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Question 1 .IOMET MIXED FARM LTD. Jomet Mixed Farm Ltd was established in 2010 by Mr. Kato in Mukono district. This was after he had retired from active service at the National Research Farm at Mpewo where he had worked for over 15 years. The farm was set up to supply farm produce including milk. meat, maize. rice and matoke among other products. It employs over 30 people as managers, transporters. herdsmen and one visiting agricultural officer. Using his experience from the National Research Farm at Mpewo. Mr. Kato started off by buying land and hired labourers from Mukono and beyond. He stocked cows. goats and also planted maize, bananas and rice. He made sure there was sharing of ideas. opinions. facts and information between employees and management and between the different enterprises at his farm. This was especially during meetings held whenever Mr. Kato visited the farm. During such meetings. new plans and instructions would be given by management but also employees gave comments. complaints and suggestions which motivated employees who developed a sense of belonging. cooperation and harmony. To enhance farm operations and accountability. Mr. Kato insisted on having proper record keeping at the farm. Records of workers' salaries, sales. expenditure, births and deaths that occurred at the farm were a must. These would be presented to Mr. Kato during meetings with farm workers by the manager. During the meetings. Mr. Kato got immediate feedback from his workers regarding the day-to-day activities at the farm. Everyone had a chance to air out their concerns. and this cultivated a sense of belonging and cooperation. However. some workers preferring anonymity secretly revealed vital information to Mr. Kato that included undeclared sales of milk. goats, maize and death of calves and goats. This information had been hidden from him by Mr. Mutiini the manager. who was on a mission of getting rich quick! 0n learning that he had been reported. Mr. Mutiini left the farm. fearing for his life. A lot had been lost. This information was confirmed from the detailed statistical data from farm records. The farm management had the practice of keeping detailed data which provided useful information for planning purposes and continuity of events. The records also provided accurate data for future reference on salaries of employees, sales of milk. maize and rice. This reduced Question 3 (a) Explain the functions of the Board of Directors in an organisation. (12 marks) (b) Discuss the benefits of quality control to a manufacturing company. (8 marks) (Total 20 marks) Question 4 A budget is a detailed plan, expressed in numerical terms, for allocating resources. Writing a successful budget mainly requires identifying and assessing the cash inflows and tracking your cash outflows, as well as setting your own goals. Required: As a student of Business Management; (a) Explain the different types of budgets made by organisations. (10 marks) (b) Discuss the benefits of budgetary controls to an organisation. (10 marks) (Total 20 marks) SECTION B Attempt two of the three questions in this section Question 5 Swax Hospital was established last year with several departments such as Information Technology (IT), Human Resource (HR) and Records departments. The information technology department is responsible for the computer network that is being laid in the hospital. The system administrator would like to adopt a peer to peer network model in the records department and then a client server model in the human resource department and he hopes this will make communication between and among the departments easier. You have been hired as a consultant and you are supposed to educate the staff of different departments about the networking models with emphasis on peer to peer and client server networks. Required: (a) In your presentations, use illustrations to explain the following network models. misunderstandings and misinterpretation of events especially after Mr. Mutiini had left the farm. Required: (a) Identify the methods of communication used at Jomet Mixed Farm Ltd. (4 marks) (b) Discuss the benefits of using the methods of communication in (a) above. (10 marks) (c) Explain the lines of communication used atJomet Mixed Farm Ltd. (6 marks) (Total 20 marks) Question 2 About twenty years ago, ABC Ltd opened a factory to process and bottled mineral water. With time, the company increased its production and the market is now flooded with different brands of ABC bottled water. ABC water is now found in most supermarkets, hotels and at social functions where there are cartons of ABC water served to customers/ guests. Due to the public awareness on health issues, people are turning way from taking sweet drinks to taking bottled water. This has increased demand for bottled water and the company had also attracted more talented workers boosting production over the years. However of recent, there has been consistent adulteration and complaints of poor quality of ABC bottled water. The National Bureau of Standards which is mandated to inspect and ensure that all the manufacturers comply with quality standards has written to the company demanding that they improve on the quality of its products. There was a recent court case where the company was accused of supplying poor quality water to the public. This has been an eye opener to the customers who are wondering whether the company has genuine water products in the market. It is also alleged that unscrupulous people get company's water bottle labels, pack and sell adulterated water to the public. Required: (a) Explain the benefits of ethics to ABC Company. (10marks) (b) Identify the limitations that ABC Company experiences while trying to conduct itself ethically. (10 marks) (Total 20 marks) The students of Kambuye Technical Institute are expected to exhibit knowledge of computer file management in a computer application examination. Required: Suppose you are one of the students of Kambuye Technical institute, (a) Explain the following terms as used in computerized file management (i) Computer's desktop (1 mark) (ii) Shortcuts (1 mark) (iii) Recycle bin (1 mark) (iv) File extensions (1 mark) (h) Write down the steps you must follow to do the following: (i) To create a folder. (2 marks) (ii) To rename a file. (2 marks) (iii) To delete a file. (2 marks) (iv) To move files from one folder to another. (2 marks) (v) To restore files from the recycle bin. (2 marks) (c) Explain three advantages of using a flash disk for file management of Kambuye Technical institute. (6 marks) Total (20 marks) (i) Client server model (4 marks) (ii) Peer to peer model (4 marks) (b) Educate staff of the human resource department on any three advantages and three disadvantages from the use of Client Server network. (12 marks) Total (20 marks) Question 6 Simba Printing Company Limited (SPCL) plans to change its computer system especially the hardware and the software. The most challenging part is about operating system and its function since there are many operating systems on the market due to the rapid growing technology. The company management has been advised to hire a consultant to help in the changing of the computer system. You have been hired by SPCL to execute the above task. Required: (a) (i) Explain to the management of Simba Printing Company Limited, the meaning of an operating system. (2marks) (iii) Identify any two examples of operating systems that can be adopted by Simba Printing Company. (2marks) (b) Educate management on any three functions of operating systems in the daily activities of Simba Printing Company. (6marks) (c) Discuss any four factors to consider when choosing an operating system for Simba Printing Company's computer system. (8 marks) Total (20 marks) Question 7 A computerized data file is a group of digital records of the same type stored on a computer or a peripheral storage device. It holds data that is required for providing information. For example, the students' tuition payment records could constitute a payments' file. File computerized data files always have extensions. (in the other hand, related files can be compiled into one folder. Shortcuts of frequently accessed files and folders can be created on the computer desktop