Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises BRISTAR JOINT Business Studies Paper 1 2026 Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Business Studies 565/1 examination.

  This exam assesses quick-recall and foundational business concepts across public finance, financial statement preparation, office administration, market structures, accounting ratios, and macroeconomic policy.

  • Month Administered: July - 2026
  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 100 Marks
  • Number of Questions: 25 (Questions 1 – 25)
  • Structure: Short-answer structured paper containing 25 compulsory questions (4 marks each).

  It covers the following topics:

  • Public Finance and Fiscal Policy (merits of domestic/internal borrowing, determinants of national tax revenue)
  • Warehousing Operations (consequences of substandard goods organization)
  • Macroeconomic Indicators (positive effects of mild inflation, demographic benefits of overpopulation, limitations of per capita national income comparisons)
  • Financial Accounting (balance sheet restructuring in order of liquidity, missing cash book entry calculations, rate of stock turnover, and return on capital computations)
  • Marketing and Promotion (commercial market research necessity, outdoor billboard advertising advantages, product nature influencing distribution channels)
  • Office Practice (modern management trends and computerization in offices)
  • Forms of Business Units (principles of cooperative societies, structural differences between partnerships and public limited companies)
  • Demand Theory (individual and market demand analysis)
  • Business Management and Environment (benefits of organizational structure, legal-political business environment impacts)
  • Monetary Theory (precautionary motive for holding money)
  • Entrepreneurship Development (government business training for youth, business clustering factors)
  • International Trade (strategies to correct balance of payments deficits)
  • Commercial Wholesale and Retail Trade (circumstances for goods returns to wholesalers)
  • Theory of Production (classification of producer vs consumer goods, intermediate vs finished commodities)
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  BUSINESS STUDIES
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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