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 641: The term free on board means that the price includes? Options:
  A) costs and insurance only
  B) costs and freight only
  C) freight and insurance only
  D) costs, insurance and freight
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 642:

  A document used to ensure correct payment of duty at the importing country is

  Options:
  A) documentary credit
  B) consular invoice
  C) certificate of origin
  D) bill of lading
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 643: The main objective of a trade association can best be described as promoting and protecting Options:
  A) the products
  B) common interest
  C) the market
  D) customer's interest
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 644: Which of the following maxims negate the principle of collective bargaining? Options:
  A) individual employees have weak bargaining base
  B) individual employees attain strength when they come together in union
  C) only members of the union can benefit from agreements negotiated by the union
  D) collective bargainig covers the vast majority of employees, whether union members or not
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 645: The Continental West African Conference is a Options:
  A) group of all West African countries trading in the same products
  B) conference to foster unity among the West African countries
  C) gorups of shipping lines operating on the same West African route
  D) trust with shareholders fromall West African countries
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 646:

  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 647:

  A provision in the charter of a company which gives holders of common stock the first option to purchase additional issues of the firm's common stock is the

  Options:
  A) pre-emptive right
  B) over-subscription right
  C) ex-dividend right
  D) shareholders right
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 648: Musa obtains wool from his sheep, spins and transforms it into cloth which he sells to consumers. This is a form of Options:
  A) vertical integration
  B) horizontal integration
  C) forward intergration
  D) backward integration
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 649: Which of the following best described the scope of commerce Options:
  A) All forms of commercial exchanges relating to industry
  B) Buying and selling and the construction industry
  C) All occupational exchanges relating to industries and commercial activities
  D) Buying and selling as well as the extraction of natural resources
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 650: The buying and selling of goods and services is referred to as Options:
  A) trading
  B) marketing
  C) insurance
  D) advertising
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  The correct answer is A .