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

1

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦\\ \hline \text{Opening debtors} & 40,000\\ \text{Opening creditors} & 30,000 \\ \text{Credit sales} & 100,000\\ \text{Credit purchases} & 80,000 \\ \text{Bad debts}& 5,500\\ \text{Set-offs} & 65,500\end{array}\)
Closing creditors figure is

  • A. ₦115,500
  • B. ₦110,000
  • C. ₦95,500
  • D. ₦44,500
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2

Use the following to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & ₦\\ \hline \text{Opening debtors} & 40,000\\ \text{Opening creditors} & 30,000 \\ \text{Credit sales} & 100,000\\ \text{Credit purchases} & 80,000 \\ \text{Bad debts}& 5,500\\ \text{Set-offs} & 65,500\end{array}\)
Closing debtors figure is

  • A. ₦140,000
  • B. ₦134,500
  • C. ₦80,000
  • D. ₦69,000
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3

Which of the following is not an instrument for controlling public expenditure?

  • A. constitution
  • B. financial regulation
  • C. budget
  • D. memorandum
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4

Which of the following is a norminal account?

  • A. bank account
  • B. cash account
  • C. sales account
  • D. stock account
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5

Trade creditors personal accounts are found in the

  • A. purchases ledger
  • B. sales ledger
  • C. general ledger
  • D. sales day book
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6

Which of the following is a storage device?

  • A. diskette
  • B. key board
  • C. printer
  • D. monitor
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7

The practice of identifying with one constant approach where a number of approach exist for solving an accounting problem is the convention of

  • A. conservatism
  • B. consistency
  • C. prudence
  • D. materiality
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8

Repairs to air conditioners was debited to office equipment account. This is an error of

  • A. principle
  • B. commission
  • C. original entry
  • D. compensation
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9

Carriage inwards is posted to

  • A. trading account
  • B. profit and loss account
  • C. appropriate account
  • D. balance sheet
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10

The entries to record goods bought for cash are: debit

  • A. cash account; credit purchases account
  • B. purchases account ; credit cash account
  • C. purchases account; credit stock account
  • D. purchases account; credit goods account
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11

Henik Plc has departments A and B and has made the following information available concerning its operations;
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{Departmental A} & \text{Departmental B} \\ \hline \text{Turn over} & ₦100,00 & ₦80,000\\ \text{Commission} & ₦3,600 & & \\ \text{Rent} & ₦6,000 & & \\ \text{Flor space}& & 200m^2 & 100m^2 \end{array}\)
Rent apportioned to Department B is

  • A. ₦4,000
  • B. ₦3,600
  • C. ₦2,000
  • D. ₦1,600
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12

Henik Plc has departments A and B and has made the following information available concerning its operations;
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{Departmental A} & \text{Departmental B} \\ \hline \text{Turn over} & ₦100,00 & ₦80,000\\ \text{Commission} & ₦3,600 & & \\ \text{Rent} & ₦6,000 & & \\ \text{Flor space} & & 200m^2 & 100m^2 \end{array}\)
How much commission was apportioned to Department a?

  • A. ₦9,600
  • B. ₦3,600
  • C. ₦2,000
  • D. ₦1,600
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13

Which of the following is an advantage of the imprest system?

  • A. rewarding the imprest holder
  • B. reducing the burden of petty cashier
  • C. rreimbursting the petty cashier regularly
  • D. reducing the posting for small expenses into the main ledger
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14

A merchant paid ₦180,000 on rent for 18 months bu charged ₦120,000 to profit and loss account for the year. The concept applied is

  • A. business entity
  • B. going concern
  • C. accrual
  • D. materiality
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15

An approach for discovering missing figures in incomplete records is the use of

  • A. cash book
  • B. control accounts
  • C. trading accounts
  • D. balance sheets
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16

When provision is made for doubtful doubt, the accounting entries are

  • A. debit profit and loss account; credit provision for doubtful debt account
  • B. debit debtors account; credit trading account
  • C. debit profit and loss accoun; credit sales accoun
  • D. debit trading account; credit debtors account
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17

In bank reconciliation, when a cash book shows a credit balance, uncredited cheques are i. deducted from the cash book balance. ii. added to the bank statement balance. iii. added to the cash book balance

  • A. i and ii only
  • B. i,ii and iii
  • C. ii and iii only
  • D. iii only
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18

Use the following information,
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & D\\ \hline \text{Construction of classrooms} & 500,000\\ \text{Sinking of boreholes} & 100,000\\ \text{Staff salaries} & 150,000\\ \text{Electricity} & 14,000 \\ \text{Transport and travels} & 7000\\ \text{office expenses} & 9,000 \end{array}\)
Capital expenditure is

  • A. D780,000
  • B. D750,000
  • C. D600,000
  • D. D500,000
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19

Use the following information,
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & D\\ \hline \text{Construction of classrooms} & 500,000\\ \text{Sinking of boreholes} & 100,000\\ \text{Staff salaries} & 150,000\\ \text{Electricity} & 14,000 \\ \text{Transport and travels} & 7000\\ \text{office expenses} & 9,000 \end{array}\)
Recurrent expenditure is

  • A. D180,000
  • B. D164,000
  • C. D150,000
  • D. D30,000
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20

Which of the following is not a subsidiary book?

  • A. sales journal
  • B. cash book
  • C. purchases ledger
  • D. general journal
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21

Which of the following s not part of cost of production?

  • A. direct material cost
  • B. direct wages
  • C. factory overheads
  • D. administrative overheads
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