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Question 1
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A trading account is prepared to disclose the

Anet profile or loss for the year
Bgross profit or loss for the year
Caccumulated fund for the year
Dgross profit on manufacturing
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Question 2
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a statement showing a trader's financial position as at a particular date is an

Atrading account
Bprofit and loss account
Cbalance sheet
Dappropriation account
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Question 3
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Excess of current assets over current liabilities is

Adeferred capital
Bnominal capital
Cworking capial
Dauthorized capital
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Question 4
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Stock account is a type of

Anominal account
Bpersonal account
Creal account
Dfixed assets account
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Question 5
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At the end of trading period, cost of goods sold is debited to the trading account while cost of services is debited to the
Abalance sheet
Bmanufacturing account
Ctradding account
Dprofiy and loss account
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Question 6
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Which of the following is not part of prime cost of production?

Adepreciation of factory equipment
Bdirect expenses
Cdirect wages
Dcarriage on raw materials
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Question 7
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Upon the dissolution of partnership business, the party to be settled first out of the proceeds realized is

Aunsecured creditors
Bpartner's loan and advances
Csecured creditors
Dpartners' capital
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Question 8
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The basic assumption which underline the preparation of periodic financial statement is known as accounting

Abases
Btechniques
Cconcepts
Dmethod
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Question 9
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Which of the following relates to the essence of partnership? To

Arun a charity organization
Bpursue a social objective
Cform a business for profit
Drun a religious objective
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Question 10
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In a non-for-profit making organization, the cash book is referred to as

Aincome and expenditure acount
Breceipts and payments account
Ctwo column cashbook
Dpetty cash bok
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Question 11
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When the going concern concept is no longer applicable, the fixed assets are recorded at their

Anet book value
Brealizable value
Cgross value
Drevalued amount
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Question 12
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The process of detecting, tracing and eliminating errors in a computer program is

Areproduction
Bdebugging
Csorting
Dretrieving
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Question 13
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the process of detecting, tracing and eliminating errors in a computer program is

Areproduction
Bdebugging
Csorting
Dretrieving
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Question 14
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the process of detecting, tracing and eliminating errors in a computer program is
Areproduction
Bdebugging
Csorting
Dretrieving
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Question 15
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A set of instrument or programs which controls the operation of a computer is

Asoftware
Bhardware
Cmonitor
Dkeyboard
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Question 16
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When a business is purchased from a sole trader, the excess of the purchase price over the net assets is

Areserve
Bgoodwill
Cfeehold
Dvaluation price
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Question 17
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Which of the following is not an item on the credit side of the purchases ledger control account?

Acash received
Bcash payment
Ccontra settlement
Dcheque payment
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Question 18
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Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Le \\ \hline \\ \text{Fines} & 20,000\\ \text{Market rates} & 120,000\\ \text{Salaries} & 60,000\\ \text{Maintenance of vehicles} & 49,000 \\ \text{Park collections} & 100,000\end{array}\)
The total expenditure for the period is
ALe 319,000
BLe 270,000
CLe 139,000
DLe 109,000
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Question 19
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Use the following information to answer the given question
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & Le \\ \hline \\ \text{Fines} & 20,000\\ \text{Market rates} & 120,000\\ \text{Salaries} & 60,000\\ \text{Maintenance of vehicles} & 49,000 \\ \text{Park collections} & 100,000\end{array}\)
The balance at the end of the period is
ALe 270,000
BLe 139, 000
CLe 131,000
DLe 120,000
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Question 20
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The public account committee is an organ of

Amilitary regime
Bparliament regime
Cprecidency
Dcouncilors
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