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Question 1
waec 2023

A crane hired by a building construction company would be classified as

Aa financial cost
Ban administration cost
Ca direct manufacturing cost
Dan overhead cost
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Question 2
waec 2023

The two column cash book records

Aall receipts in cash only and payments by cheque
Breceipts and payments in cash only
Call receipts and payments both in cash and by cheque
Dreceipts and payments by cheque only
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Question 3
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Which of the following rules is applicable in the absence of a partnership agreement? Interest is payable

Aon drawings at the rate of 5% per annum
Bon any contribution in excess of agreed capital at 5% per annum
Cat 5% per annum on the current account balances
Don agreed capital contributed at 5% per annum
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Question 4
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Taurus Ltd was incorporated with the legal right to issue five million ordinary shares. The company has issued three million of the shares at GH⊄ 0.60 per share. To date, the company has made calls of GH⊄ 0.40 per share. All calls have been paid by shareholders except for GH⊄ 100,000 owing from one shareholder.
The authorized number of shares is

A3,000,000
B8,000,000
C5,000,000
D100,000
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Question 5
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Taurus Ltd was incorporated with the legal right to issue five million ordinary shares. The company has issued three million of the shares at GH⊄ 0.60 per share. To date, the company has made calls of GH⊄ 0.40 per share. All calls have been paid by shareholders except for GH⊄ 100,000 owing from one shareholder.

The paid up share capital is

AGH⊄ 300,000
BGH⊄ 250,000
CGH⊄ 500,000
DGH⊄ 600,000
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Question 6
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Discount allowed is shown in financial statements as

Aan asset
Ban income
Ca liability
Dan expenses
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Question 7
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Sammy acquired plant an machinery costing ₦120,000 with an estimated useful life of 4 years and residual value of ₦2,000. The sum of the year digits method is used.
The value of the asset at the end of the first year is

A₦5,000
B₦8,000
C₦2,000
D₦3,000
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Question 8
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Sammy acquired plant an machinery costing ₦120,000 with an estimated useful life of 4 years and residual value of ₦2,000. The sum of the year digits method is used.

The depreciation to be charged for the third year will be

A₦3,000
B₦4,000
C₦1,000
D₦2,000
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Question 9
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Which of the following items are apportioned on the basis of purchases in preparing departmental accounts?

ALighting and cooling expenses
BCarriage outwards
CCarriage inwards
DSelling and distribution expenses
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Question 10
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If sales is D 12,000 and the gross profit mark -up percentage is 25%. What is the cost of sales?

AD 2,400
BD 9,000
CD 9,600
DD 3,000
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Question 11
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Carriage inwards on raw materials is recorded in the

Abalance sheet
Bprofit and loss account
Ctrading account
Dmanufacturing account
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Question 12
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Which of the following items is found in the profit and loss account of a company?

AProposed dividends
BTransfer to general reserves
CDirector's remuneration
DProceeds from issue of shares
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Question 13
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The error that affects the agreement of a trial balance totals is

Aerror of commission
Bundercasting
Ccompensating error
Derror of principle
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Question 14
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Wages of machine operators in manufacturing account are treated as

Aindirect expenses
Bdirect expenses
Cdirect labour
Dindirect labour
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Question 15
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The concept which underlines double entry bookkeeping is

Amoney measurement concept
Bhistorical cost concept
Caccrual concept
Dduality concept
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Question 16
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The reason for treating carriage inwards in the trading account is because

Ait is an expense on goods sold to customer
Bcarriage outwards is an expense item in the profit and loss account
Cit is an expense on goods purchased
Dit does not appear in the balance sheet
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Question 17
waec 2023

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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

AD 11,600
BD 11,800
CD 13,000
DD 12,400
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Question 18
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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

AD 16,200
BD 17,800
CD 17,000
DD 16,800
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Question 19
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The accumulated fund for a not-for-profit making organization is

Acapital + liabilities
Bassets - liabilites
Cassets + liabilites
Dassets - liabilities + capital
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Question 20
waec 2023

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

Afloat
Bvote
Cvirement
Dbudget
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