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Question 11
waec 2020

Debtors and credit sales for a period are D 120,00 and D 600,00 respectively. The debtor's payment period would be

A1825 days
B365 days
C73 days
D5 days
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Question 12
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Eze introduces his private car into his business. The aspect of the accounting equation of the business that would be affected are

AAssets and Capital
BCapital and Profit
CLiabilities and Assets
DCapital and Liabilities
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Question 13
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The accounting concept which distinguishes an enterprise from its owners is 

Amoney measurement
Bdual aspect concept
Cgoing concern concept
Dbusiness entity concept
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Question 14
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A trader adds 25% on cost as profit. The profit on sales of $300,000 would be 

A$75,000
B$60,000
C$50,000
D$20,000
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Question 15
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The purpose of preparing a trading account is to ascertain 

Aaverage stock
Bgross profit
Ccost of goods sold
Dcost of goods available for sale
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Question 16
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Recognition of profit when goods are sold and the buyer takes ownership of them is in line with
 

Arealization concept
Bmatching concept
Cbusiness entity concept
Dgoing concern concept
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Question 17
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Use the following information to answer the question below
Ata. Bubu and Chikum were in partnership sharing profits and losses in proportion to their capital contributions:

             Capital     Drawings
Ata       40,000       8,000
Bubu    30,000      5000
Chikum 20,000        -
Net profit for the year was 40,500 and the interest on capital was 5% per annum

Bubu's share of profit is

AN16,000
BN12,000
CN8,000
DN4,000
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Question 18
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Use the following information to answer the question below
Ata. Bubu and Chikum were in partnership sharing profits and losses in proportion to their capital contributions:

             Capital     Drawings
Ata       40,000       8,000
Bubu    30,000      5000
Chikum 20,000        -
Net profit for the year was 40,500 and the interest on capital was 5% per annum.

The balance in Chikum's Current Account is
 

AN14,000
BN9,000
CN8,000
DN4,000
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Question 19
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Use the following information to answer the question below
Ata. Bubu and Chikum were in partnership sharing profits and losses in proportion to their capital contributions:

             Capital     Drawings
Ata       40,000       8,000
Bubu    30,000      5000
Chikum 20,000        -
Net profit for the year was 40,500 and the interest on capital was 5% per annum.

The profit available for sharing by the partners is 
 

AN90,000
BN40,500
CN36,000
DN27,500
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Question 20
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A total of D 9,160 was entered in the sales account as D9,610. To correct this error: debit 

AA. Sales Account D450: credit Sales Day Book D450
BSales Day Book D 450: credit Sales Account D 450
CSales Account D450; credit Suspense Account D 450
DSuspense Account D 450; credit Sales Account D450
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Question 21
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A debit balance of N420 on the purchases ledger control account means that the 

Atrade creditors were overpaid by N420
Btrade creditors are owed N420
Cgoods returned to trade creditors amounted to N420
Dtotal supplies from trade creditors amounted to N420
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Question 22
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The document which serves as the authority to incur expenditure in the public sector is 

Awarrant
Bvote
Cbudget
Dvoucher
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Question 23
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In a situation of incomplete records, profit is determined as 

Aclosing capital drawings opening capital
Bclosing capital- drawings-opening capital
Cclosing capital drawings - opening capital
Dclosing capital drawings + opening capital
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Question 24
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An office equipment bought for use was found to be defective and returned to the supplier. The subsidiary book to record this transaction is 

Areturns outwards journal
Breturns inwards Journal
Cpurchase journal
Dgeneral journal
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Question 25
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Use the following information to answer the question below

Provision for doubtful debts------1,000Cr
Bad debts--------500Dr
Debtors-------50,000Dr
Additional bad debts to be written off-----500
New provision for doubtful debts to stand at 5% of debtors

The provision for doubtful debts to be charged to the Profit and Loss Account is

ALe 2,500
BLe 2,475
CLe 2,450
DLe 1,000
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Question 26
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Use the following information to answer the question below

Provision for doubtful debts------1,000Cr
Bad debts--------500Dr
Debtors-------50,000Dr
Additional bad debts to be written off-----500
New provision for doubtful debts to stand at 5% of debtors

The net figure for debtors in the balance sheet is 

ALe 47,025
BLe 46,550
CLe 45,600
DLe 45,500
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Question 27
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A credit purchase of N200 from Osae was posted to the account of Osei. This is an error of 

Aprinciple.
Bcommission
Comission
Doriginal entry
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Question 28
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The double entry for interest on drawings by a partner is: debit 

APartner's Current Account; credit
Appropriation Account
BProfit and Loss Account: credit Interest Account
CAppropriation Account credit Partner's Current Account
DInterest Account: credit Profit and Loss Account
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Question 29
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When bank charges are discovered in a bank statement, the adjustment is effected in the 

Abank reconciliation statement
Bcash book
Csuspense account
Dbank loan account
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Question 30
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A debit entry in a fixed asset account represents 

Aan increase in the fixed asset account.
Ba decrease in the fixed asset account
Ca profit on disposal of the fixed asset
Da loss on disposal of the fixed asset
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