Question

Pepsi and Family Dollar, sponsors of the National Football League, have teamed up to offer one lucky winner the chance to win a trip to attend the Super Bowl. No purchase is necessary and contestants can enter either by mail or on the website. This is an example of a contest.

Select one:
True
False

Answer 1

True

Step-by-step explanation:

Whilst contest in general terms can be said to be a form of competition between various parties for a prize, Contest in the context of this question is a well-known advertising tool employed by companies to attract and retain new and existing customers. Social media outlets like Instagram, Twitter etc or good old fashioned outlets such as emails or company websites are avenues companies take advantage of when it comes to online contest.

Three(3) main characteristics of contest include;

• There must be benefits attached to a contest.
• Contests must be free: It should cost nothing in financial terms for one to enter into a contest.
• Contest must have a short time frame: It must have a deadline of some sort.

The offer of a chance to win a trip to attend the Super Bowl by Pepsi and Family Dollar meet all three(3) criteria of a contest.

Answer 2

True. This is an example of a contest.

Step-by-step explanation:

Contest:

Contest is also known as competition in which the participants compete each other to win the competition or a prize.

In this scenario, the participants are competing with each other in such a way one of them by random selection will be awarded a trip to attend the Super Bowl. Although, it seems they are not competing with each other but in reality, everyone is in competition with everyone as only one person will win the prize.