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

2731

Apart from the common control accounts, a control account can also be opened for?

  • A. sales account
  • B. purchases account
  • C. cash account
  • D. wages account
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2732

Which of the following methods gives a conservative closing stock value during a period of rising prices?

  • A. LIFO
  • B. FIFO
  • C. Simple average
  • D. Periodic simple average
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2733

Use the information below to answer questions

Jan. 1 Received 1,000 units at N10 each
Jan. 2 Received 2,000 units at N12 each
Jan. 3 Issued 1,500 units
Jan. 4 Received 1,000 units at N11 each
Jan. 5 Issued 1,000 units

What is the value of closing stock using simple average?

  • A. N11,500
  • B. N17,000
  • C. N16,500
  • D. N28,500
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2734

Use the information below to answer questions 

Jan. 1 Received 1,000 units at N10 each
Jan. 2 Received 2,000 units at N12 each
Jan. 3 Issued 1,500 units
Jan. 4 Received 1,000 units at N11 each
Jan. 5 Issued 1,000 units

Using FIFO method, what is the value of the closing stock?

  • A. N34,000
  • B. N29,000
  • C. N17,000
  • D. N12,000
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2735

Which of the following items are current assets?

  • A. Stock, bills receivable, cash and debtors
  • B. Stock, bill payable, cash and debtors
  • C. Stock, bad debt, bills receivable and cash
  • D. Stock, work-in-progress, cash and bills payable
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2736

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Total current assets………………N2,000
Total fixed assets………………..N4,000
Current liabilities……………….N1,200
Drawings…………………………N200
Long-term loan……………………N2,000

What is the net working capital?

  • A. N2,600
  • B. N1,800
  • C. N800
  • D. N600
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2737

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Total current assets………………N2,000
Total fixed assets………………..N4,000
Current liabilities……………….N1,200
Drawings…………………………N200
Long-term loan……………………N2,000

Determine the capital of the business?

  • A. N9,400
  • B. N6,000
  • C. N3,400
  • D. N3,000
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2738

Given:

Balance as per cash book……………….N20,000
Unpresented cheques……………………N5, 200
Direct credit to the bank………………N1, 000
Direct debit from the bank……………..N1, 000
Credit in the cash book………………..N500

Calculate the balance as per bank statement at the end of the year?

  • A. N24,700
  • B. N25,200
  • C. N26,200
  • D. N27,700
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2739

Which of the should not be added or subtracted from the bank statement balance to determine the adjust cash balance?

  • A. Error by the bank
  • B. Undercasting of the cash book
  • C. Overcasting of the cash book
  • D. Bank service charges
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2740

The standing order is a payment instruction given by a?

  • A. customer to the bank
  • B. bank to the customer
  • C. bank to an employee
  • D. customer to a fellow customer
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2741

Cash discount is often recorded on?

  • A. the debit side of the cash book
  • B. the credit side of the cash book
  • C. the folio column of the cash book
  • D. both credit and debit side of the cash book
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2742
Use the information below to answer the following questions 
Period 1 N
Cash to petty cashier 1000
Petty cashier pays out 780
Period 2  
Petty cashier pays out 840

 

What is the balance of cash with the petty cashier at the end of period 1?

  • A. 220
  • B. 780
  • C. 980
  • D. 1780
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2743

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Period 1:
……..Cash to petty cashier………….N1000
……..Petty cashier pays out…………N780

Period 2:
……..Petty cashier pays out…………N840

If the float is increased to N1200, how much should the petty cashier receive after period 2?

  • A. 160
  • B. 840
  • C. 1000
  • D. 1040
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2744

Use the information to answer below to answer questions 

i Operating machines
ii Furniture
iii Fixtures and fitting
iv Loan from friends
V Creditors

Find the fixed assets?

  • A. i, ii and v
  • B. i, ii and iv
  • C. i, ii and iii
  • D. iii, iv and v
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2745

Use the information to answer below to answer questions 

i Operating machines
ii Furniture
iii Fixtures and fitting
iv Loan from friends
V Creditors

What are the current liabilities?

  • A. i and ii
  • B. iv and v
  • C. iii and v
  • D. ii and iv
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2746

If Odukoya takes money out of business bank account for his own private use, the effect of the transaction is?

  • A. increase in assets and increase in capital
  • B. increase in liabilities and decrease in capital
  • C. decrease in capital and increase in assets
  • D. decrease in capital and decrease in assets
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2747

Given:

Capital………………………….N2375 000
Debtors………………………….N495 000
Motor vehicle…………………….N870 000
Creditors………………………..N245 000
Prepayment……………………….N500 000
Bills receivable………………….N505 000
Furniture………………………..N150 000

What is the total debit for the trial balance?

  • A. N4 690 000
  • B. N2 620 000
  • C. N2 520 000
  • D. N1 565 000
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2748

Musa, a prepaid customer of XYZ and KLM, bought N1500 recharge card from XYZ, and N2000 recharge recharge card from KLM, for business calls. The entry to record these transaction is debit?

  • A. telephone N3,500 credit XYZ and KLM, N3,500
  • B. telephone N3,500, credit cash N3,500
  • C. sundries N3,500, credit KLM N3,500
  • D. sundries N3,500, credit telephone N3,500
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2749

The process of bookkeeping includes records produced from?

  • A. ledgers
  • B. source documents
  • C. minutes of meeting
  • D. intuitive reasoning
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2750

The accounting convention which states that the performance of a business should be determined by matching all expenses against revenues is?

  • A. accruals
  • B. materiality
  • C. objectivity
  • D. periodicity
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2751

Which of the following branches of accounting was first developed?

  • A. Cost accounting
  • B. Financial acounting
  • C. Management accounting
  • D. Petroleum accounting
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