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

22

Which of the following is not used in solving problems of incomplete records?

  • A. control accounts
  • B. statement of affairs
  • C. cash book
  • D. balance sheet
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23

“A business unit is assumed to operate into foreseeable future and earn reasonable net income”. This statement is emphasized by the concept of

  • A. business entity
  • B. going concern
  • C. realization
  • D. accrual
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24

Revenue is recognized in the profit and loss account as soon as a

  • A. debtor pays what is due from him
  • B. sale of goods takes place and money is received
  • C. sale of goods takes place whether or not money is received
  • D. sales of a fixed asset takes place
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25

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Le \\ \hline \text{Cash in hand} & 15,000\\ \text{Balances as at 1st January, 2005:} & \\ \text{Subscriptions in arrears} & 6,000\\ \text{Subscription in advance} & 2,500\\ \text{Subscriptions received} & 18,000\\ \text{Expense for the year} & 6,500\\ \text{Balances as at 31st December, 2005:} & \\ \text{Subscriptions in arrears} & 3,000 \\ \text{Subscriptions in advance} & 1,500\end{array}\)
The excess of income over expenditure for the year was

  • A. Le 16,500
  • B. Le 11,500
  • C. Le 9,500
  • D. Le 6,500
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26

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Le \\ \hline \text{Cash in hand} & 15,000\\ \text{Balances as at 1st January, 2005:} & \\ \text{Subscriptions in arrears} & 6,000\\ \text{Subscription in advance} & 2,500\\ \text{Subscriptions received} & 18,000\\ \text{Expense for the year} & 6,500\\ \text{Balances as at 31st December, 2005:} & \\ \text{Subscriptions in arrears} & 3,000 \\ \text{Subscriptions in advance} & 1,500\end{array}\)
Subscriptions credited to the Income and Expenditure Account was

  • A. Le 23,000
  • B. Le 18,000
  • C. Le 16,000
  • D. Le 13,000
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27

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Le \\ \hline \text{Cash in hand} & 15,000\\ \text{Balances as at 1st January, 2005:} & \\ \text{Subscriptions in arrears} & 6,000\\ \text{Subscription in advance} & 2,500\\ \text{Subscriptions received} & 18,000\\ \text{Expense for the year} & 6,500\\ \text{Balances as at 31st December, 2005:} & \\ \text{Subscriptions in arrears} & 3,000 \\ \text{Subscriptions in advance} & 1,500\end{array}\)
Accumulated fund at the beginning of the year was

  • A. Le 23,500
  • B. Le 18,500
  • C. Le 11,500
  • D. Le 13,000
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28

Which of the following is not a debit item in a partnership appropriation account?

  • A. intereston drawings
  • B. partner's salary
  • C. interest on partner's capital
  • D. share of profit
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29

A customers who returns goods to the supplier because they are detective is issued a

  • A. debit note
  • B. credit note
  • C. delivery note
  • D. bank note
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30

The unit which keeps government’s books of accounts is the

  • A. central Bank
  • B. Internal Audit department
  • C. Treasury Department
  • D. Accountand General's Department
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31

Bank reconciliation statement reconciles

  • A. bank and cash balances in cash book
  • B. bank balance in the cash book and bank statement balance
  • C. cash balance in the cash book and bank statement balance
  • D. bank balance brought down balance brought down and bank balance carried dowm in the cash book
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32

Whatever is fed into the computer is exactly what would be processed and produced as output. This is the concept of

  • A. sorting out
  • B. last in, first out
  • C. first in,first out
  • D. garbage in, garbage out
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33

Use the following information to answer the given question.
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ebrima & Jaiteh\\ & D & D \\ \hline Capital & 2,000 & 10,000\\ Drawings & 2,400 & 10,000\\ Salary & – & 900\\ \text{Profit sharing ratio} & \frac{3}{5} & \frac{2}{5}\end{array}\)
Profit for the year before 5% interest on capital was D18,000. Jaiteh’s share of profit was

  • A. D10,440
  • B. D9,900
  • C. D7,560
  • D. D6,600
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34

Use the following information to answer the given question.
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Ebrima & Jaiteh\\ & D & D \\ \hline Capital & 2,000 & 10,000\\ Drawings & 2,400 & 10,000\\ Salary & – & 900\\ \text{Profit sharing ratio} & \frac{3}{5} & \frac{2}{5}\end{array}\)
Profit for the year before 5% interest on capital was D18,000. Ebima’s share was

  • A. D10,440
  • B. D9,900
  • C. D7,560
  • D. D6,600
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35

Which of the following is not a source of revenue to a government?

  • A. taxation
  • B. sales of goods
  • C. imposition of fines
  • D. grants
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36

In company accounts, profit after tax is shared in the

  • A. appropriation account
  • B. revaluation account
  • C. current account
  • D. realization account
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37

Cross referencing among different books of accounts is achieved with the use of

  • A. columns
  • B. reference numbers
  • C. folio
  • D. margin
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38

A customers who returns goods to the supplier because they are detective is issued a

  • A. debit note
  • B. credit note
  • C. delivery note
  • D. bank note
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39

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦\\ \hline \text{ordinary shares of ₦1 each} & 500,000\\ \text{8% preference shares of ₦1 each} & 200,000\\ \text{Interim dividends paid} & \\ \text{- ordinary shares} & 40,000\\ \text{-preference shares} & 12,000\\ \text{profit for the year} & 100,000\end{array}\)
The dividend per ordinary shares for the year is

  • A. ₦0.88 kobo
  • B. ₦0.40 kobo
  • C. ₦0.20 kobo
  • D. ₦0.17 kobo
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40

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦\\ \hline \text{ordinary shares of ₦1 each} & 500,000\\ \text{8% preference shares of ₦1 each} & 200,000\\ \text{Interim dividends paid} & \\ \text{- ordinary shares} & 40,000\\ \text{-preference shares} & 12,000\\ \text{profit for the year} & 100,000\end{array}\)
The dividend per ordinary shares for the year is

  • A. ₦0.88 kobo
  • B. ₦0.40 kobo
  • C. ₦0.20 kobo
  • D. ₦0.17 kobo
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41

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦ \\ \hline \text{ordinary shares of ₦1 each} & 500,000\\ \text{8% preference shares of ₦1 each} & 200,000\\ \text{Interim dividends paid} & \\ \text{- ordinary shares} & 40,000\\ \text{-preference shares} & 12,000\\ \text{profit for the year} & 100,000\end{array}\)
If no profit is to be retained, proposed preference shares dividend is

  • A. ₦28,000
  • B. ₦16,000
  • C. ₦12,000
  • D. ₦4,000
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42

Which of the following is not a revenue account?

  • A. sales
  • B. purchases
  • C. discount received
  • D. interest received
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