Accounting Past Questions

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Question 11
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Subsidiary books of account are used to record transactions

Amade in the same period
Bof a similar nature
Cinvolving minor amounts
Dwithout source documents
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Question 12
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All cash transactions of a not-for-profit making organization are recorded in

Athree-column cash book
Bincome and expenditure account
Csubscriptions account
Dreceipts and payments account
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Question 13
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Other operating expenses for the period is

AGH¢27,300
BGH¢25,700
CGH¢24,700
DGH¢23,900
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Question 14
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Sales for the period is

AGH¢234,400
BGH¢210,500
CGH¢133,600
DGH¢76,900
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Question 15
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A business includes 50% mark-up on all its products. This would mean margin of 

A66 2/3%
B66 1/3%
C33 2/3%
D33 1/3%
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Question 16
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The major source of revenue for central/federal government is

Atenement rate
Bexcise duty
Cmarket toll
Dparking roll
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Question 17
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The value of goods sent to a branch is debited to the 

Agoods sent to branch account
Bbranch debtors account
Cbranch adjustment account
Dbranch stock account
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Question 18
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The final stage of accounting process is

Ainterpretation
Brecording
Creporting
Dsummarizing
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Question 19
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Commercial activities undertaken by a social club to raise funds include

Adonation
Bbar
Cgrant
Dsubscription
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Question 20
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The petty cash account has an imprest of GH¢36,000 and a debit balance of GH¢10,000 at the end of the month.The reimbursement required would be

AGH¢46,000
BGH¢36,000
CGH¢26,000
DGH¢10,000
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Question 21
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Lima paid off debt of D2,500 owed to Dongo by cash. The entries in lima's book are: debit

Acash D2,500; credit Dongo D2,500
BDongo D2,500; credit cash D2,500
CBad debt D2,500; credit Dongo D2,500
DDongo D2,500; credit bad debt D2,500
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Question 22
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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 23
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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 24
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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 25
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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 26
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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 27
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The mark-up is

A88%
B80%
C44.44%
D26.67%
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Question 28
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The stock turnover period is

A88 days
B73 days
C58 days
D41 days
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Question 29
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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 30
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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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