Jamb 2009 Financial Past Questions And Answers
i Space occupied by each department. ii Average value of stock held by each department. iii Departmental turnover. iv Number of articles sold by each department .
From the information above, the two most logical bases for apportioning expenses that are common to departments are?
- A. i and ii
- B. i and iii
- C. ii and iii
- D. iii and iv
In a partnership account, conversation of non-cash assets into cash is referred to as?
- A. realization
- B. disposal
- C. dissolution
- D. revaluation
Use the information to answer question below
......................... Departments
........................... P Q R
Sales value............... N23,400
Selling expenses.......... 1,100 N1,400 N1,280
Administrative expenses...N1,400 N1,000 N1,020
Cost of sales............. N6,900.... N6,700 N5,500
Sales value of department Q doubles that of p, which is 1/3 of R. Depreciation which amounts to N1,800 is to be apportioned among the three departments in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively.
What is the sales value of department R?
- A. N7,800
- B. N11,700
- C. N23,400
- D. N35,100
Given:
Net profit b/d.....................N10,000
Interest on capital:...M...........N2, 000
.......................K...........N1, 000
Partners' on salary....K...........N800
Interest on drawings...M...........N500
Profit sharing ratio M and K 3:2
Determine M's share of profit?
- A. 6,280
- B. 4,020
- C. 2,820
- D. 2,280
If Odukoya takes money out of business bank account for his own private use, the effect of the transaction is?
- A. increase in assets and increase in capital
- B. increase in liabilities and decrease in capital
- C. decrease in capital and increase in assets
- D. decrease in capital and decrease in assets
Use the information to answer question below
......................... Departments
........................... P Q R
Sales value............... N23,400
Selling expenses.......... 1,100 N1,400 N1,280
Administrative expenses...N1,400 N1,000 N1,020
Cost of sales............. N6,900.... N6,700 N5,500
Sales value of department Q doubles that of p, which is 1/3 of R. Depreciation which amounts to N1,800 is to be apportioned among the three departments in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively.
Determine the total expenses of department P?
- A. 9,760
- B. 9,400
- C. 2,860
- D. 2,500
The accounting convention which states that the performance of a business should be determined by matching all expenses against revenues is?
- A. accruals
- B. materiality
- C. objectivity
- D. periodicity
Which of the following is a common cause of a discrepancy between head office and branch trial balance?
- A. Debtors and cash in transit
- B. Creditors and cash in transit
- C. Stock and cash in transit
- D. Stock and prepayments
The cost incurred by departments that support the production departments with such activities as maintenance, production control and storage are called?
- A. autonomous costs
- B. service costs
- C. supporting cost
- D. subsidiary costs
Replacement and renewal of fixed assets are?
- A. revenue receipt
- B. capital receipt
- C. capital expenditure
- D. revenue expenditure

