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2009 District 7 Agricultural Sales



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The necessary components of print advertising usually include
a.
Headline, copy, illustration, and signature or logo
b.
Headline, cost variation, length of time and logo
c.
Copy, illustration, message, and direct mail
d.
Illustration, logo, cost and message
e.
None of these are correct
 

 2. 

A positive attitude:
a.
Is an inborn trait
b.
Is possible for some people, but not for everyone
c.
Has nothing to do with job satisfaction
d.
Is your choice
e.
None of these are correct
 

 3. 

Which of the following would not characterize a “Decided Customer”:
a.
Convinced of the item they want to buy
b.
Usually looking for an item they want to buy.
c.
They like to be sold the item
d.
They like to make their own buying decisions.
e.
None of these are correct
 

 4. 

Emotional Buying Motives are based on:
a.
Customer’s logical reasoning.
b.
Desire to have a product or service
c.
Product is more important than where it is purchased.
d.
All of these are correct
e.
None of these are correct
 

 5. 

Select the most desirable approach a salesperson should take with each client. 

The client is a relationship maintainer-caring and possessive. You should:
a.
Be entertaining
d.
Be fast paced and get to the point quick
b.
Be well organized, logical, and formal
e.
None of these are correct
c.
Emphasize personal guarantees
 

 6. 

When dealing with customer’s objections, which of the following methods should NOT be used?
a.
Listen to the customer’s objections
b.
Pause before answering the objections
c.
Argue with the customer over the objection for his benefit
d.
Show empathy for the customer
e.
None of these are correct
 

 7. 

The purpose of taking a physical inventory is to
a.
Decide how much inventory the store should be purchasing in the future
b.
Determine the exact amount of merchandise the business has on hand
c.
Determine the amount you are going to change for a product
d.
Decide how much of the product you should keep
 

 8. 

Which of the following is not one of the three basic steps of the sales presentation?
a.
Summarize the problem
c.
Present selling points
b.
Outline solution
d.
Cold calling
 

 9. 

When the customer gives you a statement or a question that has to do with ownership-this is a clue that the customer is ready to buy.  What type of method should be used?
a.
Demonstration method
c.
Question method
b.
Third-party method
d.
Close-on-an-objection method
 

 10. 

A letter of inquiry is
a.
Written about a specific job vacancy
b.
Written to inform an employer that you wish to be employed in a position in the business
c.
Written when resigning from a job
d.
Basically a resume
 

 11. 

The approach is used to greet customers on an informal basis
a.
Service approach
c.
Merchandise approach
b.
Welcome approach
d.
Opening approach
 

 12. 

Important patronage buying motives include
a.
Store image and location
c.
Helpful sales people
b.
Assortment of merchandise
d.
All of these are correct
 

 13. 

What are based upon customers’ needs and wants and the ability of the product or service to satisfy them?
a.
Buying motives
c.
Reasons of interest
b.
Reasons for complaint
d.
Reasons to sell
 

 14. 

Which of the following best describes the five mental stages of the buying process?
a.
Attention, interest, desire, conviction and action
b.
Product, place, promotion and price
c.
Attention, price, income, promotion and interest
d.
Cost promotion, attention, desire and action
e.
None of these are correct
 

 15. 

The process of finding new customers is termed:
a.
Recruiting
d.
Aggressive selling
b.
Prospecting
e.
None of these are correct
c.
Telephone contacts
 

 16. 

The most important factor of your continued success in the sales field will depend on?
a.
The state of the economy
d.
The product you are selling
b.
The weather in the area
e.
None of these are correct
c.
The selling skills you develop
 

 17. 

Getting immediate and favorable attention should be attained in what part of the sales process?
a.
Pre approach
d.
Approach
b.
Demonstration
e.
None of these are correct
c.
Closure
 

 18. 

In handling objections, one techniques is known as “three F’s”.  The three F’s are:
a.
Free, fun, fast
c.
Feel, felt, found
b.
Feel, found, fact
d.
Forget, forever, fantastic
 

 19. 

Potential problems not readily voiced by a customer are:
a.
Hidden objections
c.
Benefits of products and services
b.
Customer buying signals
d.
Hidden agendas
 

 20. 

What is the purpose of the opening statement in a telephone presentation?
a.
To put the customer in a receptive mood.
b.
To make sure you have a potential customer on the line.
c.
To provide information on the product you are selling.
d.
To make sure your customer is alert and awake.
 

 21. 

If asked what salary you would be willing to accept, you should?
a.
Shoot for the moon.
b.
Tell the person it is not important.
c.
Say “it’s negotiable”.
d.
be safe and quote a lower figure than you would accept.
 

 22. 

Employers expect sales people to practice good ________.
a.
Conduct
b.
Human relations
c.
Will
d.
Personal Habits
 

 23. 

John Miley recently purchased a new computer for the home office and borrowed $2500 from Huntington Bank in Columbus for his expanded business. He plans to pay the loan off in one year and has agreed to pay Huntington Bank 18% interest on the loan. How much interest will he pay?A faulty oil pressure relief valve
a.
$225.00
b.
$45.00
c.
$450.00
d.
$270.00
 

 24. 

Highland County has the best sales tax rate in Ohio according to J.D. Ogden with a low rate of 5.5%.  Farmers from Ripley area recently purchased $2,346 worth of taxable goods and the sales clerk is trying to figure the sales tax on the purchase.  Based on the 5.5% sales tax for Highland County how much sales tax should be added to the order?
a.
$129.03
b.
$11.70
c.
$1209.30
d.
$240.10
e.
$24.10
 



 
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