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		| 1.  | Which of the following statements about sales management in the 21st century is true?  | 
	
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		| 2.  | __________ is the two-way flow of communication between a buyer and seller, often in a face-to-face encounter, designed to influence a person's or group's purchase decision.  | 
	
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		| 3.  | __________ is the practice of building ties to customers based on a salesperson's attention and commitment to customer needs over time.  | 
	
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		| 4.  | Partnership selling is sometimes called:  | 
	
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		| 5.  | The contributions of selling include all except: | 
	
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		| 6.  | Our economy has shifted from a “manufacturing-oriented” economy to a: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 2: The salesperson’s responsibilities and qualifications' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 7.  | Successful selling does all the following except: | 
	
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		| 8.  | The salesman’s duties also include: | 
	
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		| 9.  | The only business function that generates direct revenue and profits is: | 
	
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		| 10.  | _______________ is not a common way to classify the salesperson’s job: | 
	
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		| 11.  | Which of the following is not required for the Executing Skills category of SMEI’s SCPS® certification program.? | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 3: Selling as a career' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| Read 'Chapter 4: Motivation and consumer behavior' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 12.  | To be effective in his/her work the salesman must be able to do all the following except: | 
	
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		| 13.  | Maslow's theory of motivation is based on a hierarchy of human needs. The need satisfied by greater income is | 
	
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		| 14.  | Theories of buyer motivation do not include: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 5: Information on the company, the product, competition, and advertising' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 15.  | Although a salesperson is well informed as her product she need not know: | 
	
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		| 16.  |  _______________ is not an advantage of advertising: | 
	
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		| 17.  | Product information helps the salesperson to: | 
	
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		| 18.  | The three C's of credits not include: | 
	
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		| 19.  | There are many different ways in which the word price is used. This does not include: | 
	
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		| 20.  | _________________  is not a law regulating prices and trade practices: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 6: Credit, pricing, and discounts' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| Read 'Chapter 7: The selling process and prospecting' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 21.  | The selling process can be broken into a series of steps that include all except: | 
	
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		| 22.  | Which one of the following is not a prospecting method? | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 8: Types of sales presentations and considerations for effective delivery' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 23.  | ________________________ is not a type pf sales presentation: | 
	
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		| 24.  | An effective delivery to be successful will not include: | 
	
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		| 25.  | The salesperson will always explain her product or service in terms of appeal except for: | 
	
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		| 26.  | The successful sales person will emphasize: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 9: Opening the sales interview' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 27.  | In executing the opening ,  _____________________ is not one of the things that a salesperson should avoid: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 10: Handling objections' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 28.  | Which of the following is not a major cause of customer complaints? | 
	
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		| 29.  | Price objections can not include: | 
	
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		| 30.  | Objection based on bad service experience does not include: | 
	
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		| 31.  | To handle objections in a positive manner the salesperson should do all the following except: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 11: Closing the sale' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 32.  | In closing the salesperson should not: | 
	
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		| 33.  | The most accurate closing signals furnished by the prospect’s comments include all except: | 
	
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		| 34.  | Trial closes are not usually necessary when: | 
	
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		| 35.  | Which of the following is not a common method used for closing? | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 12: Customer relations' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 36.  | Successful selling cannot depend on: | 
	
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		| 37.  | Good relations with customers can be developed by: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 13: Ethics in selling' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 38.  | Ethics in selling does not have to do with: | 
	
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		| 39.  | The salesperson’s responsibility to the consumer does not include: | 
	
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		| 40.  | The salesperson’s responsibility to the government and society does not encompass: | 
	
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		| 41.  | SMEI’s International Code of Ethics for Sales and Marketing refers to a salesperson’s pledge of high standards in serving your company, its customers, and free enterprise.   | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 14: Personal planning and' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 42.  | The self-directed salesperson does not: | 
	
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		| 43.  | The salesperson should analyze the following quantitative aspects except: | 
	
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		| 44.  | To avoid wasted calls and actions the salesperson should consider all except: | 
	
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		| 45.  | The salesperson’s records should include: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 15: Retail selling' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 46.  | ______________ is not part of processes and purposes in retail selling: | 
	
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		| 47.  | Methods of increasing retail sales do not include: | 
	
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		| 48.  | After a sale the salesperson should not do the following: | 
	
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		| 49.  | Common types of customers do not include: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 16: Industrial selling' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 50.  | Characteristics of industrial selling do not include: | 
	
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		| 51.  | Industrial salespersons usually have: | 
	
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		| 52.  | Which one of the following is not a major buying motive of the purchasing agent: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 17: Sales management' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 53.  | Major responsibilities of sales managers can not include: | 
	
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		| 54.  | The sales manager is not usually responsible for making company sales forecasts. | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 18: Selecting and training of salespeople' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 55.  | Better selection and training procedures can result in all except: | 
	
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		| 56.  | Personal interviews for sales positions basically do not include: | 
	
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		| 57.  | _________________ is not one of questions frequently asked in the personal interview: | 
	
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		| Read 'Chapter 19: The sales force of the future' & answer the following question(s):  | 
	
		| 58.  | New techniques for sales success do not include: | 
	
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		| 59.  | Which of the following is not a sales force productivity driver? | 
	
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		| 60.  | Territory level analysis has proven most to be useful for the issues except: | 
	
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