dept at building customer relationships, not just products; they are skilled in market engineering, not just product engineering.

1. ________ are adept at building customer relationships, not just products; they are skilled in market engineering, not just product engineering.

a. Profit-centered companies

b. Customer-centered companies

c. Production-centered companies

d. Sales-centered companies

e. Promotion-centered companies

2. ________ is the difference between the prospective customer s evaluation of all the benefits and all the costs of an offering and the perceived alternatives.

a. Perceived usefulness

b. Failure avoidance rate

c. Report rating

d. Customer perceived value

e. Competitors market share rate

3. One key to customer retention is ________. It would be wise for a company to measure this factor frequently.

a. heavy promotion

b. deep discounts for intermediaries

c. to have an ethics officer

d. customer satisfaction

e. to have customers on the board of directors

4. A ________ customer is a person, household, or company that over time yields a revenue stream that exceeds by an acceptable amount the company s cost stream of attracting, selling, and servicing that customer.

a. profitable

b. semi-profitable

c. unprofitable

d. niche

e. target