Business Studies Paper 1 Question Paper
KCSE CLUSTER TESTS 26
Business Studies Paper 1
State four limitation of direct production
a) _______________________________________________________________ b_____________________________________________________________________________
c) _________________________________________________________________ d_____________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
Highlight four roles of an entrepreneur to the economy of a country
a) _________________________________________________________________
b) _________________________________________________________________
c)___________________________________________________________________________
d) ________________________________________________________________
4 marks
A modern office requires a computer to carry out multiple functions. Highlight any four
a) ________________________________________________________________
b) ________________________________________________________________
c) ________________________________________________________________
d) ________________________________________________________________
4 marks
Highlight four reasons why the Mau escarpment is an important Natural resource
a) _______________________________________________________________
b) ________________________________________________________________
c) ________________________________________________________________
d) ________________________________________________________________
4 marks
State four reasons why it is important for a business to keep financial Records:
a) ________________________________________________________________
b) ________________________________________________________________
c) ________________________________________________________________
d) ________________________________________________________________
4 marks
Highlight the purpose of each of the following documents
4 marks
Juma a newly employed teacher has joined Mwalimu Sacco in Bungoma. Outline four benefits of membership to the society
4 marks
Redraft the following balance sheet correcting any mistakes
4 marks
Highlight four measures taken by producers to ensure consumers are protected when using their products {4mks}
a) ________________________________________________________________________
b) __________________________________________________________________________
c) __________________________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
State four benefits of a public warehouse to a consumer
a) __________________________________________________________________________
b) __________________________________________________________________________
c) __________________________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
State four advantages of using E-mail for communication by a given enterprise
a) ________________________________________________________________________
b) _________________________________________________________________________
c) _________________________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
State four advantages of using E-mail for communication by a given enterprise {4mks}
a) ________________________________________________________________________
b) _________________________________________________________________________
c) _________________________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
The following information relates to MUSIKO traders for the year ended 31/12/2011
Calculate
i) Mark-up percentage (2mks)
Net profit for the year ended 31/12/2011 (2mks)
4 marks
State four importance of computing national income statistics in a country such as Kenya
a) __________________________________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________________________________
c) ___________________________________________________________________________
d) ___________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
The following table shows the demand for sugar in a certain town between the years 2006 and 2010
State four factors that contributed to the trend in demand for sugar between 2008 and 2010 (4mks)
a) _______________________________________________________________________
b) ________________________________________________________________________
.c) ________________________________________________________________________
d) ________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
State four reasons why it may be necessary for the Government to encourage new firms to be located in the rural areas
a) ___________________________________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________________________________
c) ___________________________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
You are to enter up the purchases journal and the returns outwards journal from the following details
4 marks
Recent data indicates that a large proportion of Kenya’s population comprises of the youth the ages of 10 to 20 years. State four benefits of this to the country
4 marks
State four reasons why a country may find it necessary to control its imports
a) ___________________________________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________________________________
c) ___________________________________________________________________________
d) ___________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
Highlight four characteristics of money
a) ___________________________________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________________________________
c) ___________________________________________________________________________
d) ___________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
State four challenges being faced by Kenya in achieving its stated goal of vision 2030
a) __________________________________________________________________________
b) __________________________________________________________________________
c) ___________________________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
Indicate whether the following types of taxes are direct or indirect
4 marks
State four recent trends adopted by many firms in product promotion
a) ___________________________________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________________________________
c) ___________________________________________________________________________
d) ___________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
State four classification of goods and services
a) _________________________________________________________________________
b) _________________________________________________________________________
c) ___________________________________________________________________________
d) __________________________________________________________________________
4 marks
State four challenges that a business without a plan will encounter in its operations
a) ___________________________________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________________________________
c) ___________________________________________________________________________
d) ___________________________________________________________________________
4 marks