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Question 531
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 532
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 533
jamb 2015
Preliminary expenses is an example of
Afictitious assets
Bliquid assets
Cwasting assets
Dtangible assets
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Question 534
jamb 2015
The process of cost apportionment is carried out so that
Aindirect costs may be controlled
Bcost units could gather overhead as they pass through cost centres
Cvariable costs may be controlled
Dcommon costs are shared among cost centres
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Question 535
jamb 2015
To realize an asset means to
Amortgage it
Bopen its account in the ledger
Cturn it to cash
Dgive it out as a collateral
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Question 536
jamb 2015
The ware and tear of a fixed assets of a company which is chargeable to company’s financial statement is called ------------------------------
Aappreciation
Bamortization
Cprovisions
Ddepreciation
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Question 537
jamb 2015

The imprest of a petty cashier is N2450
Expenses on Printing 420
Cleaning 250
Stamp and postage 175

How much was received to maintain the imprest at the end of the month?

AN1, 605
BN875
CN2, 450
DN1, 300
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Question 538
jamb 2015
Use the information below to answer this question.

A limited liability company has an authorized shares capital of 50 million split into 100 millions shares. 80million shares are offered for subscriptions at 60k per share in full on application. These have been fully subscribed on issue

What is the nominal value of each share
AN2
BN0.80
CN0.60
DN0.50
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Question 539
jamb 2015
Use the following information to answer this question.

Provision for bad debt 1500

Additional information

1. Bad debt written off amount to 3000
2. Debtors balance as at the end of the year is 28,000
3. Provision for bad debts stand at 10%

How much is to be charged to profit and loss account as provision for bad debt?
AN2, 800
BN1, 000
CN2, 500
DN3, 000
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Question 540
jamb 2015

If rent account is debited instead of rate account, the error committed is that of;

Aomission
Bcommission
Cprinciple
Doriginal entry
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Question 541
jamb 2015

The loss made by a non profit making organization is called

Adeficit
Bsurplus
Cdiscount
Dshortage
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Question 542
jamb 2015
The document setting out the regulations regarding shares, meetings and internal organization of a company is known as
Aprospectus
Bmemorandum of association
Ccompany law
Darticles of association
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Question 543
jamb 2015
An advantage of using accounting ratios is that
Acan be easily calculated
Bshow errors and frauds
Cfacilitate decision making
Dare stipulated by law
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Question 544
jamb 2015
Use the information below to answer this question.

\(\begin{array}{c|c}
\hline & \text{Dept A} & \text{Dept B} \\
\hline
\text{Sales} & 180,000 & 150,000 \\
\hline
\text{Cost of sales} & 79,000 & 85,000 \\
\hline
\text{Expense} & 28,000 & 40, 000 \\
\end{array}\)

How much is the gross profit for department A?
AN101,000
BN73,000
CN79,000
DN152,000
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Question 545
jamb 2015

Accounting information is used by investors and creditors of a company to predict

Apotential merger candidates for the company
Bappropriate remunerations for the company’s staff
Cfuture cash flows of the company
Dfuture tax payments of the company
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Question 546
jamb 2015
If sales return is understated, it implies that ------------------------------ is overstated
Areturn inward
Bsales figure
Ccost of sales
Dreturn outward
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Question 547
jamb 2015
Use the following information to answer this question.

Club building 400,000

Subscription prepaid 3,000

Sport kits 150,000

Bar creditors 85,000

Subscription owing 32,000

What is the club’s total liabilities
AN11, 700
BN26, 700
CN88, 000
DN85, 000
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Question 548
jamb 2015
If a trail balance is in agreement, one of the statement is untrue
Athe accounting system is error free
Bequal debit entries and credit entries were recorded for each transaction
Cthe debit and credit from the journal were posted to the accounts
Daccount balances were correctly computed
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Question 549
jamb 2015
Which of the following cannot be realized?
Acreditors
Bdebtors
Cmotor vehicles
Dgoodwill
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Question 550
jamb 2015
Specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices adopted by an enterprise in preparing and presenting financial statements are known as ---------------------
Afinancial accounting
Baccounting policies
Ccost accounting
Daccounting conventions
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