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Question 41
jamb 1997
The process of allocating the cost of an intangible assets over its useful life is known as
Adepreciation
Bextraction
Cdepletion
Damortization
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Question 42
jamb 1997
The records of wages due but not yet paid is an example of an adjustment for
Aapportionment of revenue between two periods
Brecognizing accrued expenses
Crecognizing unaccounted revenue
Drecognizing prepaid expenses
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Question 43
jamb 1997
Given: capital N13,000; office machinery, N9,000; creditors N900, stock of goods N1,550; debtors, N275; cash at bank, N5,075 and loan from Jumbo, N2,000. What is the balance sheet total?
AN19,500
BN18,500
CN17,900
DN15,900
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Question 44
jamb 1997
Given:
Net profit-----------------------N25,000
Cost of sale---------------------N25,000
Sales----------------------------N85,000
Determine the total expenses.
AN45,000
BN35,000
CN25,000
DN15,000
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Question 45
jamb 1997
At the end of a financial period, the trading profit and loss account of a company showed a profit of N120,000. It was however discovered that revenue of N12,000 was recorded as expenses while expenses of N4,000 had been recorded as revenue. What should be the correct profit for the period?
AN104,000
BN128,000
CN136,000
DN144,000
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Question 46
jamb 1997
The receipt of cash from a customer who bought goods with N800 list price, 25% trade discount and 2/10, n/30 terms would, if paid within the discount period, amount to
AN576
BN588
CN600
DN624
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Question 47
jamb 1997
On the 30/5/93 Tolu & Co. paid 2 years rent of N50,000 which was debited to the rent account.
The adjustment needed as at 31st December 1993 is?
Adebit rent account and credited adjustment account
Bdebit prepayment account and credit rent account
Cdebit rent account and credit prepayment account
Ddebit adjustment account and credit prepayment account
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Question 48
jamb 1997
On the 30/5/93 Tolu & Co. paid 2 years rent of N50,000 which was debited to the rent account.
At 31/12/93, what portion of that amount was prepaid?
AN14,583
BN25,000
CN35,417
DN37,415
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Question 49
jamb 1997

An examination of the cash book on 3rd August 1993 showed a different balance from the bank statement of 31st July, 1993 which read N722. Uncredited cheques were Bimpe N40; Wale N60 while unpresented cheques were; Usman N20, Kalu N32 and Musa N70. What is the cash book balance after the reconciliation?

AN700
BN770
CN800
DN822
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Question 50
jamb 1997
When the sum of money appears on the credit side of the cash book, but not on the debit side of the bank statement, the sum is regarded as
Auncredited cheques
Bdishonoured cheques
Cdirect remittance to the bank
Dunpresented cheques
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Question 51
jamb 1997
Which of the following demonstrates the imprest system?
AFloat → expenses paid → cash in bank → float
BFloat → cash from bank → expenses paid → float
CFloat → expenses paid→ cash from bank → float
DFloat → cash in bank → expenses paid → float
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Question 52
jamb 1997
Erroneous rearrangement of financial figures such as writing N624 as N 264 is called
Atransposition
Bprinciple
Ccommission
Domission
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Question 53
jamb 1997
The term 'posting' in Accounting refers to
Arecording entries in the journal
Btransferring the balance in the ledger to the trial balance
Ctracing amounts from the journal to the ledger to find errors
Dtransferring entries to the ledger from the journal
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Question 54
jamb 1997
Books of original entry are used for
Arecording business transactions
Bthe adjustment of accounts
Creminding the book keeping to post transactions in the ledger
Dinforming the bookkeeper about the state of affairs
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Question 55
jamb 1997
The effect of the payment of liability is that it
Aincrease both assets and liabilities
Bincrease assets and decrease liabilities
Cdecrease assets and increase liabilities
Ddecrease both assets and liabilities
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Question 56
jamb 1997
The document that is used to acknowledge the acceptance of the return of goods by the seller from the buyer is known as
Acredit note
Bdebit note
Cinvoice
Dvoucher
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Question 57
jamb 1997
The instrument that are generated when firms enter into business transactions with others are called
Apurchase document
Bjournals
Csource documents
Dinvoices
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Question 58
jamb 1997
Creditors use Accounting information for the purpose of
Aplanning sales to a company
Bcontrolling a company's affairs
Cinvesting in a company
Dassessing a company's liquidity
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Question 59
jamb 1997
In preparing accounting records, the owner of a business and the business are treated as
Athe same person
Bhaving business relationship
Cseparate legal entities
Dpartners
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Question 60
jamb 1997
The most important reason for studying accounting is that
Athe information provided by accounting is useful in making decision
BAccounting plays an important role in the society
Cthe study of Accounting leads to challeging career
DAccounting provides gross profit information
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