An examination provided by WAEC to assist you understand the required standards expected in office practice.
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Use the diagram above to answer questions below
The upward arrows shows
supervisory relationship
lateral relationship
reporting relationship
lateral and reporting relationships
Correct answer is A
Supervisory relationship is merely a way of connecting a supervisor who is more experienced or an expertise, with a supervisee who lacks this experience.Both of them have some common goals and work together to acheive these goals.
Use the diagram above to answer questions below
The downward arrows shows
supervisory relationship
lateral relationship
reporting relationship
lateral and reporting relationships
Correct answer is D
Lateral relationship/structural arrangement consists of a decentralized structure in which departments works together to achieve a common goal rather than operate as separate and distinct entities.
The machine used to produce large number of copies of a document from the
electronic typewriter
collating machine
duplicating machine
scanning machine
Correct answer is C
Duplicating machine is a device for making dupicate copies from a master copy of printed, typed, drawn, or other material and utilizing various reproduction techniques to this end
Which of the following headings is a column in a postage book
Date of dispatch
Value of stamp used
Reference number
Title of document
Correct answer is A
Date of dispatch is one of the heading in a postage book (petty cash book)
Price list is issued by the seller to
make enquires about products and their prices
serve as reply to a customer's enquiry
make order for goods and services
make enquires about products and means of payment
Correct answer is A
Price list shows the current prices of the various products of a firm.It is sent by a wholesaler to retailer to inform him of details of goods,such as price and delivery terms
One of the disdavantages of using office machine is that it leads to
reduction in running cost
low productivity
low quality of work
staff redundancy
Correct answer is A
The disadvantages of office machine are: huge investments, lesser flexibility of office systems, chances for obsolescence, uneconomical, specialised staff, dominace in machine, breakdown of machine. problem of training office workers, recurring expenses etc
A memo is used in an office for
internal communication
oral communication
external communication
audio communication
Correct answer is A
Memorandum is a written message that may be used in a business office.It is used for internal communications regarding procedures or official business within an organization
The information written on a paper would be regarded as the
soft copy
blind copy
hard copy
photocopy
Correct answer is C
Hard copy is a printed version on paper of data held in a computer
Information on a specific project to all members of a section is communicated through
departmental meetings
board meetings
annual meetings
executive meetings
Correct answer is A
Deparmental meeting is the activities, responsibilities, or possessions of a department in a government, or company or other organization. It is meeting who have the same interests or belong to the same organization
The means of making miniature copies of records for storage is
indexing
microfilming
cross-referencing
jogger
Correct answer is B
Microfilming are scaled-down reproductions of documents,typically either films or paper, made for the purpose of transmission, storage, reading and printing
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