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

1618

A real account is the account of

  • A. expenses or losses
  • B. gains or income
  • C. physical tangible items
  • D. fictitious items
  • E. current liabilities
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1619

A ledger is a

  • A. book of accounts
  • B. summary of entries
  • C. book of original entry
  • D. double entry posting
  • E. record of credit transactions
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1620

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A company charges out goods to a branch at cost plus 25 percent. It invoiced N12,00 worth of goods

The double entry required for the mark-up is debit Branch

  • A. Sales Account, credit Branch Adjustment Account
  • B. Adjustment Accoutnt, credit Branch Stock Account
  • C. Stock Account, credit Branch Adjustment Account
  • D. Adjustment Account, credit Branch Profit and Loss Account
  • E. Profit and Lost Account, credit Branch Stock Account
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1621

Use the following information to answer this question

A company charges out goods to a branch at cost plus 25 percent. It invoiced N12,00 worth of goods

The mark-up is

  • A. N15,000
  • B. N9,000
  • C. N4,000
  • D. N3,000
  • E. N2,000
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1622

Which of the following is not a source document for recording sales?

  • A. Debit note
  • B. Credit note
  • C. Receipt
  • D. Sales journal
  • E. Invoice
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1623

A financial plan of action expressed in monetary terms is known as

  • A. imprest
  • B. consolidated fund
  • C. warrant
  • D. budget
  • E. development fund
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1624

Where a business is purchased, the full amount of the purchase consideration is credited to

  • A. Purchase of Business Account
  • B. Creditor's Account
  • C. Vendor's Account
  • D. Purchaser's Account
  • E. Debtor's Account
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1625

Which of the following is an advantage of the impurest system?

  • A. making hig profits in the business
  • B. Rewarding the imprest holder
  • C. Easy prearation of the final accounts
  • D. Meeting small items of expenditure
  • E. Enabling the Trial Balance to agree
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1626

In Manufacturing Account, prime cost plus factory overhead is known as

  • A. conversion cost
  • B. cost of raw materials consumed
  • C. total cost
  • D. production cost
  • E. cost of work in progress
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1627

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An asset was bought on 1st January, 1992 for N20,000. Depreciation was provided for annually at 20% on cost. It was sold for N7,000 on 1st July, 1995.

The profit on sale was

  • A. N8.00
  • B. N7,000
  • C. N6,000
  • D. N5,000
  • E. N1,000
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1628

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An asset was bought on 1st January, 1992 for N20,000. Depreciation was provided for annually at 20% on cost. It was sold for N7,000 on 1st July, 1995.

Accumulated depreciation at the time of sale was

  • A. N16,000
  • B. N14,000
  • C. N12,000
  • D. N8,000
  • E. N6,000
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1629

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An asset was bought on 1st January, 1992 for N20,000. Depreciation was provided for annually at 20% on cost. It was sold for N7,000 on 1st July, 1995.

The net book value at the time of sale was

  • A. N16,000
  • B. N14,000
  • C. N12,000
  • D. N8,000
  • E. N6,000
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1630

Which of the following is a normal account?

  • A. Machinery
  • B. Debtors
  • C. Creditors
  • D. Salaries
  • E. Goodwill
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1631

In a partnership goodwill is recognized when

  • A. a new partner is admitted
  • B. a partner is dormant
  • C. the business is making huge profit
  • D. the business has good customer relations
  • E. it is a limited partnership
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1632

An example of appropriation of profit in a company is

  • A. salaries
  • B. rent income
  • C. debenture interest
  • D. director's remuneration
  • E. dividend
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1633

A Receipt and Payments Account reveals

  • A. net profit
  • B. surplus
  • C. cash in hand
  • D. gross profit
  • E. net loss
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1634

Which of the following is not a capital expenditure to a local government?

  • A. beds
  • B. theatre equipment
  • C. incubators
  • D. x-ray machine
  • E. drugs
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1635

A sales day book is used to record

  • A. cash sales of stock
  • B. credit sales of stock
  • C. cash and credit sales of stock
  • D. cash sales of fixed assets
  • E. credit sales of fixed assets
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1636

Subscription in advance is treated in the Balance sheet of non-profit making organizations as

  • A. current asset
  • B. fixed asset
  • C. current liability
  • D. accumulated fund
  • E. goodwill
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1637

To correct an error, the purchases account was debited while Suspense account was credited. Which of the following was the cause of the error?

  • A. undercasting of purchase
  • B. overcasting of purchases
  • C. original entry
  • D. transportation of returns outwards
  • E. omission of creditor's balance
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1638

A suspense account is used to

  • A. agree the trial balance
  • B. recoord sales
  • C. record purchases
  • D. correct errors
  • E. prepare the balance sheet
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