Tuesday 31 January 2012

English Common Entrance Multiple Choice1

English Language Multiple Choice (1)

Common Entrance



Word Usage



Directions: Choose the letter of the word that best completes the sentence.



1.      When I took up swimming at the age of forty five, I _____________________ a high school swimming team.

(a)    join                        (b) joined                     (c) was joining             (d) joins





2.      There ______________ no athletes my age in my area.

(a)    was                        (b) were                       (c) is                            (d) have





3.      I made friends with a classmate ___________________ would inform me of the time and place of the lessons.

(a)    whom                    (b) who                        (c) which                     (d) what





4.      My class quickly accepted ______________ but at the lessons it was a different story.

(a)    I                             (b) them                       (c) me                          (d) she





5.      Since I was the _____________________ person in the class I felt alone sometimes.   

(a)    old                         (b) older                      (c) oldest                     (d) more older





6.      The competing teams and their trainers always found it quite __________ that someone my age would be swimming and actually competing.

(a)    odd                        (b) reckless                  (c) noticeable               (d) deceiving  





7.      _________________ the swimming, I usually overtook the younger swimmers.

(a)    On                         (b) Into                        (c) Over                       (d) During





8.      I swim as fast as I can __________________ a few of them always catch up with me.

(a)    and                                    (b) but                         (c) because                  (d) if





9.      Some of them could swim _________________ well.

(a)    expectedly             (b) increasingly            (c) exceptionally          (d) occasionally





10.  No matter how hard they swam, I was the ______________ of them all.

(a)    fast                                    (b) faster                      (c) fastest                    (d) more fast




Multiple Choice Answers
1)      B
2)      B
3)      B
4)      C
5)      C
6)      A
7)      D
8)      B
9)      C
10)  C











Tuesday 24 January 2012

Mathematics Common Entrance Answers part 2

Leadership styles

Leadership styles:

·A democratic leader is subordinate­-centred, i.e. he or she allows partaking of subordinates in the decisions that affect them.



·An autocratic leader is boss-centred and makes decisions without taking advice from others.


·A laissez-faire leader leaves many of the decisions to his or her subordinates.

Friday 20 January 2012

Chloroplasts (Poem)

Chloroplasts (the wait)

Looking at the stars up in the sky
I linger throughout the night wondering why
You have tiny disc- like structures
I pause to move on in hesitation
I sit there waiting in frustration
For your green chlorophyll
Waiting for your lovely return
This kind of delay feels like a burn
Without your photosynthesis
A postponement of my love
Under the starry sky above
I halt to take a deep breath now and then
Feeling weak; not strong like a thousand men
Under the billions of stars I will stay
A hold up until the light of day

                                  By Dwayne Lubin

Thursday 19 January 2012

Mathematics problem solving Common Entrance part3

Mathematics Problem Solving


1.      At the end of a game John had 28 marbles and Tommy had 4 times as many.

(a)    How many marbles did they have altogether?
(b)   If all the marbles were shared equally among seven boys, how many would each boy receive?

2.      A piece of metal weighing 117.5104 grams contains copper, lead, and aluminium. If the quantities of copper and lead in it are 51.264 grams and 21.46 grams respectively, what weight of aluminium does the piece of metal contain?

3.      For a concert, 960 chairs were arranged in 40 rows. During the concert, only 24 rows of chairs were occupied. If each chair was occupied by one person, how many people attended the concert?

4.      Mr. John bought a pair of pants for $45.00, 2 shirts at $24.50 each, and 2 pairs of slippers at $19.50 each. After paying the cashier, he received $7.00 change. How much money did he give to the cashier?

5.      During the summer, Jackson collected 2 dozen mangoes. Jennifer collected 10 fewer than Jackson. And Su collected twenty more than Jennifer. How many mangoes did they collect altogether?

Try to work out these I will give the answers later

Tuesday 17 January 2012

Adding Mixed Numbers With Different Denominators (Math Video)

THE WORLD’S AN EYE (Nature Poem)

THE WORLD’S AN EYE

Day is but an open eye
With a clear iris blue sky
The night is but a closed eye
Darkness folds and unfolds thy
With cry the drops of the rain
Sclera belly will drain
You are the earth an eyeball
Space the eyehole in your sprawl

Cornea is your Exosphere
Pupil your Ionosphere
The lens is your Stratosphere
Aqueous atmosphere
Holding ultraviolets
Refracting rays it there sets
A sharp focus on your ground
The retina, sight is found


                                  By Dwayne Lubin

Thursday 12 January 2012

Introduction To CXC Business SBA Part3 (Description Of The Business)

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

ALL business plans are vital to show:
  1. The name of the business e.g. Lubin Advertising Agency.
            The name should be simple to say, and should ignite interest, and grab the awareness of the reader.
2.         In a few words show who owns the business, and how the thought for the business came about, e.g. your particular wellbeing, skills or credentials.

  1. What is the legal position of the business? Is it a sole trader, partnership, private limited company, public limited company…?
  2. Does the business have limited or unlimited liability?
  3. Summarize what the type of liability means for the owner of the business.
  1. Why was the business created? What are the business’ objectives?
            The objectives may be bulleted and a short clarification should go with the statement e.g.
To make a profit: Given the current market status the business predicts a 40% profit in its first 2 years of operation.

  A business should operate with a:
  1. Mission Statement or a
  2. Vision Statement.
      The Mission Statement states precisely the aims of the business and helps keep the workers of the business on task. It also clearly tells the customers what the business stands for and should facilitate them to understand your ethics and build customer faithfulness.
       The Vision Statement tells clearly what your business expects to achieve in the medium or long time period.

Mathematics problem solving Common Entrance part2

1.      A store received some boxes of pencils. Each box contained 25 pencils. The pencils were shared equally among 20 departments. If each department had 35 persons and each person received one pencil, how many boxes of pencils did the store receive?

2.      Mrs. Johnson bought 3 packets of chicken breasts, each weighing 6.50 kg. She bought 2 packets of chicken thighs each weighing 5.9 kg., and 3 packets of whole legs each weighing 10.78 kg. She fried 8.28 kg. of thighs to sell and barbecued 25.6 kg whole legs to sell. If all the fried thighs and the barbecued legs were sold, how much chicken did Mrs. Johnson have left?

Try to work out these I will give you the working in a following post

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Differences between public and private sector

Differences between public and private sector
1. The public sector comprises all business enterprises belonging to, managed, and ran by government, for example, water, transportation, radio, television.

2.  The private sector is that component of the economy that is owned by private people, ­individuals or a private business.

 
3.Market forces of demand and supply decide prices and the distribution of resources.


4.  The private sector chooses what goods are produced, how, and for whom through the price system. It is largely in charge of distributing resources. It permits the progress of capital and labour to where they are most cost-effective.

5 Businesses established in the private sector are sole traders, partnerships, public and private liability companies, credit unions, and non-profit organisations.

6  In the private sector profit is the motivating power.

7.The public sector aims to adjust and lay down fair trading principles in the private sector. It aims to look after consumers in opposition to monopoly enterprises and wasteful competition. It makes sure certain goods are provided for consumers, e.g. roads.


Simplify Fractions (Math Video)

Monday 9 January 2012

Mathematics problem solving Common Entrance part1

1.      Tommy walked around his square bedroom. If one side of the bedroom measured 18 metres, what distance did he walk?

2.      Johnny bought a second hand bike for $8 000.00. He spent an extra $435.00 on repairs. At what price must he now sell the bike to make a profit of $450.00?

3.      A girl types at a rate of 75 words per minute. She started typing a book consisting of 19800 words at 8:30 a.m. At what time did the girl complete the task?
Try to work out these problems I will give you the answers in a next post

Sunday 8 January 2012

Latitude and Longitude Lines

Latitude and Longitude Lines
When viewing a map, latitude lines run horizontally. Latitude lines are parallel lines and they are equaled distant from each other. Each degree of latitude is about 69 miles (111 km) apart; there is a slight variation because the earth is not a perfect sphere. Degrees latitude are numbered from 0° to 90° north and south. At Zero degrees you have the equator; this imaginary line divides our planet into the northern and southern hemispheres. At 90° north you have the North Pole and 90° south you have the South Pole.

The longitude lines are vertical lines also known as meridians. They come together at the poles and are widest at the equator (about 69 miles or 111 km apart). Zero degrees longitude is located at Greenwich, England (0°). The degrees continue 180° east and 180° west where they get together and form the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean.

How Latitude and Longitude Work Together
To accurately locate points on the earth's surface, degrees longitude and latitude have been separated into minutes (') and seconds ("). There are 60 minutes in each degree. Each minute is divided into 60 seconds. Seconds can be then divided into tenths, hundredths, or even thousandths. For example, St Lucia lies between 60° 53' and 61° 05' West longitude and 13°43' and 14°05' North latitude.

Adding Mixed Numbers part1

Friday 6 January 2012

Nature and role of a management information system (MIS) its benefits and challenges

Nature and role of a management information system (MIS) its benefits and challenges

Definition: Management Information Systems (MIS) is the name given to the area directed to the integration of computer systems with the goals and purposes of an organisation.

The growth and management of information technology gear helps the workforce in performing any jobs associated with the handling of information. MIS systems are mainly valuable in the spread of business data and the production of reports to be used as apparatus for decision making.


 MIS is an integrated system of information plans intended to improve decision-making efficiency.

1. A good MIS is precise, well-timed, comprehensive, significant both in structure and content and accessible when required.

2. The mechanisms of a MIS are managers, their information requirements, data origins, the data pool, information and decision.
 
3. Benefits of MIS are: it saves time, money and labour; there is improvement in production and marketing practices; it also improves competitiveness and profit margins.

  
Challenges of an MIS system, for example:
(i) There is the cost of setting up and maintaining (establishment, maintenance and security);
(ii) There is the cost of training (human resource development)
(iii) There is also human error causing discrepancies.

Subtracting like fractions(Math Video)

Thursday 5 January 2012

Faith My Prayer (Spiritual Poem)

FAITH (MY PRAYER)

Fill me with your faith, my only creator
Praying to you my knees are pleased to soar
For you are the one way, you are the light
Give me the faith to be yours day and night
My world is hollow as an abyss
Fill it with the faith that I know exists
To lift up mountains, to walk on the sea
Relieve sinful pains, not to deny thee
To heal the sick, to let the blind ones see
As faithful as fair weather is my plea
For we the world’s people, your creation
Faith is the life and the resurrection
My words true as the gospel that I breathe
My faith is not to see, but to believe
As faithful to be, as a liberal sun
Heaven is my place, faith will make me strong

                                  By Dwayne Lubin

Monday 2 January 2012

Major economic institutions

Major economic institutions include:

(i) Caricom, COB, CAlC, and chambers of commerce and industry.

    Some functions of Caricom are:
-Economic integration through the elimination of customs duties
- Common services and functional collaboration
- The harmonization of foreign policy among members.

Some functions of the COB are:
- To help regional members in harmonization of their progressive programmes
- To organize financial resources for the progress of the region
- To fund projects and programmes contributing to development 
- To motivate and persuade the expansion of capital markets within the region.

Two functions of the CAlC are:
- An information centre about the manufacturing and allocation of Caricom goods
- To help resolve confrontation between businesses from different countries.

Some functions of chambers of commerce are:
 - To help look after the trading interests of members and trade in general
- To embark on settlement of disputes arising out of trade, commerce and industry
- To support and persuade the growth of production operations appropriate to the community in which they survive, and adding to the assistance of the economic wellbeing and advancement of the country


Introduction To CXC Business SBA Part2 (Executive Summary)

THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This is a summary of the whole business. If you were to take your business plan to an investor in expectation of funding (securing a loan), the executive summary should tell the potential investor all he needs to know about your business in a few words.
It should persuade the reader/investor that your business plan is well planned, well organized, and that your business will be successful.


Sunday 1 January 2012

Introduction To CXC Business SBA Part1

What is the Business Plan?



Ø  A business plan is an official application for funding and support for an idea to establish a business or to expand a business.

  It may be done for a fresh business or for an
Already existing business



Purpose of a Business Plan


  The entire proposal of the business plan is to confine the reader’s attention in your business to the degree that he or she knows your business well enough to choose whether it is possible or not.
  The business plan should be to the point. The writer must sell his or her ideas to a potential investor.

  Students must be encouraged to use proper English.


  Students should be educated how to use point form effectively.   Point form should not substitute the use of complete sentences particularly if the point is not spelt out noticeably for the reader.