C Project question

Copy the following questions in your rough book.

Go to a bank and ask the questions.

Write the answers in your rough book.

Copy the questions and answers neatly into your notebook.

1 What is the full name of your bank?

2 What is the name of your manager?

3 What is the name of your chief cashier?

4 What is the address of your head office?

5 If your bank is a member of a group of banks, what are the names of the other banks in your group?

6 How many staff work in your branch?

7 What are your business hours?

8 What sort of things do you do before the bank opens and after the bank closes for business?

9 What qualities do you look for when you are employing junior bank staff?

10 Could you please tell me something about the many services which the bank offers?

D

Multiple choice questions

Write the following questions in your notebook.

Underline the answer which you think is the correct one.

1 If you open a deposit account at a bank:

a the bank will give you a cheque book containing uncrossed cheques;

b you will be allowed to withdraw your deposit on demand;

c you will be given a cheque book containing crossed cheques;

d you will receive interest on your deposit.

2 How do the bank know that the drawer’s signature is genuine?

a by asking the payee if he was there when the cheque was signed;

b by comparing it with the drawer’s specimen signature;

c by telephoning the drawer and asking him;

d by looking at a cheque previously signed by him.

3 The record of all payments into and out of a bank current account is called a:

a cheque;

b bank note;

c a paying in book;

d a bank statement.

4 There are normally three numbers on the bottom of a cheque. The middle one is usually the:

a cheque serial number;

b cheque number;

c ‘branch number;

d account number.

5 Why is a counterfoil attached to most cheques?

a so that the bank can total them up at the end of the month;

b so that the drawer will recognize his or her own cheque book;

c so that the owner will have a permanent record of the cheques written;

d to keep the cheques in the correct order.

6 When the bank calls for a reference for a new account it will normally ask:

a another bank manager;

b someone who has had an account with them before; c a local businessman;

d someone who has an account with the branch and who knows the new customer well.

7 When the drawer has insufficient funds to meet the cheque, the bank will return the cheque to the payee with the following abbreviation written on it:

a R.D;

b N.F.;

c I.O.U.;

d O.D.

E Essay questions

1 Write an essay about the best shop you know in your area and say what you like about it, and how you would improve it if you were the manager.

2 Write a good length paragraph about your experience of any one of the following:

1. mail order;

2 market stall selling;

3 a small shop;

3. a department store.

3 Percentage increase in retail sales (value) between 1971 and 1981 by type of outlet

%

too-

80-

60-

40-

20-

All Multiple Dept Independent

outlets stores stores retailers

(a) How do you account for the changes in retailing trends shown in the above diagram?

(b) What trends do you see occurring in retailing outlets during the next ten years?