Financial Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following statement is correct about the head office current account and the branch current account?
- A. Both always have debit balances
- B. both always have credit balances
- C. the head office current account has a credit balance while the branch current account has a debit balance
- D. the head office current account has a debit balance while the branch current account has a credit balance
Companies and Allied Matters Act. 1990 requires every company to keep certain statutory books. Which of the following is not part of the statutory books to be kept by the company?
- A) register of directors and secretaries
- B) a register of charges (fixed and floating)
- C) minutes books of meetings of the company and meetings of its directors
- D) a register of companies in the same line of business
A credit balance of ?350,000 in a cash account shows that
- A) ?350,000 was the total cash received
- B) ?350,000 was the total cash paid out
- C) Cash at hand equals ?350,000
- D) ?350,000 was the cash overspent
Use the information below to answer questions Sundry debtor..................N20,000 Provision for bad debts........N500 Provision for bad debt at 4% of sundry debtors. Determine the provision for bad debts to profit and loss account?
- A. N500
- B. N820
- C. N1300
- D. N300
Given:
Sales #180,000
Stock 1/1 # 25,000
Purchases #110,000
Sales returns # 1000
Purchases returns # 1,500
Gross profit # 58,000
Determine the value of stock as at 31st December
- A. #8000
- B. #9,500
- C. #12,500
- D. #15,500
As part of the initial investment, a partner contributes office equipment that originally cost N20,000 and on which provision for depreciation of N12,500 had been recorded. If the partners agree on a valuation of N9,000 for the equipment, what amount should be debited to the office equipment account?
- A. N7,500
- B. N9,000
- C. N12,500
- D. N20,000
Investment at cost of a company is to be disclosed under
- A. trading accounts
- B. profit and loss account
- C. balance sheet
- D. source and application of fund
I. Members subscription
II. Fines from members
III. Donation
IV. Loan from bank
From the information above, sources of income for a Not-for-profit-making organization include
- A. I,III,IV
- B. I,II,III
- C. I,II,IV
- D. I and IV
At the end of a financial period, the trading profit and loss account of a sole trader shows a profit of #180,000. it is however discovered that revenue of #15,000 is recorded as expenses while expenses of #4,000 is recorded as revenue. The revenue to be added as an adjustment is
- A. #34,000
- B. #30,000
- C. #15,000
- D. #4,000
Which of the following is not a data processing method?
- A) Manual
- B) Mechanical
- C) Electronic
- D) Formatting

