All of the Following Statements About Means-Ends Chains Are True

question 40

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about means-ends chains are true EXCEPT:

• A) means-end chains are unique to each consumer's background and personal interests.
• B) consumers' meanings for a product can be quite different from those of a marketing manager.
• C) not every means-end chain leads to a value.
• D) actual means-end chains vary considerably in the meanings they contain.
• E) the actual product knowledge in consumers' means-end chains must necessarily contain each of the four levels of product meaning of the idealized means-end chain model.

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