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Communication Studies explores the theories, principles, and practices of human communication across various contexts, such as interpersonal, intercultural, group, organizational, and mass media settings. The course examines how messages are created, transmitted, received, and understood, emphasizing the impact of culture, technology, and power dynamics on communication processes. Students develop critical thinking and analytical skills while learning to effectively convey ideas, resolve conflicts, and engage with diverse audiences, preparing them for personal, professional, and civic interactions in an increasingly connected world.
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Integrated Advertising Promotion and Marketing Communications 6th Edition by Kenneth E. Clow
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Chapter 1: Integrated Marketing Communications
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Q1) In addition to the traditional elements of advertising, sales promotions, and personal selling-promotions now also includes activities such as database marketing, direct marketing, sponsorship marketing, Internet marketing, guerrilla marketing, and alternative marketing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) All of the following are trends impacting the use of integrated advertising and marketing communications except:
A) emphasis on customer engagement
B) increases in perception of brand parity
C) increase in channel power by manufacturers
D) increase in micro-marketing
Answer: C
Q3) Brand parity is the belief that multiple brands consist of or offer the same set of attributes and benefits and are of equal quality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Corporate Image and Brand Management
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Q1) Effective marketing communications are based on a clearly defined corporate image.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Brand infringement occurs when a company creates a brand name that closely resembles a popular or successful brand.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) What four tests should quality logos and corporate names pass?
Answer: 1. They should be easily recognizable.
2. They should be familiar.
3. They should elicit a consensual meaning among those in the firm's target market.
4. They should evoke positive feelings.
Q4) The goal of branding is to set a product apart from its competitors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Buyer Behaviors
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Q1) A person's educational level combined with specific knowledge about a product category determines the:
A) ability to search
B) desire to search
C) need for cognition
D) involvement level
Answer: A
Q2) Consumer values are loosely held attitudes about various topics or concepts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) An organizational factor that impacts the manner in which a purchase decision is made includes the:
A) norms members of the buying center are expected to follow
B) risk involved in switching vendors
C) personalities of the sales staff and members of the buying center
D) capital assets a firm has available
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: The IMC Planning Process
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Q1) When consumers begin to forget a brand name because advertising messages have stopped, it is a sign of:
A) a sales-response curve
B) wear out effects
C) decay effects
D) carryover effects
Q2) Which concept explains that consumers may recall an ad from the past and make a purchase because they have seen the ad several times?
A) a sales-response curve
B) a marginal analysis
C) decay effects
D) carryover effects
Q3) When a company introduces a new product under a strongly established brand name, the length of time to reach the threshold point where advertising is effective is normally shorter.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the steps in the IMC Planning Process?
Q5) What are the methods of segmenting business-to-business markets?
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Chapter 5: Advertising Management
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Q1) Using crowdsourcing to create advertisements is normally cheaper than using an advertising agency.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A boutique agency provides a full range of advertising services.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The executional framework explains how the message in an advertisement will be delivered.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In terms of the 75/15/10 rule, the 10% represents the:
A) money spent on media time or space
B) money spent on ad production
C) money spent for the creative work
D) fee for the media buyer
Q5) An anthropological approach in consumer-oriented research involves direct observation of consumers using goods and services.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Advertising Design: Theoretical Frameworks and Types of Appeals
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Q1) To be successful, the humor in a humor appeal should be:
A) directed at the target audience of the ad
B) of a low level since humor that is too heavy tends to interfere with message recall
C) directed to the audience's value system
D) connected directly to the product's benefits
Q2) If a radio conjures images that consumers can see clearly in their minds, the effect may be greater than seeing an actual visual portrayal.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The attitude sequence of cognitive conative affective is based on the hierarchy of effects model sequence.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The hierarchy of effects model aids in clarifying the target audience of an advertising campaign and the development of individual ads.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is a leverage point?
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Chapter 7: Advertising Design: Message Strategies and
Executional Frameworks
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Q1) Britney really liked the advertisement by Saturn that featured an elementary school teacher, primarily because Britney is also an elementary school teacher. This identification with the spokesperson by Britney is an example of the concept of:
A) attractiveness
B) similarity
C) likeability
D) trustworthiness
Q2) The most common themes for fantasy executions are sex, love, and romance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Paid actors or models used in an advertisement to resemble everyday people would be considered to be celebrity endorsement since they are professional actors or models.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Perfumes and colognes often use a demonstration form of executional framework, because they are easy to show in a positive light.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Traditional Media Channels
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Q1) Radio is a viable medium for business-to-business ads because it can reach business people while in transit to work and during office hours if they have the radio on at work.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In terms of reach and frequency, the time period usually used for measurement purposes is four months.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Newspapers are an excellent advertising medium for local companies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define reach, frequency, continuity, and gross impressions.
Q5) Gross impressions are the number of times an individual is exposed to an advertisement.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the roles of the media planner and the media buyer.
Q7) What are the primary benefits of newspaper advertising? The primary problems?
Q8) What are the primary benefits of radio advertising? The primary problems?
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Chapter 9: Digital Marketing
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Q1) Customer-generated reviews are a valuable source of information for:
A) monitoring changes in governmental regulations
B) studying competitor actions
C) crowdsourcing
D) providing feedback for online retailing
Q2) E-mail marketing campaigns can be directed to consumers who abandon shopping carts without making a purchase to offer additional incentives to complete the purchase.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Beyond apprehension about identity theft and fraud, consumers worry that firms will sell personal information that should remain private.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Digital marketing incorporates e-mail with e-commerce.
A)True
B)False
Q5) E-commerce focuses on selling goods or services on the Internet.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Alternative Marketing
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Q1) According to consumers, ceiling banners and overhead mobiles are the most engaging.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In terms of buzz marketing, the ideal situation occurs when:
A) consumers who truly like a brand tell others
B) consumers who like a brand and are sponsored by a company to tell others
C) a company creates a blog about a brand and invites consumers to participate
D) company or agency employees posing as customers of the company, telling others about the brand
Q3) Advertisers believe that product placements lead to increased brand awareness and more positive attitudes toward the brand.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Buzz marketing can be compared to a virus. The inoculation stage:
A) involves the product being adopted by the early majority
B) involves the product being used by a few innovators or trendsetters
C) corresponds to the product being introduced
D) involves widespread use of the product
Q5) Discuss the factors that are necessary for effective point-of-purchase displays.
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Chapter 11: Database and Direct Response Marketing and Personal Selling
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Q1) In terms of generating sales leads, networking and using directories produces superior leads to using a firm's internal database.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In purchasing a mailing list, a response list consists of customers who have purchased the product before and have responded to direct mail offers for the product being advertised.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In terms of online sales, in many cases, receiving which of the following is the first step in the buying process?
A) direct mail flyer
B) e-mail
C) catalog
D) telemarketing call
Q4) Catalogs offer the advantages of being long lasting, low-pressure, and can be viewed at a person's leisure.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Sales Promotions
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Q1) When a manufacturer offers to pay part of the costs of a retail advertising campaign, it is:
A) incentive marketing
B) target market advertising
C) cooperative advertising
D) specialty advertising
Q2) The key to a successful sampling program is:
A) targeting the right audience
B) reducing the costs of distribution
C) gaining visibility prior to the sampling program
D) the cooperation of retailers and other channel members
Q3) A major disadvantage of sampling is the cost, both of producing the sample and for distributing the sample.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The most controversial form of trade allowance is the off-invoice allowance.
A)True
B)False
Q5) For contests and sweepstakes, what is the difference between extrinsic value and intrinsic value in prizes?
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Chapter 13: Public Relations and Sponsorship Programs
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Q1) The public relations department issues a statement saying, "Unusual and unforeseen weather caused this accident. It was beyond our control." This statement is a form of:
A) expression of innocence
B) excuse
C) rationalization
D) justification
Q2) Practically every company actively promotes its environmentally safe products.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Paying for entry fees into a league and uniforms for a little league soccer team is an example of:
A) sponsorship marketing
B) event marketing
C) cause-related marketing
D) an ineffective contact point
Q4) A strong company image that takes years to build may be destroyed in just a few weeks or months if something bad happens.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Regulations and Ethical Concerns
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Q1) Ethics are:
A) beliefs or principles that individuals hold concerning what is right and what is wrong
B) moral principles that individuals hold concerning what is right and what is wrong
C) moral principles that serve as guidelines for both individuals and organizations
D) beliefs or principles that serve as guidelines for both individuals and organizations
Q2) In terms of ethical frameworks for reasoning, justice approach is:
A) a method of decision making based on treating all people fairly and consistently
B) the degree to which society values personal goals, personal autonomy, privacy over group loyalty, commitments to group norms, involvements in collective activities, social cohesiveness, and intense socialization
C) a means of making decisions based on what is the greatest good for the greatest number of people
D) a means of making decisions based on the belief that each person has fundamental rights, that should be respected and protected
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Chapter 15: Evaluating an Integrated Marketing Program
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Q1) In terms of copytesting, the current thought by a number of marketing professionals is that the test:
A) favors affective approaches over rational approaches
B) inspires creativity
C) is necessary primarily because of the issue of accountability
D) is not really useful, but necessary because of demands of creatives
Q2) If a client wants to know why a particular ad or ad campaign is not performing well, the best source of information would be:
A) quantitative questions on a copytest
B) emotional reaction tests
C) verbatim comments from a copytest
D) ad tracking research
Q3) In terms of online metrics, dwell time is:
A) the number of individuals who click on an online ad
B) the proportion of ad impressions that result from a user clicking on or mousing over an advertisement
C) the amount of time a user is engaged with a particular advertisement
D) the amount of time a user is engaged with a website
Q4) What objectives can be used to measure the overall IMC program?
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