Business Education Department
Trinity Term 2021/2022
Office Administration
NAME: ____________________ DATE: ______________ SCORE: ___25________
CW #1: Transport Documents
SECTION 1: Identify the document involved in each of the descriptions (7pts)
a) A document giving permission for a good to be exported or imported through documents. _____________________
b) A means of payment for goods that are being despatched internationally. _________________
c) A document that is issued by a carrier to a shipper, acknowledging goods received for cargo. ____________________
d) A valid contract for the carriage of goods. __________________________
e) An air consignment note acting as a receipt for the goods. ___________________
f) A document setting out what is being carried on a ship or plane._____________________
g) A document setting out where goods first came from. ___________________
SECTION 2: Case Study (18pts)
Charlie’s Auto Clinic is a company in Jamaica which specialise in the manufacture and export of transmissions for all types of vehicles.
Mr. Dogood at Support Ltd placed an order on 4 August for 5000 XD901 Transmissions to be delivered on 28 August to his branch office in St. Vincent via FEDEX.
a) Outline THREE (3) things a clerk in the operations office would have to do in order to process this order. (6pts)
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b) Outline THREE (3) things a clerk in the transport/despatch office would have to do in order to process this order. (6pts)
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c) Identify THREE (3) documents used in the transport/despatch office which are needed for international trade, such as in this case study. (6pts)
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