CAPE Management of Business Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2
24 questions and parts from this paper. Open one to see it in full, then practise it on Quelpr and get it marked against the mark scheme.
- 1(a)8 marksDefine the term 'mission statement' and outline THREE reasons why a mission statement is important to a business.
- 1(b)(i)4 marksIdentify FOUR criteria that can be used to measure the size of a business.
- 1(b)(ii)13 marksEvaluate the effectiveness of THREE of the criteria identified in (b)(i).
- 2(a)13 marksDiscuss THREE main objectives of a typical business organization.
- 2(b)6 marksDefine the term 'social responsibility', giving TWO examples of how a firm can display social responsibility.
- 2(c)6 marksOutline THREE reasons why it is important for a firm to practise 'social responsibility'.
- 3(a)3 marksDefine the term 'participative leadership'.
- 3(b)16 marksDiscuss TWO advantages and TWO disadvantages of the participative style of leadership.
- 3(c)6 marksOutline THREE situations in which the participative style of leadership would be useful to KPJ Co. Ltd.
- 4(a)(i)2 marksDefine the term 'training'.
- 4(a)(ii)6 marksState THREE reasons why training is important to an organization.
- 4(b)(i)9 marksEvaluate TWO conditions under which internally based training programmes are BEST suited.
- 4(b)(ii)8 marksEvaluate TWO conditions under which externally based training programmes are BEST suited.
- 5(a)13 marksCompute the cumulative cash flow for EACH project.
- 5(b)6 marksCompute the payback period, in years, to two decimal places, for EACH project.
- 5(c)3 marksIndicate, giving a reason, which project the company should accept based on payback period.
- 5(d)3 marksAssume the IRR (Internal Rate of Return) of the projects are: Project A: 11.5%, Project B: 8%, Project C: 15%. Based on the IRR, indicate, giving a reason, which project the company should accept.
- 6(a)(i)3 marksExplain what is meant by the term 'cash flow statement'.
- 6(a)(ii)2 marksIdentify TWO financial statements, other than the cash flow statement, that are used by firms.
- 6(b)(i)4 marksAnalyse the cash flow situation of Nigel Enterprises under: Net cash inflow or outflow from operating activities.
- 6(b)(ii)4 marksAnalyse the cash flow situation of Nigel Enterprises under: Returns on investment and servicing of finance.
- 6(b)(iii)4 marksAnalyse the cash flow situation of Nigel Enterprises under: Net cash outflow from investing activities.
- 6(b)(iv)4 marksAnalyse the cash flow situation of Nigel Enterprises under: Increase or decrease in cash equivalents.
- 6(b)(v)4 marksAnalyse the cash flow situation of Nigel Enterprises under: Financing.