Accounting Past Questions

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Question 91
waec 2021

The accounting principle of double entry states that

Adebit the giver and credit the receiver
Bassets must be equal to capital plus liabilities
Cevery debit entry must have a corresponding credit entry
Ddebit entries increase liabilities while credit entries increase assets
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Question 92
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Recurrent expenditure of a local government include

Aerection of market stalls
Brepayment of loans
Cpurchase of office equipment
Dpurchase of office stationery
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Question 93
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Accounts of fixed assets are kept in the

Apurchases ledger
Bprivate ledger
Csales ledger
Dgeneral ledger
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Question 94
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The type of stock recorded in the trading account of a manufacturing business is

Araw material
Bwork-in progress
Cconsumables
Dfinished goods
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Question 95
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Company as a legal entity means that it

Amust always have a company lawyer
Bcan sue and be sued
Cmust settle disputes among shareholders in court
Dshould prepare accounts approved by a lawyer
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Question 96
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The mark-up is

A88%
B80%
C44.44%
D26.67%
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Question 97
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The stock turnover period is

A88 days
B73 days
C58 days
D41 days
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Question 98
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Sales account was undercast by GH¢ 1,000. When this is corrected, both the gross profit and the net profit would

Aincrease by GH¢2,000
Bincrease by GH¢l,000
Cdecrease by GH¢l,000
Ddecrease by GH¢2,000
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Question 99
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Accounting evolved out of the need of businesses for

Aprofit making
Brecord keeping
Cincreasing sales
Dobtaining finance
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Question 100
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Net profit of a sole proprietor is transferred to the

Aprofit and loss account
Bprofit and loss appropriation account.
Ccapital account
Ddrawings account
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Question 101
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Goods returned to the supplier is recorded in the accounts as: debit

ASales Returns Account; credit Suppliers' Account
BPurchases Returns Account; credit Supplier's Account
CSupplier's Account; credit Purchases Returns Account
DSupplier's Account; credit Purchases Account
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Question 102
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Reducing balance method charges depreciating as fixed percentage of the

Anet book value of asset
Bcost of asset
Cmarket value of asset
Daccumulated depreciation on asset
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Question 103
waec 2021

Use the following information below to answer this question.

Attama and Wawa were in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 4:3. Attama was entitled to a salary of D13,000 per annum. A net profit of D34,000 was made for the year.

Attama's share of profit is

AD21,000
BD19,428
CD12,000
DD9,000
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Question 104
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Attama and Wawa were in partnership sharing profits and losses in the ratio 4:3. Attama was entitled to a salary of D13,000 per annum. A net profit of D34,000 was made for the year.

The residual profit of the business for the year is

AD47,000
BD34,000
CD22,000
DD21,000
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Question 105
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The difference between the market value of goods produced and the cost of production is

Anet profit on goods sold
Bgross profit on manufacturing
Cclosing stock of work-in-progress
Dprime cost of manufacturing
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Question 106
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Where partners maintain a fluctuating capital account, partners' share of profit is credited to

Acapital account
Bprofit and loss appropriate account
Ccurrent account
Dprofit and loss account
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Question 107
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A limitation of the money measurement concept is that

Ait results in inaccurate financial statements
Bfinancial statement is not easily understood
Cimportant non-monetary activities are not reported
Dthe reports are not comparable to that of other businesses
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Question 108
waec 2021

In the preparation of financial statements, full disclosure of minor events are ignored in line with

Aaccrual concept
Bmoney measurement concept
Cbusiness entity concept
Dmateriality concept
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Question 109
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The original record containing the details of a transaction which serves as a basis for posting is

Ageneral ledger
Bsource document
Csubsidiary book
Dtrial balance
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Question 110
waec 2020

A method of charging depreciation at a fixed percentage of the net book value is 

Astraight line method
Breducing balance method
Csum of the years' digits method
Drevaluation method
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