TEAS Reading Comprehension Practice Test 2

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“Marketing is the activity of facilitating exchange of a given commodity for goods, services, and/or money for the purpose of delivering maximum value to the owner of the commodity. From a societal point of view, marketing is the linkbetween a society’s material requirements and its economic patterns of response. Marketing satisfies these needs and wants through exchange processes and building long-term relationships. The exchange process is the act of obtaining adesired object from someone by offering something of value in return. The exchange between the person in need (i.e., someone who offers money or some other personal resource) and the organization selling the product, service, or idearesults in a transaction. The top goal of any marketing organization is to facilitate and help increase sales transaction by convincing potential consumers and existing customers to buy their company’s product or service. With the emergenceof the Internet and e-commerce during the 1990s, the nature of the marketing exchange for businesses and customers has changed drastically. Today’s consumers have access to far more and far better information. They also have manymore choices. Businesses must provide personalized, relevant and high quality content that competes with a fast, ever-changing competitive landscape.” “Defining Marketing.” Boundless Marketing. Boundless, 20 Sep. 2016.
Using the definition in the passage and the example in the chart, choose the answer that describes what happens to both parties in the exchange process.
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