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

1

A trading account is prepared to disclose the

  • A. net profile or loss for the year
  • B. gross profit or loss for the year
  • C. accumulated fund for the year
  • D. gross profit on manufacturing
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2

a statement showing a trader’s financial position as at a particular date is an

  • A. trading account
  • B. profit and loss account
  • C. balance sheet
  • D. appropriation account
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3

Excess of current assets over current liabilities is

  • A. deferred capital
  • B. nominal capital
  • C. working capial
  • D. authorized capital
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4

Stock account is a type of

  • A. nominal account
  • B. personal account
  • C. real account
  • D. fixed assets account
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5

At the end of trading period, cost of goods sold is debited to the trading account while cost of services is debited to the

  • A. balance sheet
  • B. manufacturing account
  • C. tradding account
  • D. profiy and loss account
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6

Which of the following is not part of prime cost of production?

  • A. depreciation of factory equipment
  • B. direct expenses
  • C. direct wages
  • D. carriage on raw materials
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7

Upon the dissolution of partnership business, the party to be settled first out of the proceeds realized is

  • A. unsecured creditors
  • B. partner's loan and advances
  • C. secured creditors
  • D. partners' capital
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8

The basic assumption which underline the preparation of periodic financial statement is known as accounting

  • A. bases
  • B. techniques
  • C. concepts
  • D. method
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9

Which of the following relates to the essence of partnership? To

  • A. run a charity organization
  • B. pursue a social objective
  • C. form a business for profit
  • D. run a religious objective
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10

In a non-for-profit making organization, the cash book is referred to as

  • A. income and expenditure acount
  • B. receipts and payments account
  • C. two column cashbook
  • D. petty cash bok
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11

When the going concern concept is no longer applicable, the fixed assets are recorded at their

  • A. net book value
  • B. realizable value
  • C. gross value
  • D. revalued amount
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12

The process of detecting, tracing and eliminating errors in a computer program is

  • A. reproduction
  • B. debugging
  • C. sorting
  • D. retrieving
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13

the process of detecting, tracing and eliminating errors in a computer program is

  • A. reproduction
  • B. debugging
  • C. sorting
  • D. retrieving
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14

the process of detecting, tracing and eliminating errors in a computer program is

  • A. reproduction
  • B. debugging
  • C. sorting
  • D. retrieving
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15

A set of instrument or programs which controls the operation of a computer is

  • A. software
  • B. hardware
  • C. monitor
  • D. keyboard
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16

When a business is purchased from a sole trader, the excess of the purchase price over the net assets is

  • A. reserve
  • B. goodwill
  • C. feehold
  • D. valuation price
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17

Which of the following is not an item on the credit side of the purchases ledger control account?

  • A. cash received
  • B. cash payment
  • C. contra settlement
  • D. cheque payment
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18

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Le \\ \hline \\ \text{Fines} & 20,000\\ \text{Market rates} & 120,000\\ \text{Salaries} & 60,000\\ \text{Maintenance of vehicles} & 49,000 \\ \text{Park collections} & 100,000\end{array}\)
The total expenditure for the period is

  • A. Le 319,000
  • B. Le 270,000
  • C. Le 139,000
  • D. Le 109,000
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19

Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Le \\ \hline \\ \text{Fines} & 20,000\\ \text{Market rates} & 120,000\\ \text{Salaries} & 60,000\\ \text{Maintenance of vehicles} & 49,000 \\ \text{Park collections} & 100,000\end{array}\)
The balance at the end of the period is

  • A. Le 270,000
  • B. Le 139, 000
  • C. Le 131,000
  • D. Le 120,000
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20

The public account committee is an organ of

  • A. military regime
  • B. parliament regime
  • C. precidency
  • D. councilors
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21

In departmental accounts, administrative expenses are recorded in the

  • A. trading account
  • B. balance sheets
  • C. profit and loss account
  • D. profit and loss appropriation account
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