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Adamu, Babaji and Chukwu are in partnership and they share profit and losses on ratio 3:2:1. Their respective capitals are N20 000, N15 000 and N5 000 on which on which they are entitle to interest at 5% per annum. The profit for the year before charging interest on capital amounted to N5 500.

Calculate the profit for Adamu?

  • A. N583
  • B. N1 000
  • C. N1 167
  • D. N1 750
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Emeka Manufacturing Company (Extract) Manufacturing Account.
Direct material…………………N5 000
Direct labour…………………..N4 500
Direct expenses…………………N3 000
Factory overhead………………..N2 500
Selling distribution…………….N1 500

Calculating the production cost?

  • A. N16 500
  • B. N15 000
  • C. N14 000
  • D. N12 500
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The understatement of closing value of work-in-process would have the effect of?

  • A. understating cost of goods manufactured
  • B. overstating prime cost of manufactured
  • C. overstating cost of goods manufactured
  • D. undersating prime cost of goods manufactured
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Which of the following stock valuation methods is suitable under inflationary conditions?

  • A. FIFO
  • B. LIFO
  • C. Simple average
  • D. Weighted average
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Given:
Capital at the beginning……………N20 000
Drawings………………………….N3 000
Capital…………………………..N30 000
New capital introduced……………..N8 000

What is the profit for the period?

  • A. N4 000
  • B. N5 000
  • C. N6 000
  • D. N8 000
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The total of the creditors at the beginning of the year was N4,600 and at the end of the year N5,250. During the year, N26,500 was paid to suppliers and N130 was received in discounts from these suppliers. The purchases for the year would be

  • A. N26,630
  • B. N27,038
  • C. N27,150
  • D. N27,280
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which of the following conditions best represents the net effect of discount allowed on credit sales on the accounts of the business?

  • A. decrease in the closing balance of sales ledger control accout
  • B. increase in net profit
  • C. increase in the value of sales
  • D. decrease in the value of purchases in the trading account
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29

In the absence of a sales day book or sales account the credit for sales can be computed from

  • A. creditors control account
  • B. debtors control account
  • C. opening figures of the balance sheet
  • D. closing figures of the balance sheet
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The principle use of control accounts is to

  • A. localize error within the ledger
  • B. prevent fraud
  • C. increase sales
  • D. record assets and liabilities
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The process of allocating the cost of an intangible assets over its useful life is known as

  • A. depreciation
  • B. extraction
  • C. depletion
  • D. amortization
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The records of wages due but not yet paid is an example of an adjustment for

  • A. apportionment of revenue between two periods
  • B. recognizing accrued expenses
  • C. recognizing unaccounted revenue
  • D. recognizing prepaid expenses
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Given: capital N13,000; office machinery, N9,000; creditors N900, stock of goods N1,550; debtors, N275; cash at bank, N5,075 and loan from Jumbo, N2,000. What is the balance sheet total?

  • A. N19,500
  • B. N18,500
  • C. N17,900
  • D. N15,900
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34

Given:
Net profit———————–N25,000
Cost of sale———————N25,000
Sales—————————-N85,000
Determine the total expenses.

  • A. N45,000
  • B. N35,000
  • C. N25,000
  • D. N15,000
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At the end of a financial period, the trading profit and loss account of a company showed a profit of N120,000. It was however discovered that revenue of N12,000 was recorded as expenses while expenses of N4,000 had been recorded as revenue. What should be the correct profit for the period?

  • A. N104,000
  • B. N128,000
  • C. N136,000
  • D. N144,000
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36

The receipt of cash from a customer who bought goods with N800 list price, 25% trade discount and 2/10, n/30 terms would, if paid within the discount period, amount to

  • A. N576
  • B. N588
  • C. N600
  • D. N624
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37

On the 30/5/93 Tolu & Co. paid 2 years rent of N50,000 which was debited to the rent account.
The adjustment needed as at 31st December 1993 is?

  • A. debit rent account and credited adjustment account
  • B. debit prepayment account and credit rent account
  • C. debit rent account and credit prepayment account
  • D. debit adjustment account and credit prepayment account
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On the 30/5/93 Tolu & Co. paid 2 years rent of N50,000 which was debited to the rent account.
At 31/12/93, what portion of that amount was prepaid?

  • A. N14,583
  • B. N25,000
  • C. N35,417
  • D. N37,415
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An examination of the cash book on 3rd August 1993 showed a different balance from the bank statement of 31st July, 1993 which read N722. Uncredited cheques were Bimpe N40; Wale N60 while unpresented cheques were; Usman N20, Kalu N32 and Musa N70. What is the cash book balance after the reconciliation?

  • A. N700
  • B. N770
  • C. N800
  • D. N822
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When the sum of money appears on the credit side of the cash book, but not on the debit side of the bank statement, the sum is regarded as

  • A. uncredited cheques
  • B. dishonoured cheques
  • C. direct remittance to the bank
  • D. unpresented cheques
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Which of the following demonstrates the imprest system?

  • A. Float โ†’ expenses paid โ†’ cash in bank โ†’ float
  • B. Float โ†’ cash from bank โ†’ expenses paid โ†’ float
  • C. Float โ†’ expenses paidโ†’ cash from bank โ†’ float
  • D. Float โ†’ cash in bank โ†’ expenses paid โ†’ float
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Erroneous rearrangement of financial figures such as writing N624 as N 264 is called

  • A. transposition
  • B. principle
  • C. commission
  • D. omission
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