Financial Past Questions And Answers
If only wages is shown on the trial balance, it should be charged to the
- A. profit and loss account
- B. trading account
- C. balance sheet
- D. wages account
Which accounting concept states that revenues and expenses are recognized as theyare earned or incurred and not when money is received?
- A) Entity
- B) Realization
- C) Accrual
- D) Periodicity
Which of the following expenses relate to the profit and loss account of a manufacturing firm?
- A. Administrative overhead
- B. Direct labour
- C. Direct materials
- D. Work-in-progress
Use the information below to answer question
An asset was purchase for N343m in 2003.
The estimated life of the asset was 3 years with a residual value of N28m.
Using the straight method. The depreciation of the asset in the first year was?
- A. N210m
- B. N343m
- C. N105m
- D. N270m
One of these is not a similarity between Joint Venture and Partnership.
- A. AIM is profit making
- B. It is for a specific venture
- C. Involves two people
- D. have rights and duties
Errors revealed by the trial balance include error of:
- A) Principle
- B) Single entry
- C) Omission
- D) commission
Transactions are recorded or posted to the ledger in line with
- A. Accounting Concept
- B. Source document
- C. Double Entry Principle
- D. Data collection
Sales ledger control account contains the total amount in respect of
- A) Creditors
- B) Debtors
- C) Investors
- D) Shareholders
A rent received by a trader for sub-letting part of his business premises should be added to the?
- A. gross profit
- B. total profit
- C. net profit
- D. total revenue
\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{Dept A} & \text{Dept B} \\ \hline & N & \\ \hline \text{Sales} & 250 000 & 150,000 \\ \hline \text{Purchases} & 500,000 & 250 000 \\ \hline \text{Discount received} & 24 000 & \\ \hline \text{Discount allowed} & 15 000 & &
\end{array}\)
Determine the discount allowed by Department A
- A. N5,000
- B. N9,375
- C. N5,625
- D. N8,000

