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Questions and Guide For Entrepreneurship
Questions and Guide For Entrepreneurship
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2. Unavailability of products
3. Unaffordable prices
4. Poor services
5. Insufficient quantities
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Question 3
In modern days, commercial banking occupies an important place in every economy. It
is an important constituent of a country‟s financial system.
a) Define a commercial bank citing two examples in Cameroon (3mks)
b) What are the main functions of a commercial bank? (10mks)
Question 4
Identify and explain any five (05) functions of money (10mks)
SECTION C: COMPANY LAW (33MKS)
Question 1
After explaining what you understand by company law, explain four reasons why it is
important (10mks)
Question 2
Briefly describe four (04) types of companies provided by the OHADA law (12mks)
Question 3
A company is distinct from its members when it acquired the status of a legal
personality. State and explain three (03) reasons under which this rule can be violated.
(6mks)
Question 4
Identify and define any five (05) required documents for the successful registration of a
company (10mks)
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SECTION A: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- An idea could equally be a thought that serves as a solution to a problem that exist
in the community or society or an acceptable solution to the needs and desires of
the customers.
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to embark- on
iv) Drawing up a business plan; a roadmap that will guide the implementation of the
activities
v) Implementing the plan or business venture; putting into action the plan using the
resources
- High levels of corruption and administrative bottlenecks or red tape. The solution is
to punish corruption and encourage good governance.
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Any five explained pts = 1 x 5 = 5mks and any five relevant solutions = 1 x 5 =
5mks
I. Executive summary: A concise summary of the relevant points of the business plan
involving the description of the business model. Target markets, benefits to
customers, qualifications of founders and key employees, sales and earnings
projections, capital required, ROL, repayment of loans, competitive edge.
II. Mission statement, vision, objectives, business strategy, etc
III. Business environment analysis; the use of SWOT to analyze the forces surrounding
the development and growth of the business
IV. Production analysis deals with the nice blend of resources to produce the goods
and services at the cheapest rate. This involves the mixture of equipment, labour
and other components to produce at the cheapest cost possible.
V. Market and Marketing analysis; this involve assessing needs of potential
customers, how to meet the needs, classification of the needs, integration of
these needs in the business, methods of selling, advertisement and communicating
with the customers, creating productive distribution channels, determining products,
services and benefits to be derived, etc.
Defining the target market by clearly identifying the location, characteristics and the size
of the people who are favourably disposed to buy the product or service.
VI. Description of the management team by selecting the right caliber of staff, who
must be honest, hardworking and possess some talents to bring into the success of
the enterprise at various levels of the organization. Defining their specific duties
and authorities, salaries and wages etc.
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I. It is a roadmap to success;
Q1) A market economy is an economic system where the prices of goods and services
are entirely determined by the interaction of the forces of demand and supply. 2mks
While the centrally planned or command economy is a system where every economic
decision is made by the government. Prices are fixed and the supply of gods and
services in controlled. 2mks.
Q2) State and explain three factors that affect elasticity of demand.
I. Time; many items are bought as a result of habit so that in the short run price
changes will be of little importance, a new pattern of demand could emerge once
consumers have been able to assess the availability of alternatives.
I. Taste and fashion; the frequent the changes in consumer tastes and fashion the
more elastic the demand.
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II. The amount of income spent on the good; the higher the proportion, the more
inelastic the demand
III. Price; very expensive goods tend to be inelastic
IV. The number of substitutes; when there are a large number of close substitutes,
demand is likely to be elastic.
Examples of commercial banks include: SGC BANK, UBa PLC, BICEC, NFC PLC,
UBC, AFRILAND FIRST BANK, Etc 0.5 x 2 = 1mk
2 x 5 = 10mks
Other functions:
Acting as agents of payment
Advisory functions
Safeguarding functions
Buying and selling stocks
Acts as executors of trustees
Issue bank drafts
Helps in raising capital for companies
Medium of exchange;
Measure of value
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Store of value
Legal tender
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shareholders stand to lose, at most, only the amount they have invested in the
business. Their liability is limited to this amount.
There both private limited companies (Ltd) and public limited companies
(Plcs):
Private Limited companies (Ltd) these may not offer their shares to the general
public. They tend to be smaller than Plcs.
Pubic Limited Companies (Plcs) may offer their shares to the general public, often
through the stock exchange.
IV. A Co-operative is a business owned and operated by its members. Each
member of a co-operative can:
Vote at meetings
Take part in making decisions and receive a share of profits
V. Social (non for profit organizations) organizations most of them operated in the
voluntary sectors.
VI. Public corporations: These are government controlled because they fall in
strategic areas of the economy, needs heavy capital investments, they may be
natural monopolies which could be exploited by private owners for profits and
may be essential services which may be run for the benefits of the community.
VII. Holding companies (these are companies that have grown to have
subsidiaries)
Any 4x3=12mks
Where membership is less than two, it becomes one man business and loses legal
personality
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Any 3 x 2 = 6mks
Q4 Identify and define any five required documents for the successful
registration of a business:
I. Article of Association
II. Memorandum of Association
III. Prospectus:
IV. Certificate of Incorporation
V. Certificate of trading
(5 x 2 = 10mks)
QUESTION 1
The main skills are important for an entrepreneur to succeed:
Ability to plan
Basic management skills
Creativity
Self confidence
a) Analyze any of the two skill above with concrete examples 15 marks
b) State the importance and inconvenience of postgraduate education for
entrepreneurship 15 marks
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Creativity is the ability to develop new ideas and to discover new ways of looking at
problems and opportunities. Ability to bring innovations in business. E.g Amour mezam
agency introduces online booking, it is a new idea in the transport business in
Cameroon.
Self-confidence- Entrepreneurs should develop a high level of optimism for success,
high self-esteem, resilience etc.
B. The importance of postgraduate education for entrepreneurship include
● Gaining expertise to carry out feasibility studies
● Gaining good training and skills to better manage the business
● Gaining good customer service skills and interpersonal relations skills
● Gaining skills in performing consultancy services for the business that would have
been better contracted externally against payment of money.
● May easily raise capital from consultancy services to start his business. E.g a
chartered accountant, financial analyst, project or financial institution etc
Disadvantages
1. Much money is spent on postgraduate studies that would have constituted capital for
new venture.
2. You still have to face difficulties raising capital to start a new venture after studies.
3. Highly educated people may feel too big to learn again and this might hinder their
growth.
4. May become arrogant thinking they are too much
5. May not go low to convince certain customers to buy their products because they
feel too big for that.
GENERAL ECONOMICS
A) Differentiating enterprises by size (stating 1 mark, explaining 1.5 marks)
Micro
Small
Medium
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Large
B) CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Cash Receipts per Month (FRS) 400,000 2mks
Minus Cash Disbursements
Rents 50,000
Vat 20,000
Wages 100.000 2mks
Total Dis bu rsem ents 170,000
BALANCE 230,000
Income Expenditures
100 000frs per week Loan = 600 000frs for 3 months
Rent = 50 0001rs per month
VAT = 20 000frs per month
Wages = 100 000frs per month
Income for 3 moths =(100 600 000 + (50 000•3moths = 150
000*4weeks*3momths) =1,200 000) + (20 000*3months = 60 000) +
000FRS (100 000*3months = 3000 000) =i
1,110 000FRS
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Incorporated Association
Separate Legal Entity
Artificial Person
Limited Liability
Perpetual Existence
Common Seal
Management and Ownership
Transferability of shares
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E) Transferability of Shares
F) Perpetual Succession
G) Centralized Management
H) Capacity to use and sue and be sued
WHAT ARE THE MAIN INSTACES OF LIFTING OR PIECING THE VEIL OF
CORPORATION
1. Decrease In Membership To Less Than Two
2. When The Company Is Involved In Fraudulent Trading
3. Evasion Of Legal Obligations (Tax Evasion )
4. When There Is No Real Separation Between The Company And Its Owners.
5. Where A Company Is An Agent Or Where There Is Implied Agency
6. The Company‟s Creditors Suffered An Unjust Cost
7. The Company‟s Actions Were Wrongful Or Fraudulent
8. Trusteeship
WHAT ARE THE PECUNIARY AND NON-PECUNIARY RIGHTS OF
SHAREHOLDERS
A) NON-PRECUNIARY RIGHT
1) Right To Influence Management
2) Right To Vote
3) The Right To Sue For Wrongful Acts
4) Right To Participate In Shareholders‟ Meetings
5) Right To Request That A Shareholders‟ Meeting Be Convened
6) Right To Add Items To The Agenda And To Table Draft Resolutions
7) right to ask questions
8) Information Right
B) PECUNIARY RIGHTS
1) Right To Share In Profitability
2) Rights To Income Distributions Through Dividend Payments
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WHAT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
HOW CAN MANAGERS PROMOTE INTRAPRNEURSHIP
1) They Need To Understand The Term Properly
2) Managers Should Be Equipped
3) They Recognize Entrepreneurial Traits
4) They Should Define And Communicate The Mission And The Vision
5) They Should Give People Creative Tasks
6) They Should Assign Responsibilities And Owners
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2) National Businesses
3) International/Multinational Businesses
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Respect
Responsibility
Loyalty
Law-Abiding
Accountability
Transparency
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CREDIT 01
VALUE
DURATION 2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper carries three sections. You are required to answer all questions.
2. You are reminded of the necessity for good English and orderly presentation in
your answers.
3. Any student who attempt to fraud or caught cheating shall be penalized till further
noticed.
SECTION 1: ENTREPRENEURSHIP (34%)
1. Differentiate between a business model and a business plan. (4 marks)
The business model is the mechanism through which the company generates its
profit while the business plan is a document presenting the company's strategy
and expected financial performance for the years to come.
ii. In not more than one page, develop a business plan for the creation of a
professional institution (Future Institute), by Njamgang. (10 marks)
➢ Students are expected to develop their plan in the following or a similar guide.
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ii. Identify five macro-economic objectives and five policies that can be implemented
by the central or local government in order to achieve such objectives. (10 marks)
5. Illustrate the concept of scarcity, choice and opportunity cost using a
transformational curve. (5 marks)
Students should explain with the aid of a PPC the view that each production
combination is a choice and one cannot increase the production of one good
without reducing the other once on its PPC because resources are scare and one a
choice is made, there is an opportunity cost.
ii. Justify whether or not Cameroon has attended its PPC. State five factors that can
cause a country to expand beyond its PPC. (5 marks)
- Cameroon has not yet attended its PPC because there are still idle
resource Factors that can cause country to expand beyond its PPC
- Advance in Technology
- Division of Labour
- Discovery of New Production Methods
6. To what extent does unemployment impact the level of economic growth and
development? (5 marks)
In the short run, the relationship between economic growth and the unemployment rate
may be a loose one. It is not unusual for the unemployment rate to show sustained
decline sometime after other broad measures of economic activity have turned positive.
Hence, it is commonly referred to as a lagging economic indicator. One reason that
unemployment may not fall appreciably when economic growth first picks up after a
recession’s end is that some firms may have underutilized employees on their
payrolls because laying off workers when product demand declines and rehiring them
when product demand improves has costs. As a result, employers may initially be able
to increase output to meet rising demand at the outset of a recovery without hiring
additional workers by raising the productivity of their current employees. This
temporarily boosts labor productivity growth above its trend (long-run) rate.
7. Define price determination and explain three methods of determining prices
goods and service in the market. (5 marks)
This refers to the way prices of goods and services are distributed to the members
of the society needing them. This can be done by method of auction (the highest
bidder determines the price), rationing (gov’t fixed a max price control), price
mechanism (bargain between buyer and seller).
8. Differentiate between liquidation, dissolution and winding up of a company (3
marks)
- Liquidation in finance and economics is the process of bringing a business to
an end and distributing its assets to claimants.
- The term dissolution refers to the systemic closing down of a business entity
ii. Identify and briefly explain the steps involved in the dissolution of a
company (10 marks)
- Decide to close
- File dissolution documents
- Cancel registrations, permits, licenses, and business names
- Comply with employ ent and labor laws
- Resolve financi l obligations.
- Maintain records.
9. Define quorum and outline four features of a quorum (5 marks)
Quorum means the minimum number of persons who being entitled to attend a
meeting must be present at the meeting so that the business of the meeting can be
transacted validly. Such a number is desirable so that a meeting gets a
representative character and no decisions are taken with a very small number of
persons being present.
- What shall be the quorum for different types of meetings of an organisation are
usually mentioned in its bye-laws or in the Articles of Association in case of a
company? Some statutes also make such provisions.
- A meeting cannot be started if quorum is not present. The quorum might be
continuously present. If any member or members leaves or leave earlier and by that
the quorum falls, then any decision taken afterwards will not be binding, if the by-
laws or Articles so provide.
- It is the duty of the chairman to see that the quorum is present. The secretary helps
him in counting the quorum. If at the middle of the meeting quorum falls, any
member present may draw the attention of the chairman to this fact by raising a
‘point of order’.
- If quorum is not present at the scheduled hour of a meeting already notified, then the
members present will wait for half an hour.
ii. Elaborate on the ultra-vires doctrine and say why it was abolished (5 marks)
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The Doctrine of Ultra Vires is a fundamental rule of Company Law. It states that the
objects of a company, as specified in its Memorandum of Association, can be departed
from only to the extent permitted by the Act. Hence, if the company does an act, or
enters into a contract beyond the powers of the directors and/or the company itself, then
the said act/contract is void and not legally binding on the company.
Why it was abolished
Based on the initial discussion of facts the author concludes that the doctrine of ultra
vires no longer serves its original purpose of protecting shareholders and creditors by
assuring that the company assets will only be used to achieve the purpose/s specified in
the objects clause.
10. Identify the procedure and required documents for the registration of a sole
proprietorship in
Cameroon. (10 marks)
- Registration of the company the Trade and Personal Property Credit Register
(RCCM)
- A business license (patent) that should be acquire d from the Taxation Department
by paying an annual fee.
- Obtainable A tax number from the Taxation Department
- Register the employees along with company at the National Social Insurance Fund
(CNPS) and the Labour Office
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