Financial Past Questions And Answers
One of the reasons for the existence of the public sector is to?
- A. Take adequate care of the needy
- B. supplement the commercial sector
- C. provide cheap services to all citizens
- D. correct perceived inequalities
The main purpose of control account is to?
- A. detect errors and irregularities
- B. assist purchases
- C. assist sales
- D. check management incompetence
Given: Club N150 Cash sales N4,850 Club debtors at close N900 Cash received from debtors N550 What is the amount of club sales?
- A. N6,150
- B. N4,850
- C. N4,650
- D. N1,300
Use the information below to answer question .
Capital.....................N?
Profit and loss.............N3500
Current assets..............N?
Current liabilities.........N2000
fixed assets................N11000
The company maintains a current ratio of 3:1.
The capital balance is?
- A. N95 00
- B. N12 500
- C. 11 500
- D. 10 00
In the absence of a partnership agreement, a loan given to the partnership by a partner attracts interest of
- A. 7 %
- B. 5%
- C. 15%
- D. 10%
The concept of accounting that states all income and expenses must be brought into the accounting period they relate to whether received paid for or not is called
- A) monetary concept
- B) matching concept
- C) realization concept
- D) periodicity concept
In a cash book, the opening balance was N7,600, closing balance N9,200 and the total cash received during the period was N18,000. What was the amount of cash paid out during the period?
- A. N8,900
- B. N9,800
- C. N14,600
- D. N16,400
Given:
Depreciation of plant and machinery N1,600
Factory rent N650
Indirect wages N695
General indirect expenses N726
lubricants N1235
Carriage inwards N829
Factory power N350
Bank charges N612
Carriage outwards N2,900
Determine the total factory overhead cost?
- A. N4,485
- B. N5,256
- C. N6,085
- D. N6,556
CR. DR.
Sales ledger balance 9, 500
Sales ledger balance 420
Bought ledgers balance 6, 115
Bought ledger balance 350
Credit sales 82, 000
Purchases journal 54, 700
Discount allowed 450
Discount received 200
Cash refunded to customers (debtors) 120
Purchases ledger balance 250
Sales ledger balance 120
The amount brought down in the sales ledger control account would be
- A. N9, N1740; N120
- B. N90, N990
- C. N90, N870; N120
- D. N80, N750
Which of these errors would be disclosed by the trial balance
- A) Selling expenses had been debited to sales account
- B) A cheque for ?321 from J.T Adam entered in Adam
- C) Credit sales of ?4015 entered in both double entry account as ?401
- D) A purchase of HI0,000 was completely omitted from the books

