Subject Information
The Principles of Marketing examination contains 100 questions to be answered in 90 minutes.
The test questions cover the role of marketing in society and within a firm, understanding consumer and organizational markets, marketing strategy planning, marketing mix, marketing institutions, and other selected topics such as international marketing, ethics, marketing research, services, and not-for-profit marketing.
Students should consider taking the exam if they can demonstrate the following abilities:
- basic knowledge of the economic/demographic, social/cultural, political/legal and technology trends that are important to marketing
- application of knowledge to new situations.
Computer-based Scoring
CLEP computer-based (CBT) exams are scored without a penalty for incorrect guessing. The raw score--the number of correct responses--is translated into a scaled score. The scaled scores for CLEP CBT are reported in a range from 20 to 80.
At Ferris, candidates taking the Principles of Marketing exam earn credit for a score of 50 or higher.
Course(s) and Credits
- MKTG 100 Elective
3 credits