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Question 1
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The three column cash book differs from the two column cash book in that it has 

AFolio columns
BDiscount columns
CBank columns
DCash columns
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Question 2
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The excess of the assets of a business over its liabilities is 

ACapital owned
BWorking capital
CIssued capital
DPoor money management
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Question 3
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Which of the following factors can make an entrepreneur successful?

AAvailabilty of finance
BLow business intelligence quotent
CInsecurity of the business environment
DPoor money management
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Question 4
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The letter Y represents 

ANominal Accounts
BPersonal Accounts
CAsset Accounts
DExpenditure Accounts
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Question 5
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Use the diagram above to answer the questions 

The letter X represents.

ANominal accounts
BPersonal Accounts
CAssets Accounts
DExpenditure Accounts
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Question 6
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The word limited written after the name of a company means that the.

AIndividual members capital is limited
BMembers are liable to the extent of their holdings
CTotal sum of the company's capital is limited
DCompany's activities are restricted
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Question 7
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The gross profit is 

A317,000
B299,000
C281,000
D772,000
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Question 8
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The cost of goods available for sale is 

A647,000
B591,000
C570,000
D501,000
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Question 9
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The net sales is 

A#919,000
B#800,000
C#782,000
D#772,000
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Question 10
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Subscription in advance is treated in the balance sheet as an item under 

AFixed Assets
BCurrent Assets
CLong-term liabilities
DCurrent liabilities
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Question 11
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A self balancing ledger is 

ATrading account
BControl account
CSales ledger
DPetty cash book
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Question 12
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Sales of goods to the value of N500 was debited to Ade instead of Adu, The journal entry for correcting this error is debit

AAdus account #500:credit Ades account #500
BAdes Account #500; credit Adus account N 500
CAdus account # 500; credit sales account #500
DSales account #500, credit Adus account #500
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Question 13
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Which of the following features describe a receipts and payments account 

i it is a nominal account

ii it contains only items of revenue

iii it is a real account

iv it records capital expenditure items

Ai,ii,iii and iV
Bi,ii,iii only
Cii and iii only
Diii and iv only
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Question 14
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Purchases for #12,960 was recorded in the day book as #12,690. This is an error of

APrinciple
BCompensation
CComplete reversal
DOriginal entry
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Question 15
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A person whom a business owes for the goods or service supplied by him is the 

Apayee
Bdrawee
Ccreditor
Ddebtor
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Question 16
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A petty cashier has a cash float of #53,000 and #38,600 was spent,the reimbursement would be 

A#91,600
B#53,000
C#38,600
D#14,400
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Question 17
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Prepayments are shown in the balance sheet as 

ACurrent liabiltiy
BLong-term liability
CFixed Asset
DCurrent Asset
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Question 18
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An item recorded in the debit side of the trial balance is 

AExpenses
BGains
CCapital
DIncome
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Question 19
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The method of stock valuation which overstates profit during inflation is

AFIFO
BLIHO
Csimple average
Dweighted average
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Question 20
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The amount earned but is yet to be received at the end of the financial period is 

Aprepaid revenue
Bprepaid expenses
Caccrued income
Daccrued expenses
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