NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
JANUARY 2013 EXAMINATION

SECTION  A.   ASSETS  EVALUATION

1. According  to the System of National Accounts (SNA), assets are valued at market prices. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Market Price Approach?
2. Write short notes on any THREE of the following assets evaluation

           approaches:

                 a.  Net Price Method.

                 b.  El Serafy Method.

                 c.  Appropriation Method.

                 d.  Appraised Value Method.

                 e.  The Contigent Valuation Method.

3.    State the meaning, purpose, principles and merits of Cost Benefit Analysis.

SECTION B.  LANDFORMS AND PROCESSES

 4    Write short notes showing your understanding of any THREE of the

      following geomorphic processes:

               a.  Fluvial process.

               b.  Glacial process.

               c.  Aeolin process.

               d.  Volcanic process.

               e.  Biogeomorphologic process.

5.   Discuss the scope, basic principles of the techniques and application of

      geomorphometry

6.    Explain the applications of  a. OR b. and any  ONE other of the

       following  quantitative geomorphic methods.

             a.    Seismic Techniques.

                        OR

             b.    Electrical and Electronic Methods.

             c.     Solid Mechanics.

             d.     Fluid dynamics.

             e.     Land use Evolution Modelling.