Nptel Assignment S
Nptel Assignment S
Week 1
1. ______________ is a planning process designed to assure that all brand contacts
received by a customer or prospect for a product, service, or organisation are relevant
to that person and consistent over time.
a. Marketing
b. Advertising
c. Integrated Marketing Communication
d. Coordinated marketing channels
2. Which one of the following advertising campaigns was launched by TATA Tea to
increase brand recall by addressing social issues?
a. Jaago Re
b. Dil Kholo Duniya Khul Jayegi
c. Desh Ki Dhadkan
d. Tan Ki Shakti Man Ki Shakti
4. The "Two Drops for Life" (दो बूंद ज ूंदगी की: Do Boond Zindagi Ki) polio vaccine
advertisement campaign reflects a message of____________.
a. Hope and Fear
b. Hope
c. Fear
d. Warning
6. The GoI public advertisement campaign 'Two Yards, Mask Is Necessary' (दो ग की दरी,
मास्क है रूरी: Do gaj doori mask hai jaruri) conveys a message of_________.
a. Happiness
b. Hope
c. Fear
d. Contentment
7. As the number of communication media has increased, the task of determining how to
engage target customers efficiently has ___________.
a. Become easier.
b. Become more difficult.
c. Reduced marketing effort.
d. Reduced marketing cost
9. The advertisement campaign 'Tan Ki Shakti Man Ki Shakti' (तन की शक्ति मन की शक्ति
body power mind power) belongs to________
a. TATA Salt
b. Patanjali Ayurved
c. Bournvita
d. Byju's
10. Which of the following is true about integrated marketing communication (IMC)?
Answer Key
1. c 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. c 7. b 8. a 9. c 10. a
Integrated Marketing Communication
Week 2
a. Design Thinking
b. Human Resource Management
c. Team Building
d. Integrated Marketing Communication
a. Emphasis
b. Projection
c. Words and Pictures
d. All the above
4. The large volume of advertising messages that the average consumers are exposed to on a daily
basis is referred to as?
a. Advertising Error
b. Social Media Advertising
c. Advertising clutter
d. Interactive Advertising
a. C. K. Prahalad
b. Al Ries and Jack Trout
c. Daniel Kahneman
d. Philip Kotler
7. Positioning once created in the mindset of the customers with strong communication perspective
can be ______________
a. Changed easily
b. Difficult to change.
c. Changed with newer offers/promotions.
d. Changed with newer product packaging.
8. ____________ works by using associations made in our subconscious, and are almost always
unnoticeable to the subject in which without intentions, the first item that is presented affects
how we respond to the second.
a. Rhyming
b. Priming
c. brain-washing
d. Stereotyping
9. Repetition of similar sounds (usually, exactly the same sound) in the final stressed syllables
and any following syllables of two or more words is referred to as ____________
a. Advertising clutter
b. Rhyming
c. Priming
d. Advertising Error
10. The word NURSE is recognized more quickly following the word DOCTOR is an example of
____________
a. Priming
b. Rhyming
c. Noise
d. Distortion
Answer Key
1. d 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. d 6. c 7. b 8. b 9. b 10. a
Integrated Marketing Communication
Week 3
1. _____________ refers to the study of how customers, both individual and organizations,
satisfy their needs and wants by choosing, purchasing, using and disposing of goods, ideas
and services
a. Consumer behaviour
b. Consumer interest
c. Consumer attitude
d. Consumer interpretation
2. The advertisement campaign ‘Pyaar ki Bhasha' (प्यार की भाषा: the language of love) belongs
to________
a. Neuromarketing
b. Mass Marketing
c. Niche Marketing
d. Micro Marketing
a. Product information
b. Service information
c. Need recognition
d. Market recognition
a. Product Mapping
b. Position Map
c. Eye-tracking
d. None of these
a. Reflexivity
b. Core message
c. Decoding
d. Encoding
a. Cognition
b. Behaviour
c. Beliefs
d. Attitude
9. A product where extensive thought process is involved and the consumer considers a lot of
variables before finally making a purchase decision are referred to as
10. The purchase decision process in which customers devote considerable time and effort to
analysing alternatives is referred as
Answer Key
1. a 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. c 7. a 8. c 9. a 10. a
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Week 4
2. In which method the firm spends on advertising only those funds that remain after
budgeting for everything else ?
a. Percentage-of-sales
b. Affordability method
c. Objective-and-task
d. Competitive parity
a. Budget available.
b. Customers’ choice
c. Agencies choice.
d. Creative plans choice.
4. The method of managing advertising budget at a certain percentage of sales price per
unit or forecasted sales of products is classified as
a. Multi-attribute Model
b. Dual Process Models of Persuasion
c. Elaboration Likelihood Model
d. Stimulus Response Model
9. The tendency of human nature to want to offer something when something is received
is referred as
a. Commitment
b. Social Proof
c. Reciprocation
d. Liking
10. The customers are more likely to be persuaded to complete a certain action if the request
seems to be coming from a source that is seen as credible is described as
a. Commitment
b. Social Proof
c. Authority
d. Liking
Answer Key
1. c 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. c 7. c 8. b 9. c 10. c
Integrated Marketing Communication
Week 5
1. Which among the following is the first company to use colour television advertisement in
India?
a. Nestle
b. Bombay Dyeing
c. Vicco Laboratories
d. Burmah Shell
3. Who was the first Indian film actress to endorse Lux soap?
a. Leela Chitnis
b. Aishwarya Rai
c. Hema Malini
d. Madhuri Dixit
4. India’s first Advertising Convention was held in
a. 1945
b. 1963
c. 1965
d. 1960
5. Which brand-sponsored 'Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’ programme aired on DD National in 1984.
a. Bombay Dyeing
b. Lux
c. Vicco
d. Lifebuoy
6. Consumers' favourable or unfavourable responses to a particular advertisement based on
various advertisement factors are known as
a. Advertising Error
b. Brand attitude
c. Advertising image
d. Advertising attitude
7. Which firm is credited to be the world's first advertising agency?
a. Omnicom
b. William Taylor
c. Publicis
d. WPP Group
8. The method of seeking feedback to screen the quality of a new idea, using consumers as the
judge and jury, is known as
a. Audience Profiling
b. Creative brief
c. Concept testing
d. Copywriting
9. When a test actually measures what it purports to measure, we say that it has good____.
a. Validity
b. Trustworthiness
c. Reliability
d. Meaningfulness
a. Validity
b. Correlation
c. Trustworthiness
d. Reliability
Answer Key
1. b 2. d 3. a 4. d 5. c 6. d 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. d
Integrated Marketing Communication
Week 6
1. The document that summarises the main issues and details of marketing communications
activities, including relevant background information and marketing communications
decisions, is called_________
a. Copy Research
b. Marketing communication plan
c. Copywriting
d. Copy brief
2. A research technique that allows respondents to project their subjective or true opinions and
beliefs onto other people or even objects is termed as
a. Association Test
b. Projective Test
c. Resonance Test
d. Recognition Test
3. An advertising research technique that creates a mental map of the consumers view towards
a particular ad/product and uses images and symbols to reveal how consumers think and feel
about it is described as
a. Communication Tests
b. Physiological Tests
c. Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET)
d. Behavioural Intent
4. A research technique that measures what people think, feel and/or do as a consequence of being
exposed to advertising content is termed as
5. The following test is conducted to determine the extent to which the message resonates or
rings true with target audience members.
a. Physiological Test
b. Recall Test
c. Resonance Test
d. Communication Test
6. Which of the following factor is not a basis for considering cost in IMC Planning?
a. Time frame
b. Response frame
c. Frequency
d. Reach
7. A copy research method that measures whether the customers are getting the true message
in an advertisement is termed as
a. Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET)
b. Communication Tests
c. Physiological Tests
d. Behavioural Intent
8. Which of the following is not employed as a budgeting method in IMC planning?
a. Response models
b. Share of market/voice
c. Zero-sum budgeting
d. Percentage of sales
9. A short document that sums up marketing, advertising, or design project mission, goals,
challenges, demographics, messaging, and other key details are known as
a. Copy Frame
b. Creative brief
c. Copywriting
d. Storyboard
10. In 2020, which of the following country ranked first in advertising spending?
a. China
b. India
c. Japan
d. United States
Answer Key
1. b 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. c 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. b 10. d
Integrated Marketing Communication
Week 7
1. “Advertising is a form of open communication between those who sell and those who
buy.” Who said these words?
a. American Market Association
b. Philip Kotler
c. Burt Manning
d. None of the above
2. Which of the following is not an indoor support media?
a. Direct Mail
b. Newspapers
c. Catalogues
d. Booklets
3. What are the patterns used in Media continuity?
a. Continuous
b. Pulsing
c. Flighting
d. Both a & b
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
4. It is related to the exact number of times the individuals are exposed to an advertisement
message in a schedule.
a. Frequency distribution
b. Effective frequency
c. Cost per Thousand (CPM)
d. Reach
5. Which if these is not a factor affecting Media planning?
a. Language
b. Advertising objectives
c. Media used by competitors
d. None of the above
6. This/these type of advertising include(s) catalogues, newsletters, flyers.
a. Print advertising
b. Direct mail advertising
c. Podcast advertising
d. Both a & b
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
7. Which company launched ‘Hackwashing’ campaign at Kumbh Mela 2019?
a. Dettol
b. Savlon
c. Lifebuoy
d. Margo
8. Which state reached the highest numbers in terms of TV reach in India 2018?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Maharashtra
c. Odisha
d. Uttar Pradesh
9. __________ refers to a series of decisions required to deliver the advertisement message to
large target audience.
a. Message evaluation
b. Message frequency
c. Message distribution
d. Message planning
Answer Key
1. c 2. b 3. e 4. a 5. d 6. d 7. c 8. b 9. d 10. d
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Week 8
Answer Key
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. d 9. d 10. a
Integrated Marketing Communication
Week 9
10. You are getting buy-one-get-one free with your product. What kind of sales premium is
this?
a. In-or-on mail premium
b. Store premium
c. Self-liquidating premium
d. Free-in the mail premium
Answer Key
1. h 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. d 7. a 8. c 9. d 10. a
Integrated Marketing Communication
Week 10
3. Which one of the following lists provides information about consumers who meet a
specific demographic profile?
a. Compiled list
b. Response list
c. Standard list
d. Chain list
4. This determines the per rupee value associated with a long-term relationship with a
customer
a. Cost per order
b. Customer lifetime value
c. Customer relationship list
d. Cost per customer
5. A systematic approach to the ____________ to support would require that the firm study
alternative causes in cause-related marketing and constitute the appeal accordingly.
a. Choice of profit partner
b. Choice of non-profit partner
c. Choice of means
d. Choice of cause
6. When a companies like Infosys, Tata, etc. use employee volunteers for social good. This is
known as:
a. Issue focused programs
b. Business activity programs
c. Employee engagement
d. Employee orientation programs
8. WHO engaged in public relations with ‘One Year Into The COVID-19 Pandemic, Six
Stories That Inspire Hope’, ‘Kenya: Creating Sustainable Jobs for Youth’, etc. celebrating
human resilience, ingenuity and creativity during pandemic time. Which form of public
relation these activities are?
a. Event Sponsorship
b. Press Releases
c. Feature Stories
d. Publicity
9. We generally do not say, “go search it on the Internet.” Instead, we say, “go Google it.”
This is a form ________ word-of-mouth tool.
a. When they care. They share. Make them emotional.
b. Monkey see, monkey do
c. Instead of Business to Consumers. Make it Business to People.
d. Associations and Triggers
10. Which organisation launched their campaign ‘Jeet Ka Padak’ with a musical video on
social media, wishing Indian sports persons in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
a. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
b. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
c. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
d. Hindustan petroleum Corporation Ltd.
Answer Key
1. c 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. c 7. a 8. c 9. d 10. b
Integrated Marketing Communication
Week 11
1. Search engines need to help users find what they’re looking for. To make sure they list the
best results first, they are Not looking for signals of:
a. Popularity
b. Responsibility
c. Relevance
d. Authority
4. Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace emerged in this web stage.
a. Web 1.0
b. Web 2.0
c. Web 3.0
d. Web 4.0
5. Keywords are the very foundation of search. There are four things to consider when
choosing a keyword. Which one of them is NOT:
a. Value per word
b. Value per lead
c. Propensity to convert
d. Competition
e. Search volume
6. Which among the following is an ad type that offers different components in various
configurations to tell a brand story?
a. Single image ads
b. Messenger ads
c. Canvas
d. Website card
7. This kind of mobile advertising targeting allows to deliver a mobile ad message within a
particular country, city or ZIP code.
a. Operator
b. Demographic
c. Geo-specific
d. Behavioural
8. Twitter is best suited for:
a. People whose primary motive is to seek attractive pictures and videos
b. People who want to feel like they’re living what they’re watching
c. People who want to write long essays on their blogs
d. People looking for instant reaction primarily
10. Which one of the following is leading social media platforms for influencer marketing
across India in 2020?
a. Instagram
b. Facebook
c. YouTube
d. Twitter
Answer Key
1. b 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. c 7. c 8. d 9. d 10. a
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Week 12
Answer Key
1. a 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. a 6. b 7. c 8. b 9. d 10. a