Financial Past Questions And Answers
Profit expressed in relation to cost of goods sold is
- A. turnover
- B. cost price
- C. margin
- D. mark -up
Creditors use accounting information for the purpose of
- A) planning sales to a company
- B) controlling a company's affairs
- C) investing in a company
- D) assessing a company's liquidity
Given:
Total debtors b/d 31/12/99...............N25 000
Cheques received from debtors ...........N255 000
Total debtors c/d 31/12/00...............N15 000
- A. N295 000
- B. N265 000
- C. N245 000
- D. N215 000
Use the information below to answer question
Net loss.......................N2300
Capital........................N10500
Liabilities....................N7200
Find the value of the total assets?
- A. N17 700
- B. N10 500
- C. N20 000
- D. N15 400
The following appears in trading account except
- A. sales
- B. carriage outward
- C. carriage inward
- D. opening stock
Which of the following statements are correct? (1) A statement of cash flows prepared using the direct method produces a different figure for operating cash flow from that produced if the indirect method is used. (2) Rights issues do not feature in statements of cash flows. (3) A surplus on revaluation of a non-current asset will not appear as an item in a statement of cash flows. (4) A profit on sale of a non-current asset will appear as an item under cash flows from investing activities in a statement of cash flows.
- A) 1 and 4
- B) 2 and 3
- C) 3 only
- D) 2 and 4
Stock or raw materials(1st January) 3000
Direct wages 2500
Direct expenses 1000
Factory overheads 2000
Cost of raw materials used 5500
Stock of finished goods (31st December) 2000
The cost of goods manufactured is?
- A. N11000
- B. N12000
- C. N14000
- D. N9000
Purchasers - #44,880 Sales - #85,850 Trade creditors - #12,250 Trade debtors - #24,000 Accrued expenses - # 350 Prepaid expenses - # 700 Stock 1/1/2006 - #25,120 Stock 31/12/2006 - #27,840 Calculate the acid test ratio
- A. 1:94:1
- B. 1:96:1
- C. 1:1:94
- D. 1:1:96
Which of the following items is a capital expenditure?
- A. Maintenance of office machine
- B. Purchase of office stationery
- C. Carriage inwards
- D. Purchase of office machinery
Which of the following items is found in the profit and loss account of a company?
- A. Proposed dividends
- B. Transfer to general reserves
- C. Director's remuneration
- D. Proceeds from issue of shares

