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Discover Card has an automated inquiry system that enables card members to obtain their current balance, available credit and payment information via telephone without speaking to an account representative. What term should be used to describe this inquiry system?

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Instead of having a hair stylist color her hair, Chandris prefers to dye her own hair. Which of the following roles is Chandris performing?


A) Customer mix manager
B) Competitor
C) Productive resource
D) Contributor to quality and satisfaction
E) Recruiter

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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The overall goal of a customer participation strategy is to:


A) Determine optimal production levels
B) Increase customer satisfaction and productivity
C) Eliminate uncertainty due to customer actions
D) Maximize word-of-mouth advertising
E) Act socially responsible

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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After having a positive service experience at Lens Crafters when she had her eyes examined and purchased new contact lenses, Diane recommended Lens Crafters to two of her friends who were planning to get new eyeglasses. Diane is performing which of the following customer jobs?


A) Helping himself or herself
B) Positioning the company
C) Promoting the company
D) Recruiting customers
E) Helping others

F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

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Provider gap 3 would be created when:


A) A fast-food restaurant uses a frequency marketing program
B) An advertisement that promises a full-body massage for $5
C) Employees refund customer's money if they complain about the service they received
D) A patient receiving an x-ray neglects to tell the technician she was pregnant
E) Any of the above occurred

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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A consumer who complains that the stain was not removed from her suit jacket is performing which of the following service delivery roles?


A) Customer mix manager
B) Competitor
C) Productive resource
D) Contributor to quality and satisfaction
E) Recruiter

F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

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In order to increase efficiency, business-to-business service providers have eliminated customer participation in service delivery.

A) True
B) False

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On site, customers require two kinds of orientation. They are place orientation and:


A) Time orientation
B) Function orientation
C) Social orientation
D) Cultural orientation
E) Promotable orientation

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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A consumer's decision to produce a service for himself or herself or contract externally for the service depends on a variety of factors. Which of the following is an example of a psychic reward a homeowner might receive if he decides to landscape his own yard instead of hiring a landscape design expert?


A) Control over the landscaping process and the final results
B) Feelings of pride and pleasure as he looks at the final results
C) A high degree of confidence and trust in his own ability to landscape
D) The skills and knowledge of a landscape artist
E) Less expensive process than a professional landscaper would offer

F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

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Compatibility management is LEAST important in which of the following services?


A) Airplane flights
B) Movie theater
C) College basketball game
D) Theme park
E) Long distance telephone service

F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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E

Moderate customer participation is required with marriage counseling.

A) True
B) False

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False

Customers do not contribute to quality service delivery when they ask questions.

A) True
B) False

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In which of the following situations will compatibility management be of little or no importance?


A) The service environment attracts a homogeneous customer mix
B) Customers are in close proximity to each other
C) The core service is compatibility
D) Customers must wait for the service
E) Customers engage in numerous and varied activities

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Patients sitting in dental chairs are part of the _____ element of the services marketing mix.


A) People
B) Product
C) Place
D) Promotion
E) Physical evidence

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Even though some service providers would like to reduce customer participation in the service delivery, it cannot be done.

A) True
B) False

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A service station that offers customers lower gasoline prices at a self-service pump compared to the prices at a full-service pump is:


A) Rewarding customers
B) Positioning customers
C) Managing the customer mix
D) Defining customers' jobs
E) Educating customers

F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

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After Japonica and DeShawn returned home from a vacation in California, Japonica noticed that her new luggage had a five-inch tear in it. Rather than assume that the damaged luggage was a cost of flying and there was nothing to be done about it, she called the airline's customer service center. The person answering the phone at the center mailed her the instructions for getting her suitcase repaired at the airline's expense. Japonica and DeShawn were pleased with the repair when the suitcase was shipped home about a month later. In this scenario, Japonica and DeShawn played the role of:


A) Customer mix manager
B) Competitor
C) Productive resource
D) Contributor to quality and satisfaction
E) Recruiter

F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

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Nude bathing is the norm at the Tagoona lakefront beach. By prohibiting the wearing of clothes on weekdays, the Tagoona lakefront beach is:


A) Rewarding customers
B) Positioning customers
C) Managing the customer mix
D) Defining customers' jobs
E) Educating customers

F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Customer input can affect the service organization's productivity through both the quality of what they contribute and the resulting quality and quantity of output generated.

A) True
B) False

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In developing strategies for addressing customer involvement in service delivery, what does the organization do first?

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