Office Practice Questions and Answers
An examination provided by WAEC to assist you understand the required standards expected in office practice.
Prepare with our past questions and answers.
An examination provided by WAEC to assist you understand the required standards expected in office practice.
Prepare with our past questions and answers.
Which of the following activities is a function of an office?
Receiving information
Punishing late comers
Calculating of workers salaries
Welcoming visitors
Correct answer is A
The function of an office are, sorting information, storing information, gathering information, receiving information etc
The source of business information which gives spellings and meanings of words is the
diary
dictionary
directory
Hazard
Correct answer is B
Dictionary is a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language(typically in alphabetical order) and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, orgin, and usuage
An example of traditional method of communication is
drumming
telephoning
letter writing
speech making
Correct answer is A
Traditional method of communication are: wooden or talking drums, town criers, metal gong, palm frond, smoke signal, gun blast, etc
The exchange of information among individuals is
coding
decoding
communication
feedback
Correct answer is C
Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing ,or using some other medium
The appropriate filing classification for an organization having clients in different locations is
alphabetical
numerical
chronological
geographical
Correct answer is D
Geographical filing is a method of filing in which files are grouped according to the geographical location of firm, organization or person
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Supervisor - Warehouse at MTN Nigeria
Customer Services Representative at Tetra Pak
Community Engagement and Monitoring Assistant at World Health Organization (WHO)
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Training Manager at United Nigeria Airlines
Financial Controller at United Nigeria Airlines
Data Entry Clerk at Jolly Energy Fleet Limited
