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Question 241
waec 2015

Purchase invoice is first entered in the

APurchases Account
BCash Book
CSales Journal
DPurchases Journal
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Question 242
waec 2015

Which of the following is the equation for determining net profit or loss from the records of a firm?

AClosing Capital - Drawings - Capital Introduced
BOpening Capital + Drawings - Closing Capital
CClosing Capital + Opening Capital - Drawings
DClosing Capital + Drawings - Opening Capital
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Question 243
waec 2015

Which of the following is not a feature of accounting information?

AAffordability
BTimeliness
CAccuracy
DCompleteness
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Question 244
waec 2015

Which of the following describes a trial balance?

AIt is a special account
BIt is a list of balances in the books
CIt reveals the financial position of a business
DIt shows all the entries in the books of a business
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Question 245
waec 2014

The principle of double entry bookkeeping states that

Aevery debtor must have a creditor
Bevery account debited must be immediately credited
Cfor every debit entry, there must be a corresponding credit entry
Dfor every double debit, there must be a double credit
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Question 246
waec 2014

A collection of fields relating to one logically definable unit of business information is known as

Adatabase
Bcharacter
Cbyte
Drecord
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Question 247
waec 2014

Which of the following is not a factory overhead cost? 

Amanufacturing wages
Bfactory rent
Cdepreciation of machinery
Dsalary of factory guard
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Question 248
waec 2014

A manufacturing account is drawn up by

Afirms providing personal services
Bfirms engaged solely in buying and selling of goods
Cfirms which makes and sell articles
Dnon-trading organization
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Question 249
waec 2014

The document prepared by a local/district government to present its annual estimates for a planning period is

Aa balance sheet
Ba budget
Can income and expendiure account
Da cash bppk
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Question 250
waec 2014

Which of the following item is not treated in the profit and loss account?

Aoffice expenses
Bsalaries and allowances
Ccarriage inwards
Ddiscounts allowed
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Question 251
waec 2014

subscription in advance is classified in the balance sheet as

Aan asset
Ba liability
Ca deficit
Da surplus
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Question 252
waec 2014
Use the information to answer the question given.

\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Branch stock account (at selling price)} & D346,000 - debit \\ \text{Branch mark-up account} & D62,000 - credit \end{array}\)

The concept applied in calculating the stock figure to be included in the balance sheet at the year end is
Amatching
Bconsistency
Cprudence
Dentiti
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Question 253
waec 2014
Use the information to answer the question given.

\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Branch stock account (at selling price)} & D346,000 - debit \\ \text{Branch mark-up account} & D62,000 - credit \end{array}\)

Calculate the stock figure to be included in the balance sheet at the year end
AD408,000
BD346,000
CD284,000
DD62,000
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Question 254
waec 2014

Which of the following information is recorded in the returns outwards book?

Agoods purchased on credit and susequently returned to suppliers
Bfixed asset bought on credit and subsequently returned to supplier
Ccash payment received from a customer and subsequently returned to supplier
Dgoods sold to a customer and subsequently returned to the business
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Question 255
waec 2014

The accounting concept which states that expenditure involving insignificant amounts should be regarded as expenses and not assets is

Abusiness entity
Bmateriality
Cdual aspect
Drealization
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Question 256
waec 2014

An example of input devices of a computer is

Aan optical character reader
Ba graph plotter
Ca visual display unit
Da printer
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Question 257
waec 2014
The primary classification of government expenditure is based on
Aprograms
Bfund
Cactivity
Dproject
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Question 258
waec 2014

When the purchase consideration exceeds the value of business, the difference is

Aprofit
Bdiscount
Cgoodwill
Dreserve
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Question 259
waec 2014

The accounting ratio used to measure the average number of days for which suppliers remain unpaid is

Astock turnover
Bcreditor's payment period
Cdebtors collection period
Dreturn on capital employed
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Question 260
waec 2014
Use the following information to answer the question given.

\(\begin{array}{c|c} Capital & Le\\ Aye & 20,000\\ Bee & 30,000\\ Drawings & \\ Aye & 8,000 \\ Bee & 2,000 \\ \text{Profit for the year} & 2,000\\ \{text{Interest on capital-6%} & \\ \text{Interest on drawings - 10%} & \end{array}\)
Profit sharing is in the ratio of capital. Bee's share of profit is
ALe 8,000
BLe 6,000
CLe 4,800
DLe 3,200
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