English Paper 2 Questions and Answers - Bondo Mocks 2021 Exams

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QUESTIONS

  1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.(20 marks)
    Pre-audit according to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2015) is an audit approach of reviewing payment vouchers before payments are done whereas post audit is an audit approach where supporting documents are reviewed weeks/months after the transactions have taken place. So, as fellow auditors can see, majority of our clients mostly for internal audit and more so our fellow staff, are currently wondering if the internal auditors of today add any value to their operations and towards the sustainability of County governments. This has created a doubting mind to our clients as they seem to see us, as auditors of history given the nature of our present work and the fact that the government has encouraged a shift from pre-audit to post-audit. Indeed this has been odd since the majority think that after money has been spent any audit query raised, won’t have as much impact as it would have had, if it had been raised prior to spending during pre-audit periods thus, more money will be lost during post-audits. 
    Due to this outcry, I am motivated to shed light on this because I see a call for post audit by the government of Kenya as the best call; as it gives an auditor time to learn the processes and also creates an enabling environment for mentorship and continuous learning for our clients who might be our staff. Through use of post-audit system, I will recall the article of the Internal auditor, from a watch dog to a partner and stress that post audits encourage team work, improve interactions, improve clientele relationships with the auditor and enable those charged with various responsibilities of approving and or authorizing transactions to be cautious when executing their duties.
    Post audits have also, in a well working environment with systems and support from management, made the work of external auditors easier as they place reliance on the work done by internal auditors. We should understand that currently risk management is the order of the day as much as some Senior Management staff still believe that pre-audit should be conducted by the audit staff other than accounts supervisors or examiners. It may sound true to them but to me as an upcoming internal auditor, I think during post audit, emphasis should be placed on review of controls weaknesses and how it can be improved to prevent future breach of controls. It’s the role of management to ensure the controls governing management of funds are effective to enable the achievement of company’s business objective, enable reliable financial reporting on its operation, ensure there is no misappropriation of its assets and minimize cost of capital. Post audit exercises are crucial in preventing debilitating misstatements in a company’s records and reports. 
    With the inception of country governments where the structures are not yet ripe and the role of internal audit has not been embraced fully, it’s ideal to understand that when post audit is done, it enables the initiation of new control measures that are key to growth and prosperity based on the auditor’s recommendations; e.g. assume an auditor recommends the use of automated system for revenue collection due to the risks posed by manual system after undertaking post audit of records posted. It’s definitely good if you work as per the recommendations because the benefits are long term and minimize risk. 
    During post-audit exercise, an auditor is not an examiner nor a monitoring and evaluation officer nor a government inspectorate but an adviser whose main aim is not to handcuff you but to save you from being handcuffed incaseof extremes. Hence, we need to remember that when an auditor sends recommendations and gives timelines, they should never be ignored as all the recommendations are meant for your safety and the safety of the organization in terms of prosperity. It’s also through post audit that an auditor is able to advice on the risk level and its effects both in the short and long term by suggesting some recommendations to mitigate the risk as the auditor is able to perform a wide coverage using substantive test and analytical procedures. In addition, in post audit, the issue of effective and efficient utilization of a company’s resources will also be highlighted as the auditors through their advisory framework may advise on the same
    (Adapted from The Accountant, September-October, 2016)
    1. What is auditing according to the passage? (2 marks)
    2. Why do clients have doubts on internal auditors? (2 marks)
    3. Why do you think the author has mentioned Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in the passage?(2 marks)
    4. Post audits have also, in a well working environment with systems and support from management, made the work of external auditors easier. (Rewrite by adding a question tag)(1 mark)
    5. What is the author’s attitude towards post-audit? Give a reason from the passage to support your answer(3 marks)
    6. Make notes on the author’s arguments for post audit systems. (4marks)
    7. Why has the author recommended post audit to County governments according to the passage? (1 mark)
    8. How are auditors’ recommendations important to any organization? (2 marks)
    9. Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the passage (3 marks)
      1. Misappropriation 
      2. Inception 
      3. Mitigate 
  2. Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House
    Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
    Mrs. Linde: I have come to look for work.
    Rank: Is that a good cure for overwork?
    Mrs. Linde: One must live, Doctor Rank.
    Rank: Yes, the general opinion seems to be that it is necessary.
    Nora: Look here, Doctor Rank – you know you want to live.
    Rank: Certainly. However wretched I may feel, I want to prolong the agony as long as possible. All my patients are like that. And so are those who are morally diseased; one of them, and a bad case too, is at this very moment with Helmer – 
    Mr. Linde: (sadly) Ah!
    Nora: Whom do you mean?
    Rank: A lawyer of the name of Krogstad, a fellow you don’t know at all. He suffers from a diseased moral character, Mrs. Helmer; but even he began talking of its being highly important that he should live.
    Nora: Did he? What did he want to speak to Torvald about?
    Rank: I have no idea; I only heard that it was something about the Bank.
    Nora: I didn’t know this – what’s his name – Krogstad had anything to do with the Bank.
    Rank: Yes, he has some sort of appointment there. (to Mrs. LINDE) I don’t know whether you find also in your part of the world that there are certain people who go zealously sniffing about to smell out moral corruption, and, as soon as they have found some, put the person concerned into some lucrative position where they can keep their eye on him. Healthy natures are left out in the cold.
    Mrs. Linde: Still I think the sick are those who most need taking care of.
    Rank: (shrugging his shoulders) Yes, there you are. That is the sentiment that is turning Society into a sick-house. (NORA, who has been absorbed in her thoughts, breaks out into smothered laughter and claps her hands) 
    Rank: Why do you laugh at that? Have you any notion what Society really is?
    Nora: What do I care about tiresome Society? I am laughing at something quite different, something extremely amusing. Tell me, Doctor Rank, are all the people who are employed in the Bank dependent on Torvald now?
    Rank: Is that what you find extremely amusing?
    Nora: (smiling and humming) That’s my affair! (walking about the room) It’s perfectly glorious to think that we have – that Torvald has so much power over so many people. (takes the packets from her pocket) Doctor Rank, what do you say to a macaroon? 
    1. Briefly describe what happens before the events in this excerpt? (2 marks)
    2. Explain the events that have led Mrs. Linde to look for work? (3 marks)
    3. Why does Dr. Rank say that Krogstad is morally diseased? (2 marks)
    4. Contrast the character of Dr. Rank and Nora as brought out in this excerpt?(4 marks)
    5. Identify and illustrate two stylistic devices used in this excerpt? (4 marks)
    6. Why do you think Nora was absorbed in her thoughts when Dr. Rank and Mrs. Linde were talking about Krogstad? (3 marks)
    7. From elsewhere in the text, why is Nora excited about Helmer’s position in the Bank? (2 marks)
    8. When Dr. Rank hears of the macaroons, he is surprised. Why do you think so? (2 marks)
    9. What happens after this excerpt? (3 marks)
  3. Read the song below and then answer the questions that follow. (20 marks)
    When I see the beauty on my beloved’s face
    When I see the beauty on my beloved’s face,
    I throw away the food in my hand;
    Oh, sister of the young man, listen;
    The beauty on my beloved’s face.
    Her neck is long, when I see it
    I cannot sleep one wink;
    Oh, the daughter of my mother-in-law,
    Her neck is like the shaft of the spear.
    When I touch the tattoos on her back,
    I die;
    Oh, sister of the young man, listen;
    The tattoos on my beloved’s back.
    When I see the gap in my beloved’s teeth,
    Her teeth are white like dry season simsim;
    Oh, daughter of my father-in-law
    listen, 
    The gap in my beloved’s teeth.
    The daughter of the bull confuses my
    head,
    I have to marry her;
    True, sister of the young man, listen;
    The suppleness of my beloved’s waist.
    (Okotp’Bitek, Horn of my Love, 1974)
    1. Classify this song.(1 mark)
    2. Who do you think is the singer of this song? Explain your answer. (2 marks)
    3. State any three features which qualify this genre as a song.(3 marks)
    4. Explain how this society views beauty.(3 marks)
    5. State the socio-economic activities of the community from which this song has been drawn. (4 marks)
    6. How does the beauty of the beloved affect the singer? (3 marks)
    7. Explain how hyperbole has been used in this song. (2 marks)
    8. Give two functions that this song can serve in this community. (2 marks) 
  4.               
    1. Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning. (3 marks)
      1. If I had woken up early, I would not have been late for the meeting. (Begin: Had …) 
      2. The students who won in the competition were feted. ( End with: … competition)
      3. John bought a ………………………………………. car. (Chinese, grey, new, automatic) (arrange the adjectives in the correct order)
    2. Disambiguate the following sentences. (4 marks)
      1. They sell men and women shoes.
      2. They can fish.
    3. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank space in each of the sentences below.(3 marks)
      1. They questioned the chairperson’s …………………... (dictator) tendencies.
      2. We could not forgive him. His actions were utterly ………………. (excuse)
      3. The footballers ……………….………for the last two weeks (train)
    4. Rewrite the following sentences by replacing the underlined words with the correct phrasal verb. (3 marks)
      1. The drivers were warned for violating the traffic rules.
      2. The American army withdrew from the Afghanistan war. 
      3. The athletes were encouraged to remain in the race despite the extreme temperatures.
    5. Rewrite each of the following sentences as instructed. Do not change the meaning. (2 marks)                                          
      1. ‘You will have to work hard to succeed,’ the teacher advised John. (Rewrite in reported speech)
      2. My sister does not know how to swim. My sister does not know how to drive. (use ‘neither’ to join into one sentence)


MARKING SCHEME

  1.          
    1. Auditing is an approach of reviewing payment vouchers before and after payments have been done. (1 x 2= 2marks)
    2. Majority of their clients mostly for internal audit and more so their fellow staff are currently wondering if the internal auditors of today add any value to their operations and towards the sustainability of County Governments (2 marks)/  the government has encouraged a shift from pre-audit to post-audit. (2 marks)(1 x 2= 2 marks)
    3. To show evidence of what he believes in (2 marks)/to support his arguments (2 marks)/to quote an authority in order to show evidence on his propositions (2 marks)(1 x 2= 2 marks)
    4. Post audits have also, in a well working environment with systems and support from management, made the work of external auditors easier, haven’t they? (1x1= 1 mark)
    5. Approving/of approval (2 marks) – I  see a call for post audit by the government of Kenya as the best call (1 mark)/post audits have made the work of external auditors easier. (1 mark)
      (Identification = 2 marks, Illustration = 1 mark)
    6.        
      • It gives an auditor time to learn the process.  
      • It creates an enabling environment for mentorship and continuous learning for clients.
      • It encourages teamwork.
      • It improves interactions.
      • It improves clientele relationships with the auditor.
      • It enables those charged with various responsibilities of approving and or auditing transactions to be cautious when executing their duties.
      • it makes an auditor be able to advise on the risk and its effects level both in the short and long term.
      • It enables the initiation of new control measures that are key to growth and prosperity based on the auditor’s recommendations.
      • It makes the work of the external auditor easier as they place reliance on the work done by internal auditors.
      • It helps in preventing debilitating misstatements in a company’s records and reports.
      • It highlights the issue of effective and efficient utilization of a company’s resources.
        (Any four points, I mark each 4x1= 4 marks. Deduct half of the total mark if not in note form)
    7. The structures are not yet ripe and the role of internal audit has not been embraced fully.(1x1= 1 mark)
    8. The recommendations are always meant for the client’s safety of the organization in terms of prosperity by mitigating the risks involved.(1x2 = 2 marks)
    9.          
      1. fraudulence of funds or assets/misuses of public funds or assets/embezzlement/theft of funds/wrongful acquisition of funds or assets. 
      2. creation of something/beginning of something/new establishment 
      3. reduce/lessen/decrease/downplay/check/diminish/lighten 
        (Each word 3x 1= 3 marks)
  2.        
    1.        
      • The doorbell rings and a servant informs Nora that there is a gentleman who wants to see Helmer.
      • Krogstad tells Nora that he wants to see Helmer over a Bank business
      • He tells Nora that he has heard that Helmer is going to be the Chief of the Bank.
      • Nora directs him to go to the study where Helmer was.
      • Mrs. Linde asks Nora about Krogstad.
      • Dr. Rank comes from Helmer’s study
      • Nora introduces Mrs. Linde to Dr. Rank
        (Any of these two points 2x1= 2 marks)
    2.      
      • Mrs. Linde had lost her husband.
      • She had also lost her mother
      • Her two brothers were all grown and could fend for themselves
      • Her life was unspeakably empty.
      • She had no one to live for
      • She wanted something which will busy her and empty her thoughts.
        (Any of these three points 3x1= 3 marks)
    3.        
      • Krogstad had forged someone’s name.
      • Krogstad had gotten himself out of this behavior by a cunning trick
      • He has been able to influence his children with lies.
        (Any of these two points 2x1= 2 marks)
    4. Nora is pretentious while Dr. Rank is truthful/sincere – Nora pretends that she does not know Krogstad while Dr. Rank truthfully/sincerely reveals who Krogstad is.
      (Identification of any correct opposite traits for Nora and Dr. Rank = 2 marks, Illustration of each trait, 2 marks)
    5.    
      • Rhetorical question – What do I care about tiresome society?/Did he?
      • Dramatic irony – Nora knows who Krogstad is while Dr. Rank is not aware of this fact.
      • Metaphor - … turning society into a sick-house.
      • Ellipsis – is at this very moment with Helmer –
        (Identification of style 1 mark, illustration, 1 mark: 2x2= 4 marks)
    6.      
      • Krogstad was aware of the loan Nora had secured from the Bank. 
      • She was afraid Krogstad could reveal the secret to Helmer. 
      • She knew the consequences of the revelation. 
        (Each point, 1 mark 3x1= 3 marks)
    7. Helmer is going to be paid a big salary and lots of commissions(1 mark)/They will live quite differently in future (1 mark)/She was relieved because they had been financially struggling(1 mark)/ they will have heaps of money and not need to have any anxiety. (1 mark)
      (Any two correct point 2x1=2 marks) 
    8.      
      • He knew that Nora had been forbidden from eating macaroons by Helmer. 
      • He was surprised that Nora was still eating them. (2x1= 2 marks)
    9.      
      • Nora tells Dr. Rank that Mrs. Linde had given her the macaroons.
      • She puts a macaroon into Dr. Rank’s mouth and gives another to Mrs. Linde and eats another.
      • Helmer comes out of his room with his coat over his arm and his hat in his hand.
      • Nora introduces Mrs. Linde to Helmer. (Any three points 3x1= 3 marks)
  3.      
    1. Love song – When I see the beauty on my beloved’s face.
      (Identification and illustration, 1 mark: 1x1= 1 mark)
    2. A man in love – I cannot sleep one wink/beloved’s back/ I have to marry her.
      (Identification, 1 mark, illustration, 1 mark)
    3.    
      • Direct address – Oh, sister of the young man, listen.
      • Repetition – When I see
      • Direct translation – daughter of my mother-in-law
      • Simile – her neck is like the shaft of the spear
        (Any three points illustrated 3x1= 3 marks)
    4.    
      • Beautiful face
      • Long neck
      • Tattoos on the back
      • Gap in the teeth.
      • Supple waist.
        (Any three points 3x1= 3 marks)
    5.    
      • Social activities
      • Marriage – I have to marry her/ daughter of my-father-law
      • Beauty of a woman is cherished – the singer vows to marry the lady because of her beauty
        Economic activities
      • Cattle rearing/Cattle keeping – daughter of the bull.
      • Farming/Cultivation - … dry season simsim
        (Identification and illustration of one correct social activity and one economic activity 2x2= 4 marks)
    6.      
      • He throws away the food in his hand.
      • He cannot sleep a wink
      • He gets confused.
        (Any three correct points 3x1= 3 marks)
    7. When I touch the tattoos on her back, I die – The singer expresses how he feels helpless on touching the lady’s tattoos and the feeling is compared to death.
      (Identification of hyperbole, 1 mark, illustration, 1 mark)
    8.    
      • The songs shows how this community views beauty.
      • The songs serves as an assurance of love the men have towards the ladies.
      • The song expresses the effects of love on the men.
      • It also expresses the respect the sons-in-law have towards their parents-in-law. They refer to them honorably and not by names.
        (Any two correct functions 2x1= 2 marks)
  4.      
    1.    
      1. Had I woken up early, I would not have been late for the meeting.
      2. The students who were feted won in the competitions.
      3. new, grey, automatic, Chinese
        (One mark each 3x1= 3 marks)
    2.      
      1.      
        • They sell men and they also sell women shoes
        • They sell men shoes and they also sell women shoes
      2.    
        • They are able to fish.
        • They place/preserve  fish in cans
          (Any correct interpretation per sentence, 1 mark each 4x1= 4 marks)
    3.    
      1. dictatorial
      2. inexcusable
      3. have been training
        (3x1= 3 marks)
    4.    
      1. The drivers were warned for going against the traffic rules.
      2. The American Army pulled out/pulled back/bottled out from the Afghanistan War.
      3. The athletes were encouraged to stay on in the race despite the extreme temperatures.
        (3x1= 3 marks)
    5.    
      1. The teacher advised John that he would have to work hard to succeed/John was advised by the teacher that he would have to work hard to succeed.
      2. My sister neither knows how to swim nor to drive. /Neither does my sister know how to swim nor to drive.
        (2x1= 2 marks)
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