Financial Past Questions And Answers
When shares are issued at a discount, entries are to debit
- A. application allotment account and credit discount accoun
- B. discount account and credit
- C. cash account and credit discount account
- D. discount account and credit bank account
The gross profit disclosed in the branch stock adjustment account represents
- A) Head office profit
- B) unrealized profit
- C) estimated profit
- D) branch profit
13 State Bank collected a note for A-Makura Company. This collection, not yet recorded in AL-Makura's books, appears on the bank reconciliation as?
- A. an addition to balance per book
- B. a deduction from balance per bank statement
- C. an addition to balance per bank statement
- D. a deduction from balance per books
Capital and revenue expenditures of government are usually accounted for under funds which include?
- A. A personal advances, technical, special trust
- B. technical, special trusth and commercial funds
- C. personal advances, treasury clearance and special trusth funds
- D. commercial loans and treasury clearance funds
Stationery which will be used over a long period of time is usually recorded as an expense instead of an asset. This concept is called
- A. entity
- B. accrual
- C. realization
- D. materiality
Prime cost include
- cost of oil to lubricate machines
- B) carriage inwards
- C) factory heating and lighting
- D) storekeeper
Mamsa Nigeria Limited issued 20 000 ordinary shares of N1.50 per share on 2nd July 2002.
1500 ordinary shares were fully subscribed for and their monies received as below:
On application .........................N0.40
On allotment ...........................N0.20
First call (including premium ofN0.50)..N0.70
What is the balance of the ordinary share capital account after the first call was received?
- A. N300
- B. N1050
- C. N1200
- D. 1950
Which of the following assets could be described as a current asset?
- A) Stock of goods for resale
- B) Machinery to manufacture goods for resale
- C) Buildings to house the machinery
- D) Land on which the buildings stand
If the assets and liabilities of a firm were valued at N17,200 and N5,120 respectively, the capital of the firm would be?
- A. N22 320
- B. N17 200
- C. N12 080
- D. 5 120
In a trial balance, income and liabilities are?
- A. debited and credited respectively
- B. credited
- C. credited and debited respectively
- D. debited

