Finance Seminar Question Paper
Finance Seminar
Course:Master Of Business Administration
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2009
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BAC 602: FINANCE SEMINAR
DATE: Friday
17th April 2009
TIME: 2.00pm-5.00pm
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all questions
Q1.
A crate of tomatoes costs sh 1000 and sells for sh 1500. Any crates remaining unsold at the end of the week are sold as animal feed for sh 600 a crate.
The sales of the last 50 weeks showed the following:
Crates
demanded: 20 21 22 23 24
Number
of
weeks: 4 10 12 15 9
Required:
Devise a data analysis technique in order to determine how many crates the owner-manager should order each week so that profits are maximized. [15marks]
Q2.
Suppose the purpose of a study is to investigate the practices of cash management
in an organization. In your questionnaire your require respondents rank alternative in terms of their relative importance, to their organizations where “1” refers to most important, “2” the second most important and so forth.
Required:
Develop FOUR ranking questions to unable you gather data and information to inquire into cash management practices. [15marks]
Q3.
Thirty respondents were asked to state which of the colors (Red, Green, Blue) they preferred for a gift. Two failed to answer and 3 were indifferent. The remaining responded RRGBBRGRBBRGBRGGBGRRGBBGR
Required:
a)
Identify the measurement scale for color preference.
[3marks]
b)
Prepare a frequency distribution of the responses.
[6marks]
c)
Prepare a well labeled bar chart of the reponses.
[6marks]
Q4.
The following passages appeared in a research report: --- When a subject was asked whether she/he consulted his/her wife/husband while preparing the family budget and deciding on the purchases of goods and how such consultations affected him/her, she/she responded-----
Required:
a)
To provide an improved version of the passage that is gender sensitive. [7marks]
b)
Rewrite the following passage in a way that enhances its clarity and conciseness. [8marks
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