Business Administration Paper – 2010

1) You wish to borrow $ 8000 to be repaid in 24 monthly installments at an annual interest
rate of 8%. What is your monthly payment?

A. $ 262.82
B. $ 361.82
C. $ 150.5
D. $ 325.00
E. none

2) If you invest $ 600 every six months at 8% compounded semi annually, how much would you
accumulate at the end of 10 years?

A. $ 15,883.20
B. $ 16,926.82
C. $ 17, 866.85
D. $ 18,233.45
E. None

3) A commercial bank will loan you $ 12,250 for three years to buy a car. The loan must be
repaid in 36 equal monthly payments. The annual interest rate on the loan I s 12% of the unpaid
balance. How large are the monthly payments?

A. $425.00
B. $350.67
C. $375.09
D. $406.88
E. none

4) What is the future value of $500 investment, with a stated rate of 6% compounded monthly
for 7 years.
A. 700
B. 730
C. 760
D. 790
E. none

5) You are considering investing in a preferred stock that has a dividend of $ 3.25 per
share. The market price of this stock is $ 48.625. What is the rate of return you would expect to
make on this perpetuity?

A. 6.68%
B. 6.24%
C. 6.05%
D. 6.28%
E. none

6) What is not a disadvantage of traditional file processing system?

A. Program-data dependence
B. Reduce data redundancy
C. Limited data sharing
D. Lengthy development time
E. none

7) An enterprise data model is a n) model.

A. numerical
B. mathematical
C. narrative
D. graphical
E. none

8) Which is not a component of relational database?

A. Entity
B. Table
C. Attribute
D. Hierarchy
E. none

9) Data base application can be divided into 5 categories. Which is NOT a database
application category?

A. Personal
B. Department
C. Enterprise
D. Relational
E. none

10) A data base that supports organization wide operations and decision making is a n)
database.

A. department
B. enterprise
C. work group
D. extra-net
E. none

11) As small companies begin to achieve success, they tend to adopt some of the tools used in
professionally run marketing commas. This is a sign that the firm is in the
stage of marketing practice.

A. Entrepreneurial marketing
B. Formulated marketing
C. Intrepreneurial marketing
D. Effective marketing
E. none

12) The concept of a is used to describe a cluster of complementary products that
are closely related in the minds of the consumers but are spread across a diverse set of
industries.

A. Metamarket
B. Metamediary
C. Market place
D. Marketspace
E. none

13) Marketers can increase the value of customers offering by:

A. raising benefits and reducing cost
B. raising benefits by more than raising the cost
C. lowering benefits by less than the reduction in cost
D. All of the above can increase the customers value

14) When a firm sees its competitors as all companies that compete for the same consumer
dollars, they are concerned with the level of competition.

A. Brand
B. Industry
C. Form
D. Generic
E. None

15) The number of channel levels from raw material to final product which a company will
participate defines the firm’s scope.

A. Industry
B. Geographical
C. Vertical
D. Competence
16) Which of the following best describes the organizational members who integrate and
coordinate the work of others?

A. Managers
B. Operatives
C. Subordinates
D. Customers

17) represent the lowest level of management

A. Team leaders
B. First line managers
C. Operatives
D. Laborers
E. none

18) Which of the following roles is more important for lower-level managers than for either
middle or top-level managers?

A. Negotiator
B. Leader
C. Coordinator
D. Entrepreneur
E. none

19) Which of the following skills involve working well with other people?

A. Technical
B. Human
C. Computer
D. Empirical
E. none

20) The phrase most associated with scientific management is ?

A. Management Relations
B. One of the best
C. Supply and demand
D. Quality control
E. none