Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises CEKENAS Business Studies Paper 1 2026 Pre-Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a CEKENAS Form 4 Business Studies Paper 1 examination covering foundational principles of commerce, accounting, macroeconomics, and entrepreneurship. Designed to sharpen exam speed and accuracy for KCSE, this resource is available for PDF download with marking scheme answers.

  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Number of Questions: 25 (Questions 1–25)
  • Structure: Single compulsory paper consisting of 25 structured short-answer questions.

  It covers the following topics:

  • Production economics (Levels of production across occupations, external business environment factors)
  • Human wants and business strategy (Challenges in satisfying wants, purpose of a business plan)
  • Office automation and equipment replacement criteria
  • Insurance principles (Under-insurance compensation calculation and indemnity principle)
  • Product promotion (Advantages of newspaper advertising)
  • Communication and transport (Mobile phone drawbacks, transport selection factors)
  • Warehousing (Characteristics of an efficiently run warehouse)
  • Macroeconomics (Household contributions to national income, types of unemployment)
  • Accounting principles (Balance sheet preparation following transactions, ledger entry classifications, books of original entry)
  • Corporate responsibility and market structures (Environmental health rationale, monopoly market characteristics)
  • Distribution channels and market supply (Distribution channels for local goods, causes of leftward supply curve shift)
  • Industrial location (Reasons for locating near raw material sources)
  • Financial analysis (Calculating closing capital, net purchases determination, trading account purpose)
  • Retail trade and governance (Small-scale shop types, partnership categories, government business regulation methods)
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  BUSINESS STUDIES
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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