Filters
Question type

Study Flashcards

All of the following are causes for customer's brand switching EXCEPT:


A) Ethical problems
B) Pricing
C) Inconvenience
D) A service paradox
E) Core service failure

F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

D

What kind of a guarantee is a dentist giving that guarantees patients will wait no more than 15 minutes past their appointment or they will be given $5?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Service at...

View Answer

Which of the following statements about the benefits of service guarantees is true?


A) To be valid, service guarantees must be in writing
B) A good guarantee forces the company to focus on its customers
C) Employee morale can be adversely affected by service guarantees
D) The guarantee negates the service recovery strategy of act quickly
E) A good guarantee will generate a lot of feedback-most, if not all of it, useless

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

A friend of yours is setting up a math tutoring service. She has asked you, "Do all services need to offer customer guarantees"? Explain your answer. Then explain why or why not she should or should not offer a customer service guarantee.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

No. The text describes six occasions whe...

View Answer

Which service recovery strategy is most closely connected to an employee empowerment strategy?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

________ refers to the fact that a complaining customer expects to be treated fairly, with care and honesty.


A) Functional equity
B) Procedural fairness
C) Interactional fairness
D) Service equity
E) Outcome fairness

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

A business traveler checked into a Hyatt hotel and was given a room next to the elevator. When he turned on the television, he was greeted with a Hyatt customer service survey. He immediately took advantage of having the survey to let Hyatt know how unhappy he was with his room location. The business traveler would most likely be classed as a(n) _____ type.


A) Irate
B) Passive
C) Voicer
D) Aggressive
E) Mediator

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which of the following is NOT a benefit provided by a service guarantee?


A) The ability to generate meaningful and relevant feedback from customers
B) The ability to set clear standards for the organization
C) Away to improve employee morale
D) Away to increase a customer's sense of risk
E) Away to create useful feedback that can be integrated into continuous improvement efforts

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

As the flight attendant listened to the business traveler complain about having to sit in the plane and wait for two hours before the plane took off, the attendant sorted through some magazines, got a blanket for another passenger and clearly ignored the legitimate complaints of the businessperson. This is clearly a problem with:


A) Functional fairness
B) Service equity
C) Interactional fairness
D) Distributive fairness
E) Relationship management

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Which of the following is an example of poka-yokes?


A) Lynsey is so upset with the service she got at the travel agency that she is launching a one-woman campaign to put it out of business
B) The business owner complains to the licensing board every time the next-door restaurant's employees forget to put the lids on the garbage cans
C) The day care center has carefully labeled bins for each parent to fill with food, diapers, clothes and toys so that one child's stuff will not confused with another's
D) The customer refused to pay the delivery fee because the package arrived two days late
E) The dentist's office staff regularly does lost customer research

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

PSE&G is a utility company. One of its service guarantees is to keep all appointments. If PSE&G fails to keep an appointment mutually agreed upon by the customer and the company, PSE&G will credit residential customers' accounts by $25 and business customers' accounts by $100. The guarantee only applies to appointments for meter readings, account investigation, gas service, gas appliance repair and both electric and gas meter work scheduled three days in advance. Which of the following statements about PSE&G's service guarantee is FALSE?


A) PSE&G's guarantee is easy to understand and communicate
B) PSE&G's guarantee is unconditional
C) PSE&G's guarantee is meaningful
D) PSE&G's guarantee is easy to invoke
E) PSE&G's guarantee is qualitative

F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Oftentimes the personal values of the category of complainers called passives prevent them from complaining about a service even when they should.

A) True
B) False

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

True

When is a service guarantee inappropriate?


A) When prices for the service are high
B) When negative impact of unsolved problems is high
C) When service quality is truly uncontrollable
D) When company has a poor image for service quality
E) When company depends on frequent customer purchases

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

What kind of fairness is being requested when customers want their complaints handled politely, fairly and honestly?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Interactional fairness.

By noting that a number of customers had complained about late bus arrivals at one particular stop, the bus line rerouted the bus away from a heavy traffic area. By increasing its miles traveled slightly, the bus was able to improve its arrival time substantially at the stop where it had formerly been perpetually late. Which service recovery strategy did the bus line use?


A) Make the service fail safe
B) Learn from recovery experiences
C) Treat customers fairly
D) Encourage and track complaints
E) Act quickly

F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

The category of complainers called irates has a very optimistic sense of the potential positive consequences of all types of complaining.

A) True
B) False

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

When its sales were declining, Canadian Airline conducted a marketing survey to understand the expectations of the business traveler, its target market. It learned business travelers resent they are bosses in their own offices but are totally controlled by the airlines when they travel. Canadian Airline instituted gate-side business centers, shower facilities and massage chairs as well as continuous "power to the seat" for those who want to work on their laptops. By listening to its business travelers and providing the services they want, Canadian Airline's sales started increasing. What service recovery strategy did Canadian Airline use?


A) Make the service fail safe
B) Learn from recovery experience
C) Treat customers reactively
D) Encourage and track complaints
E) Act quickly

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

When the dentist's office bills the patient who had an appointment but did not show up for it and did not cancel the appointed, it is an example of _____ because the patient was made aware of the policy before making the appointment.


A) Functional fairness
B) Procedural fairness
C) Interactional fairness
D) Service equity
E) Outcome fairness

F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

_____ concerns the results that customers receive from their complaints.


A) Functional fairness
B) Procedural fairness
C) Interactional fairness
D) Service equity
E) Outcome fairness

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

When DeWayne complained out loud that the hotel restaurant did not serve breakfast late enough in the morning, a hotel worker overheard him and went to the kitchen. When the hotel worker returned, he presented DeWayne with a plate of sweet rolls, a cup of coffee and the hotel's apology for having to close down the breakfast service early. Which service recovery strategy is being used in this example?


A) Make the service fail safe
B) Learn from lost customers
C) Treat customers proactively
D) Use procedural fairness
E) Act quickly

F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Showing 1 - 20 of 80

Related Exams

Show Answer