WGU D099 OBJECTIVE EXAM ASSESSMENT AND PRE ASSESSMENT
NEWEST 2026/2027 || CORE COMPETENCY REVIEW || PRE-
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GRADED A+
A retailer is advertising its new product line and has designed a campaign that includes social media advertising, print
promotional pieces, online promotions, and a special product launch event. Which concept is the retailer using to promote its
new product line?
Relationship selling
Integrated marketing communications
Buyer journey
Marketing research - CORRECT ANSWER -Integrated marketing communications
A salesperson wants to get to know a prospective customer by establishing ongoing communication to ensure current as well
as future sales. Which sales approach is the salesperson using?
Transactional
Relationship
Adaptive
Direct - CORRECT ANSWER -Relationship
A salesperson prepares for a customer meeting by reviewing the number of products the customer has purchased since the
company started. The salesperson decides to open the conversation by reviewing how the company has consistently provided
a trusted product since the start of the customer relationship .How does this salesperson's approach help achieve sales goals?
It emphasizes company value to the customer
It analyzes return on customer investment
It evaluates the cost of customer investment
It calculates net customer profit - CORRECT ANSWER -It emphasizes company value to the customer
,Every semester, a nationally known textbook company's salesperson visits each professor at a college to show what the
company offers in the subject that the professor teaches. The salesperson hopes the professors will adopt the book for use in
the next academic year. Which type of salesperson role does this scenario illustrate?
Trade
Prospector
Missionary
Technical - CORRECT ANSWER -Missionary
A small company manufactures automobile hood ornaments and sells them in a small store located at one end of the factory.
Which type of sales channel is being used by this company?
Direct
Distributor
Agent
Wholesale - CORRECT ANSWER -Direct
How does empathy contribute to building a good relationship with a customer?
By sharing beliefs with clients to build interactions based on mutual interests
By displaying vulnerability to clients to make them feel like they have the upper hand
By creating distance from the company to show high customer awareness
By creating an emotional connection with clients to show understanding that is built on trust - CORRECT ANSWER -By
creating an emotional connection with clients to show understanding that is built on trust
Why is responsive listening important when participating in verbal communication?
It allows a salesperson to be prepared to counter any arguments made by a potential client.
It ensures that a salesperson is responding quickly to the customer's needs.
It encourages the salesperson to repeat back to the customer what they believe the customer needs.
It promotes rotating salespeople when dealing with clients who have specific requirements. - CORRECT ANSWER -It
encourages the salesperson to repeat back to the customer what they believe the customer needs.
, What is a result of a salesperson conducting follow-up on a sale?
Ensures customer satisfaction
Establishes contract terms
Determines customer needs
Handles customer objections - CORRECT ANSWER -Ensures customer satisfaction
A school administrator receives a request from a textbook salesperson to meet with the school principal. The administrator
asks for the salesperson's contact information and indicates that the principal may contact the salesperson if interested in
meeting. Which type of business-to-business (B2B) stakeholder is this school administrator?
Gatekeeper
Buyer
User
Initiator - CORRECT ANSWER -Gatekeeper
A manufacturing company needs to replace its material requirements planning system and has sent out Requests for Proposal
(RFPs). The company has received several responses back. A meeting has been called by the company's decision makers to
review the proposals received. Which stage of the organizational buying process has this company entered?
Order placement
Performance review
Need recognition
Supplier selection - CORRECT ANSWER -Supplier selection
A private company purchases raw materials required to manufacture its tire air pressure sensors. The company sells its
sensors to major automobile companies. Which role does the company play in the business-to-business (B2B) buying
process?
Reseller
Producer
Organization
Consultant - CORRECT ANSWER -Producer
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ASSESSMENT & OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS || VERIFIED ANSWERS ||
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GRADED A+
A retailer is advertising its new product line and has designed a campaign that includes social media advertising, print
promotional pieces, online promotions, and a special product launch event. Which concept is the retailer using to promote its
new product line?
Relationship selling
Integrated marketing communications
Buyer journey
Marketing research - CORRECT ANSWER -Integrated marketing communications
A salesperson wants to get to know a prospective customer by establishing ongoing communication to ensure current as well
as future sales. Which sales approach is the salesperson using?
Transactional
Relationship
Adaptive
Direct - CORRECT ANSWER -Relationship
A salesperson prepares for a customer meeting by reviewing the number of products the customer has purchased since the
company started. The salesperson decides to open the conversation by reviewing how the company has consistently provided
a trusted product since the start of the customer relationship .How does this salesperson's approach help achieve sales goals?
It emphasizes company value to the customer
It analyzes return on customer investment
It evaluates the cost of customer investment
It calculates net customer profit - CORRECT ANSWER -It emphasizes company value to the customer
,Every semester, a nationally known textbook company's salesperson visits each professor at a college to show what the
company offers in the subject that the professor teaches. The salesperson hopes the professors will adopt the book for use in
the next academic year. Which type of salesperson role does this scenario illustrate?
Trade
Prospector
Missionary
Technical - CORRECT ANSWER -Missionary
A small company manufactures automobile hood ornaments and sells them in a small store located at one end of the factory.
Which type of sales channel is being used by this company?
Direct
Distributor
Agent
Wholesale - CORRECT ANSWER -Direct
How does empathy contribute to building a good relationship with a customer?
By sharing beliefs with clients to build interactions based on mutual interests
By displaying vulnerability to clients to make them feel like they have the upper hand
By creating distance from the company to show high customer awareness
By creating an emotional connection with clients to show understanding that is built on trust - CORRECT ANSWER -By
creating an emotional connection with clients to show understanding that is built on trust
Why is responsive listening important when participating in verbal communication?
It allows a salesperson to be prepared to counter any arguments made by a potential client.
It ensures that a salesperson is responding quickly to the customer's needs.
It encourages the salesperson to repeat back to the customer what they believe the customer needs.
It promotes rotating salespeople when dealing with clients who have specific requirements. - CORRECT ANSWER -It
encourages the salesperson to repeat back to the customer what they believe the customer needs.
, What is a result of a salesperson conducting follow-up on a sale?
Ensures customer satisfaction
Establishes contract terms
Determines customer needs
Handles customer objections - CORRECT ANSWER -Ensures customer satisfaction
A school administrator receives a request from a textbook salesperson to meet with the school principal. The administrator
asks for the salesperson's contact information and indicates that the principal may contact the salesperson if interested in
meeting. Which type of business-to-business (B2B) stakeholder is this school administrator?
Gatekeeper
Buyer
User
Initiator - CORRECT ANSWER -Gatekeeper
A manufacturing company needs to replace its material requirements planning system and has sent out Requests for Proposal
(RFPs). The company has received several responses back. A meeting has been called by the company's decision makers to
review the proposals received. Which stage of the organizational buying process has this company entered?
Order placement
Performance review
Need recognition
Supplier selection - CORRECT ANSWER -Supplier selection
A private company purchases raw materials required to manufacture its tire air pressure sensors. The company sells its
sensors to major automobile companies. Which role does the company play in the business-to-business (B2B) buying
process?
Reseller
Producer
Organization
Consultant - CORRECT ANSWER -Producer
