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

2542

Given:

Drawings – #3,500
Net loss – #2,500
Capital 1/1/2007 – #35,000
Additional capital – #10,000

The adjusted capital as at 31/1/2007 is

  • A. #35,000
  • B. #39,000
  • C. #45,000
  • D. #46,000
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2543

The estimated profit or loss for a period is calculated by

  • A. closing capital less opening capital add drawings
  • B. opening capital less closing capital add drawings
  • C. opening capital less drawings add closing capital
  • D. opening capital add closing add drawings
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2544

Given:

Opening capital – #50,000
Closing capital – #64,000
Drawings – #16,000

Determine the net profit

  • A. #2,000
  • B. #14,000
  • C. #20,000
  • D. #30,000
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2545

     1/1/2010                     31/12/2010
Creditors – #9,000            #9,800
Rent owing – #3,800        #2,500
Rates prepaid – #2,000   #3,500
Motor van – #8,000         #8,000
Premises – #10,000        #10,500

Calculate the closing capital

  • A. #8,700
  • B. #9,500
  • C. #9,700
  • D. #10,700
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2546

1/1/2010 31/12/2010
Creditors – #9,000 #9,800
Rent owing – #3,800 #2,500
Rates prepaid – #2,000 #3,500
Motor van – #8,000 #8,000
Premises – #10,000 #10,500

Find the opening capital

  • A. #5,700
  • B. #7,700
  • C. #9,800
  • D. #14,900
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2547

The total cash and cheques received from customers in a control account is derived from the

  • A. purchases day book
  • B. cash book
  • C. income and expenditure account
  • D. sales journal
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2548

What type of stock valuation would a vegetable seller adopt in valuing it’s product?

  • A. LIFO
  • B. FIFO
  • C. Simple average
  • D. Weighted average
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2549

Given:

Opening capital – #1,500
Capital introduced – # 500
Profit for the year – # 800
Cash drawings – # 250

Calculate the closing capital

  • A. #2,550
  • B. #2,500
  • C. #2,350
  • D. #2,250
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2550

Sales – #232,000
Opening stock – # 28,000
Purchases – #128,000
Carriage inwards – # 4,000
Carriage outwards – # 6,000
Closing stock – # 10,000
Discount received – # 18,000
Expenses – # 20,000

Calculate the expenses debited to the profit and loss account

  • A. #17,000
  • B. #23,000
  • C. #26,000
  • D. #30,000
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2551

Sales – #232,000
Opening stock – # 28,000
Purchases – #128,000
Carriage inwards – # 4,000
Carriage outwards – # 6,000
Closing stock – # 10,000
Discount received – # 18,000
Expenses – # 20,000

Calculate the gross profit

  • A. #100,000
  • B. #86,000
  • C. #82,000
  • D. #76,000
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2552

The purchase of mattresses from Freehold enterprises by cheque amounted to #305,150. The correct entries for this transaction in the book of the buyer is to debit

 

  • A. sales account and credit bank account
  • B. purchases and credit bank account
  • C. cash and credit freehold
  • D. bank and credit freehold
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2553

A machine bought for #35,000 was estimated to have a life span of 5 years with a scrap value of #9,000.

If the scrap value is presently #15,000 what will be the yearly depreciation using straight line method?

  • A. #4,000
  • B. #7,000
  • C. #11,000
  • D. #24,000
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2554

i The amount of the imprest is the same from one organization to another
ii.At the end of a fixed period, the petty cashier received a fixed sum of money.
iii At the end of a period, the petty cashier is reimbursed with the amount spent in that period.
iv The system is a method by which a measure of control is kept on petty cash expenses.

Which of the above is correct about the imprest system?

  • A. i, ii and iii
  • B. i, iii and iv
  • C. i, ii and iv
  • D. iii and iv
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2555

Alaka who owed Saka #15,000, settled his debt after deducting cash discount of 10percent. To record the discount in the book of Saka, debit

 

  • A. discount recieved account and credit Alaka's account
  • B. Alaka's account and credit discount recieved account
  • C. Saka's account and credit discount recieved account
  • D. discount allowed account and credit Alaka's account
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2556

The corresponding entry of personal accounts found in the debit side of the cash is to

  • A. credit real accounts
  • B. debit real accounts
  • C. credit the ledger
  • D. debit the ledger
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2557

Which of the following items is a capital expenditure?

  • A. Maintenance of office machine
  • B. Purchase of office stationery
  • C. Carriage inwards
  • D. Purchase of office machinery
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2558

The major source document which enables an employer to calculate the employee wages is the

  • A. nominal roll of employees
  • B. record of number of hours worked
  • C. effort of the employee
  • D. record of number of dependants per employee
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2559

The total credit sales for a period can be extracted from the

  • A. cash book
  • B. sales day book
  • C. petty cash book
  • D. returns inwards
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2560

July 1 – Started business with #10,500
July 31- Paid Agro machine x #6,000 owing them

The double entry for July 31 would be

  • A. debit Agromachinex and credit cash
  • B. debit equipment and credit Agromachinex
  • C. credit capital and debit cash
  • D. credit cash and debit purchases
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2561

July 1 – Started business with #10,500
July 31- Paid Agromachinex #6,000 owing
them

The double entry for July 1 would be

  • A. debit capital and credit cash
  • B. credit cash and debit bank
  • C. debit cash and credit capital
  • D. debit purchases and credit cash
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2562

When the debit side total of an account, it means that the account has

  • A. been overdrawn
  • B. been understand
  • C. debit balance
  • D. credit balance
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