ama pcm practice test

Professional Certified Marketer

Last exam update: Dec 25 ,2025
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Question 1

LockIt, a manufacturer of electronic safes, accounts for 5% of the safes sold in the U.S. LockIt's
current business strategy is aimed at selling better-quality products at higher prices than
competitors. The higher prices make LockIt one of the leaders in terms of revenue earned. Having
satisfied initial objectives of earning a certain ROI, LockIt sets a target of accounting for 25% of the
units sold during the next financial year. To further this goal, LockIt introduces a line of lower-priced
safes that are priced below similar competing products. LockIt's new pricing strategy is _____.

  • A. sales oriented
  • B. profit oriented
  • C. customer oriented
  • D. supplier oriented
  • E. competitor oriented
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Question 2

Port, an OEM of computer hardware, accounts for 6% of the computer hardware sold in the U.S.
Retailers uses hardware from OEMs like Port to assemble personal computers. Owing to the
competitive nature of the industry, Port's pricing is uniform with offerings from other manufacturers.
The rise and fall in pricing is dictated more by the rise and fall in prices of raw material, labor, and
utilities across the industry. Port's pricing strategy is focused on _____.

  • A. competitive parity
  • B. target profits
  • C. maximizing profits
  • D. target returns
  • E. market shares
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Question 3

Which of the following pricing strategies is oriented toward customers?

  • A. A strategy that prices products above that of competitors' offerings
  • B. A strategy that is primarily aimed at adding value to a company's products or services
  • C. A strategy that emulates competitors' pricing strategies
  • D. A strategy that delivers quality products at lower prices and helps capture market share
  • E. A strategy that focuses on producing a specific return on investment
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Question 4

When firms collude to set prices for products, it is referred to as _____.

  • A. price discrimination
  • B. price fixing
  • C. predatory pricing
  • D. tying arrangements
  • E. exclusive dealing
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Question 5

The Better Business Bureau suggests that at least _____ of the sales should occur at a price for it to
be used as a reference price.

  • A. 20 percent
  • B. 30 percent
  • C. 40 percent
  • D. 50 percent
  • E. 60 percent
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Question 6

In the early 1980s, typical round-trip coach air fares from the East Coast to London were over $500.
Then Freddie Laker introduced the
People’s Express, a competing service into Newark at $350. Major airlines matched his price—and
continued to do so until they drove
People’s Express out of business. Then prices shot back up to over $500. A lawsuit filed under the
Sherman Act resulted in the judgment that the major airlines had explicitly tried to destroy a
competitor. The experience of People’s Express is an example of __________ on the part of the
major airlines.

  • A. price fixing.
  • B. price discrimination.
  • C. deceptive pricing.
  • D. predatory pricing.
  • E. pricing constraints.
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Question 7

In Ravonia, the telecom sector is dominated by four major service providers: Flank, Zelno, Tuhaz, and
Klock. The service providers determine call rates and broadband rates using a collective strategy.
They maintain uniform pricing and compete mainly on quality and service. Flank, Zelno, Tuhaz, and
Klock are using a _____ strategy.

  • A. deceptive reference pricing
  • B. bait-and-switch
  • C. horizontal price fixing
  • D. manufacturer ’s suggested retail pricing
  • E. price discrimination
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Question 8

Pluto, a footwear company, designs and creates sports shoes for children. Since most of Pluto's target
market consists of children who are in school, Pluto's retailers agree to sell its shoes for a certain
amount below the actual price on the products. The price that Pluto and its retailer agree to sell the
sports shoes for is known as _____.

  • A. the value-based price
  • B. the loss leader price
  • C. the everyday low price
  • D. the manufacturer’s suggested retail price
  • E. the reference price
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Question 9

Carnival Cruise Lines increased the price of its seven-day cruise package by 20 percent recently. If
demand for its cruises is negatively elastic, which of the following is the likely outcome of the
increase in price?

  • A. The company will see an increase in customer bookings.
  • B. The company's profit will decrease though its revenue will increase.
  • C. The company will see a decrease in total revenue.
  • D. There will be no change in the number of cruises booked.
  • E. The company's total revenue will increase.
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Question 10

Cinfy, an electronic appliances manufacturer, sells 30 pizza ovens, 60 coffee makers, and 90 sandwich
toasters per day. Despite warnings from analysts, Cinfy hikes prices of its toasters from $150 to $180,
and toaster sales fall by 40%. After this pricing strategy backfires, Cinfy decides that a 10% drop in
demand is acceptable, but not more. Assuming that the elasticity of demand for the toasters remains
constant, what is the maximum price hike that Cinfy can afford without letting the sales drop by
more than 10%?

  • A. $2.50
  • B. $5
  • C. $7.50
  • D. $9
  • E. $15
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Question 11

Which of the following is true of price elasticity?

  • A. The lower the number of substitute products, the higher the price elasticity of demand for a given product.
  • B. Rises in income can lead to drops in price elasticity even though product prices are constant.
  • C. Products for which demand is highly inelastic are susceptible to minor changes in price.
  • D. Generally, if demand for a product is inelastic, lowering the price will appreciably increase demand.
  • E. Consumers are generally more sensitive to price decreases than to price increases.
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Question 12

EZ, a manufacturer of electronic appliances, manufactures sandwich toasters, waffle makers, and
sandwich-waffle makers. Recently, EZ reduced the price of sandwich-waffle makers by 20%. This
increased the sales of sandwich-waffle makers by 20% and reduced the sale of sandwich toasters by
30% and waffle makers by 25%. Which of the following is true of this scenario?

  • A. The price elasticity of sandwich-waffle makers is -2.
  • B. The cross-price elasticity of sandwich-waffle makers and sandwich toasters is -1.
  • C. The cross-price elasticity of sandwich-waffle makers and waffle makers is -2.
  • D. Sandwich-waffle makers and sandwich toasters are likely to be substitute products.
  • E. Sandwich-waffle makers and waffle makers are complementary products.
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Question 13

Telcon, a mobile phone manufacturer, sells its flagship product, Pute, at $250 per unit. The fixed cost
incurred by the company is $500,000, and the variable cost per unit is $150. What is the profit earned
by Telcon if it sells 100,000 units of Pute?

  • A. $100,000
  • B. $500,000
  • C. $20,000,000
  • D. $9,500,000
  • E. $7,500,000
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Question 14

A firm sells 20,000 units of a particular product at a price of $50 per unit. The company spends $30
per unit in raw materials and labor charges. What are company's fixed costs if it made a profit of
$100,000?

  • A. $100,000
  • B. $200,000
  • C. $300,000
  • D. $400,000
  • E. $500,000
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Question 15

What does the break-even point refer to in a break-even analysis?

  • A. It refers to the number of product units sold at which point both loss and profit are zero.
  • B. It refers to the point at which the fixed costs curve intersects the variable costs curve.
  • C. It refers to the required number of products that should sell for the profit to equal the fixed costs.
  • D. It refers to the point at which the variable costs start increasing over fixed costs.
  • E. It refers to the point at which the total costs are equal to the profit generated.
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