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Question 11
waec 2024

A credit purchase of D 63 from Kofi has been entered in he accounts as D 16. This is an error of 

Aprinciple.
Boriginal entry.
Ccomplete reversal of entry.
Domission.
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Question 12
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this question.  
                                                                                    GH¢  
Trade creditors 1/1/2022                                            35,000  
Payment to suppliers in 2022                                     30,000  
Discounts received                                                      1,800  
Trade creditors 31/12/2022                                        24,000  

The balance sheet as at 31/12/2022 will show current liability of 

AGH¢ 59,000.
BGH¢ 24,000.
CGH¢ 22,200.
DGH¢ 1,000.
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Question 13
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Use the following information to answer this question.  
                                                                                    GH¢  
Trade creditors 1/1/2022                                            35,000  
Payment to suppliers in 2022                                     30,000  
Discounts received                                                      1,800  
Trade creditors 31/12/2022                                        24,000  

The purchases for 2022 is 

AGH¢ 90,800.
BGH¢ 55,800. 
CGH¢ 39,200.
DGH¢ 20,800. 
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Question 14
waec 2024

A debit balance of D 61,000 on a customer's bank statement means that 

Athe customer's bank balance is D 61,000.
Bthe customer owes the bank D 61,000.
Ca customer's cheque of D 61,000 is yet to be cleared by the bank.
Da direct deposit of D 61,000 was made by a customer. 
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Question 15
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The objective of preparing a departmental account is to 

Aascertain the cost of raw materials of each department.
Bascertain the profit of each department.
Cdetermine the value of unused stock of each department.
Dcalculate the stock turnover ratio of each department.
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Question 16
waec 2024

Use the following information to answer this question.
The margin for a business is 2/5 and the cost of sales is $ 120,000.  

The sales value for the business is 

A$216,000.
B$204,000.  
C$ 200,000.
D$ 192,000.  
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Question 17
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Use the following information to answer this question.

 
The margin for a business is 2/5 and the cost of sales is $ 120,000.  


The mark-up for the business is 

A4/5
B3/5
C2/3
D1/5 
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Question 18
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An account in the real ledger is 

Asales account.
Binsurance account
Cdiscount received account.
Dmachinery
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Question 19
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Which of the following items will not be charged to the manufacturing account? 

AWarehouse rent
BOpening work-in-progress
CDirect expenses
DCarriage on raw materials
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Question 20
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Subscriptions classified in the balance sheet as a current asset is subscriptions 

Ain advance.
Bin arrears.
Creceived or the year.
Dincome for the year.
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Question 21
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An item is classified as a current asset if it is 

A purchased for long-term use.   
Bexpected to be realized within the balance sheet date. 
Cfictitious in nature. 
Dneither cash nor cash equivalent.
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Question 22
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The concept that underlies the comparing of expenditure for a period with the revenue of same period is  

Aaccrual concept. 
Bmoney measurement concept. 
Cmatching concept. 
Ddual aspect concept.
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Question 23
waec 2024

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Bayo issued a credit note to Ayo who returned defective goods. Each party maintains sales ledger control account and purchases ledger control account.  

Bayo will record this transaction on the    

Adebit side of the sales lodger control account.   
Bcredit side of the sales ledger control account.   
Cdebit side of the purchases ledger control account.   
Dcredit side of the purchases ledger control account.  
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Question 24
waec 2024

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Bayo issued a credit note to Ayo who returned defective goods. Each party maintains sales ledger control account and purchases ledger control account.  

Ayo will record this transaction on the

Adebit side of the sales ledger control account.
Bcredit side of the sales ledger control account
Cdebit side of the purchases ledger control account.
Dcredit side of the purchases ledger control account.  
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Question 25
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In an incomplete record, the excess of opening capital ove closing capital is 

Aprovision.
Bloss.
Cprofit.
Dreserve.
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Question 26
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Work-in-progress is an item in 

Aincome and expenditure account.
Breceipts and payments account.
Cappropriation account.
Dmanufacturing account.
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Question 27
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Expense incurred but not yet paid is 

Along-term liability
Bcurrent liability.  
Ccurrent asset.
Dcapital expenditure.
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Question 28
waec 2024

The class of shares which are available only to the promoters of a company are 

Aordinary shares.
Bcumulative preference shares.
Cnon-cumulative preference shares
Ddeferred shares.
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Question 29
waec 2024

An item recorded in the trial balance is 

Aopening stock.
Bclosing stock.
Caccrued expenses.
Ddepreciation charged for the year.
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Question 30
waec 2024

According lo the entity concept, ownership is 

Avested or the board of directors.
Bvested on the management.
Cseparated from the business.
Dnot separated from the business
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