Office Practice questions and answers

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.

86.

A meeting held by all employees of an organization is

A.

a committee meeting

B.

an emergency meeting

C.

a staff meeting

D.

an annual general meeting

Correct answer is C

A staff meeting is a meeting attended by the members of staff of an organization, to discuss issues related to the running of the organization

87.

Business document are used for passing information on business transactions among

A.

buyers of goods and services only

B.

sellers of goods and services only

C.

buyer and sellers of goods and services only

D.

competitors of the organization only

Correct answer is C

A business uses documents and reports to share information, data and numbers to improve operations,management and sales, among other reasons. It is used for passing information between the buyer and sellers of goods and services

88.

A form of corresponding sent to members asking them to attend a meeting is

A.

the minutes

B.

an invite

C.

a notice

D.

an agenda

Correct answer is C

A notice of meeting of a company is a document informing the members or directors of a company about an upcoming meeting. This document specifies the date, time and place of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting

89.

Confidential mail is opened by the

A.

secretary

B.

mail room staff

C.

personnel unit staff

D.

receptionist

Correct answer is B

Mail room staff is a person who works in a mailroom and is known as a mailroom clerk or mailboy and the head person (sometimes the only person is called the postmaster.The mailroom is responsible for a company's incoming and outgoing mail

90.

An official written message to several people at different destinations on the same subject matter is

A.

memo

B.

letter

C.

circular

D.

report

Correct answer is C

Circular is essentially a letter containing some important information that is distributed to a large number of people