Consumers Spend Little Time and Effort Evaluating Alternatives in the Purchase

question 255

Multiple Choice

Consumers spend little time and effort evaluating alternatives in the purchase of flour and soap. The consumer purchase decision process for such staples involves ________, which is virtually a habit and typifies low-involvement decision making.

• A) limited problem solving
• B) extended problem solving
• C) situational problem solving
• D) rational problem solving
• E) routine problem solving

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Definitions:

Restrictive Covenant

In property law, a condition imposed by the seller as to what the purchaser can use the land for; in employment law, a commitment not to work in a certain geographical area for a designated period of time.

Easement

The right of a person other than the owner to use a portion of private property.

Prescription

A health care professional's formal instruction authorizing a patient to be provided a medicine or treatment.

Strata Regulations

Laws or rules governing strata properties, which are typically multi-unit housing complexes with individual ownership of units and shared ownership of common areas.