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

22

The entries for cash drawn from the bank by a proprietor for the private use is: debit

  • A. Bank Account; credit Cash Account
  • B. Cash Account; credit Bank Account
  • C. Cash Account; credit Drawings Account
  • D. Drawings Account; credit Bank Account
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
23

An item that would be considered a first charge against profit in a company’s account is

  • A. ordinary dividend
  • B. preference dividend
  • C. capital reserve
  • D. general reserve
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
24

Use the following information to answer questions below

  Le
Raw materials:  
Stock (01/01/2017) 822000
Stock (31/12/2017) 560000
Purchases 125000
Returns of raw materials 15000

 


The cost of raw materials consumed is

  • A. Le 402,000
  • B. Le 947,000
  • C. Le 932,000
  • D. Le 372,000
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
25

Use the following information to answer questions below

  Le
Raw materials:  
Stock (01/01/2017) 822000
Stock (31/12/2017) 560000
Purchases 125000
Returns of raw materials 15000

 


The cost of raw materials available for production is

  • A. Le 372,000
  • B. Le 932,000
  • C. Le 947,000
  • D. Le 402,000
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
26

The principal book of account where accounts are classified and summarized is

  • A. balance sheet
  • B. ledger
  • C. trial balance
  • D. journal
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
27

Books of accounts are opened by the use of

  • A. balance sheet
  • B. general ledger
  • C. general journal
  • D. trial balance
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
28

The authority to incur expenditure to address natural disaster is contained in

  • A. contingency warrant
  • B. supplementary general warrant
  • C. reserved expenditure warrant
  • D. virement warrant
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
29

In the balance sheet of not-for-profit making organizations, subscription in arrears is shown under

  • A. long-term liabilites
  • B. current assets
  • C. current liabilities
  • D. fixed assets
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
30

The maximum amount a company can raise through the issue of shares is

  • A. paid-up capital
  • B. authorized capital
  • C. reserve capital
  • D. loan capital
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
31

Use the following information to answer questions below

Teteh and Kukuma are in partnership with capital balances of #300,000 and #200,000 respectively. They agreed to share profit on the basis of their capital. The profit for the year is #150,000 and the interest on capital is 5%.
 


Teteh’s share of interest on capital is

  • A. #15,000
  • B. #25,000
  • C. #10,000
  • D. #75,000
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
32

Use the following information to answer questions below

Teteh and Kukuma are in partnership with capital balances of #300,000 and #200,000 respectively. They agreed to share profit on the basis of their capital. The profit for the year is #150,000 and the interest on capital is 5%.
 


Kukuma’s current account balance is

  • A. #50,000
  • B. #70,000
  • C. #90,000
  • D. #60,000
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
33

Use the following information to answer questions below

Teteh and Kukuma are in partnership with capital balances of #300,000 and #200,000 respectively. They agreed to share profit on the basis of their capital. The profit for the year is #150,000 and the interest on capital is 5%.
 


Teteh’s share of profit is

  • A. #60,000
  • B. #90,000
  • C. #75,000
  • D. #50,000
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
34

The document prepared by the buyer and sent to the seller listing the items to be supplied is

  • A. purchase order
  • B. credit note
  • C. proforma invoice
  • D. sales order
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
35

Drawings made by a partner would be

  • A. credited to current account
  • B. credited to appropriation account
  • C. debited to appropriation account
  • D. debited to current account
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
36

Adiza gave an instruction to her banker to pay a premium of Le 30,000 from her account to Union Rock Insurance on a quarterly basis for a policy. This instruction is an example of

  • A. bank charges
  • B. direct debit
  • C. standing order
  • D. credit transfer
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
37

Manufacturing account is prepared to ascertain

  • A. profit on goods produced
  • B. cost of goods produced
  • C. cost of goods sold
  • D. profit on goods sold
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
38

The accounting concept which states that expenditure involving insignificant amounts should be regarded as expenses and not assets is

  • A. dual aspect concept
  • B. realization concept
  • C. materiality concept
  • D. business entity concept
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
39

Provision for doubtful debts is made in conformity with

  • A. business entity concept
  • B. money measurement concept
  • C. prudence concept
  • D. materiality concept
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
40

Use the following information to answer questions below

  $
Cash book balance (credit) 750
Uncredited cheques 500
Unpresented cheques 1680
Direct credit 300
Bank charges 150
 

 


Balance as per bank statement is

  • A. $ 580 Cr.
  • B. $ 430 Dr.
  • C. $ 430 Cr.
  • D. $ 1,480 Cr.
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
41

Use the following information to answer questions below

  $
Cash book balance (credit) 750
Uncredited cheques 500
Unpresented cheques 1680
Direct credit 300
Bank charges 150
 

 


The adjusted cash book balance is

  • A. $ 600 Cr
  • B. $ 300 Cr
  • C. $ 900 Cr
  • D. $ 1,200 Cr
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022
42

The sales ledger contains accounts of

  • A. cash sales
  • B. trade debtors
  • C. credit sales
  • D. trade creditors
View Answer & Discuss WAEC 2022