics, exerts influence on others.
  • facilitator
  • referent actor
  • opinion leader .
  • social role player
Q11 | Even though buying roles in the family change constantly, the ___________ has traditionallybeen the main purchasing agent for the family.
  • wife .
  • husband
  • teenage children
  • grandparent
Q12 | A major reason for the changing traditional purchasing roles for families is that:
  • the economic conditions are forcing more teens to work.
  • more women than ever hold jobs outside the home. .
  • children are spending more time on the web.
  • men and women now shop together or “shop until you drop” for entertainment purposes.
Q13 | A(n) ________________ consists of the activities people are expected to perform according tothe persons around them.
  • behavior
  • attitude
  • role .
  • status
Q14 | The stages through which families might pass as they mature over time is a description ofwhat is called the:
  • adoption process.
  • lifestyle cycle.
  • values and lifestyle (vals) topology.
  • family life cycle. . 41. a ______________ is a person’s pattern of living as expressed in his or her activities,
Q15 | The basic premise of the _____________ is that people’s possessions contribute to and reflect their identities; that is, “we are what we have.”
  • lifestyle concept
  • self-concept .
  • personality concept
  • cognitive concept
Q16 | A _____________ is a need that is sufficiently pressing to direct the person to seek satisfactionof the need.
  • motive .
  • want
  • demand
  • requirement
Q17 | A good synonym for motive is a(n) _____________.
  • omen
  • need
  • drive .
  • cue
Q18 | The theory of motivation that views people as responding to urges that are repressed butnever fully under control was developed by:
  • marshall.
  • kant.
  • fre
  • . d. maslow.
Q19 | According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the lowest order of needs are called:
  • self-actualization needs.
  • social needs.
  • safety needs.
  • physiological needs. .
Q20 | According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the highest order of needs are called:
  • self-actualization needs. .
  • social needs.
  • safety needs.
  • physiological needs.
Q21 | __________________ is the process by which people select, organize, and interpretinformation to form a meaningful picture of the world.
  • readiness
  • selectivity
  • perception .
  • motivation
Q22 | People can form different perceptions of the same stimulus because of three perceptualprocesses. These processes are best described as being:
  • selective attention, selective distortion, and selective retention. .
  • subliminal perception, selective remembrance, selective forgetting.
  • closure, modeling, and perceptual screening.
  • needs distortion, wants analysis, and perceptual screening.
Q23 | _______________ describes changes in an individual’s behavior arising from experience.
  • modeling
  • motivation
  • perception
  • learning .
Q24 | A ___________ is a strong internal stimulus that calls for action.
  • drive .
  • cue
  • response
  • perception
Q25 | If a consumer describes a car as being the “most economical car on the market,” then thisdescriptor is a(n):
  • rule.
  • attitude.
  • belief. .
  • cue.