The is the biggest possible medium and has the quickest and the deepest reach throughout the globe

Media Planning and Buying Multiple Choice Questions

1. Media Planning helps to allocate
A. Media Space

B. Media Budget

C. advertising Budget

D. advertising funds to the right products in the media mix

Answer: A. Media Space

2. Media Buyer is responsible for
A. Developing the media mix

B. Media planning

C. Media Buying

D. Purchasing media space or time, as well as developing the campaign and researching how it will be most effective for the client.

Answer: D. Purchasing media space or time, as well as developing the campaign and researching how it will be most effective for the client.

3. Preferred Positions
A. Locations in print media that offer readership advantages. Preferred positions never carry a premium surcharge

B. Locations in print media that offer readership advantages. Preferred positions often carry a premium surcharge

C. First page advertisement

D. Back page advertisement

Answer: B. Locations in print media that offer readership advantages. Preferred positions often carry a premium surcharge

4. Make-Goods
A. Sales promotion

B. Manufacturing good

C. Selecting the good position in Print advertisement

D. A policy of compensating for missed positions or errors in handling the message presentation

Answer: D. A policy of compensating for missed positions or errors in handling the message presentation

5. Seasonality/Timing
A. When the sales of the brand is at peak

B. Information regarding seasonality of the product is an important consideration for the media planner

C. Festival season

D. Information regarding seasonality of the product is not an important consideration for the media planner

Answer: B. Information regarding seasonality of the product is an important consideration for the media planner

6. Target Audience
A. A profile of those who buy the existing product category

B. those who buy competitive brands

C. Those who are not in the campaign planning

D. A profile of those who buy the existing product category as also those who buy competitive brands is a very important

Answer: D. A profile of those who buy the existing product category as also those who buy competitive brands is a very important

7. What is the full form of TRP in Media Industry?
A. Television review point

B. Travel rating point

C. Television rating point

D. Travel review point

Answer: C. Television rating point

8. What is the full form of BARC?
A. Broadcast Audience Research Council

B. Broadcast Audience Review Council

C. Broadcast Audience Research Committee

D. Broadcast Audience Review Committee

Answer: A. Broadcast Audience Research Council

9. What is the full form of NCCS in Media Planning?
A. New Customer Classification System

B. New Consumer Classification System

C. New Channel Classification System

D. National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.

Answer: B. New Consumer Classification System

10. NCCS divides the television owning household as:
A. AB

B. ABC

C. ABCD

D. ABCDE

Answer: D. ABCDE

11. Following is not in the consumer durables listed in NCCS
A. Electricity Connection

B. Ceiling Fan

C. Gas Stove

D. Mobile phone

Answer: D. Mobile phone

12. IRS provides
A. Circulation Details

B. Readership Details

C. TRP Details

D. GRP Details

Answer: B. Readership Details

13. An advertiser can allow a channel to run commercials in a lower rate at its convenience whenever time is available rather than in a special slot. Justify the following statement.
A. Run of Press

B. Run of Schedule

C. Share of Voice

D. Spot buys

Answer: B. Run of Schedule

14. What is the full form of TAM?
A. Television Audience Measurement

B. Tally Average Media

C. Television Audio Media

D. Telephone Audio Movie

Answer: A. Television Audience Measurement

15. In NCD, D stands for?
A. Decision

B. Directory

C. Direction

D. Declaration

Answer: A. Decision

16. ABC stands for?
A. All Broadcast of Circulation

B. Audit Bureau of Circulation

C. Annual Broadcast of Channels

D. All board of Circulation

Answer: B. Audit Bureau of Circulation

17. RAM in Media Research stands for?
A. Reach and Analysis of Media

B. Readership and analysis of Media

C. Research and Analysis of Media

D. Research and Analysis of Market

Answer: C. Research and Analysis of Media

18. It refers to the pattern of advertising timing, represented as plots on a yearly flow chart.
A. Flexibility

B. Scheduling

C. Reach

D. Frequency

Answer: B. Scheduling

19. The total number of different households exposed at least once, to a medium during a given period
A. Of time.

B. Scheduling

C. Frequency

D. Reach

Answer: D. Reach

20. It refers to the number of times the receiver is exposed to the media vehicle
A. Scheduling

B. Frequency

C. Reach

D. Budget

Answer: B. Frequency

21. The choice of media will depend to a large extent upon the size of
A. Advertising Plan

B. Advertising message

C. Advertising theme

D. Advertising budget

Answer: D. Advertising budget

22. They can be classified in terms of age, income, occupation & other variable.
A. Target Audience

B. Message weight

C. Market size

D. Market trend

Answer: A. Target Audience

23. It refers to a pattern of advertising in a media schedule.
A. Message weight

B. Codes

C. continuity

D. Schedule

Answer: C. continuity

24. Strategy of running campaign steadily with intermittent increase in advertising at certain intervals.
A. Continuous

B. pulsing

C. discontinuous

D. Flighting

Answer: B. pulsing

25. It is expressed in terms of gross impressions or GRPs
A. Message weight

B. Media Vehicle.

C. Frequency

D. Reach

Answer: A. Message weight

26. The formulae for GRPs is
A. Reach -frequency

B. Reach/ Frequency

C. Reach X Frequency

D. Reach + frequency.

Answer: C. Reach X Frequency

27. Placing media throughout the year with equal weight in each month
A. During peak selling periods

B. Flighting/ Bursting

C. Continuous

D. Pulsing

Answer: C. Continuous

28. A media scheduling strategy in which planned messages run in intermittent periods is called __________strategy
A. Pulsing

B. Flighting

C. Sighting

D. Continuity

Answer: B. Flighting

29. __________ are small ads charged in terms of number of words, and putting the message in several categories or classes such as employment, real estate, matrimonial, automobiles etc
A. Classified Ads.

B. Cooperative advertisements

C. Surrogate Advertising

D. Subliminal Advertising

Answer: A. Classified Ads.

30. _____________measures the sales strength of a brand in a particular area.
A. Brand Development Index

B. Category Development Index

C. Share of Mind

D. Share of Voice

Answer: A. Brand Development Index

31. _______________based on the medium’s total audience (ad cost divided by the number of thousands of people in the audience)
A. GRP

B. Cost Per Thousand

C. Frequency

D. Cost per Hundred

Answer: B. Cost Per Thousand

32. Every Media plan begins with an analysis of the _________
A. Market or Environment

B. Media Mix

C. Media budgeting

D. Media objectives

Answer: A. Market or Environment

33. The total number of potential exposures (audience size by the number of times the ad message is used during a period).
A. Gross Impressions

B. Cost per thousand

C. Share of Mind

D. Share of Voice

Answer: A. Gross Impressions

34. The process of purchasing space in a media is:
A. Media Purchasing

B. Media Spacing

C. Media Buying

D. Media Scheduling

Answer: C. Media Buying

35. Advertisements on bus stops, in and on the bus, railway stations, cabs are examples of
A. Direct advertising

B. Transit advertising

C. Meta ads

D. Traditional advertising

Answer: B. Transit advertising

36. What is scheduling a syndicated program on a five day per week basis called?
A. Scheduling

B. Stripping

C. Controlling

D. Diversifying

Answer: B. Stripping

37. “The ideal time and place at which consumers of a product or service can be reached with an advertising message.”
A. Aperture advertising

B. Public relation

C. Human resources

D. Ambient advertising

Answer: A. Aperture advertising

38. The full form of PPC is;
A. Planning, plotting and consistency

B. Pay per click

C. Planning, production and commitment

D. Pay per content

Answer: B. Pay per click

39. Internet marketing that involves paid promotion of website by increase visibility in search engines is called.
A. SEO

B. SEM

C. Facebook Ads

D. PPC

Answer: B. SEM

40. Full form of CPO is
A. Cost per email open

B. Calculate per opportunity

C. Cost per opinion

D. Create & paid opprtunity

Answer: A. Cost per email open

41. If readership is 4000 and Duplication is 200 what is the net readership
A. 3800

B. 3900

C. 3600

D. 3500

Answer: A. 3800

42. If Readership is 45000 and insertions is 8 what is the OTS
A. 360000

B. 370000

C. 380000

D. 390000

Answer: A. 360000

43. If OTS is 250000 and Net readership is 190000, what is the average
A. 1.34

B. 1.33

C. 1.32

D. 1.31

Answer: D. 1.31

44. If reach is 80 and frequency is 4 calculate GRP
A. 310

B. 320

C. 330

D. 340

Answer: B. 320

45. If Budget is 700000 and GRP is 400 what is CPRP
A. 1755

B. 1760

C. 1750

D. 1765

Answer: C. 1750

46. If the reach 50 and frequency is 15, what is the GRP?
A. 750

B. 755

C. 760

D. 765

Answer: A. 750

47. What is the value of CPM, if the cost of advertisement is 98000 and readership is 4, 80,000?
A. 204.26

B. 204.16

C. 204.36

D. 204.46

Answer: B. 204.16

48. If the rate per square cm of TOI is Rs 4200, what will be the cost of one Insertion of Half page? (Quarter page = 400 cm)
A. Rs 3360000

B. Rs 3460000

C. Rs 3560000

D. Rs 3660000

Answer: A. Rs 3360000

49. If India Today full page cost is Rs 630000 but will be the cost of three insertions of full page
A. Rs 1790000

B. Rs 1990000

C. Rs 1890000

D. Rs 1690000

Answer: C. Rs 1890000

50. If AEC is 30000, CPRP is 900, calculate % of target audience
A. 34.33

B. 32.33

C. 35.33

D. 33.33

Answer: D. 33.33

51. Web properties are a part of
A. owned media

B. paid media

C. both owned and paid media

D. earned media

Answer: A. owned media

52. The process of buying ads via a real-time bidding auction, where advertisers place bids simultaneously and the highest bidder takes the inventory slot and is automated and occurs with minimum intervention of a media buyer.
A. Direct Digital Ad Buying

B. Programmatic Buying

C. Direct Campaign

D. Ad networking

Answer: B. Programmatic Buying

53. What are people’s Meter?
A. A device to count people on a specific place

B. A device attached to TV set in order to record the viewers at specific programmes

C. A national device to count people

D. A national device to count radio coverage

Answer: B. A device attached to TV set in order to record the viewers at specific programmes

54. What is Ambient Advertising?
A. Advertising in an open sky

B. Advertising in unusual place

C. Advertising in a good ambience of restaurant

D. Advertising in an ground hoardings

Answer: B. Advertising in unusual place
55. What is Tear sheets?
A. Sheets tore in two sheets

B. Page cut from magazine or newspaper sent to advertiser.

C. Not proper insertion of advertisement

D. Two advertisement placed in different sheets of magazines

Answer: B. Page cut from magazine or newspaper sent to advertiser.

56. Media Brief
A. It can be referred to as a checklist for the media planners to help them prepare a media plan for a client organization

B. It describes what you want the media plan to accomplish.

C. It describes how the advertiser will achieve the stated media objectives

D. It is the same brand’s percent of total sales for the new category for the same time period.

Answer: A. It can be referred to as a checklist for the media planners to help them prepare a media plan for a client organization
57. Media Objectives
A. It can be referred to as a checklist for the media planners to help them prepare a media plan for a client organization

B. It describes what you want the media plan to accomplish.

C. It describes how the advertiser will achieve the stated media objectives

D. It is the same brand’s percent of total sales for the new category for the same time period.

Answer: B. It describes what you want the media plan to accomplish.
58. Media Strategy
A. It can be referred to as a checklist for the media planners to help them prepare a media plan for a client organization

B. It describes what you want the media plan to accomplish.

C. It describes how the advertiser will achieve the stated media objectives

D. It is the same brand’s percent of total sales for the new category for the same time period.

Answer: C. It describes how the advertiser will achieve the stated media objectives
59. Share of Market
A. It can be referred to as a checklist for the media planners to help them prepare a media plan for a client organization

B. It describes what you want the media plan to accomplish.

C. It describes how the advertiser will achieve the stated media objectives

D. It is the same brand’s percent of total sales for the new category for the same time period.

Answer: D. It is the same brand’s percent of total sales for the new category for the same time period.
60. GVT stands for = Gross…………………….. per thousand.
A. visualization

B. viewership

C. viewpoint

D. visual

Answer: B. viewership

61. Split run facilities.
A. Technique used to test the effectiveness of Product.

B. Technique used to test the effectiveness of service.

C. Technique used to test the effectiveness of advertising copy.

D. Technique used to test the effectiveness of budget.

Answer: C. Technique used to test the effectiveness of advertising copy.
62. Frequency Formula is:
A. RxGRP

B. GRP/R

C. R/GRP

D. TRP/R

Answer: B. GRP/R
63. Reach Formula is
A. FxGRP

B. GRP/F

C. F/GRP

D. TRP/F

Answer: B. GRP/F
64. Budget Formula is
A. GRP/CPRP

B. R/CPRP

C. F/CPRP

D. GRP x CPRP

Answer: D. GRP x CPRP
65. OTS formula is
A. Readership x Insertions

B. Readership/Insertions

C. GRP/Insertions

D. GRP x Readership

Answer: A. Readership x Insertions
66. CPM formula is
A. Cost of Ad /readership

B. Cost of Ad x readership

C. ( Cost of Ad /readership) x 1000

D. 1000 x readership

Answer: C. ( Cost of Ad /readership) x 1000

67. In Term AEC, ‘E’ stands for…………………
A. experience

B. experts

C. Exposure

D. Except

Answer: C. Exposure
68. Average frequency formula is
A. OTS x Net readership

B. OTS / Duplication

C. OTS x Duplication

D. OTS / Net readership

Answer: D. OTS / Net readership
69. GVT Formula is
A. Reach x Frequency

B. Reach (000’s) x Frequency

C. Reach x Frequency (000’s)

D. Reach (000’s) x TRP

Answer: B. Reach (000’s) x Frequency
70. Reach % formula is
A. (No of People Reached /Universe) x 100

B. (No of People Reached /Universe)

C. (Frequency /Universe) x 100

D. No of People x 100

Answer: A. (No of People Reached /Universe) x 100
71. Reach 000’s formula is
A. (No of People Reached) X 1,000

B. (No of People Reached)/100

C. (No of People Reached)/1,000

D. No of People Reached) X 1,00

Answer: C. (No of People Reached)/1,000
72. Print advertising is sometimes called
A. Business Advertising

B. Press Advertising

C. Electronic Advertising

D. Media Advertising

Answer: B. Press Advertising

73. It refers to total advertising required during a particular period.
A. Weight

B. Campaign

C. Media Plan

D. CPM

Answer: A. Weight
74. This gives specific date(s) on which the ad is to be published, the rate at which it is to be published, and production details
A. Media Objective

B. Insertion order

C. Media Scheduling

D. Media Budget

Answer: B. Insertion order
75. Identify one reason media choices have become more difficult in recent years
A. Internet is used more frequently than any other medium

B. Segmentation of media and consumers

C. satellite radio has come on the scene

D. Newspaper now use colour

Answer: B. Segmentation of media and consumers

76. Which of the following is an advantage of using direct mail as a media vehicle?
A. combines sight, sound and movement

B. larger than life

C. social dominance

D. highly personal

Answer: D. highly personal
77. The demerits of magazine advertising are:
A. selectivity

B. loyalty and prestige

C. inflexibility

D. visual display

Answer: C. inflexibility
78. The merits of radio advertising is
A. offering scope for continued messages

B. Not mass coverage

C. not selectivity

D. group coverage

Answer: A. offering scope for continued messages
79. The ____________is the biggest possible medium and has the quickest and the deepest reach throughout the globe
A. web

B. TV

C. radio

D. outdoor

Answer: A. web
80. The more media vehicles used with lots of different programs with more messages leaves the consumers in a ___________
A. Fragmentation

B. isolation

C. composition

D. clutter

Answer: A. Fragmentation

81. one of the following is not strength of magazines
A. Shelf-life

B. Inherent design flexibility

C. Quality reproduction

D. Deadline flexibility

Answer: A. Shelf-life
82. Radio is often referred to as _________________
A. The theater of the Absurd

B. Mindful theater

C. The theater of the mind

D. Surround sound

Answer: C. The theater of the mind
83. In general, newspaper offers __________ as a media choice.
A. Low selectivity

B. high selectivity

C. low impact

D. average impact

Answer: A. Low selectivity
84. Interactive media can be best described as ____________
A. customized marketing message

B. marketing communications mix

D. Marketing mix

Answer: D. Marketing mix
85. Which of the following is not strength of the television medium?
A. cost efficient medium for reach

B. high impact and dynamic medium/

C. High reach medium

D. high initial production cost

Answer: D. high initial production cost

86. If the reach 30 and frequency is 25, what is the GRP?
A. 720

B. 750

C. 740

D. 780

Answer: B. 750
87. What is the value of CPT, if the cost of advertisement is 92000 and universe/circulation is 2,70,000?
A. 340.64

B. 350.64

C. 340.74

D. 320.84

Answer: C. 340.74
88. What will be the average frequency if the OTS is 4,98,000 and Net readership is 1,133,00
A. 5.5

B. 4.39

C. 4.5

D. 2.7

Answer: B. 4.39
89. If Budget is 500000 and GRP is 500 what is CPRP
A. 1000

B. 2000

C. 3000

D. 4000

Answer: A. 1000
90. If readership is 10000 and Duplication is 1000 what is the net readership
A. 6000

B. 7000

C. 8000

D. 9000

Answer: D. 9000
91. If the reach 30 and frequency is 25, what is the GRP?
A. 750

B.

Answer: A. 750

92. What is the value of CPM, if the cost of advertisement is 92000 and readership is 2, 70,000?
A. 340.74

B.

Answer: A. 340.74
93. What will be the average frequency if the OTS is 4,98,000 and Net readership is 1,133,00
A. 4.39

B.

Answer: A. 4.39
94. If Budget is 500000 and GRP is 500 what is CPRP
A. 5000

B. 1000

C. 2000

D. 3000

Answer: B. 1000
95. If readership is 10000 and Duplication is 1000 what is the net readership
A. 8000

B. 9000

C. 7000

D. 6000

Answer: B. 9000
96. If readership is 5000 and Duplication is 300 what is the net readership
A. 4700

B. 4710

C. 4720

D. 4800

Answer: A. 4700
97. If Readership is 35000 and insertions is 7 what is the OTS
A. 255000

B. 265000

C. 245000

D. 275000

Answer: C. 245000

98. If OTS is 350000 and Net readership is 150000, what is the average
A. 2.33

B. 2.34

C. 2.35

D. 2.36

Answer: A. 2.33
99. If reach is 40 and frequency is 5 calculate GRP
A. 300

B. 400

C. 500

D. 200

Answer: D. 200
100. If Budget is 800000 and GRP is 300 what is CPRP
A. 2866.66

B. 2766.66

C. 3666.66

D. 2666.66

Answer: D. 2666.66

101. Bulletin
A. A billboard on a Pavement

B. A billboard on a highway or expressway

C. Street structure

D. A billboard on a wall

Answer: B. A billboard on a highway or expressway
102. Which is not the advantage of outdoor medium
A. The outdoor offers long life.

B. It offers geographic selectivity

C. The outdoor offers no impact.

D. Shoppers are exposed to last minute reminders

Answer: C. The outdoor offers no impact.
103. Which is not the limitation of outdoor medium
A. It does place a limitation on getting the message across to the prospect in enough words.

B. Blind spot is the most dangerous thing that advertiser fear when it comes to outdoor advertising

C. There is a problem of getting the reliable data on the number of people who actually see an advertisement.

D. Outdoor advertising allows for a psychedelic display of the product, trademark and slogan.

Answer: D. Outdoor advertising allows for a psychedelic display of the product, trademark and slogan.
104. Transit advertising is advertising
A. placed in or on modes of public transportation or in public transportation areas

B. placed in or on modes of Private transportation

C. Its temporary Advertising

D. Its advertising on the move

Answer: A. placed in or on modes of public transportation or in public transportation areas
105. A DSP is
A. Demand side payment

B. Demand side platform

C. Demand side port

D. Demand side player

Answer: B. Demand side platform

106. Ad networks work
A. directly sell ad

B. They do creative work in digital media

C. directly with publishers to sell ad impressions that a publisher has not directly sold

D. With Advertisers

Answer: C. directly with publishers to sell ad impressions that a publisher has not directly sold
107. Ad Exchange
A. A technology platform where publishers and ad networks sell their impressions to advertisers not programmatically

B. Directly sell ads to advertisers

C. Deals with creative exchange of ads

D. A technology platform where publishers and ad networks sell their impressions to advertisers programmatically

Answer: D. A technology platform where publishers and ad networks sell their impressions to advertisers programmatically
108. When national advertisers buy airtime from local or regional television stations, it Is called as
A. Spot boys

B. Spot purchase

C. Spot buys

D. Spot insertions

Answer: C. Spot buys
109. What among the following is considered to be the key for television buying?
A. Negotiation

B. Spot buys

C. Social networking skills

D. Sensational ads

Answer: A. Negotiation
110. Good negotiating outcomes are a result of good ___________________
A. Evaluation /

B. relationship

C. motivation

D. opportunities

Answer: B. relationship

111. Seasonal Pulse
A. Seasonal Products like cold creams, follow this scheduling.

B. FMCG products

C. Consumer products

D. Convenience products

Answer: A. Seasonal Products like cold creams, follow this scheduling.
112. Erratic Pulse
A. regular pattern is followed in such scheduling.

B. Alternative pattern is followed in such scheduling.

C. Continuous pattern is followed in such scheduling.

D. No regular pattern is followed in such scheduling.

Answer: D. No regular pattern is followed in such scheduling.
113. Average frequency
A. Gives the number of times people our target audience are exposed to a media vehicle.

B. Gives the average number of times people or households in our target audience are exposed to a media vehicle.

C. Number of times message repeated

D. Average Number of times message repeated

Answer: B. Gives the average number of times people or households in our target audience are exposed to a media vehicle.
114. Gross Impressions
A. the total number of repetition

B. the total number of times message is send

C. the total number of potential exposures

D. Total number of people

Answer: C. the total number of potential exposures
115. Audience size
A. simply the number of people in the medium’s audience

B. simply the number of people

C. simply the number of spots in the medium

D. simply the number of medium in the media mix

Answer: A. simply the number of people in the medium’s audience
116. Product protection
A. Packaging

B. Patent

C. Copy right

D. Every advertiser wants to keep the advertising of competitive products as far away from its commercials as possible.

Answer: D. Every advertiser wants to keep the advertising of competitive products as far away from its commercials as possible.

117. If AEC is 30000, CPRP is 900, calculate % of target audience
A. 33.63

B. 33.53

C. 33.43

D. 33.33

Answer: D. 33.33
118. If Budget is 350000 and GRP 200 calculate CPRP
A. 1650

B. 1550

C. 1750

D. 1450

Answer: C. 1750
119. If CPRP is 1250 and GRP is 200, calculate Budget
A. 260000

B. 250000

C. 270000

D. 280000

Answer: B. 250000
120. If the rate per square cm of TOI is Rs 4800, what will be the cost of one Insertion of Half page? (Quarter page = 400 cm)
A. Rs 3840000

B. 3740000

C. 3640000

D. 3540000

Answer: A. Rs 3840000
121. If India Today full page cost is Rs 730000 but will be the cost of three insertions of full page
A. Rs 2190000

B. Rs 2180000

C. Rs 2170000

D. Rs 2160000

Answer: A. Rs 2190000
122. If the reach 90 and frequency is 12, what is the GRP?
A. 1180

B. 1280

C. 1380

D. 1080

Answer: D. 1080

123. What is the value of CPM, if the cost of advertisement is 99000 and readership is 4, 50,000?
A. 230

B. 220

C. 240

D. 245

Answer: B. 220
124. What will be the average frequency if the OTS is 4,55,000 and Net readership is 1,250,00
A. 3.54

B. 3.44

C. 3.64

D. 3.74

Answer: C. 3.64
125. If Budget is 650000 and GRP is 450 what is CPRP
A. 1444.44

B. 1444.54

C. 1444.64

D. 1444.74

Answer: A. 1444.44

126. If readership is 10000 and Duplication is 1000 what is the net readership
A. 8000

B. 9000

C. 7000

D. 9500

Answer: B. 9000
127. Once a media campaign is completed
A. the planner compares the plan’s expectations and forecasts

B. the planner compares the plan’s profits

C. the planner compares the sales

D. the planner compares the awareness

Answer: A. the planner compares the plan’s expectations and forecasts
128. A good media brief should ideally include
A. Profit projections

B. Objective or objectives the proposed advertising is trying to accomplish.

C. Sales projections

D. Awareness targets

Answer: B. Objective or objectives the proposed advertising is trying to accomplish.
129. Media auditing
A. It is the practice of checking that the media that a client has bought is in the right places, at competitive prices

B. Annual financial accounts audit

C. It’s done annually as a formality

D. Its buying media from third party

Answer: A. It is the practice of checking that the media that a client has bought is in the right places, at competitive prices
130. NCCS is used to:
A. classify Television in India

B. Generate TRP

C. classify Newspapers and Magazine in India

D. classify households in India

Answer: D. classify households in India

131. Media planning process for determining the most ______ of media for achieving a set of media objectives
A. time consuming

B. brief

C. cost-effective mix

D. costly

Answer: C. cost-effective mix
132. Media planning helps achieveing _____ as well.
A. advertising objectives

B. marketing

C. geographical

D. sales

Answer: A. advertising objectives
133. ______ is the the document or flow chart which details the tactics used to accomplish your media objectives.
A. markting mix

B. media mix

C. Marketing brief

D. Media plan

Answer: D. Media plan
134. _______ is an integral part of the media plan.
A. markting mix

B. social audit

C. Marketing brief

D. media mix

Answer: D. media mix
135. Media mix has to reach _____.
A. current consumer

B. target consumer

C. potencial consumer

D. everyone

Answer: B. target consumer

136. Audience informaton like age, occupation, marital status consist of _______.
A. psychographic

B. basics

C. demonstartive

D. demographic

Answer: D. demographic
137. Audience informaton like interests, preferences, personality traits consist of _______.
A. basics

B. demonstartive

C. psychographic

D. demograpgic

Answer: C. psychographic
138. Media planners also perform the actual media _____.
A. buy

B. mix

C. brief

D. plan

Answer: A. buy
139. If media planners want to market products _______, they will select all-India newspapers and magazines.
A. globally

B. properly

C. regionally

D. nationally

Answer: D. nationally
140. They have to see how strong a product is in a particular geographical region and
A. advertise more in high potential areas

B. distribute budget equally

C. allocate budget zone wise

D. advertise less in high potencial areas

Answer: A. advertise more in high potential areas
141. media decision about the timing, continuity & size of the ads are _____ decisions.
A. plan

B. budget

C. size

D. schedulling

Answer: D. schedulling

142. Scheduling decision include ____ of the ad.
A. timing

B. production quality

C. vehicle

D. research

Answer: A. timing
143. There should be an attempt in the media objectives to balance the reach and
A. frequancy

B. budget

C. impact

D. cumulative reach

Answer: A. frequancy
144. To face heavy competitive campaign, we should have
A. greater reach

B. lesser frequency

C. greater frequency

D. lesser reach

Answer: C. greater frequency
145. ensure the repetition of the message. It is not so important to have a wider reach. While advertising an innovation, a _______ is preferred
A. lesser reach

B. greater frequency

C. greater reach

D. lesser frequecy

Answer: C. greater reach
146. The ability of the media to adapt to changing and specific needs of advertisers is
A. creativity

B. flexibility

C. honesty

D. planning

Answer: B. flexibility
147. Media planning is the process of designing a course of action that shows how advertising _______ will be used to contribute to the achievement of the marketing and advertising objectives.
A. space and time

B. budget & space

C. Time & budget

D. Space & efforts

Answer: A. space and time

148. _____ is the first step of the media planning process.
A. evaluation

B. media mix

C. market analysis

D. setting objective

Answer: C. market analysis
149. _____ is the second step of the media planning process.
A. setting objective

B. market analysis

C. media mix

D. media strategies

Answer: A. setting objective
150. _____ is the third step of the media planning process.
A. budget and media buying

B. Media strategies

C. market analysis

D. media mix

Answer: B. Media strategies

151. _____ is the fourth step of the media planning process.
A. evaluation

B. media strategies

C. media mix

D. market analysis

Answer: C. media mix
152. _____ is the fifth step of the media planning process.
A. media strategies

B. budget and media buying

C. market analysis

D. evaluation

Answer: B. budget and media buying
153. _____ is the last step of the media planning process.
A. media mix

B. budget & buying

C. media strategies

D. evaluation

Answer: D. evaluation
154. The goal of a ______ is to determine the attractiveness of a market and to understand its evolving opportunities and threats as they relate to the strengths and weaknesses of the firm
A. media brief

B. market analysis

C. media plan

D. media mix

Answer: B. market analysis
155. ______indicates a percentage of target audience who is exposed at least once in a given period to a particular media vehicle. It does not matter how many times they actually see or hear the ad message.
A. reach

B. print ads

C. frequency

D. media mix

Answer: A. reach

156. _____indicates the number of times people in the target audience are exposed to a media vehicle during a given period of time.
A. reach

B. media plan

C. cumulative reach

D. frequency

Answer: D. frequency
157. When the ad size is small, we need more______
A. Schedules

B. cumulative reach

C. reach

D. frequency

Answer: D. frequency
158. when the same ad message is repeated due to higher frequency is causes ____
A. rejections

B. less exposure

C. ad fatigue

D. more exposure

Answer: C. ad fatigue
159. The sum of the reach number of specific media vehicles in a given media plan gives the _______
A. total exposire

B. social audit

C. message weight

D. total weight

Answer: C. message weight
160. The possible exposure of the advertising message to one audience member is called an ________ (OTS)
A. over the setup

B. over to see

C. option to see

D. opportunity to see

Answer: D. opportunity to see

161. ______are a summation of exposures of the target audience to media vehicles in a media plan.
A. gross weight

B. gross impressions

C. message weight

D. message impressions

Answer: B. gross impressions
162. _____exposure is counted as one impression.
A. first

B. 10

C. each

D. all

Answer: C. each
163. _____ isthe total weight of a specific media schedule, computed by multiplying the reach, expressed as a percentage of the population, by the average frequency.
A. GRC

B. GRB

C. GRP

D. GRV

Answer: C. GRP
164. To determine _____, a market’s brand sales percentage is divided by the total population percentage of that market multiplied by 100.
A. CDI

B. PDI

C. VDI

D. BDI

Answer: D. BDI
165. The ______ measures the sales strength of a brand in a particular area.
A. brand positioning index

B. Budget determining index

C. brand positioning indent

D. Brand development index

Answer: D. Brand development index
166. When an ad is run in the media for a long period without any gap, we are using ______ scheduling.
A. continuity

B. bursting

C. flighting

D. pulsing

Answer: A. continuity

167. _______ scheduling is where advertising runs for some period and then there is a gap , and again it runs for some period.
A. flighting

B. continuity

C. pulsing

D. bursting

Answer: A. flighting
168. ______ scheduling represents a consistent low-level advertising activity , and addition of pulse to make a high-level of advertising during certain periods
A. bursting

B. pulsing

C. continuity

D. flighting

Answer: B. pulsing
169. ______ is a technique for scheduling TV ads. where the commercial is repeated on the same channel time and again to reinforce the message for a short period .
A. continuity

B. flighting

C. bursting

D. pulsing

Answer: C. bursting
170. _____ is determined by the content that is surrounded by the ad.
A. tone

B. editorial environment

C. news & features

D. editorials

Answer: B. editorial environment
171. ____ of a medium is determined by how stimulated the reader are torespond.
A. readership

B. content value

C. motivational value

D. ad value

Answer: C. motivational value
172. _____ isdegree to which a particular brand is associated with the general product category .
A. share of mind

B. share or audience

C. recall value

D. share of voice

Answer: A. share of mind

173. _____ are small ads charged in terms of number of words, and putting the message in several categories or classes such as employment, real estate, matrimonial, automobiles
A. co -op ads

B. classified

C. obituaries

D. micro ads

Answer: B. classified
174. _____ order gives specific date(s) on which the ad is to be published, the rate at which it is to be published, and production details preparatory to the publishing of the ad.
A. tear sheet

B. factual

C. proof

D. insertion

Answer: D. insertion
175. ______ is a brand’s or group of brands’ advertising weight expressed as a percentage of a defined total market or market segment in a given time period. The weight is usually defined in terms of expenditure, ratings, pages, poster sites etc.
A. share of voice

B. brand positioning

C. share of noice

D. share of mind

Answer: A. share of voice

176. Once the ad is run, a _____ which is an actual page torn from the newspaper in which the ad was run is sent to the advertiser.
A. tear order

B. Proof of print

C. tear-sheet

D. make goods

Answer: C. tear-sheet
177. ____ in newspapers & print media in general is much more than the circulation
A. proof

B. ads

C. sales

D. readership

Answer: D. readership
178. ina ______ Two different versions of the same advertisement are printed in the same press run of an issue of a particular publication, so that some of the copies contain one version of the ad and the others contain the other version.
A. insertion order

B. split run facility

C. proof of print

D. make goods

Answer: B. split run facility
179. ROP stands for ______ in print media.
A. run of press

B. readership of paper

C. regulator of press

D. run of print

Answer: A. run of press
180. The ad material in magazines need to be submitted much in advance because a magazine requires elaborate production plan, this is called as ______ time
A. lead

B. bank

C. reaction

D. book

Answer: A. lead

181. _____________ exist primarily to deliver message content- entertainment, information and advertisements to a vast audience.
A. Media

B. Personal Computer

C. Employees

D. Teachers

Answer: A. Media
182. ____________ is the process of identifying and selecting media outlets- mianly newspapers, magazines, websites, TV and radio.
A. Mass Media

B. Media Planning

C. Media Payment

D. Media Mix

Answer: B. Media Planning
183. ________ determines how many Targets Company can approach and number of campaigns that it can undertake.
A. Target Audience

B. Sales Potential

C. Budget

D. Media Strategy

Answer: C. Budget
184. ____________ indicates the maximum sales from all buyers of the product.
A. Budget

B. Target Audience

C. Media Strategy

D. Sales Potential

Answer: D. Sales Potential
185. The advertiser must select the _______ who the media plans to influence.
A. Sales Potential

B. Budget

C. Target Audience

D. Competition

Answer: C. Target Audience

186. A _______ is the combination of communication channels your business can use to meet its marketing objectives; typically, these include newspapers, radio, television, billboards, the Internet and social media.
A. Reach

B. Media Mix

C. Target Market Coverage

D. Frequency

Answer: B. Media Mix
187. ___________ decisions are the decisions about timing, continuity and size of ads.
A. Scheduling

B. Reach

C. Frequency

D. Flexibility

Answer: A. Scheduling
188. __________ Big Billion Day being advertised on all mediums to spread awareness about the grand sale.
A. Flipkart

B. Amazon

C. E-bay

D. FirstCry

Answer: A. Flipkart
189. _____ outlines what the media plan is expected to accomplish.
A. Media

B. Media Objectives

C. Schedulling

D. Frequency

Answer: B. Media Objectives
190. __________ indicates a percentage of target audience who is exposed atleast once in a given period to a particular media vehicle.
A. Reach

B. Frequency

C. Schedule

D. Objectives

Answer: A. Reach
191. _____________ refers to the number of times the receiver is exposed to the media vehicle.
A. Reach

B. Frequency

C. Schedule

D. Objectives

Answer: B. Frequency

192. ________ gives the average number of times people or households in our target audience are exposed to a media vehicle.
A. Schedule

B. Reach

C. Average Frequency

D. Continuity

Answer: C. Average Frequency
193. __________ refers to the duration of an advertising message or campaign over a given period of time.
A. Schedule

B. Reach

C. Average Frequency

D. Continuity

Answer: D. Continuity
194. Media ________ decisions are the decisions about the timing, continuity and size of the ads.
A. Reach

B. Scheduling

C. Planning

D. Objectives

Answer: B. Scheduling
195. _________ is the method used for placing media throughout the year with equal weight in each month.
A. Pulsing

B. Flighting

C. Continuity

D. Planning

Answer: C. Continuity
196. _______ is a method where advertising runs for some period and then there is a gap, and again it runs for some period.
A. Flighting

B. Pulsing

C. Planning

D. Continuity

Answer: A. Flighting
197. _______ is a combination of Flighting and Continuous Scheduling that provides a floor of media support throughout the year with periodic increases.
A. Planning

B. Flighting

C. Continuity

D. Pulsing

Answer: D. Pulsing

198. _______ is the person at the adverising agency who develops and executes your media plan.
A. Engineer

B. Media Planner

C. Doctor

D. CEO

Answer: B. Media Planner
199. _____ is the one who leads the editorial team assign stories and represents the editorial team in important matters.
A. Editor in Chief

B. Art Director

C. Production Artistists

D. Copywriter

Answer: A. Editor in Chief
200. _________ is the professional who is required to develop the conceptual designs to meet up the requirements of the client in order to advance the company’s brand.
A. Writer

B. PR head

C. Creative Director

D. Editor

Answer: C. Creative Director

201. _______ includes a whole range of study about the development of media, their achievements and effects.
A. Media Research

B. Media Planning

C. Media Development

D. Media Selection

Answer: A. Media Research
202. ______ is the tool that tells us which channel and the programme is viewed most or it indicates the popularity of a TV channel or a programme.
A. NRS

B. Press Audit

C. TRP

D. Annual Economic Survey

Answer: C. TRP
203. ______ satellite cable network study is a method of providing consumers with access to TV programmes via coaxial cables or through optical fibre cable.
A. National Readership Survey

B. NRS

C. National Television Study

D. ADMAR

Answer: D. ADMAR
204. ______ refers to the combination of advertising channels that are used in the promotion of particular goods or services.
A. Media Mix

B. Media Survey

C. Media Planning

D. Media Research

Answer: A. Media Mix
205. _____ audience comprises of the educated and rich from the upper class of the society.
A. Mass

B. Elite

C. Specialized

D. Interactive

Answer: B. Elite

206. _____ audience comprises of the middle class society.
A. Elite

B. Specialized

C. Mass

D. Interactive

Answer: C. Mass
207. ________ are the ones who communicate back with the company through posts, comments, opinions etc.
A. Interactive

B. Mass

C. Specialized

D. Elite

Answer: A. Interactive
208. _____ is the size of the advertisement the company runs in the selected media vehicle.
A. Media Vehicle

B. Media Units

C. Availability

D. Media Classes

Answer: B. Media Units
209. Media ________ like TV, Radio, Print, Outdoor and Internet help convey the advertising message to the public.
A. Units

B. Classes

C. Channels

D. Availability

Answer: C. Channels
210. ______ is the last step to design the ideal media mix.
A. Identify your Demographics

B. Understand Competition

C. Pick Your Mediums

D. Measure your results

Answer: D. Measure your results

211. ______ media is the oldest media form.
A. Print

B. Television

C. Internet

D. OOH

Answer: A. Print
212. Among English Newspapaers, ___________ is the most read paper in India.
A. Bombay Times

B. Dainik Bhaskar

C. TOI

D. Mumbai Mirror

Answer: C. TOI
213. A ______ is usually a single, unfolded printed sheet that is used to draw attention to an event, service, product or idea.
A. Flyer

B. Newspaper

C. Magazine

D. Newsletter

Answer: A. Flyer
214. PPC stands for _________.
A. Pay Price Cost

B. Price Pay Cost

C. Pay Per Click

D. Per Pay Click

Answer: C. Pay Per Click
215. ______ is a less regular schedule for advertising
A. Continuity

B. Pulsing

C. Flighting

D. Scheduling

Answer: C. Flighting
216. ____ is the exact number of people a company wants to advertise.
A. Reach

B. Frequency

C. Coverage

D. Media

Answer: A. Reach

217. Timing of te advertisement is particularly important when the product is _______.
A. Competitive

B. Expensive

C. Cheap

D. Seasonal

Answer: D. Seasonal
218. ___________ is when fully functioning game is developed for the sole purpose of promoting a company or brand.
A. AdverGaming

B. Dynamic In-game advertising

C. Static In-game advertising

D. Game Planning

Answer: A. AdverGaming
219. ________ are new windows that appear in front of the website content.
A. Banner Ads

B. Pop up Ads

C. Display Ads

D. Newspaper Ads

Answer: B. Pop up Ads
220. _______ are like billboards but are digitalized/electric.
A. Neon Boards

B. Posters

C. Transit Media

D. Pop up Ads

Answer: A. Neon Boards
221. ______ means fast forwarding the commercials while watchig recorded programs.
A. Zapping

B. Zipping

C. Frisking

D. Yapping

Answer: B. Zipping
222. ________ can be defined as the usage of an appropriate media mix in order to achieve desired and optimum otcomes from the advertising campaigns.
A. Media Planning

B. Media selection

C. Media Strategy

D. Media Organising

Answer: C. Media Strategy

223. _________ advertising takes place within the store.
A. In-store

B. In-flight

C. In-media

D. In-Game

Answer: A. In-store
224. ______ advertising targets potential consumers aboard an airline.
A. In-store

B. In-flight

C. In-media

D. In-Game

Answer: B. In-flight
225. In _____ type of media Privacy is a major disadvantage.
A. Print

B. Television

C. Internet

D. Radio

Answer: C. Internet

226. In 1936, the Indian Broadcasting Service was renamed as ________.
A. All India Radio

B. Radio India

C. Bharti Radio

D. Jay Bharat Radio

Answer: A. All India Radio
227. _____ is a type of media in which HD feature is available.
A. Radio

B. Television

C. Print

D. Neon Boards

Answer: B. Television
228. _________ is a type of OOH; which displays target customers directly at locations where retail transactions are carried out.
A. Neon Boards

B. Posters

C. Billboards

D. Point of Sale

Answer: D. Point of Sale
229. Media owners give the MBA directly for space or airtime bookings in excess of a certain volume. What is called type of second audit?
A. Critique

B. Financial Audit

C. Return of rebates and discounts

D. Media Audit

Answer: C. Return of rebates and discounts
230. An advertiser can allow a channel to run commercials in a lower rate at its convivence whenever time is available rather than in a special slot. Justify the following statement.
A. Run of Press

B. Run of Schedule

C. Share of Voice

D. Spot buys

Answer: B. Run of Schedule

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What is the biggest possible medium and has the quickest and deepest reach throughout the globe?

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Who describes what you want the media plan to accomplish?

Media objectives describes what you want the media plan to accomplish.

What should be the formal summation of the advertising tasks that the media planner will take onto a solution?

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The ---------- should be the formal summation of the advertising task that the media planner will take on to a solution.
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media expansion
C.
media buying
D.
media selling
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What refers to media objectives which is measured by multiplying reach and average frequency?

GRP stands for Gross Rating Point. A standard measure in advertising, it measures advertising impact. You calculate it as a percent of the target market reached multiplied by the exposure frequency.