To Set an Advertising Budget, a Marketer of Filing Cabinets

question 56

Multiple Choice

To set an advertising budget, a marketer of filing cabinets examines advertising-to-sales ratios published in trade magazines and then allocates a percentage of sales dollars to the advertising effort. Which two budgeting methods are being employed?

• A)Competitive parity and percentage-of-sales methods
• B)Competitive parity and payout planning methods
• C)Payout planning and percentage-of-sales methods
• D)Percentage-of-sales and objective and task methods
• E)Payout planning and arbitrary allocation methods

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