MODULE 4A EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
why listening is a good idea - CORRECT ANSWER --establish rapport
-understand/confirm the current customer situation
-reinforce credibility
-motivates customer's interests
active listening - CORRECT ANSWER --most effective level
-listener refrains from evaluating and tries to see/understand other's point of view
-attention is on words, plus thoughts, feelings and meanings being conveyed
evaluative listening - CORRECT ANSWER --requires more concentration and attention
-listener actively tries to hear but not to listen
marginal (passive) listening - CORRECT ANSWER --lowest level of listening
-least concentration, may exhibit blank stares, gestures which may annoy others
Question Shock - CORRECT ANSWER -80% syndrome - when the salesperson spends 80% of
their time doing all the talking and only 20% of their time listening
-when customer is faced with the demand for more information than they can adequately
process
-you should ask one question at a time and wait for the answer
Golden Silence - CORRECT ANSWER -technique utilizing a 3-4 second pause after you ask a
question and again after the customer answers
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
why listening is a good idea - CORRECT ANSWER --establish rapport
-understand/confirm the current customer situation
-reinforce credibility
-motivates customer's interests
active listening - CORRECT ANSWER --most effective level
-listener refrains from evaluating and tries to see/understand other's point of view
-attention is on words, plus thoughts, feelings and meanings being conveyed
evaluative listening - CORRECT ANSWER --requires more concentration and attention
-listener actively tries to hear but not to listen
marginal (passive) listening - CORRECT ANSWER --lowest level of listening
-least concentration, may exhibit blank stares, gestures which may annoy others
Question Shock - CORRECT ANSWER -80% syndrome - when the salesperson spends 80% of
their time doing all the talking and only 20% of their time listening
-when customer is faced with the demand for more information than they can adequately
process
-you should ask one question at a time and wait for the answer
Golden Silence - CORRECT ANSWER -technique utilizing a 3-4 second pause after you ask a
question and again after the customer answers