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Question 11
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A business should not lay claim to any profit before it is earned. This is in accordance with the

Agoing concern concept
Bprudence concept
Cdual aspect concept
Dconsistency concept
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Question 12
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The purchase day book is used to record

Apurchases returns
Bcash purchase
Ctotal purchases
Dcredit purchase
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Question 13
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A partnership is formed by

Atwo or more individuals
Bonly one person
Ctwo individuals only
Dtwo or more companies
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Question 14
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Beauty started business with ₦40,000, made a profit of ₦50,000 and ended the year with ₦70,000 capital. What would have accounted for the closing capital?

ADrawings of ₦20,000 was made
BThe opening capital of ₦40,000 was invested
CBeauty was paid a salary of ₦90,000
DCash shortage of ₦30,000 was recorded
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Question 15
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The accounts maintained in the nominal ledger are

Aliabilites and capital
Bassets and liabilites
Cincome and capital
Dexpenses and income
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Question 16
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Profit distributed to ordinary shareholders of a limited liability company is

Adividend
Binterest
Csurplus
Dreserve
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Question 17
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The accounting concept which is the basis upon which assets of a business are valued is the

Adual aspect concept
Bconsistency concept
Caccrual concept
Dhistorical concept
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Question 18
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One of the internal users of accounting information is the

Amanagement
Bgovernment
Ccreditors
Dinvestors
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Question 19
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Suppliers' personal account are found in the

Aprivate ledger
Bnominal ledger
Cpurchases ledger
Dsales ledger
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Question 20
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In the final account of a limited liability company, debenture interest paid is recorded in the

Acapital account
Bprofit and loss account
Ctrading account
Dcurrent account
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Question 21
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Use the following information to answer the question

 

 

 $

 Trade creditors (31/12/2020)

 4,000
 Paid for purchases in 2021: Cheques  110,000
 Carriage inwards  1,000
 Trade creditors (31/12/2021)  6,000


The balance c/d on trade creditors will be recorded in the balance sheet as

Acurrent asset
Bshort-term liability
Clong-term liability
Dfixed asset
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Question 22
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Use the following information to answer the question

 

  $ 

 Trade creditors (31/12/2020)

 4,000
 Paid for purchases in 2021: Cheques  110,000
 Carriage inwards  1,000
 Trade creditors (31/12/2021)  6,000



The total purchase in 2021 is

A$121,000
B$113,000
C$117,000
D$111,000
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Question 23
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Which of the following items is classified as capital expenditure in public sector accounting?

ATraining and conference cost
BConstruction works's cost
CWages and salaries
DFinancial charges
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Question 24
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A reason a business is not able to keep full set of accounting records is that

Athe business does not make profit
Bdouble entry is expensive to maintain
Cthe business is not a trading concern
Ddouble entry shows the true profit
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Question 25
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The source of funds available to a local government/district assembly includes

Acommon fund allocation
Bnone of the above
Cexcise duties
Droad tolls
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Question 26
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Use the following information to answer the question

The following transactions relate to Osei Enterprises for the year ended 31st December 2020.

 

   D
 Purchases  160,000
 Returns outwards  880
 Carriage inwards  740
 Returns inwards  620
 Sales  195,000

 Salaries

 27,600

 Closing stock

 14,100


The net profit is

AD 21, 760
BD 18, 260
CD 21, 020
DD 21, 620
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Question 27
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Use the following information to answer the question

The following transactions relate to Osei Enterprises for the year ended 31st December 2020.

 

   D

 Purchases

 160,000
 Returns outwards  880
 Carriage inwards  740
 Returns inwards  620
 Sales  195,000
 Salaries  27,600
 Closing stock  14,100


The gross profit

AD 39,360
BD 38, 620
CD 36,360
DD 39,220
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Question 28
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Use the following information to answer the question

The following transactions relate to Osei Enterprises for the year ended 31st December 2020.

 

   D 

 Purchases

 160,000
 Returns outwards  880
 Carriage inwards  740
 Returns inwards  620
 Sales   195,000
 Salaries  27,600
 Closing stock  14,100



The cost of goods available for sale is

AD 175,860
BD 175,380
CD 175, 120
DD 175,460
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Question 29
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Use the following information to answer the question
 

   Le

 Capital (01/01/2020)

 1,934,600
 Capital (31/12/2020)  2,530,000

 Expenses

 346,900
 Drawings for 2020  72,500
 Additional capital for 2020  250,000


The net profit for 2020 is

ALe 522,900
BLe 417,900
CLe 595,400
DLe 72,000
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Question 30
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Use the following information to answer the question
 

   Le

 Capital (01/01/2020)

 1,934,600

 Capital (31/12/2020)

 2,530,000

 Expenses 3 45,900
 Drawings for 2020

 72,500

 Additional capital for 2020

 250,000



The gross profit for the year is

ALe 763,800
BLe 595,400
CLe 417,900
DLe 167,900
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