Indian Institute of Technology Madras
BS Degree Programme · Examination & Study Paper
Market Research
End Term · 31 Aug 2025 (Forenoon)
Examination Instructions & Guidelines
- Solve on notebook/paper first before checking solutions.
- MCQ: Exactly 1 option is correct. Negative marking applies.
- MSQ: One or more options correct. Select all to score.
- Scientific calculator allowed for all calculations.
- Official answer key is sealed at the end of this sheet.
- Q1MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
A company that plans to get into making bicycles has some technology that allows a new set of benefits such as improved suspension, “leg rest” mode etc. The company wants to test whether these will resonate with the consumers. What kind of study is required for this?
- AConcept test
- BAd pretest
- CChanel satisfaction study
- DT test
- Q2MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
A company that plans to launch a new brand of biscuits wants to understand the consumer habits such as frequency of consuming biscuits, occasions when biscuits are consumed, brand used etc. What kind of study is required for this?
- AQualitative research
- BUsage and Attitude study
- CProduct test
- DLaddering technique
- Q3MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
Fill in the blanks here. In a (/n) ____________, the respondents are not asked to indicate their names to protect their confidentiality and ensure that they face no repercussions
- AProduct test
- BEmployee satisfaction study
- CQualitative research
- DAd pretest
- Q4MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
When respondents are shown a capsule of ads, and then asked for which ads they remember seeing (without showing a list), we are measuring
- ABrand standing
- BUnaided ad recall
- CAd persuasion
- DBrand attachment
- Q5MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
Which of the following is the appropriate test for testing the means of multiple independent samples?
- AANOVA
- BChi-square
- CKolmogorov Smirnov
- DCorrelation
Read the passage below, then answer Q6–Q12
Given below are the results from a brand health study. The data shown here is in column percentages. Please use the data and answer the given subquestions.
Q6MCQ2 Marks·Choose one optionWhich brand has the lowest gap between unaided and total awareness?
- ABrand 8
- BBrand 4
- CBrand 3
- DBrand 2
- Q7MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
What is the trial to total awareness ratio for Brand 1?
- A0.25
- B1.37
- C1.14
- D0.96
- Q8MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
What is the trial to total awareness ratio for Brand 3?
- A0.46
- B0.59
- C0.33
- D0.87
- Q9MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
What is the lapsing ratio for Brand 5?
- A0.79
- B0.89
- C1.45
- D0.50
- Q10MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
What is the lapsing ratio for Brand 6?
- A0.33
- B0.17
- C1.61
- D0.52
- Q11MCQ5 Marks·Choose one option
Which brand has the highest lapsing ratio?
- ABrand 8
- BBrand 4
- CBrand 3
- DBrand 2
- Q12MCQ5 Marks·Choose one option
Which brand has the lowest lapsing ratio?
- ABrand 8
- BBrand 4
- CBrand 3
- DBrand 2
- Q13MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
Please indicate true / false for the given statement. Unaided awareness of a brand is always equal to or higher than the top of mind awareness
- ATRUE
- BFALSE
- Q14MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
Please indicate true / false for the given statement. Clutter cut-through is an important measure of an ad’s effectiveness
- ATRUE
- BFALSE
- Q15MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
Please indicate true / false for the given statement. Zone of Tolerance is a regular measure in advertising research
- ATRUE
- BFALSE
- Q16MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
Please indicate true / false for the given statement. Convenience sampling is a kind of probability sampling
- ATRUE
- BFALSE
- Q17MCQ2 Marks·Choose one option
Please indicate true / false for the given statement. Median is the value that comes most frequently in the dataset
- ATRUE
- BFALSE
- Q18MSQ10 Marks·Choose all correct options
Of the following terms, five are relevant in a quantitative brand health study. Please identify the five. (Can mark only 5 options)
- AOrthogonal array
- BTrial percentage
- CBlind testing
- DUnaided brand awareness
- EBrand disposition
- FAssociation with attributes and benefits
- GClutter cut-through
- HEmployee motivation
- IMost often used brand
- JReliability testing