BECE Business Studies 2012 Paper 2 Past Questions

Which of the following best defines shorthand?

The following are consonants with curved strokes except

In having a principle, a light should be halved for preceding stroke in word of single syllable

They are positions of writing words in shorthand

The joining of words in shorthands is known as

There are ________ diphthongs in shorthand.

The following are long vowels sound except

Which of the following sounds is not representing diphthong in the pitman shorthand?

A ________ is used when consonants 'h' follows 'm’, ‘i’ downward 'r'

When ‘his the only consonant stroke, followed by 'k' or ‘g 'h' is used.

Upward 'r' is used before the following except ______.

An initial capitalization of word is indicated with underneath the word

In words like, dance, chance etc; the final small circle written on the revised side of a straight stroke include

The 'y' sound at the end of word like pity, ready etc is represented by a

In words like, top,doll, dog etc the short 'O vowel is represented by

Which of the following is not a term used in shorthand?

What is vocalization?

lf the third place vowel is the preseding vowel of an outline, the first stroke should be written ________ the line

Compound consonants include all the follwoing except

Which of the following word does NOT consist of double consonants?

Which of the following word is an example of short form?

Writing of a stroke through an outline for frequent occuring words when it is convenient is Known as

Which of the following is not a first place vowel?

Which of the following is not a term used in short hand?

The doubling principle should be adhered to in representing the following words except?

What is the correct representation of the word “with"

The symbol < represents

The V shaped slot where the type bars come up to strike is called

Which of the following is used to return the carraige and to space up the papaer for the start of a new line of typing?

If the typing sheet inserted into the typewriter is not straight, use the paper to adjust the sheet.

To prevent damage to cylinder of the typewriter, a paper called ____ is used.

The following except _______ are the keys on the bottom row of the typewriter keyboard.

In typewriting, how many times will you bounce space bar after typing a full stop.

The sounding of te bell in the typewriter during typing indicates

The home keys on the right hand sides are

The moves the paper freely horizontally to the right and left of the typwriter

Which of the following is not a ready-to- type position?

The carriage return lever must be returned quickly the text.

A constantly used typewriter should be serviced at least _______ time(s) a year.

In typewriting characters requiring the use shift key are called

Which of the following controls the distance that paper turns up when the carraige is returned?

When inserting paper on typewriter, see that the left edge is at scale _______ on the carriage.

When double-line spacing is used in block paragraph turn up ______ single line spacing between the paragraph.

How many space(s) is/are usually left when a hypen is used in compound words?

The function of a tab-set key is to

When typing production exercise (apart from display and tabulation) the majority of exercises typed on plain paper start on the ____ single line space from the top edge to the paper

When clearing the previous tab stops on the typewriter, key or bar is pressed to allow the carraige return freely

To erase an error, a typist should

A word is divided by using

When typing a word in capital, which key would you depress?