Commerce JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1
Given
  N
sales 15,000
opening stock 5,600
purchase 9,700
closing stock 4,400
gross profit 4,500
net profit 2,000

 

what is the rate of turnover from the table?

  • A. 3.50 times
  • B. 3.00 times
  • C. 2.00 times
  • D. 2.18
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2

The progragramme that makes up the operating system in a computer system is called? 

  • A. system software
  • B. micro program
  • C. syntax
  • D. system flow-chart
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3

 communication process involves the transmission of a message over a selected channel to the?

  • A. encoder
  • B. receiver
  • C. audience
  • D. sender
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4

A group of companies is a collection of? 

  • A. subsidiaries and their holding company
  • B. firms
  • C. associates and their holding company
  • D. industries
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5

The agency in Nigeria which ensures that products conform with government quality specifications is the?

  • A. standard organisation of Nigeria
  • B. Nigeria consumer association
  • C. manufacturers association of Nigeria
  • D. Nigeria chambers of commerce
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6

one of the obstacles to achieving the objectives of ECOWAS is?

  • A. lack of a common currency
  • B. colonial linkages
  • C. sovereignty of state
  • D. language difference
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7

The temporary working area of the control processing unit is called the?

  • A. CD-ROM
  • B. CD-RAM
  • C. ROM
  • D. RAM
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8

warehousing is a productive function because it increases the?

  • A. quantity of goods
  • B. utility of goods
  • C. quality of goods
  • D. price of goods
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9

A pro forma invoice is sent to inform a buyer about the?

  • A. quantity of goods
  • B. price of goods
  • C. designation of goods
  • D. quality of goods
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10

A merchant wholesaler is referred to as?

  • A. del-credere agent
  • B. a broker
  • C. rack jobber
  • D. a factor
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11

i. personal savings. ii. retained earnings iii. accrued taxes. Which of the items constitute internal sources of financing for companies?

  • A. i and ii
  • B. i and iii
  • C. ii and iii
  • D. i, ii and iii
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12

A form of ownership which exploits the strenght of one partner to remedy the weakness of the other is the?

  • A. joint partnership
  • B. cooperative
  • C. corporation
  • D. joint venture
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13

 The first known legislation to protect consumer rights in Nigeria is the? 

  • A. usury laws
  • B. sale of goods act
  • C. hire purchase act
  • D. food and drugs act
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14

A chamber of commerce is an association made up of?

  • A. merchants
  • B. manufacturers
  • C. entrepreneurs
  • D. importers
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15

The three components of staffing are? 

  • A. recruitment, interview and appointment
  • B. recruitment, selection and placement
  • C. recruitment, test and placement
  • D. recruitment, procurement and appointment
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16

A form of money that has gone out of use is ?

  • A. commodity money
  • B. bank money
  • C. paper money
  • D. foreign money
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17

On liquidation of a public limited liability company, the residual owners are the?

  • A. creditors
  • B. debenture shareholders
  • C. preference shareholders
  • D. ordinary shareholder
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18

The insurance principle that requires full disclosure of information on the insured is known as ?

  • A. indemnity
  • B. caveat emptor
  • C. subrogation
  • D. uberrimae Fidel
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19

A printer that burns the print image into the photosensitive drum is called?

  • A. dot matrix printer
  • B. laser printer
  • C. daisy wheel printer
  • D. thermal printer
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20

The share capital value that forms part of the balance sheet total is the?

  • A. issued share capital
  • B. called-up share capital
  • C. authorised share capital
  • D. paid-up share capital
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21

services which are of absolute monopoly can best be provided by?

  • A. private companies
  • B. limited liability
  • C. public companies
  • D. public enterprises
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