Past Question 801-847

Course- BUAD 801: Management Theory and Practice
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions
All questions carry equal marks (10 marks) Time allowed: 2 Hours.
1. Management is a problem solving process of effectively achieving

organisational objectives. Discuss the problem solving skills necessary for
managers.
2. There are basically five primary functions of management. Discuss
3. Planning is perceived as a bedrock upon which other managerial functions

could be established smoothly. Justify your position on this assertion.
4. What are the benefits of a Good Organisation
5. Explain the Six P’s of Planning
2017 September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 2- weekday group)
Course- BUAD 801: Management Theory and Practice
1. There are basically three levels of management relative to standing in an

organisation's hierarchy of authority. Discuss.
2. What are the characteristics of Good Planning?
3. Why is culture such an important concept in business?

4. What are the benefits of corporate planning in an organisation?
5. Discuss the principles of Organisation.

BUAD 802
September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 1- weekend group)
Course- BUAD 802: Production and Operations Management
1. Explain the key aspects of operations management decision making.

2. Identify and explain the various factors that determine plant location and
layout.
3. What is an inventory? Identify and explain the different types of Inventories
Course- BUAD 802: Production and Operations Management
1. What are the methods of forecasting? Explain them

2. What are the factors that are to be considered in the location of facilities?
3. What are the requirements for effective inventory management?
4. A car manufacturing company produces 450 cars in one month. It buys the
engines for cars from a supplier at a cost of ₦20 per engine. The company’s
inventory carrying cost is estimated to be 15% of cost and the ordering is ₦50
per order. You are required to:
i. Compute the average annual ordering cost.
ii. Compute the average inventory
5. The following data set represents a set of hypothetical demands that have
occurred over several consecutive years. The data have been collected on a
quarterly basis. If it is assumed that each year a forecast has been made for the
subsequent year, use the Naive method of forecasting to calculate:
i. The actual demand
ii. The forecast
Year Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
1 62 94 113 41
2 73 110 130 52
3 79 118 140 58
4 83 124 146 62
5 89 135 161 65
6 94 139 162 70
BUAD 803
Course- BUAD 803: Principles of Accounting
1. Describe the various branches of accounting.

2. What are the key accounting concepts?
3. Explain what you understand by source documents
Course- BUAD 803: Principles of Accounting
1. Discuss the objectives of accounting

2. Explain the internal and external users of accounting information
3. Discuss all the subsidiary books that you know
4. Distance Learning Centre acquired a Packard bell Printer on 1st January, 2018
for office use at a cost of #110,000. The Packard bell Printer is expected to
have a useful life of 5years with a residual value of #10,000. Using Straight
Line Method, calculate the annual depreciation value of the Packard bell
Printer.
5. On 1st January, 2018 DLC started business with #24,434 cash and #324,434
in bank account. The following are the transactions of DLC for the month of
January, 2018.
January 2nd received the sum of #32,490 from Aliyu.
January 5th #12,000 was received in cash from Mr. Olamide.
January 10th paid Electricity bill by cheque #39,280; Rent #62,000 by cheque.
January 12th received cheque from Abdul #15,000.
January 14th paid A.B.U. Press #19,520 by cheque and #10,000 by cash.
January 17th paid Wages #39,280 by cash.
January 21st received cheque #392,000 from Maiwada & Co.
January 24th paid #7,390 to Tax Office by cash.
January 25th sales #37,800 by cheque and #24,000 by cash.
January 27th purchases by cheque #49,000; by cash #20,000.
January 28th received cash from Janet #43,200; paid Rates #27,920 in cash.
January 29th paid wages by cheque #53,830.

Required
Prepare a two-column cash book of DLC for the month of January, 2018.
BUAD 804
Course: BUAD 804: Corporate Financial Management
1. Discuss the limitations of a company's financial statement.

2. Identify and explain approaches to capital rationing.
3. State and explain the different ways through which corporations pay dividend.
4. Why is the nature of accounting information useful for managerial actions?
5. What are the relevant of dividend theories in financial management?
Course- BUAD 804: Corporate Financial Management
1. What are the objectives of dividend policy?

2. What are the issues in financial reporting? Discuss any five.
3. Identify and explain the techniques used in investment decision analysis.
4. What are the tools and techniques used in the analysis and interpretation of
corporate financial information?
5. Define the firm’s cost of capital and explain any 4 of its importance.
BUAD 805
2017 September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 1- weekend group)
Course- BUAD 805: Managerial Economics
1. Perfect competition or perfectly competitive market is an ideal market that has to

satisfy the four conditions, discuss
2. GDP is the total value of goods and services produced within the country during a
year. There are three different ways to measure GDP, discuss
3. What are the instruments of monetary policy?
4. The table below is a linear trend of time series analysis.
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20017 2018
Sales 22734 24731 31489 44685 55319 91021 146234 107887 127483 97275
You are required to use the information above to:
Estimate the sales for 2017
Estimate the sales for 2019 and
Fit a linear regression equation
5. The table below is a Cost Schedule for ABU bead bakery. You are required to
complete the table. Clearly show your workings.
Output TC TFC TVC AFC ATC AVC MC

1 v1400 500
2 3000 500
3 2200 500
4 2300 500
5 2550 500
6 2800 500
7 3500 500
Course- BUAD 805: Managerial Economics
1. Discuss the difference between monopoly and oligopoly

2. What is GNP? What are the three approaches employed for measuring GNP?
3. The table below is a Cost Schedule for ABU bead bakery. You are required to
complete the table. Clearly show your workings.
Output TC TFC TVC AFC ATC AVC MC
1 v1100 200
2 1700 200
3 2000 200
4 2100 200
5 2150 200
6 2500 200
7 3200 200
4. Discuss the scope and limitations of monetary policy
5. The table below is a linear trend of time series analysis.
Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 20018 2019
Sales 22734 24731 31489 44685 55319 91021 146234 107887 127483 97275
You are required to use the information above to:

i. Estimate the sales for 2016
ii. Estimate the sales for 2018 and
iii. Fit a linear regression equation
BUAD 806
Course- BUAD 806: Business Statistics and Quantitative Analysis
1. What do you understand by variability and what are the purposes of measuring it?
2. Explain the difference between a bar chat and a pie chat?
3. What are the properties of discrete probability distribution?
Course- BUAD 806: Business Statistics and Quantitative Analysis
1. What are the advantages of presenting data in a table?

2. Explain the differences between skewness and kurtosis.
3. Five students sat for BUAD 806 exam and their scores are 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
You are required to Calculate:
a) Arithmetic mean
b) Harmonic mean
c) Geometric mean
d) Establish a relationship between a, b and c.
4. Discuss the determinants of a sample size.

5. A box contained 12 white balls, 8 yellow balls and 6 brown balls and 4 black balls.
If a ball is picked at random, required:
What is the probability that the ball picked is either a yellow or brown?
What is the probability that the ball picked is either a white or black?
BUAD 807
Course- BUAD 807: Fundamentals of Marketing
1. Discuss the factors that any company must consider when deciding the quality of a
new product to be produced
2. Discuss how the channel of distribution affect the pricing decisions
3. What are the basis for positioning a product?
4. Explain the three basic kinds of label?

5. In determining the price of a product, the firm must consider many factors.
Explain any five of such factors
Course- BUAD 807: Fundamentals of Marketing
1. Describe the stages involved in product positioning.

2. What is packaging? What are the three levels of material in packaging?
3. Explain any five pricing objectives.
4. Why must marketers consider consumers’ perceptions of value for money when
setting prices?
5. Explain five distinctive functions of packaging and labeling
BUAD 808
Course- BUAD 808 Business and Company Law
1. Discuss the building blocks of a contract
2. Distinguish between ‘agreement’ and ‘contract’.
3. Explain six reasons why the principal may be bound by contracts made by the
agent.
4. What are the three distinct sources of authority of an agent
5. Discuss the duties of Agents to their Principals
6. What are the Terms and Conditions of a hire purchase
Course- BUAD 808 Business and Company Law
1. Contracts are divided into different ways according to the nature of agreement
reached by the parties, the nature and terms of the agreement. Discuss the four
classification of contract
2. Discuss the types of credit you know
3. What is the difference between a contract for the sale of goods and a hire purchase
agreement?
4. Explain any 4 types of agent.

5. Explain six reasons why the principal may be bound by contracts made by the agent.
BUAD 810
Course- BUAD 810: Investment and Project Analysis
1. Discuss the distinction between debt and equity.
2. Why is it important to conduct cost and benefit analysis before embarking on

project?
3. What are the stages involved in conducting feasibility studies?
4. Expansion plc has an empty department in one of its factories that could be
used to expand the production of current products or produce new products.
The following information was obtained for the proposals:
YEAR CASH FLOW
000
0 -160
1 30
2 50
3 90
4 80
5 60
You are required to calculate the Net Present Value
5. You have been provided with the following information:

Trade Debtors: N21,000
Trade Creditors: N 15,000
Proposed dividends: N 2,500
Bank: N 5,000
Closing stock: N 9,000
Opening stock: N 8,000
You are required to calculate:
i. Current liquidity ratios

ii. Quick liquidity ratio
iii. Current assets
iv. Current liabilities
Course- BUAD 810: Investment and Project Analysis
1. Discuss the cost of depreciation of funds.
2. Explain the difference between risk and uncertainty in project analysis.

3. Expansion plc has an empty department in one of its factories that could be
used to expand the production of current products or produce new products.
The following information was obtained for the proposals:
YEAR CASH FLOW

000
0 1,900
1 300
2 500
3 600
4 800
5 500
What is the expected payback period?
4. Explain what is meant by feasibility studies.
5. You have been provided with the following information:

Stock at start of year: N30,000
Stock at end of year : N 20,000
Annual Sales: N 50,000
Annual Purchases: N 10,000
Total expenses: N 5,000
Capital at start: N 62,000
Capital at end: N 18,000
You are required to calculate:
i. Gross profit percentage

ii. Net profit percentage
iii. Return on capital employed
BUAD 811
Course- BUAD 811: Financial System and Bank Management
1. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of commercial papers.
2. Discuss the purpose of financial statements?
3. What are the functions of the Nigerian Capital Market?
4. Define Bank Assets and discuss the different types of bank assets.
5. Mention and explain the types of Interest rate?
Course- BUAD 811: Financial System and Bank Management
1. Distinguish between certificates of deposit, commercial papers and bankers
acceptances.
2. Identify and describe four different types of financial statements.
3. What is bank liability? Explain the various types of bank liability.
4. Identify and discuss the types of risks associated with lending.
5. Discuss the uses of financial statements.
BUAD 812
Course- BUAD 812 Analysis for Business Decisions
1. Discuss extensively the assumptions associated with queuing theory
2. What are the key steps in a simplex method?
3. Discuss the concept of linear programming and duality
4. Explain in details what you understand by vogels approximation method
5. Solve the following linear programming using the Simplex method:

Maximize Z = f(x,y) = 3x + 2y
subject to: 2x + y ≤ 18
2x + 3y ≤ 42
3x + y ≤ 24
x≥0,y≥0
Course- BUAD 812: Analysis for Business Decisions
1. Discuss the importance of sensitivity analysis in linear programming.
2. Discuss extensively the assumptions associated with queuing theory.
3. What are the essential characteristics of problems that can be solved by linear
programming methods?
4. Discuss the key steps in a simplex method
5. Solve the following linear programming using the Simplex method:
Maximize Z= X1 + X2
Subject to: 2X1 + X2 ≤ 4
X1 + 2X2 ≤ 3
X1 ≥ 0, X2 ≥ 0
BUAD 813
Course- BUAD 813: Industrial Conflict and Industrial Relations
1. What is conflict management? What are two main ways in which organisational
conflicts can be handled?
2. Explain the objectives of industrial relations .
3. Why do conflicts arise within an organisation?
4. Discuss the four main aspects of industrial relations.
5. The environmental context of industrial relations is made up of three sets of

variables, discuss.
Course- BUAD 813: Organizational Conflict and Industrial Relations
1. Discuss the strategies for managing conflict.

2. Why do industrial relations problems exist? In your own opinion, explain how
these problems can be minimised.
3. Identify and explain the roles of government in industrial relation.
4. What do you think is the effect of organisational conflict?
5. Discuss the theories of industrial relations.
BUAD 814
Course- BUAD 814: Personnel Performance and Evaluation Management
1. Discuss three strategies that can be used to determine the validity of a

selection method.
2. Distinguish between internal and external recruitment.
3. What are the factors needed to be considered before the selection
process?
4. Discuss the significance of recruitment in modern business
organisations
5. What are the factors to be considered for effective interview?
Course- BUAD 814: Personnel Performance Evaluation and Management
1. The overall aim of the selection process is to obtain the number of employees
required to satisfy the human resource needs of the company. Discuss the various
stages involved in the selection process.
2. Discuss any five factors to be considered in formulating a recruitment policy.
3. What you understand by internet recruiting? Explain any 4 advantages and

disadvantages of internal recruiting.
4. What are the factors that influence the choice of a particular selection method?
Discuss them.
5. Discuss the advantage and disadvantages of interviews.
BUAD 816
Course- BUAD 816: Theory and Administration of Compensation
1. Differentiate between job description and job evaluation.
2. What are the internal factors considered by managers in determining the

compensation to be paid to employees? Discuss any five
3. What are the basis for contingent pay?
4. Equity theory is concerned with the perception that employees should be treated
fairly as compared to each other. Critically discuss this theory
5. What are the benefits of compensation?
Course- BUAD 816: Theory and Administration of Compensation
1. What are the external factors considered by managers in determining the

compensation to be paid to employees?
2. Identify and describe the alternatives to contingent pay.
3. Explain how expectancy theory is applicable to an organization.
4. It has been identified that there are three (3) different concepts of wages namely;
the minimum wage, the fair wage and the living wage. Discuss these concepts
appropriately.
5. Indirect compensation refers to non-monetary benefits offered to employees in lieu
of the services they provide to the organization, discuss any five.
BUAD 817
Course- BUAD 817: MBA Language
1. What are the channels of communication? Elucidate.
2. Discuss the main forms of barriers to effective communication.
3. Discuss the rules for good communication.
4. Explain types of listening styles.
5. What methods do you think could be used to prevent poor listening among
workers?
Course- BUAD 817: MBA Language
1. Discuss the characteristics of communication.
2. Explain how some factors of the environment could be barrier to

communication.
3. Why communication is central to managing
4. Discuss how effective listening could be beneficial to organisations
5. List and explain the forms of non-verbal communication you know.
BUAD 818
Course- BUAD 818: Product Development and Pricing Policy
1. Discuss the four categories of customer specified products
2. Why is product management essential?
3. What challenges does a company face in developing new products and

services?
4. Explain the reasons why new products fail in the market?

5. When a company’s product enters the decline stage, the company has to take
concrete steps to replace them. Explain two of the concrete steps?
Course- BUAD 818: Product Development and Pricing Policy
1. Discuss the top five traits of project management
2. How can a company build and manage its product mix and product lines?
3. Discuss why product positioning is important to an organisation.
4. What is the process involved in the development of a new product?
5. Discuss the processes involved in the development of new products
BUAD 819
Course- BUAD 819: Management and Organizational Behavior
1. Explain the three fundamental ways of managing ability in an Organisation
2. Discuss the traits that are relevant to human behaviour in an organisation.
3. What are those factors that affect behaviour?

4. Explain any three theories of job satisfaction
5. Identify and discuss the two distinct types of organisational commitment.
Course- BUAD 819: Management and Organizational Behaviour
1. What do you understand by work values? What are the types of work values?
2. Explain the key elements of motivation
3. What is job satisfaction? What are the determinants of job satisfaction?
4. What is the effect of job satisfaction on employee performance?
5. Discuss various factors that influence motivation.
BUAD 820
Course- BUAD 820: Consumer Behaviour

1. Discuss the related disciplines of consumer behaviour.

2. What are the psychological issues that are inherent in consumer
behaviour?
3. Discuss any five elements of culture and how they affect consumer
buying behaviour.
4. Explain the sociological issues in consumer behaviour.
5. Differentiate between Drive, Self-concept and Hedonism.
Course- BUAD 820: Consumer Behaviour
1. Discuss the effect of perception towards buying behaviour.

2. What is the impact of psychological factors in consumer behaviour?
3. How does motivation and perception influence consumer behavior?
4. Explain the attitude change in consumer behavior.
5. There is a greater risk attached in making purchase in the case of
inexperienced buyer. Explain these category of risks.
BUAD 821

Course- BUAD 821 Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
1. What are the reasons for studying business ethics?
2. Discuss the threat to effective corporate governance
3. Differentiate between descriptive and normative ethics
4. Who are the parties to corporate governance? Discuss any five
5. Corporate governance promotes the commercial life and profitability of a
firm. Do you agree? discuss
Course- BUAD 821: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
1. Identify and discuss the important feature of business ethics

2. Discuss the broad classification of ethical theories
3. What are the responsibilities of members of the board? Discuss any five
4. Discuss the significance of corporate governance
5. What is performance dimension?
BUAD 822
Course- BUAD 822: MIS/ICT Management
1. What are the components of database application system?
2. Identify and discuss the challenges associated with systems development.
3. How can organisations effectively handle the challenges of managing the IT
infrastructure?
4. Explain the techniques for disaster preparedness under MIS.
5. Discuss four alternative development methodologies in systems development

BUAD 823 - BUAD 833 PAST QUESTIONS
By: Otukoya Hassan Ibrahim
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:23 AM
Target Audience:
BUAD 823
Course- BUAD 823: Environment of Business
1. Discuss internal stakeholders and what role they play in business.

2. Identify the situations in which there could be conflicts amongst stakeholders
3. What are the basic steps necessary for an effective Environmental Scanning?
4. Distinguish between a mission and a vision
5. What is opportunity and threat? How do they affect the performance of a business
organisation.
Course- BUAD 823: Environment of Business
1. Discuss external stakeholders and what role they play in business
2. Of what use is Environmental Scanning to the business?

3. Discuss the objectives and goals of any organisation of your choice
4. What is strength and weakness? How do they affect the performance of a business
organisation.
5. Suggest ways of resolving stakeholder conflicts for value addition.
BUAD 824
Course- BUAD 824: Human Resource Management
1. Discuss why human resource is important for economic development?
2. What is job rotation? Discuss its advantages.
3. “Human resource policies are guidepost to human resource management function.”

Explain this statement
4. Discuss the steps involved in recruitment process,
5. Discuss the important role which justify the existence of a system of

performance appraisal in an organisation.
Course- BUAD 824: Human Resource Management
1. Examine the roles of human resource management in service industries.
2. Supposing you have been appointed as the human resource manager of a newly
established organisation, with more than 1000 employees of different categories.
Outline the policies you would put in place and give your rationale for each
3. Discuss the reason why it is necessary to make an employee move from one job to
another within the design.
4. Explain the various stages involved in the selection of candidates for jobs in an
organisation.
5. What do you understand by performance appraisal management system. Elaborate

any three methods of performance appraisal.
BUAD 825
Course- BUAD 825: Business, Government and Society
1. Discuss the two basic categories of stakeholders?
2. Critically explain the issues in Corporate Governance.
3. Explain any four classifications of public policy.
4. Identify and discuss the types of regulations of business by the Government.
5. Explain the need for business ethics.
Course- BUAD 825 Business Government and Society
1. Discuss the importance of Corporate Governance .
2. Explain the need for Government policy.
3. What are the problems of Regulations of Business by the Government?

4. What are the importance of business ethics? Explain any five.
5. Explain the four theoretical basis of Corporate Governance .
BUAD 826

Course- BUAD 826: Research Methodology
1. Explain the differences between qualitative and quantitative analysis.

2. Discuss the reasons why it is important for a researcher to review literature.
3. Distinguish between theoretical framework and conceptual framework.
4. Explain the characteristics of a good research objective.
5. Describe any three types of survey research design.
Course- BUAD 826: Research Methodology
1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of open-ended and close-ended

questionnaire
2. Explain the concept of theoretical framework and highlight its features.
3. Discuss the important roles a hypothesis play in scientific research.
4. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the methods of collecting primary
data.
5. Discuss the probability and non-probability sample.
BUAD 827
Course- BUAD 827: Financial Market and Economic Development
1. What are the functions of foreign exchange market?
2. Differentiate between a development bank and a mortgage bank.
3. Discuss the role of stock exchanges.
4. Explain the functions of Central Bank of Nigeria.
5. What are the problems of Financial Institutions in Nigeria?
Course- BUAD 827: Financial Market and Economic Development
1. Differentiate between interbank marketing and interbank lending market.
2. What is the role of insurance company in economy development?

3. Discuss what you understand by non-bank financial institutions.
4. Explain the functions of Commercial Banks .
5. What are the techniques used by central banks to control commercial banks?
BUAD 828
Course- BUAD 828: Marketing Management and Strategy
1. Explain the value of delivery process
2. What are the components of a modern information system?
3. Effective marketing research process follows six steps, discuss
4. Discuss how you will maximise customer lifetime value
5. Marketing researchers have a choice of three main research instruments in collecting
primary data
Course- BUAD 828: Marketing Management and Strategy

1. What is the central role of strategic planning?
2. Discuss the major forces of a macro environment?
3. Marketers collect primary data in five main ways: through observation, focus
4. Explain customer relationship management
5. What Influences Consumer Behaviour?
BUAD 829
Course- BUAD 829: Monetary Theory and Policy
1. "Monetary policy is a major Economic Stabilization weapon" discuss.

2. Discuss the various factors that affect the operations of the financial market.
3. Discuss the role of financial market in the economic development of Nigeria.
4. State and examine in detail the major institutional operators of capital market in
Nigeria.
5. Discuss the principal objectives of monetary policy.
Course- BUAD 829: Monetary Theory and Policy
1. What factors motivated the establishment of a money market in Nigeria?

2. Appraise the operational effectiveness of the Nigerian Money Market (NMM)
3. Examine the operation and contribution of capital market towards the
development of Nigerian economy.
4. What are the quantitative and qualitative tools of monetary policy?
5. The central bank of Nigeria controls credit to achieve some certain objectives,
what are those objectives? Discuss
BUAD 830
Course- BUAD 830 International Business Finance
1. List and discuss the major differences between domestic and international
trade.
2. Explain the major theories of international trade you know.
3. What are the negative effects of international trade?
4. Explain the difference between multilateral financial institutions and

regional multilateral financial institutions.
5. Discuss the international financial instruments
Course- BUAD 830: International Business Finance
1. Critically distinguish between a country Absolute Advantage and Factor

endowment.
2. Discuss succinctly the three key components of international trade.
3. Explain the benefits/gains from international trade
4. Discuss the various bilateral financial institutions and agencies.
5. List and discuss four participants in the foreign exchange market.
BUAD 831
Course- BUAD 831: Organisational Design and Dynamics
1. Discuss the importance of leadership in organisations
2. Explain the objective of best organisational structure
3. Elucidate the five steps of organisational design
4. Why do we need vertical and horizontal linkages in organisation?
5. Identify and discuss the key issues in designing an organisation.
BUAD 832
Course- BUAD 832: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
1. Discuss the problems faced by entrepreneurs at their start off stage

2. Analyse the basic difference between an entrepreneur and management
3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of internal and external sources of funds
4. Explain the various phase involved in Entrepreneurial development process.
5. Discuss the role demand of entrepreneurship
Course- BUAD 832: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
1. Discuss the characteristics of an entrepreneur

2. Explain the various phase involved in Entrepreneurial development process.
3. Discuss the challenges of entrepreneurship
4. Differentiate between bank loan and commercial draft.
5. What are the elements of entrepreneurship
BUAD 833
Course- BUAD 833: Advertising Management
1. What are the benefits of Integrated Marketing Communications?

2. "The Classification of advertisement can be done on the basis of function" Discuss.
3. Explain the steps involved in framing integrated marketing communication.
4. What are the models in advertising?
5. Advertisement can be categorised into four distinct groups based on target groups,
discuss
Course- BUAD 833 Advertising Management
1. Discuss the classification of advertisement on the basis of audience
2. What are the goals of Marketing Communications?
3. Explain the elements in advertising

4. Discuss the barriers to Integrated Marketing Communications
5. The first step in developing a segmentation strategy is to identify the basis on which
the market segmentation is done. Discuss any five categories of customer
characteristics that form the basis for segmentation.
BUAD 834 - BUAD 847 PAST QUESTIONS

By: Otukoya Hassan Ibrahim
Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 11:44 AM
Target Audience:
BUAD 834
Course- BUAD 834: Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
1. Discuss the purchasing procedures you know.
2. Describe the dimensions of quality management.
3. Identify and explain the major sub-systems in Supplies Management Information
System.
4. Explain the importance of Suppliers quality Management.
5. Discuss the subsystems of suppliers management information system.
Course- BUAD 834: Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
1. What are the methods of purchasing?
2. Explain how information system aids order processing.

3. Describe 5 different types of TQM techniques.
4. With the aid of practical examples, explain how information systems has helped in
facilitating supply chain management.
5. Why do you think there should be the need for quality management?
BUAD 835
Course- BUAD 835: Relationship Marketing
1. Explain the objectives of relationship marketing.
2. What are the areas of criticism in relationship marketing?
3. Discuss extensively the situation that gave rise to the evolution of relationship
marketing.
4. Discuss the theories of relationship marketing.
5. Relationship marketing enhances meeting customer’s requirement more closely.

Elucidate.
Course- BUAD 835: Relationship Marketing
1. Discuss the requirements of relationship marketing.
2. Relationship marketing refers to "All marketing activities directed towards

establishing, developing, and to maintain a successful relational exchanges".
Elucidate.
3. What is relationship marketing? How does it differ from other forms of marketing?
4. What are the benefits to a customer in remaining loyal to an organisation or

brand over time?
5. Loyal customers do not only provide a solid base for the organisation, they
may represent growth potentials too. Discuss.
BUAD 836
Course- BUAD 836: Business Policy and Strategy
1. What is strategic decision making?
2. Discuss the three stages of strategic management process
3. Explain any three methods of assessing and analysing external
environment.
4. Discuss five reason why firms need to develop corporate level strategy.
5. Explain any five benefits of strategic management
Course- BUAD 836: Business Policy and Strategy
1. Discuss the strategic management decision process.

2. Describe five important characteristics of business environment
3. Discuss any five benefits of having a clear mission statement.
4. What are the stages of strategic management process?
5. What are the characteristics of corporate level strategy? Discuss any
five
BUAD 838
Course- BUAD 838: Industrial Marketing
1. Industrial customers are classified into four groups, Discuss.
2. Explain how industrial buying behavior is different from consumer buying

behaviour?
3. What are the objectives of the purchasing function?
4. Discuss the key members in a buying organisation.
5. " Modern Purchasing Activities are some contemporary purchasing

activities which are used in industrial buying processes" Discuss.
Course- BUAD 838 Industrial Marketing
1. The industrial products and services are classified into three broad groups discuss.
2. In 1967, Robinson Faris and Wind developed a process “buy phases” which
explained eight steps in buying-decision process in an industrial market.
Discuss.
3. What are the various stages involved in channel design process?
4. Explain the three common types of buying situations.

5. There are various factors that affect the distribution of industrial goods,
elucidate.
BUAD 839
Course- BUAD 839: Managerial Finance
1. Discuss the role of managerial finance?
2. Who are the key players in the financial market? Discuss
3. What do you understand by financial statement? Explain any four uses of financial
statement
4. Discuss any five limitations of Ratio Analysis
5. Suppose Mrs Igho made an investment of the sum of N1,000, 000 into a savings
deposit account that pays 10% interest compounded annually. How much will her
investment amount to at the end of the third year?
Course- BUAD 839: Managerial Finance
1. Explain five functions of a financial manager
2. Discuss any five the regulatory institutions and their functions
3. Explain the relevance of ratio analysis in Financial Planning
4. If an employee of Yamal Inter Business Systems Ltd expects to receive N500, 000
as his retirement benefits 2 years from now, and if the prevailing rate of interest is
10%. What is the present value of the N500, 000 to be received by the employee
two years to come?
5. Discuss the business and economic environment of the firm.
BUAD 841
Course- BUAD 841: Advanced Organizational Behaviour
1. Discuss the seven characteristics of organisational culture.
2. Describe the relationship between communication and conflict.
3. Explain any five important characteristics of an effective communication in an

organisation.
4. What are the three elements of decision?
5. Explain the factors that affect group cohesion.
Course- BUAD 841: Advanced Organizational Behaviour
1. Discuss the role of organisational culture in shaping employees attitudes.

2. Discuss the factors that motivate employees to perform in an organisation.
3. Discuss the reasons for decision making in an organisation.
4. List and explain the factors that affect communication within an organisation.
5. What is the relationship between organisational culture and attitudes?
BUAD 843
Course- BUAD 843: Managerial Problem Solving
1. Discuss the characteristics of decision making.

2. Describe the approaches to creativity ?
3. What is creative problems solving? What are the steps in creative problems solving?
4. What are the challenges of creative thought?
5. Discuss the strategies in analysing a problem.
Course- BUAD 843: Managerial Problem Solving
1. Discuss the difference between analytical problems solving and creative problems
solving.
2. What are the limitation of analytical problems solving model?
3. Explain the three components of creativity?
4. What is a conceptual block? What are the four types of conceptual block?
5. Discuss the characteristics of critical thinking.
BUAD 845
Course- BUAD 845: Portfolio Theory and Capital Market Analysis

1. Differentiate between capital market and money market securities
2. Critically discuss the types of risks associated with an investment
3. Two companies A & B whose returns and associated probabilities are as follows:
COMPANY A COMPANY B
R P R P
6 0.10 4 0.10
7 0.25 6 0.20
8 0.30 8 0.40
9 0.25 10 0.20
10 0.10 12 0.10
If (r) represents the required rate of return from each investment and (p) is the
associated probability of a given return occurring, what is the estimated level of
risk for the two companies A& B?
4. Discuss any five characteristics of an investment
5. The returns on securities A and B with associated probabilities are given below:
Probability Return A Return B
N' 000 N' 000
0.5 4 0
0.4 2 3
0.1 0 3
Select the security of your choice on the basis of risk return trade- off, which of the
securities has the higher return?
BUAD 847
Course- BUAD 847: Management of Financial Institutions
1. Explain five (5) reasons why we need an efficient and highly developed financial
system.
2. Discuss the steps taken by Central bank of Nigeria to support banks in their
recovery efforts.
3. Distinguish between Commercial banks and other financial institutions.
4. Identify and explain the institution s that make up the Nigeria financial system.
5. Insurance is not meant to prevent risk but to indemnify the losses arising from a
certain risk. Explain any five functions of insurance.

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Course- BUAD 801: Management Theory and Practice

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. Management is a problem solving process of effectively achieving

2. There are basically five primary functions of management. Discuss

3. Planning is perceived as a bedrock upon which other managerial functions

4. What are the benefits of a Good Organisation

5. Explain the Six P’s of Planning

2017 September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 2- weekday group)

Course- BUAD 801: Management Theory and Practice

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. There are basically three levels of management relative to standing in an

2. What are the characteristics of Good Planning?

3. Why is culture such an important concept in business?

5. Discuss the principles of Organisation.

September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 1- weekend group)

Course- BUAD 802: Production and Operations Management

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. Explain the key aspects of operations management decision making.

2017 September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 2- weekday group)

Course- BUAD 802: Production and Operations Management

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. What are the methods of forecasting? Explain them

i. Compute the average annual ordering cost.

ii. Compute the average inventory

i. The actual demand

ii. The forecast

Year Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4

September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 1- weekend group)

Course- BUAD 803: Principles of Accounting

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. Describe the various branches of accounting.

2017 September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 2- weekday group)

Course- BUAD 803: Principles of Accounting

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. Discuss the objectives of accounting

January 5th #12,000 was received in cash from Mr. Olamide.

January 12th received cheque from Abdul #15,000.

January 17th paid Wages #39,280 by cash.

January 21st received cheque #392,000 from Maiwada & Co.

January 24th paid #7,390 to Tax Office by cash.

January 25th sales #37,800 by cheque and #24,000 by cash.

January 27th purchases by cheque #49,000; by cash #20,000.

January 29th paid wages by cheque #53,830.

September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 1- weekend group)

Course: BUAD 804: Corporate Financial Management

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. Discuss the limitations of a company's financial statement.

2017 September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 2- weekday group)

Course- BUAD 804: Corporate Financial Management

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. What are the objectives of dividend policy?

2017 September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 1- weekend group)

Course- BUAD 805: Managerial Economics

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. Perfect competition or perfectly competitive market is an ideal market that has to

3. What are the instruments of monetary policy?

4. The table below is a linear trend of time series analysis.

Output TC TFC TVC AFC ATC AVC MC

2017 September Semester (Sept-Jan) Examination (Group 2- weekday group)

Course- BUAD 805: Managerial Economics

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any three (3) questions

1. Discuss the difference between monopoly and oligopoly

4. Discuss the scope and limitations of monetary policy

5. The table below is a linear trend of time series analysis.