Commerce JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

295

The provision of services is classified under

  • A. batch production
  • B. flow production
  • C. secondary production
  • D. tertiary production
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296

An article used as a means of exchange in the early days of trade in West Africa was

  • A. cedis
  • B. cowrie
  • C. dalasi
  • D. naira
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297

The marketing manager of a shoe factory was in a senior management meeting to convince the board to accept his proposal using television to advertise the company’s products. (a) State four benefits the company would derive from using television to advertise its products. (b) List and explain four other promotional means the company could adopt.

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298

(a) Explain three means of payment in international trade and two means of payment in home trade. (b) Explain five reasons countries engage in international trade.

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299

(a) List Four sources of credit available to a sole trader. (b) Explain the following credit instruments: (i) acceptance credit; (ii) luncheon voucher; (iii) bill of exchange. (c) State two advantages and three disadvantages of hire purchase to the seller.

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300

The diagrams below are computer devices.

(a) Name any eight of the computer devices labelled A – I.

(b) State one use of any six input devices named in 4(a).

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301

(a) Differentiate between a trade association and a chamber of commerce. (b) State four functions of a chamber of commerce (c) State four functions of an employers’ association.

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302

ABC Limited, a textile company and XYZ Limited, a cotton processing company agreed to merge. (a) Identify and explain the type of merger to be formed by the companies. (b) State four reasons that would have necessitated the formation of the merger. (C) List and explain three sources of finance available to the company formed.

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303

In a carpentry workshop of three employees, one is responsible for cutting the wood, another for fixing and a third for polishing and spraying the furniture.

(a) Identify the term that describes the production process the workshop uses.

(b)(i) State five advantages of the production process identified in 1(a) to the workshop. (ii) State four disadvantages of the production process identified in 1(a) to the workshop.

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304

The agreement which led to the formation of the West African Clearing House was signed in

  • A. Gambia
  • B. Sierra Leone
  • C. Nigeria
  • D. Ghana
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305

One of the aims of ECOWAS is to

  • A. promote commereialization policies
  • B. promote commereializati10n policies
  • C. discourage foreign investors
  • D. ensure production of quality goods
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306

Which of the following is not a function ol management?

  • A. Controlling
  • B. Delegating
  • C. Directing
  • D. Organizing
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307

An organizational chart of a company shows the

  • A. arrangement of equipment in the company
  • B. financial status of employees in the company
  • C. geographical location of the company
  • D. hierarchy of staff in the company
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308

The number of subordinates a head of department supervises is

  • A. unity of command
  • B. chain of command
  • C. span of control
  • D. unity of direction
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309

A disadvantage of privatization is

  • A. high motive for profit than public interest
  • B. decline in the supply of goods
  • C. less efficiency in production of goods
  • D. increase in government expenditure
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310

A requirement for an offer to be valid is that it should be

  • A. witnessed by a third party
  • B. something of value
  • C. made to one person only
  • D. communicated to the offeree
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311

An agency agreement in which the principal approves the action of his authorized representative is agency by

  • A. ratification
  • B. necessity
  • C. implication
  • D. estoppel
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312

The purpose of commercialization is to

  • A. make state-owned firms more efficient
  • B. enable state-owned firms pay tax
  • C. encourage the flow of foreign capital
  • D. encourage greater participation of the private sector
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313

The act of removing government laws and allowing market forces to determine prices is

  • A. commercialization
  • B. deregulation
  • C. divestiture
  • D. privatization
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314

The law by which a seller transfers the property in goods to a buyer at an agreed price is the 

  • A. Weights and Measures Act
  • B. Trade Description Act
  • C. Sale of Goods Act
  • D. Foods and Drugs Act
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315

Advertisement which is geared towards a particular audience is

  • A. direct advertising
  • B. indirect advertising
  • C. mass advertising
  • D. persuasive advertising
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