These are the answers for Quiz 3 covering Chpt 18

1."Stockturn rate" means: 

A)the rate at which products enter and leave a intermediary's establishment. 

B)the number of days required to sell a given output of products. 

C)the number of times the average inventory is sold in a year. 

D)the amount of time needed to sell every item in a retailer's inventory. 

E)all of the above. 

 

2.Future Shop sets its prices below other electronics stores in its service area and generally attracts more customers than the others. Future Shop apparently hopes to earn a profit by: 

A)being the price leader in an oligopoly market. 

B)achieving a high stockturn rate. 

C)relying on a high margin percent. 

D)achieving status quo pricing objectives. 

E)setting prices based on "value in use." 

 

3.Total fixed cost: 

A)is the sum of all costs of manufacturing and distributing a product. 

B)would be zero if the quantity produced were zero. 

C)may vary in the short run—but is more or less fixed in the long run. 

D)is the sum of all expenses which are closely related to output. 

E)is the sum of those costs that do not change in total no matter how much is produced. 

 

4.The sum of those costs that do not change in total—no matter how much is produced—is called: 

A)total cost. 

B)total variable cost. 

C)total fixed cost. 

D)total direct cost. 

E)both B and C. 

 

5.The sum of those changing expenses which are closely related to output is called: 

A)total cost. 

B)total average cost. 

C)total fixed cost. 

D)total variable cost. 

E)Both B and D are correct. 

 

6.Break-even charts usually assume that: 

A)any quantity can be sold at the assumed price. 

B)total cost and total revenue curves are straight lines. 

C)the break-even point is reached when total cost just equals total revenue. 

D)average variable cost is constant per unit. 

E)All of the above are true.

 

7.Break-even analysis can show: 

A)which prices will not be profitable. 

B)when a firm should cut its price to increase sales. 

C)how the firm's variable cost per unit will drop as output rises. 

D)the firm's most profitable output level. 

 

8.Some retailers use certain prices more often than other prices. They seem to assume that their customers will buy less for a while as prices are lowered—and then more when some "magic" price is approached. This is: 

A)prestige pricing. 

B)psychological pricing. 

C)leader pricing.

D)odd-even pricing. 

E)demand-backward pricing. 

 

9.The idea that people will pay extra for "quality" and status is the idea behind 

A)prestige pricing. 

B)psychological pricing. 

C)penetration skimming. 

D)price lining. 

E)average cost approaches to pricing. 

 

10.Which of the following pricing approaches should be used by a profit-oriented retailer if its demand curve is down-sloping to the right for awhile—but then actually bends back to the left at lower prices? 

A)Bait pricing 

B)Penetration pricing 

C)Average-cost pricing 

D)Psychological pricing 

E)Prestige pricing 

 

11.When Nintendo sets a relatively low price on its game units to stimulate more demand and beat the competition for SONY's PlayStation, it is using: 

A)bait pricing. 

B)cost plus pricing. 

C)price lining. 

D)complementary product pricing. 

E)product-bundle pricing. 

 
 

12.When Nintendo sets a relatively low price on its game units to stimulate more demand for its Nintendo game cartridges, it is using: 

A)bait pricing. 

B)cost plus pricing. 

C)price lining. 

D)complementary product pricing

E)product-bundle pricing.