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Question 21
waec 2015

What is a ledger entry for the sale of plant and machinery on credit to Wilson?

ACredit sales account and debit cash account
BCredit plant and machinery account and debit Wilson's account
CCredit sales account and debit Wilson's Account
DCredit plant and machinery account and debit cash account
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Question 22
waec 2015

Which of the following is not a book of original entry?

ASales journal
BPurchases account
CCash account
DReturn inwards journal
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Question 23
waec 2015

The accounting ledger for goods sold on credit are debit

Adebtors account, credit sales account
Bcreditors account, credit sales account
Csales account, credit debtors account
Dsales account, credit creditors account
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Question 24
waec 2015

Which of the following is not a real account?

APlant account
BSalaries account
CCreditors account
DTrading account
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Question 25
waec 2015

Goods returned to a supplier is

ADebited to returns outward account
BCredited to returns outwards account
CDebited to returns inwards account
DCredited to returns inwards account
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Question 26
waec 2015

Assets acquired is recorded by debiting _______?

AAsset Account, Crediting Cash Account
BCash Account, Crediting Asset Account
CPurchase of Business Account, Crediting Sale of Business Account
DAsset Account, Crediting Purchase of Business Account
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Question 27
waec 2015

Purchase invoice is first entered in the

APurchases Account
BCash Book
CSales Journal
DPurchases Journal
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Question 28
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 29
waec 2015

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

AAffordability
BTimeliness
CAccuracy
DCompleteness
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Question 30
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 31
jamb 2015
The purpose of a trading account is to ascertain
Asales
Bcarriage outwards
Cgross profit or loss
Dnet profit or loss
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Question 32
jamb 2015
The accounting concepts which assumes that business will continue to be in existence into the foresee ablefure is
Aperiodicity
Bbusiness entity
Cdual aspect
Dgoing concern
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Question 33
jamb 2015
Which of the following is not a feature of accounting information?
Atimeliness
Baccuracy
Ccompleteness
Daffordability
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Question 34
jamb 2015
Capital reserves includes the following except
Arevaluation surplus
Bpre-incoporation profit
Cshare premium
Dgeneral reserves
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Question 35
jamb 2015
Income and expenditure account is more detailed than receipts and payments account because it disclosed
Acash
Bcheques
Cdebtors
Dstocks
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Question 36
jamb 2015
Use the information below to answer this question.

Jejelaye Plc stock records for 2009 was given below:

Jan 1 received 100 units at N1.00

Jan 8 received 260 units at N1.05

Jan 20 issued 700units at .........

Feb 3 received 400 units at N1.15

What will be the issued price of 700 units, using simple average method
AN1.183
BN1.025
CN1.00
DN1.05
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Question 37
jamb 2015

Sai Baba made sales of N10,000 having computed his gross profit % to sales to be 20. His opening stock was N250 and ending stock is N200. Calculate his purchases.

AN7950
BN8050
CN7050
DN8950
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Question 38
jamb 2015
What is the ledger entry for sale of generator on credit to Patrick?
Acredit sales account and debit Patrick’s account
Bcredit generator account and debit cash account
Ccredit sales account and debit cash account
Dcredit generator account and debit Patrick’s account
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Question 39
jamb 2015

Use the information below to answer this question.

\(\begin{array}{c|c}
\text{Raw materials jan.} & 5,000 \\
\hline
\text{Raw materials dec.} & 5,800 \\
\hline
\text{Purchase of raw materials} & 45,000 \\
\hline
\text{Salary} & 61,000 \\
\hline
\text{Factory lubricant} & 2,050 \\
\hline
\text{plant depreciation} & 1,300 \\
\hline
\text{Factory insurance} & 1,250 \\
\end{array}\)

The prime cost for the company is

AN169, 200
BN44, 200
CN55, 800
DN230, 200
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Question 40
jamb 2015
Preliminary expenses is an example of
Afictitious assets
Bliquid assets
Cwasting assets
Dtangible assets
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