Business Studies Paper 2 Questions and Answers - Asumbi Girls High School KCSE Mock 2021

Questions

Instructions to candidates

• This paper consists of six questions.
• Answer any five questions.
• All questions carry equal marks.

1.        
   1. Explain five means of payment that are provided by commercial banks. (10 mks)
   2. Explain five reasons why small scale firms continue to exist in an economy dominated by large scale firms. (10 mks)
2.  
   1. Describe the procedure used in making an insurance claim. (10 mks)
   2. Explain five disadvantages that a country may experience from imposing trade restrictions on trading partners. (10 mks)
3.  
   1. Discuss five factors to consider when choosing an office layout for a firm. (10 mks)
   2. Explain fve challenges experienced by a country when using expenditure approach to measure national income. (10 mks)
4.  
   1. Differentiate between monopoly and monopolistic competition product markets.(10 mks)
   2. Explain five ways through which consumers may protect themselves against exploitation by producers and business people. (10 mks)
5.  
   1. Explain any five circumstances under which a firm may prefer written communication over oral communication. (10 mks)
   2. From the trial balance given below, prepare a trading, profit and loss account for the year ended 31st august 2021and a balance sheet as at that date. (10 mks)
      

      Particulars	Dr	Cr
      Purchases/sales	349 000	582 000
      Debtors/Creditors	51 000	62 000
      Motor vehicle	600 000
      Drawings	30 000
      Returns	22 000	19 000
      Carriage in	10 000
      Equity loan		170 000
      Furniture and fittings	45 000
      Discounts	25 000	36 000
      Opening stock	40 000
      Carriage outwards	7 000
      Rent		24 000
      Advertising	13 000
      Land and Buildings	500 000
      KPY Bank loan		210 000
      Interest on loans	48 000
      Cash at bank	150 000
      Cash in hand	28 000
      capital		815 000
      totals	1 918 000	1 918 000

6.      
   1. Explain four ways through which the price of a commodity may be determined (8 mks)
   2. The following information was extracted from the e books of Mbaikipingo:
      2018
      Feb 1 credit purchases: kamendish 12,000. Mugendish 30,000 and Opiyosh 25,000
      Feb 5 credit sales to Monica sh 20,000
      Feb 7 returned goods to Kamendish 320
      Feb 8 cash purchases paid for by chequesh 39,000
      Analyze the above transactions in the relevant day books (12 mks)

Marking Scheme

1.        
   1.             
      1. Standing order: is an instruction to the bank by its customer to be paying a certain amount of money to a named person or institution after a given interval until a specified date or until otherwise instructed
      2. Credit transfer: a method of paying many people using one cheque
      3. Telegraphic transfer: a method of remitting money offered by commercial banks to anybody who wants to send money to another
      4. Electronic fund transfer: a method of transferring money from one account to another offered by commercial banks where computers are used
      5. Cheque: is a written order by the drawer to a bank to pay on demand a specified amount of money to the person named as the payee or to the bearer
   2.    
      1. The extent of the market for goods and services determines the size of the firm
      2. The nature of the products sometimes makes it impossible to produce it in large quantities
      3. Simplicity of the organisation
      4.  Flexibility of small firms
      5. Quick decision making
      6. Belief that small firm is more manageable
      7. Rising costs of production such that diseconomies of scale set in very early, the firm has to remain small
      8. Few legal constraints
2.            
   1.       
      1. Notify the insurer: immediately the risk insured against occurs, the insured should notify the insurer
      2. Filling a claim form: after notification, the insurer issues the insured with an official claim form to be filled
      3. Investigation of the claim: on receipt of the filled claim form the insurer launches an investigation concerning the cause of the occurrence of the risk
      4. Preparation of the assessment report: once its established that the claim is valid, insurance company uses experts called assessors to prepare a report concerning the extent of the suffered
      5. Payment of the claim: on receiving the assessors report, the insurance company decides to pay the insured
   2. Loss of government revenue that she would be collecting in form of customs duty for goods being imported or exported
      1. Possible retaliation by other countries
      2. Production of low-quality commodities
      3. High prices for locally produced commodities
      4. Less consumer choice
      5. Danger of the need for perpetual protection
      6. Possible emergence of monopolies
3.      
   1.        
      1. The initial and maintenance cost of the layout
      2. Floor space available
      3. Number of employees
      4. Nature of work done
      5. Staff morale on the given layout
   2.  
      1. No accurate records of expenditure are kept especially in the private sector
      2. Expenditures for the subsistence sector can only be mere approximations due to lack of records in this sector
      3. Differentiating between final expenditure and intermediate expenditure may be difficult
      4. It suffers from the problem of double counting
      5. Fluctuating exchange rates may pose challenges especially in valuation of exports and imports
4.       
   1.   A monopoly is the type of imperfect competition where a seller or producer captures the majority of the market share due to the lack of substitutes or competitors. A monopolistic competition is a type of imperfect competition where many sellers try to capture the market share by differentiating their products.       
   2.             
      1. Dealing with complaints about defective items bought by members
      2. Making sure commodities are not hoarded and that a regular supply is maintained
      3. Ensuring that weights and measurements of commodities are correct
      4. Ensuring that health and safety regulations are adhered to
      5. Ensuring that essential services are available and that their prices are fair
      6. Educating their members on their rights
5.                
   1.         
      1. It can be retained for future reference
      2. Some, like letters are relatively cheap
      3. It is suitable for confidential messages
      4. Allows for inclusion of fine details
      5. It is not prone to distortion of messages
      6. Can be used as evidence
      7. Can be addressed to many people
6.       
   1.       
      1. Government intervention
      2. Haggling/bargaining
      3. Auction
      4. Tendering