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Which of the following describes a reason why integrated marketing communications have not been the norm in many companies?


A) Employees circumvent interactive communication norms
B) Communication autonomy often leads to employee ambiguity
C) Customer empowerment is short term
D) Various parts of the company are responsible for different aspects of communication
E) The servicescape is designed to impede external communication

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Customer education is beneficial for closing provider gap 4 when:


A) The supply and demand of the service are not synchronized
B) Customers are experienced users of the service
C) The services are low in credence qualities
D) The services are classified as low-involvement
E) The services are high priced

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The Atlanta Kroger Marketing Area (KMA) publishes a monthly newsletter,Hot Off the Press,to provide information to its employees about food safety and preparation,changes in store policy and exceptional service encounters and the employees who were involved in these encounters.This newsletter is an example of:


A) Vertical communications
B) Vertical integration
C) Horizontal integration
D) Informal communication
E) Interactive marketing

F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

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A commercial for Carnival Cruises shows a group of friends scuba diving,rock climbing,dancing and having a really great time.Which strategy for tangibilization is Carnival using in this commercial?


A) Illumination
B) Physical representation
C) Allusion
D) Documentation
E) Visualization

F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

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By involving employees in cross-functional teams to align their jobs with end customer requirements,a service firm is:


A) Managing service promises
B) Resetting customer expectations
C) Communicating with customers
D) Managing internal marketing communications
E) Exceeding customer expectations

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Which of the following services is highest in incorporeal evidence?


A) An ATM
B) A movie theater
C) A vacation cruise
D) Management consulting
E) A drive-through liquor store

F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

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An airline that sells first-class,business-class and tourist-class seats on its planes has created tiered-value service offerings.

A) True
B) False

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Creating tiered-value service offerings is a strategy for:


A) Personal selling
B) Managing customer expectations
C) Communicating with customers
D) Managing horizontal communications
E) Exceeding customer expectations

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Which of the following is NOT a category of strategy that service providers can use to match service promises with service delivery?


A) Integrate the service dimensions
B) Improve customer education
C) Manage service promises
D) Manage customer expectations
E) Manage internal marketing communications

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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It is impossible to manage customer expectations in a business-to-business situation.

A) True
B) False

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A major cause of _____ is the difference between what a firm promises about a service and what it actually delivers.


A) Customer empowerment
B) Poorly perceived service
C) Service downsizing
D) Service autonomy
E) Originator ambiguity

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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An advertisement for the Four Seasons Hotel featured Marlene Wei,a housekeeper at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago.Copy for the advertisement noted that "Marlene is the soul of concern.She cannot sleep well at night unless she is certain you will.Her mission is to enhance your personal comfort and,in turn your professional efficiency the following day." By featuring Marlene Wei in an advertisement,the Four Seasons Hotel is _______ to address service intangibility.


A) Featuring service employees in advertising
B) Using brand icons
C) Using documentation
D) Using viral marketing
E) Leveraging social media

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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A more complex type of integrated marketing communications is needed for goods than for services.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is NOT a company-controlled factor that influences customer expectations?


A) Advertising
B) Personal selling
C) Employee appearance
D) Word-of-mouth communication
E) Pricing strategy

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Which of the following is NOT a factor that contributes to service communication challenges?


A) Servicescape omniscience
B) Management of service promises
C) Service intangibility
D) Management of customer expectations
E) Customer education

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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Mike hurt his back and has to go to physical therapy every other day.He has a series of exercises he is supposed to do on the days he does not see the therapist.After two months,Mike was not feeling any better and complained to the therapist who at that point realized Mike was not performing all of the stretching exercises that he should be at this point in his rehabilitation.Mike had been handed a booklet when he started his therapy.Because he had only been instructed in how to perform some of the exercises in the booklet but not all of them,he had thought he was not to do the others.Mike feels like he has been wasting his time.The service provider has erred by:


A) Inadequate internal marketing communications
B) Inappropriate external marketing communications
C) Providing inadequate customer education
D) Under-promising and over-delivering
E) Inadequate management of customer expectations

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Every functional area in a Marriott Hotel operates under standard operating procedure manuals where all processes and services are carefully documented.Housekeepers,for example,must perform 64 required steps in cleaning a room.These specific guidelines result in uniformly clean rooms anywhere in the Marriott Hotel chain.By having specific guidelines for cleaning a room,Marriott is avoiding one of the problems associated with:


A) Inadequate management of service promises
B) Over-promising in advertising and personal selling
C) Inadequate external marketing communication
D) Inadequate interactive marketing communications
E) Inadequate internal marketing communications

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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Offering choices to the customer is a strategy for:


A) Avoiding the perception of service inconsistency
B) Managing service promises
C) Managing customer expectations
D) Managing horizontal communications
E) Improving customer education

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Cookies is a retail store where customers host parties for guests to bake and decorate cookies.Children attending a party staged at Cookies were upset when the adult owners of the store did all of the baking while they watched.The store owner's insurance provider had told her that she was not covered if a minor was injured on her premises.The children's disappointment was a result of:


A) Inadequate management of customer expectations
B) Under-promising and over-delivering
C) Improper vertical communication
D) Differences in policies and procedures in internal marketing
E) Inadequate customer empowerment

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Any company that disseminates information through different communications channels needs to be concerned with integrating this information so that customers receive unified messages and promises about its offering.

A) True
B) False

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