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.

41.

Sule, the mail clerk at Ali Ltd, files some documents under two headings. For easy location of such document, he would make use of

cross-referencing

coding

indexing

microfilming

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Correct answer is A

Cross reference is a reference to information located somewhere else in the same document. Example is a citation at the bottom of a page.

42.

If goods are returned, the seller issues

a debit notes

a consignment note

an advice note

a credit note

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Correct answer is D

Credit note is also known as credit memo is a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer. Credit notes act a s a source document for the sales return journal

43.

The minutes of APX ventures meeting written by secretary was considered to be alright by members. This implies the the minutes is

legible

concise

accurate

flexible

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Correct answer is C

A meeting is accurate when it's clearly present the proceedings and outcomes of the meeting

44.

Ojo was aksed by his superior in the office to check up the continent where Australia is located. He would get his information from

a city directory

a world's who is who

an encyclopedia

an atlas

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Correct answer is D

An atlas is a collection of maps that are usually bound together and have a connecting theme, such as natural resources in an area or geography

45.

Miss Rosey, the clerical assistant at XYZ Ltd, keeps documents in the file according to dates received. This system of filing is

geographical filing

chronological filing

alphabetical filing

subject filing

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is B

chronological filing is organizing and ordering document and records in a dated sequence. This sequence can be according to their date of receipt, or date and time of their creation

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