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.

151.

When a buyer has been overcharged for goods supplied, the seller issues a _______?

A.

debit note

B.

proforma invoice

C.

letter of credit

D.

credit note

Correct answer is D

A seller receives goods (returned) from the buyer, he prepares and sends a credit note as an intimation to the buyer, showing that the money for the related goods is being returned in form of a credit note

152.

The letters E and OE stands for __________?

A.

Errors of exception

B.

Errors and omissions excepted

C.

Estimated and order error

D.

End of error

Correct answer is B

This is an attempt to reduce legal liability for potentially incorrect or incomplete information supplied in a contract usually related document such as quotation or specification.

153.

The process of converting a non-profit making organisation to a profit-making business is ________?

A.

indigenisation

B.

privatisation

C.

deregulation

D.

commercialisation

Correct answer is B

privatization is moving something from the public sector into the private sector.  The transfer of ownership, property or business from the government to the private sector is termed privatization. The government ceases to be the owner of the entity or business. Government owned businesses or agencies are primarily established for the purpose of providing various products and services to the general public at a subsidized rate. Their aim isnt to make profit unlike privately owned businesses, whose major aim is to maximize profit while for offering such goods / services. 

154.

At the collapse of a business enterprises, the person appointed to dispose off the assets is called ________?

A.

an auctioneer

B.

a broker

C.

a liquidator

D.

an auditor

Correct answer is C

liquidator is a person appointed to wind up the affairs of a company or firm. A person assigned to supervise the liquidation of a business concern and whose legal authorization, rights, and duties differ according to whether the liquidation is compulsory or voluntary.

155.

An instrument used in lieu of legal tender is known as ______?

A.

Token money

B.

commodity money

C.

fiat money

D.

representative

Correct answer is B

Money is a type of asset in an economy that is used to buy goods and services from other people. A commodity is a physical item that is interchangeable with another item of the same type or value.

This is the use of specific commodity as a form of money. Its value as a piece of metal is the same with its value as a piece of money.