THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

NJOMBE REGION  

FORM SIX PRE-MOCK EXAMINATION

CODE: 152/2                                                                          COMMERCE 2

TIME: 3:00 HRS                                        Tuesday, 22^nd August 2023 A.M  

INSTRUCTIONS:

•      This paper consists of seven (07) questions.

•      Answer five questions. Question number 01 is compulsory.

•      Each question carriers twenty (20) marks.

•      Write your examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

1. Peter and Paul who have been operating their business without an office have been finally able to build their own office, but they have been in disagreement of whether to have an open or partitioned office. As an expert in business office explain to them why an open office is the best option. Give six (6) points.

1.      Asifiwe graduated from University of Dar es Salaam with a bachelor degree of Bcom. in marketing. Few months later she was employed as marketing manager at Wasafi enterprise and on her first day of working she observed that Wasafi sales and profit are very low. Give any six (6) strategies that she my use to improve the situation.

2.      Mr. Kibona who is a businessman at Mwanjelwa market contact with many customers buying goods of various types and he sell the goods at different prices according to the types and nature of the goods. Now you have been asked to explain to him features of a contract of sale of goods (give six points).

3.      a) Taxation is a tool of controlling income inequalities among the individuals in country, however this is not the sorely usefulness of taxation. Analyze other five needs for taxation. 

b) Indirect taxes are regressive in nature in the sense that they take higher percentage of income from the low income earners. Why does the government still impose indirect taxes?

5.   You are provided the following business information on "JSM" LTD for the year ended 2022

    Prepare the balance sheet and then calculate the following:

i.   Working capital

ii.   Acid test ratio

iii.   Capital employed

iv.   Working capital ratio

6.   It have been provided that, Delegation is important to the success of any organization. Identify  and explain six (6) reasons why managers should be encouraged to delegated?

7.   Sole proprietorship is a form of business units is most preferable in Tanzania compared to other form of business units. Discuss this statement by using five points

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

NJOMBE REGION  

FORM SIX PRE-MOCK EXAMINATION

CODE: 152/1                      COMMERCE 1

TIME: 3:00 HRS                                        Monday, 17^th August 2023 P.M  

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.      This paper consists of seven (07) questions.

2.      Answer five questions. Question number 01 is compulsory.

3.      Each question carriers twenty (20) marks.

4.      Write your examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

1.       Mr. Kichele just bought a brand new car that he hasn’t started driving it because he thinks that it is very risky due to the fact that his car has not been insured yet. A month has gone by now but his car is still in a garage and he is feeling bad because he can’t drive his brand new car not because he doesn’t have money to take insurance policy but because he doesn’t know how to comprehensive motor policy. As a student who is an expert in insurance, assist Mr. Kichele with his problem.

2.       a) Mr. John wants to engage in production of which direct channel will be used to distribute the product. As a business consultant, advise him three (3) types of products which can be distributed to customers.

b) Mercantile agents transfer the goods from manufacturers to final consumers but they do not have title to those goods and they acquire goods, sell them and receive commission for their services. From the view of this statement explain five (5) types of mercantile agents

3.       Opposition parties in Tanzania claiming that the government is misusing money by buying more airplane (BOMBADIER) and constructing Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Argue against this statement by six (6) points.

4.       Despite the presence of social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram which are used as advertising platform, still many companies like Coca-Cola are using television and radio to advertise their products. In six points explain why this old medium are still used.

5.       Business transaction has made easy due to introduction of money as a medium of exchange. However, before the introduction of money, the traditional system of exchanging goods for goods was used, in six (6) points explain the benefits of this system.

6.       Joel has been appointed as a managing director of BM company; in his research he realized that the company was producing below capacity because labours were randomly allocated. He decided to re-allocate labours by assigning each single task. Support manager's decision in six (6) points.

7.       Using six (6) points and vivid examples show how bank of Tanzania (BOT) contribute to the economic development in Tanzania.