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Question 561
jamb 2005
Mr Bassey purchased a motor vehicle for use in his business and debited the purchases account with the same value. This is an error of?
Aomission
Bprinciple
Ccommission
Doriginal entry
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Question 562
jamb 2005
What are the appropriate recording procedures for entries in the trial balance?
Asource documents, ledgers and trial balance
BLedgers, trial balance and source documents
CLedgers, source documents and trial balance
DCash account, ledgers and trial balance
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Question 563
jamb 2005
Given:

Rent..............N10,000
Rates.............N5,000
Capital...........N50,000
Salaries..........N14,000
Cash..............N26,000
Creditors..........N5,000

The total trial balance is?
AN110,000
BN65,000
CN55,000
DN45,000
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Question 564
jamb 2005
Given:

Liabilities..............N23,700
Current assets...........N20,300
Fixed assets.............N64,500

What is the capital introduced by the proprietor?
AN40,800
BN61,100
CN88,200
DN108 500
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Question 565
jamb 2005
The journal entries for the purchase of stock on credit are to debit?
Astock account and credit cash account
Bstock account and credit liability account
Courchase account and credit liability account
Dsuspense account and credit cash account
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Question 566
jamb 2005
The concept that has much influence over asset valuation and income determination is?
Aentity
Brealization
Cconversactism
Dmatching
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Question 567
jamb 2005
The double principle of accounting was developed by?
AFrank Wood
BLuca Pacioli
CAkintola Williams
DWilliam Pickles
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Question 568
jamb 2004
Based on the FIFO method of valuation the total cost of the raw materials issued is
AN150
BN160
CN240
DN250
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Question 569
jamb 2004
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF RAW MATERIALS ISSUED ON MAY 17TH BASED ON THE LIFO METHOD?
AN60
BN61
CN62
DN64
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Question 570
jamb 2004
The owner wishes to maintain an amount equal to \( \frac{1}{3} \)
of capital as drawings.

The cash book closing balance will be
AN900
BN2,400
CN4,200
DN4,600
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Question 571
jamb 2004
The owner wishes to maintain an amount equal to \( \frac{1}{3} \)
of capital as drawings.

The amount withdrawn is
AN2,100
BN2,200
CN4,400
DN6,400
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Question 572
jamb 2004
The depreciation to be charged to department T is ?
AN30P00
BN400
C500
DN600
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Question 573
jamb 2004
What is the net profit made by department S?
AN3,600
BN,3000
CN2,400
DN2,000
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Question 574
jamb 2004
The value of the owner's equity is
AN400,000
BN900,000
CN957,000
DN1,357,000
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Question 575
jamb 2004
What is the value of the authorized share capital?
AN500,000
BN600,000
CN750,000
DN1, 200,000
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Question 576
jamb 2004
The statement of assets and liabilities in the public sector can be described as the?
Aincome and expenditure accountof government
Bappropriation account of government
Cbalance sheet of government
Dfunds flow statement of government
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Question 577
jamb 2004
The budget statement presented to the legislature by the Chief Executive is called?
Aan appropriation act
Ba budget bill
Can appropriation bill
Da budget proposal
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Question 578
jamb 2004
According to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, all revenues generated by the Federal Government must be paid into the?
AConsolidated Revenue Fund
BFederation Account
CRevenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission's Account
DEqualization Fund
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Question 579
jamb 2004
Share premium is an example of?
Arevenue reserve
Bcapital reserve
Cgeneral reserve
Dloan capital
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Question 580
jamb 2004
The expenses incurred in promoting a company are?
Apromoters' expenses
Bfloating expenses
Cpreliminary expenses
Dthe borad's expenses
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