Commerce questions and answers

Commerce Questions and Answers

Test and improve your knowledge of the fundamentals of buying and selling with these Commerce past questions and answers.

141.

A demerit of communication is that it ________

A.

makes payment for goods cumbersome

B.

increase the cost of goods in transit

C.

give room for distortion of fact

D.

hinder quick reception of messages over a long distance

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

142.

What is the reward accruable to land?

A.

Rent

B.

profits

C.

wages

D.

Interest

Correct answer is A

Since land is a free gift of nature, it doesn't require any cost to be paid in order to make it available to the society for use.

As the quantity of land available for use is scarce relative to demand, a price must be paid for its use. Hence, the view point of the society , the earnings of land becomes economic rent.

143.

Production ends when goods and services ________

A.

reach the final consumer

B.

are used for manufacturing

C.

are packaged and labelled

D.

are sold to the middlemen

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

144.

The concept that refers to the sale, transfer or exchange of goods and services is

A.

industry

B.

trade

C.

tariff

D.

marketing

Correct answer is B

This is the practice of exchanging goods for goods and services for services

145.

Water corporation is an example of ______?

A.

co-operative society

B.

public enterprise

C.

private enterprise

D.

limited company

Correct answer is B

This is a business organisation established, owned, managed and financed with tax payer's money by the government of a country with the aim of rendering services to the public