The Relationship of Annual Marketing Effort to Annual Sales Revenue

question 72

Multiple Choice

The relationship of annual marketing effort to annual sales revenue is assumed to be ________ of the sales response function.

• A) a horizontal straight line, where sales revenues stay the same regardless of the marketing effort
• B) a U-shaped curve, where sales revenues are at a maximum at either end
• C) an upside-down U-shaped curve, where sales revenues are at a maximum in the middle
• D) an S-shaped curve, which shows that an additional marketing effort in the midrange of the curve results in far greater increases of sales revenue than at either end of the curve
• E) a rising straight line, where sales revenue continuously rises as the marketing effort rises

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