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1.The production concept and product concept are orientations that can lead to marketing myopia.
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True

2.Today, many firms continue to practice mass marketing.
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False
3. Specific marketing tools designed to build and enhance customer relationships include club marketing programs and frequency programs.
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True

4.Product, price, place and promotion make up the elements of a firm 's marketing mix.
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True

5. When sellers focus on existing needs and lose sight of underlying customer wants, they suffer from marketing myopia.
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False

6. The elements of the extended marketing mix are price, place, promotion and product.
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False
7. The difference between human needs and wants is that needs are not influenced by marketers.
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True
8. Partner relationship management involves building relationships with employees and customers but not suppliers.
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False
9. The societal marketing concept calls on marketers to balance consumer wants and desires, company profits and society 's interest.
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True

10. Beyond offering consistently high value and satisfaction, marketers can use specific marketing tools to develop stronger bonds with consumers.
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True 11.Customer satisfaction is said to occur when: Answer | | a product 's performance falls short of customer expectations. | | | the customer 's benefits outweighed the costs of purchasing the product. | | | the product was well designed. | | | a product 's performance matches or exceeds customer expectations. | | | a product 's price was heavily discounted. |

12. according to the simple model of the marketing process, a company needs to ________ before designing a customer-driven marketing strategy.
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| | determine how to deliver superior value | | | build profitable relationships with customers | | | construct key components of a marketing program | | | understand the

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