Jamb 1999 Financial Past Questions And Answers

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1

Dele and Seun who are in partnership, have decided to covert their business into a limited liability company where both become directors. To convert the business?

  • A. they will simply continue since there are no new members
  • B. the partnership is formally ended and new company books opened
  • C. the shares and all other items will be shared equally and not in their former ratios
  • D. computation of goodwill must be done as it is legally required
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2

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
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3

If a sole proprietorship is purchased for cash, then?

  • A. the purchaser debits his business purchase account with the consideration he pays
  • B. all assets and liabilities must be bought
  • C. goodwill results where value of assets
  • D. the vendor debits his business purchase account with the considerstion he receives
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4

Shares issued to a vendor in payment of business purchased would require a debit to?

  • A. cash account and credit to share capital account
  • B. share capital account and credit to vendor's account
  • C. vendor's account and credit to share capital account
  • D. share capital account and credit to cash account
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5

A basic unifying concept in accounting implies that?

  • A. where creditors'account is zero, the assets are equal to the owners' equity
  • B. there should be a balance in the creditors' account in order to measure total assets
  • C. revenues should be supported by invested and owners'capital
  • D. total assets can be less than liabilities and equity
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6

The market price per ordinary share of a corporation listed on the stock exchange is most closely related to its?

  • A. earning per share
  • B. redemption price per share
  • C. book value per share
  • D. call price per share
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7

The basic role of accounting is to?

  • A. detect fraud
  • B. attest to finacial statements
  • C. measure performance
  • D. protect sharehlders
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8

If a promoter pays a lawyer N5,000 for services rendered in preparing a Memorandum of Incorporation, the journal entry is to debit?

  • A. preliminary expenses, credit cash accounts
  • B. promoter, credit creditors' accounts
  • C. lawyer's credit cash accounts
  • D. cash , credit incorporation accounts
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9

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
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10

Which of the following account is kept by local governments in Nigeria?

  • A. Balance sheet
  • B. Advances account
  • C. Debtors account
  • D. Profit account
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