Jamb 2013 Financial Past Questions And Answers
Which of the following expenses relates to the profit and loss account of a manufacturing firm
- A. Direct materials
- B. Direct labour
- C. Administrative overhead
- D. Work-in-progress
The objective of departmental account is to
- A. ascertain the cost of running the organization
- B. ascertain the amount of profit or loss for each department
- C. ascertain the amount of profits for losses for the enterprises
- D. offset the loss of each treatment
i. Direct materials ii.Direct labour iii.Direct expenses iv. Factory expenses Prime cost consist of
- A. i, ii and iii
- B. i, ii and iv
- C. i, iii and iv
- D. ii, iii and iv
The purchase consideration that is lower than the net asset implies that, the buyer has gained the advantage of
- A. net income
- B. revenue reserve
- C. capital reserve
- D. net loss
The major source document which enables an employer to calculate the employee wages is the
- A. nominal roll of employees
- B. record of number of hours worked
- C. effort of the employee
- D. record of number of dependants per employee
The amount paid by a new partner on admission as a compensation for the reputation built up by old partners is a
- A. bonus
- B. commission
- C. premium
- D. goodwill
When the debit side total of an account, it means that the account has
- A. been overdrawn
- B. been understand
- C. debit balance
- D. credit balance
In a partnership account, interest on drawings is
- A. debited to appropriation account
- B. credited to appropiation account
- C. treated as an expense in profit and loss account
- D. recorded in the balance sheet as current assets
The addition of prime cost, indirect cost and opening work-in-progress less the closing work-in-progress will result in cost of
- A. goods available for sale
- B. goods sold
- C. goods manufactured
- D. materials put into production
Which of the following is the capital reserve of a company
- A. Share premium
- B. Retained profit
- C. Accumulated depreciation
- D. Loss on forfeited shares

