Accounting Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2003
Which of the following is the basis for apportioning rent among departments?
Asales
Bfloor area
Cnumber of employees
Ddirect labour cost
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Question 22
waec 2003
Use the following information to answer the given question.
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Net profit for the year} & N75.000\\ \text{Ordinary share capital of 50 kobo each} & N65,000\\ \text{10% Preference shares of 50 kobo each} & N100,000\end{array}\)
Dividend per ordinary share is
AN1.00
BN0.50
CN0.45
DN0.40
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Question 23
waec 2003
Use the following information to answer the given question.
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Net profit for the year} & N75.000\\ \text{Ordinary share capital of 50 kobo each} & N65,000\\ \text{10% Preference shares of 50 kobo each} & N100,000\end{array}\)
Preference dividend for the year is
AN20,000
BN10,500
CN10,000
DN7,500
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Question 24
waec 2003
Use the following information to answer the given question.
\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{Net profit for the year} & N75.000\\ \text{Ordinary share capital of 50 kobo each} & N65,000\\ \text{10% Preference shares of 50 kobo each} & N100,000\end{array}\)
The amount available as dividend to ordinary shareholders is
AN75,000
BN65,000
CN55,000
DN52,500
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Question 25
waec 2003
Patient and trade marks are classified under
Aintangible assets
Bcurrent assets
Cfixed assets
Dwasting assets
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Question 26
waec 2003
The procedure for utilizing the savings from one sub-head of expenditure to pay for another under the same head is
Aapportionment
Bvirement
Cappropriation
Dallocation
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Question 27
waec 2003
Which of the following is the responsibility of a local government?
Aconstructing market stalls
Braising income tax revenue
Cdeveloping highways and tolling them
Ddeveloping major ports for tax purposes
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Question 28
waec 2003
Which of the following is not an externally visible part of a computer?
Acentra processing unit
Bmicrochip
Cmonitor
Dkeyboard
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Question 29
waec 2003
The document which advertises the sale of shares of a company is a/an
Aprospectus
Bdebenture
Cstatement
Dinvoice
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Question 30
waec 2003
The transformation of pieces of information into a more useful format is
Adata processing
Binformation processing
Ccomputerization
Dsystem analysis
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Question 31
waec 2003
A chain store is known as?
Adepartment store
Bmultiple store
Csupermarket
Dhypermarket
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Question 32
waec 2003

An unfavourable balance of trade for a country means that her?

Aimports exceed exports
Bvisible exports exceed invisible import
Cinvisible exports exceed visible exports
Dimports and exports are equal
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