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CSS Business Administration Past Paper 2017

CSS Business Administration 2017 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

Years

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

  1. Q. 2
    What does a company need to do to achieve strategic fit between the supply chain and competitive strategies?
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Describe how marketing strategies change during product life cycle. Also indentify and discuss some potential problems with the product life cycle.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    There are several basic techniques managers use for appraising the performance of employees. Discuss these techniques.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    A manager who really wants to approach a decision rationally and logically should try to follow the steps in rational decision making. Discuss these steps with examples.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    (20)
    • (a)
      A successful strategy requires determining the firm’s Critical Success Factors (CSF) and core competencies. Discuss how a manager of pharmaceutical firm can align core competencies with CSF.
      (10)
    • (b)
      How an operation manager can manage demand of a product in the light of available capacity?
      (10)
  6. Q. 7
    The following data relates to ABC Company
    (20)
    Income statement
    SalesRs. 500,000
    Cost of goods sold300,000
    Operating expenses60,000
    Interest expenses10,000
    Income tax expenses40,000
    Net income90,000
    Balance sheet
    Assets
    CashRs 10,000
    Accounts receivable15,000
    Inventory20,000
    Equipment455,000
    Total:500,000
    Liabilities
    Accounts payableRs 12,000
    Long-term notes payable48,000
    Shareholder’s equity:
    Capital stock300,000
    Retained earnings140,000
    Total:500,000

    Find and interpret the company’s

    • (i)
      Current ratio
    • (ii)
      Quick ratio
    • (iii)
      Average collection period
    • (iv)
      Time interest earned
    • (v)
      Inventory turn over
  7. Q. 8
    Discuss the three common capital budgeting decision techniques with examples and formulas.
    (20)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
  7. Use of Calculator is allowed.