UCE Commerce Paper 1 (800/1) Examination Paper

This is a Commerce Paper 1 (800/1) exam in the Uganda Certificate of Education format. It runs for 2 hours 30 minutes. Section A has 20 compulsory multiple-choice questions. They cover production, business documents, parastatals, taxation principles, consumer protection, advertising, trade restrictions, the stock exchange, monetary policy, transport and communication. In Section B, candidates choose four of eight longer questions. These cover auxiliary services to trade, retailing, economic integration, company formation and winding up, insurance terms and procedures, containerization, privatization and government control of the private sector. The last question asks candidates to calculate turnover, gross profit, net profit, margin and the rate of turnover on capital.