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Find the current ratio

  • A. 1.53:1
  • B. 1, 85:1
  • C. 0. 87: 1
  • D. 0, 50:1
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What is the owners’ equity?

  • A. N 250 000
  • B. N 300 000
  • C. N 420 000
  • D. N 200 000
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3

Public debt management is one of the functions of a?

  • A. merchant bank
  • B. central bank
  • C. commercial bank
  • D. development bank
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4

A type of long-term loan granted to companies with fixed interest as well as with redeemable and irredeemable features is referred to as?

  • A. a denbenture
  • B. a bond
  • C. a term loan
  • D. an overdraft
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5

Money can simply be referred to as a?

  • A. medium of exchange
  • B. means for the settlement of debts
  • C. durable assets for doing business
  • D. standard of value
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6

The body with the responsibility to register shares for subscription on the stock market in Nigeria is the?

  • A. Securties and Exchange Commission
  • B. Nigerian Stock Exchange
  • C. Nigerian Deposit Insurance Company
  • D. Central Bank of Nigeria
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7

An essential factor for evaluating the different sources of funds for a business is the?

  • A. decree establishing the business
  • B. ownership structure of the business concern
  • C. size and the type of the business
  • D. burden of cost and repayment
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8

A source of short-term finance to companies is?

  • A. share capital
  • B. debentures
  • C. retained earnings
  • D. corperate tax
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9

Banks are engaged in the business of buying and selling of?

  • A. bills of exchange
  • B. instruments of credit
  • C. intangible products
  • D. land
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10

The most widely used computer language that focuses on solving science-oriented problems is?

  • A. FORTRAN
  • B. BASIC
  • C. ADA
  • D. COBOL
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11

The protection of consumers against exploitation by manufacturers is to ensure?

  • A. thaty there are varieties of product
  • B. that the right quality of goods and services is sold
  • C. increase in production capacity
  • D. increase in the level of consumers awareness
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12

The market structure, business conditions and financial system in Nigeria constitute the?

  • A. economic enironment
  • B. political environment
  • C. cultural environment
  • D. technological environment
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13

The device which interprets and carries out the instructions presented to it by the computer program is known as?

  • A. software
  • B. microprocessor
  • C. mouse
  • D. hard-disk
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14

A major benefit derivable from the privatization and commercialization of public enterprises in Nigeria is?

  • A. increase in wages
  • B. employment generation
  • C. information technology
  • D. revenue generation
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15

Electronic computers differ and minimize errors in a?

  • A. faster and more accurate manner
  • B. more organized manner
  • C. faster but less accurate manner
  • D. slower but more accurate manner
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16

Privatization is concerned with?

  • A. equal ownership between the public and the governement
  • B. thje dilution of ownership among the public
  • C. the individual ownership of companies
  • D. governement ownership of companies
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17

The ECOBANK is the initiative of?

  • A. some well-meaning Nigerian shareholders
  • B. the Federal Government of Nigeria
  • C. West African states tto foster trade
  • D. the Lagos State Governement to enhance capital mobilization
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18

Social responsibility of an organization to?

  • A. tackle the socio-economic problem of its community
  • B. meet the needs of its community
  • C. contribute to sustaining and developing its community
  • D. operate without disrupting the very essence of the enviroment
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19

The act of a person employing another to enter into a contract on his behalf is known as?

  • A. business
  • B. sale of goods
  • C. bilateral agreement
  • D. agency
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20

The government policy thrust on the business environment is to?

  • A. promote experts
  • B. attract investors
  • C. be self-sufficient
  • D. increase production
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21

The assembling of products into usable forms is known as?

  • A. construction
  • B. manufacturing
  • C. formation
  • D. creation
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