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Question 41
jamb 2013

What type of stock valuation would a vegetable seller adopt in valuing it's product?

ALIFO
BFIFO
CSimple average
DWeighted average
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Question 42
jamb 2013

Given:

Opening capital - #1,500
Capital introduced - # 500
Profit for the year - # 800
Cash drawings - # 250

Calculate the closing capital

A#2,550
B#2,500
C#2,350
D#2,250
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Question 43
jamb 2013

Sales - #232,000
Opening stock - # 28,000
Purchases - #128,000
Carriage inwards - # 4,000
Carriage outwards - # 6,000
Closing stock - # 10,000
Discount received - # 18,000
Expenses - # 20,000

Calculate the expenses debited to the profit and loss account

A#17,000
B#23,000
C#26,000
D#30,000
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Question 44
jamb 2013

Sales - #232,000
Opening stock - # 28,000
Purchases - #128,000
Carriage inwards - # 4,000
Carriage outwards - # 6,000
Closing stock - # 10,000
Discount received - # 18,000
Expenses - # 20,000

Calculate the gross profit

A#100,000
B#86,000
C#82,000
D#76,000
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Question 45
jamb 2013

The purchase of mattresses from Freehold enterprises by cheque amounted to #305,150. The correct entries for this transaction in the book of the buyer is to debit

 

Asales account and credit bank account
Bpurchases and credit bank account
Ccash and credit freehold
Dbank and credit freehold
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Question 46
jamb 2013

A machine bought for #35,000 was estimated to have a life span of 5 years with a scrap value of #9,000.

If the scrap value is presently #15,000 what will be the yearly depreciation using straight line method?

A#4,000
B#7,000
C#11,000
D#24,000
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Question 47
jamb 2013

i The amount of the imprest is the same from one organization to another
ii.At the end of a fixed period, the petty cashier received a fixed sum of money.
iii At the end of a period, the petty cashier is reimbursed with the amount spent in that period.
iv The system is a method by which a measure of control is kept on petty cash expenses.

Which of the above is correct about the imprest system?

Ai, ii and iii
Bi, iii and iv
Ci, ii and iv
Diii and iv
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Question 48
jamb 2013

Alaka who owed Saka #15,000, settled his debt after deducting cash discount of 10percent. To record the discount in the book of Saka, debit

 

Adiscount recieved account and credit Alaka's account
BAlaka's account and credit discount recieved account
CSaka's account and credit discount recieved account
Ddiscount allowed account and credit Alaka's account
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Question 49
jamb 2013

The corresponding entry of personal accounts found in the debit side of the cash is to

Acredit real accounts
Bdebit real accounts
Ccredit the ledger
Ddebit the ledger
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Question 50
jamb 2013

Which of the following items is a capital expenditure?

AMaintenance of office machine
BPurchase of office stationery
CCarriage inwards
DPurchase of office machinery
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Question 51
jamb 2013
The major source document which enables an employer to calculate the employee wages is the
Anominal roll of employees
Brecord of number of hours worked
Ceffort of the employee
Drecord of number of dependants per employee
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Question 52
jamb 2013

The total credit sales for a period can be extracted from the

Acash book
Bsales day book
Cpetty cash book
Dreturns inwards
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Question 53
jamb 2013

July 1 - Started business with #10,500
July 31- Paid Agro machine x #6,000 owing them

The double entry for July 31 would be

Adebit Agromachinex and credit cash
Bdebit equipment and credit Agromachinex
Ccredit capital and debit cash
Dcredit cash and debit purchases
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Question 54
jamb 2013

July 1 - Started business with #10,500
July 31- Paid Agromachinex #6,000 owing
them

The double entry for July 1 would be

Adebit capital and credit cash
Bcredit cash and debit bank
Cdebit cash and credit capital
Ddebit purchases and credit cash
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Question 55
jamb 2013

When the debit side total of an account, it means that the account has

Abeen overdrawn
Bbeen understand
Cdebit balance
Dcredit balance
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Question 56
jamb 2013

Accounting information seeks to provide

Apermanent records for all transactions
Banalysis of accounts to trade debtors
Caudited reports on the accounts of a company
Ddata about the employees of a company
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