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

22

Wages of machine operators in manufacturing account are treated as

  • A. indirect expenses
  • B. direct expenses
  • C. direct labour
  • D. indirect labour
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23

The concept which underlines double entry bookkeeping is

  • A. money measurement concept
  • B. historical cost concept
  • C. accrual concept
  • D. duality concept
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24

The reason for treating carriage inwards in the trading account is because

  • A. it is an expense on goods sold to customer
  • B. carriage outwards is an expense item in the profit and loss account
  • C. it is an expense on goods purchased
  • D. it does not appear in the balance sheet
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25

Use the following information to answer the questions

The transactions of All Girls’ Social Club for the year 2021 are as follows:

Bar sales D 30,000; Bar purchases D 17,000 and Rent D 1,200
 

 31st December  2020  2021
   D   D
 Stock at bar  1400  1600
 Owing for bar supplies  6500  7300

The net profit on the bar to be transferred to the income an expenditure account for the year ended 31st December 2021 is

  • A. D 11,600
  • B. D 11,800
  • C. D 13,000
  • D. D 12,400
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26

Use the following information to answer the questions

The transactions of All Girls’ Social Club for the year 2021 are as follows:

Bar sales D 30,000; Bar purchases D 17,000 and Rent D 1,200
 

 31st December  2020  2021
   D  D
 Stock at bar  1400  1600
 Owing for bar supplies  6500 7300

The value of purchases for the year is

  • A. D 16,200
  • B. D 17,800
  • C. D 17,000
  • D. D 16,800
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27

The accumulated fund for a not-for-profit making organization is

  • A. capital + liabilities
  • B. assets - liabilites
  • C. assets + liabilites
  • D. assets - liabilities + capital
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28

The allocation of funds from treasury to accounting heads in public sector is

  • A. float
  • B. vote
  • C. virement
  • D. budget
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29

A business should not lay claim to any profit before it is earned. This is in accordance with the

  • A. going concern concept
  • B. prudence concept
  • C. dual aspect concept
  • D. consistency concept
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30

The purchase day book is used to record

  • A. purchases returns
  • B. cash purchase
  • C. total purchases
  • D. credit purchase
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31

A partnership is formed by

  • A. two or more individuals
  • B. only one person
  • C. two individuals only
  • D. two or more companies
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32

Beauty started business with ₦40,000, made a profit of ₦50,000 and ended the year with ₦70,000 capital. What would have accounted for the closing capital?

  • A. Drawings of ₦20,000 was made
  • B. The opening capital of ₦40,000 was invested
  • C. Beauty was paid a salary of ₦90,000
  • D. Cash shortage of ₦30,000 was recorded
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33

The accounts maintained in the nominal ledger are

  • A. liabilites and capital
  • B. assets and liabilites
  • C. income and capital
  • D. expenses and income
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34

Profit distributed to ordinary shareholders of a limited liability company is

  • A. dividend
  • B. interest
  • C. surplus
  • D. reserve
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35

The accounting concept which is the basis upon which assets of a business are valued is the

  • A. dual aspect concept
  • B. consistency concept
  • C. accrual concept
  • D. historical concept
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36

One of the internal users of accounting information is the

  • A. management
  • B. government
  • C. creditors
  • D. investors
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37

Suppliers’ personal account are found in the

  • A. private ledger
  • B. nominal ledger
  • C. purchases ledger
  • D. sales ledger
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38

In the final account of a limited liability company, debenture interest paid is recorded in the

  • A. capital account
  • B. profit and loss account
  • C. trading account
  • D. current account
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39

Use the following information to answer the question

 

 

 $

 Trade creditors (31/12/2020)

 4,000
 Paid for purchases in 2021: Cheques  110,000
 Carriage inwards  1,000
 Trade creditors (31/12/2021)  6,000

The balance c/d on trade creditors will be recorded in the balance sheet as

  • A. current asset
  • B. short-term liability
  • C. long-term liability
  • D. fixed asset
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40

Use the following information to answer the question

 

 

 Trade creditors (31/12/2020)

 4,000
 Paid for purchases in 2021: Cheques  110,000
 Carriage inwards  1,000
 Trade creditors (31/12/2021)  6,000

The total purchase in 2021 is

  • A. $121,000
  • B. $113,000
  • C. $117,000
  • D. $111,000
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41

Which of the following items is classified as capital expenditure in public sector accounting?

  • A. Training and conference cost
  • B. Construction works's cost
  • C. Wages and salaries
  • D. Financial charges
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42

A reason a business is not able to keep full set of accounting records is that

  • A. the business does not make profit
  • B. double entry is expensive to maintain
  • C. the business is not a trading concern
  • D. double entry shows the true profit
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