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Business Studies Form One Question Paper

Business Studies Form One

Course:Business Studies

Exam Year:2006

FRIENDS SCHOOL KAMUSINGA
KIMILILI

BUSINESS STUDIES
FORM 1 CAT 3 TERM 2 2006
TIME 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS

•Answer all the questions in the spaces provided below each question:

1.Give four reasons why filing is important in office.
a
b
c
d

2.Kenya relies heavily on oil as a source of energy . State four reasons why the country should develop alternative sources of energy. ( 4 marks)

a
b
c
d

3 List four qualities of an office messenger ( 4 marks)

a
b
c
d

4.State four characteristics of human wants. ( 4 marks)

a
b
c
d

5 State any four trends in office management . ( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

6.Outline four functions of an office ( 4 marks)

a
b
c
d

7.Outline four disadvantages of carbon copying as a method of reproducing documents in an office ( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

8.Indicate in the table below the most appropriate office machine one would use to handle the following situations.

Office Situation. Most appropriate machine.
a.) Need to classify, sat , calculte, summerise, record and communicate data
b) Need to produce twenty copies of a map
fix a meeting in session.

c) Need fix a postal service which facilitates postage of a large volume
A mail delivery

d) Need to produce 300 copies of a document written in different colours for demonstrating during a lesson.

9. Outline four features of direct production. ( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

10 State the meaning of each of the following terms . ( 4 marks)
a Consumer goods

b Producer goods

11. State four functions of a manager in an office ( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

12. State four benefits of entrepreneurship to the economy ( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

13. Highlight five advantages of using office equipment over manual labour.
a
b
c
d

14. Production may be defined as creation of utilities’ . State four ways of creating utility
( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

15. Highlight four reasons why human resources are important to the economy. ( 4 marks

a
b
c
d

16. State four ways in which shelter satisfies human needs.

a
b
c
d

17. Give the meaning of the following terms as used in management. ( 8marks)
a) Staffing

b) Organizing

c) Directing

d) Co-ordinating

18. Define the following terms . ( 4 marks)
a) Immediate environment.

b) Operating cost

c) Orientation

d) Ethics.

19. State four benefits that a firm which engages in specialization of labour gains over one that does not ( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

20. Give four reasons why businesses exist in society. ( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

21. State four factors that a business organization would consider when choosing office equipment ( 4 marks)

a
b
c
d

22. State any four subjects that are covered Business studies . ( 4 marks)

a
b
c
d

23. State four internal factors that influence the performance of a business. ( 4 marks)

a
b
c
d

24. Classify the following staff as surbodinate, junior or management. ( 4 marks)

Staff Category
a) Executive officer
b) Filing clerk
c) Typist
d) Office messenger
e) Director
f) Receptionist
g) Driver
h) Personal Secretary

25. Mugoya Company Ltd constructed an office and left it as a hall . State four advantages of this type of office design. ( 4 marks)
a
b
c
d

26. State three roles played by ethics in the success of a business. ( 3 marks)

a
b
c
d

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