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Question 71
jamb 2024

Rent accrued at the end of an accounting period is a

Acurrent asset
Bfixed asset
Ccurrent liability
Dcapital
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Question 72
jamb 2024

The term "set off" in control account is also called

Abrought forward
Bcontra entry
Cdirect transfer
Dbad debt
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Question 73
jamb 2024

Pending the location of an error, the difference in the Trial Balance is posted to a __

Acontrol
Bprofit and loss appropriation
Cprofit and loss
Dsuspense
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Question 74
jamb 2024

The following are causes of discrepancies between the cash book and the bank statement balances except

Aerrors
Bbank charges
Cstanding order
Dbank deposit
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Question 75
jamb 2024

In government accounting, money allocated to each head and sub-heads is referred to as      

Aallocation
Bimprest
Cvote
Dfloat
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Question 76
jamb 2024

The following accounts have debit balances except

Ashare premium
Brents and rates
Creturn inwards
Dadvertising
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Question 77
jamb 2024

A commission of #5000 to a sales manager was debited to debtors account. This is an error of

Acommission
Bprinciple
Coriginal entry
Dcompensation
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Question 78
jamb 2024

An amount paid in cash to John is Dr to John and Cr to

Abank
Bdebtors
Ccash
Dcapital
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Question 79
jamb 2024

Tolu purchased a machine for #6,000 on credit. The effect is to debit.. supplier
and credit the account of the

Amachinery
Bcreditor
Ccash
Ddebtor
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Question 80
jamb 2024

The short term solvency of a company is determined with ___ ratio

Adebtors to equity
Bcurrent
Cacid test
Dgross profit margin
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Question 81
jamb 2024

A public limited liability company can get additional fund through the issue of

Acheque
Baccumulated fund
Cconsolidated fund
Ddebenture
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Question 82
jamb 2024

An example of fictitious assets is

Astock
Boverdraft
Cgoodwill
Dprofit
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Question 83
jamb 2024

Goods bought on credit are first entered in the

Acash book
Bjournal proper
Csales day book
Dpurchases day book
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Question 84
jamb 2024

The amount by which assets exceeds liabilities is

Acapital
Bpremium
Cbonus
Dprovision
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Question 85
jamb 2023

Which of the following has the ultimate control of a company?

Aboard of directors
Bemployees
Cshareholders
Dmanagement
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Question 86
jamb 2023

Factory overheads are also known as

Adirect manufacturing
Bdirect expenses
Cindirect cost
Ddirect labour
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Question 87
jamb 2023

Which of the following is not an advantage of control account?

Adifficulty in committing fraud
Bit can be used to detect missing figure
Chelps to determine profit and loss
Dhelps in locating errors
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Question 88
jamb 2023

The following was extracted from the books of MEGA COMPANY NIG. LTD

 

₦

Trade debtors

350,000

Fixtures and fittings

600,000

Cash at bank

25,000

Cash in hand

5,500

Trade creditors

116,500

Bank overdraft

7,500

Building

950,000

Motor van

35,000

The working capital of the company is

A₦156,000
B₦280,000
C₦565,000
D₦256,500
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Question 89
jamb 2023

In company account, dividend payments are effected in which of the following accounts?

Arealization
Bcurrent
Cappropriation
Dcapital
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Question 90
jamb 2023

Income and Expenditure account is the same as the --------- of a sole trader

Abalance sheet
Btrading account
Cprofit and loss account
Dcash book
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