Accounts - Principles of Accounts JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

1975

The balance on the sales ledger control Account at the end if the accounting year represents total

  • A. trade debtors at the end of the year
  • B. cash sales for the year
  • C. credit sales for the year
  • D. amount transferred from the sales day book
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1976

Net debtors is

  • A. debtors less provision for bad debts
  • B. debtors plus provision for bad debts
  • C. debtors less prepayments
  • D. debtors plus prepaments
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1977

Which of the following is correct about cost of goods sold?

  • A. opening stock + purchases - closing stock
  • B. opening stock + sales + closing stock
  • C. openig stock - purchases - closing stock
  • D. opening stock + sales + closing stock
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1978

The amount set aside out of profit for a specific purpose is

  • A. provision
  • B. reserve
  • C. depreciation
  • D. depletion
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1979

Which of the following terms describes the provision made for the loss in the value of an asset that has a legal life span?

  • A. capitalization
  • B. depreciation
  • C. depletion
  • D. amortization
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1980

Use the following information to answer the question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Unpresented cheques} & N85,305 \\ \text{Balance as per bank statement} & N206,865 \\ \text{Balance as per cash book} & N144,495\end{array}\)
Uncredited cheques amount to

  • A. N229,800
  • B. N121,560
  • C. N85,305
  • D. N22,935
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1981

Use the following information to answer the question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{prepared} & \text{1/01/2003} & N600.00\\ \text{Rent paid} & \text{31/12/2003} & N3,000.00\\ \text{Rent prepaid} & \text{31/12/2003} & N400.00\end{array}\)
Rent for 2013 amounted to

  • A. N4,000
  • B. N3,200
  • C. N3,000
  • D. N2,800
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1982

The total of the purchases day book is posted to the purchases account in the

  • A. general ledger
  • B. purchases journal
  • C. private ledger
  • D. purchases ledger
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1983

Which of the following items is not shown in the Trial Balance

  • A. closng stock value
  • B. opening stock balance
  • C. opening dentors balance
  • D. closing asset value
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1984

Pending the location of an error, the difference disclosed in a trial balance is temporarily treated in

  • A. suspense Account
  • B. trading account
  • C. control account
  • D. profit and loss account
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1985

Which of the following is not a source document?

  • A. credit note
  • B. invoice
  • C. debit note
  • D. bank note
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1986

Rent receivable account is an example of

  • A. nnorminal account
  • B. real account
  • C. personal account
  • D. private account
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1987

Which of the following is both a subsidiary book and a ledger?

  • A. sales journal
  • B. purchases journal
  • C. returns inward book
  • D. cash book
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1988

Which of the following is used to record the purchase of fixed asset on credit?

  • A. sales journal
  • B. journal proper
  • C. purchases journal
  • D. cash book
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1989

The principle entry book-keeping states that every

  • A. every debit entry must have a corresponding credit entry
  • B. debtor must have a creditor
  • C. double debit must must have a double credit entry
  • D. account debited should also be credited
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1990

The sales day Book is used to record

  • A. cash and credit sales
  • B. credit sales
  • C. cash sales
  • D. sales to middleman
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1991

Where there is a loss on disposal of a fixed asset, it means

  • A. depreciation has been underestimated
  • B. depreciation has been overestimated
  • C. scrap value has not been estimated
  • D. depreciation method used is inappropriate
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1992

Where a proprietor withdraws stock for personal consumption, the accounting entries to record the transaction are

  • A. debit drawings account, credit purchases account
  • B. debit purchases account, credit sales account
  • C. debit sales avvount, credit drawings account
  • D. debit drawings account, credit sales account
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1993

Resources consumed but to be paid for within the next accounting period are classified in the balance sheet as

  • A. current liabilities
  • B. current assets
  • C. long-term liabilities
  • D. capital
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1994

The part of the C.P.U used for the processing of data is

  • A. Monoru unit
  • B. arithmetic and logic unit
  • C. output unit
  • D. input unit
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1995

Using the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} Post & Grade & \text{Number in post} & Rate \\ \hline \text{Chief Accountant} & 15 & 1 & N371,748\\ \text{Asst, Cheif Accountant} & 14 & 2 & N301,452\\ \text{Principal Accountant} & 12 & 4 & N243,732\\ \text{Accountant} & 7 & 6 & N113,632\\ \text{Clerk} & 3 & 10 & N54,166\end{array}\)
Additional information:
(a) All employees are on the first step of their

(b) Allowances

\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Grade Level} & \text{Transport Allowance} & \text{Housing Allowance} & \text{Responsibility Allowance} \\ \hline \text{12 and above} & \text{N24,000 per annum} & \text {N120,000 per annum} & \text{N30,000 per annum} \\ \text{1 to 7} & \text{N13,200 per annum} & \text{N48,000 per annum} & – \end{array}\)
The responsibility allowance of grade leaves 14 and 15 was

  • A. N21,000
  • B. N90,000
  • C. N60,000
  • D. N30,000
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