Commerce Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Commerce is a structured system for exchanging goods between buyers and sellers. It involves studying the processes and activities related to buying and selling goods and services, particularly on a large scale.

• Question 131: Under what management function will the motivation of employees fall Options:
  A) staffing
  B) controlling
  C) organizing
  D) directing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 132:

  Payment made to a carrier for transportation of goods is

  Options:
  A) freight
  B) fee
  C) fare
  D) duty
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 133: Which software program can be used to generate financial reports from a company's client list? Options:
  A) MS Word
  B) Database
  C) MS Excel
  D) Adobe
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 134: A document which gives a legal status to a company is the certificate of? Options:
  A) incorporation
  B) trading
  C) commencement of business
  D) business registration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 135:

  I. Wholesaler

  Ii. Fishing

  Iii. Canning

  Iv. Retailing

  The sequence in which the occupational activities above are performed is?

  Options:
  A) iii, ii, i and iv
  B) iii, i, iv and ii
  C) i, ii, iii and iv
  D) ii, iii, i and iv
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 136:

  The act of selling in a foreign market at a price lower than the cost price is called

  Options:
  A) Dumping
  B) hedging
  C) fair trading
  D) under sale
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 137: The maximum number of shareholders in a public liability company is? Options:
  A) twenty
  B) fifty
  C) one hundred
  D) unlimited
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 138: A transporter who had to sell some perishable goods without the prior authority of the owner becomes an agent by? Options:
  A) conduct
  B) necessity
  C) ratification
  D) estoppel
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 139: The major difference between insurance and assurance is that while insurance Options:
  A) takes care of uncertainty, assurance takes care of risks
  B) takes care of risks , assurance takes care of uncertainty
  C) hinges on probabilities, assurance is based on possibilities
  D) is about indemnity, assurance is about life in the future
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 140: A businessman who undertakes the hull insurance policy is aiming at? Options:
  A) conerting losses on damages to the cargo
  B) protcting injured crew in the ship
  C) averting payment of the freight
  D) covering damages to the body of the ship
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  The correct answer is A .