Business Studies Paper 1 Question Paper
2015 KCSE Gem Sub-County Joint Evaluation
Business Studies Paper 1
Mention four ways in which the government participate in training businessmen in the country.
4 marks
State four factors that limit the satisfaction of human wants.
4 marks
Give four reasons why the governments draw their development plans.
4 marks
Highlight four ways in which a firm would acquire dominance of a market.
4 marks
Identify any four barriers to international trade that imposed by government.
4 marks
Land is one of the factors of production. Outline four circumstances under which it may discourage the location of firms.
4 marks
Give four reasons why manufacturing firm may offer after sale service to its consumers.
4 marks
Tigen trders had the following balance as at 31st December 2012
shs
Opening stock 800,000
Closing stock 1,000,000
Sales 3,250,000
Rate of stock turnover 3 times
Calculate:
a) Cost of goods sold (2 marks)
b) Gross profit (2 marks)
4 marks
Highlight four differences between bill of exchange and promissory note.
4 marks
The government of a developing country intends to formulate an elaborate policy to address the widespread unemployment. Identify four areas of concern that the policy should look into.
4 marks
Outline four monetary measures taken by the Central Bank to solve the problem of demand pull inflation.
4 marks
Highlight four measures the state is putting in place to bring sanity in the matatu transport sector in Kenya.
4 marks
Onyango intends to insure his motor vehicle with UAP insurance company. Outline the procedure he would follow to take the policy.
4 marks
Indicate with a tick (ï) in the relevant column whether each of the following business transactions will increase or decrease the capital account balance.
4 marks
List any four business considerations taken into account when carrying out business opportunity evaluation.
4 marks
Outline four canons of taxation.
4 marks
Highlight circumstances under which the following chains of distribution are used.
a) Manufacturer → Consumer
b) Manufacturer → Retailer → Consumer
c) Producer → Marketing Board → Consumer
d) Manufacturer → Agent → Consumer
4 marks
State four reasons why an entrepreneur would prefer a landscape type of office.
4 marks
Highlight four factors that may have led to the shift in the demand curve from D0D0 to D1D1
4 marks
State four reasons why John would prefer to obtain a loan from his Sacco but not from a commercial bank.
4 marks
Kilunya traders had thefollowing transactions during the month of March 2010:
March 3: Sold goods to Waweru sh 800, Ken Sh 600 and Okwanya sh 700
March 4: Bought goods from Uwezo sh 15,000, Openo sh 2000.
March 6: Sold goods to Mayi sh 1200, Shiro sh 1500, paka sh 900
March 9: Sold goods to Launda sh 400
Required:
Enter the above transaction in the sales journal.
4 marks
Outline four circumstances under which a public warehouse would be ineffective.
4 marks
The following information was provided by Kisumu traders for the year ended 31st December 2013.
Details | Shs |
Stock Creditors Debtors Machinery Bank overdraft Cash | 1500 3000 2000 20,000 500 4000 |
Required.
Prepare Kisumu Traders Balance Sheet in order of permanency.
4 marks
Outline four factors that a citizen would consider while holding money for day to day expenses.
4 marks
Identify the accounts to be debited and accounts to be credited from the following transactions.
4 marks