JAMB Accounting Past Question and AnswerSamuel Emeka OkekeMarch 6, 2022Financial Accounting Lesson Notes For SS1 - SS3 All Classes, JAMB/UTME Exam Past Questions & Answers JAMB Accounting Past Question and Answer PRO 0% JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION PRO Practice JAMB Accounting Past Questions and Answers and pass your examination. 1 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION What does liquidity ratio measure? measures the ability of a company to meet its current obligations measures operating efficiency of a company measures the value of investments of a company measures the financial leverage of a company 2 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Sai Baba made sales of N10,000 having computed his gross profit % to sales to be 20. His opening stock was N250 and ending stock is N200. Calculate his purchases. N8050 N7050 N7950 N8950 3 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The process of cost apportionment is carried out so that variable costs may be controlled indirect costs may be controlled common costs are shared among cost centres cost units could gather overhead as they pass through cost centres 4 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION An entry in a subsidiary book which does not form part of the double entry system is a contra entry single entry journal entry memorandum entry 5 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The accounting concept that allows the cost of kitchen cutlery to be expensed, though it can be used for more than one year is Materiality Going concern Accrual Business entity 6 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION A sales for N2,570 was recorded in the sales day error of principleerror of principlebook as N2750. The error committed was error of commission error of original entry error of principle compensating error 7 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the following information to answer this question. Club building 400,000; Subscription prepaid 3,000; Sport kits 150,000; Bar creditors 85,000; Subscription owing 32,000; What is the club’s accumulated fund? N402, 000 N641, 000 N699, 000 N605, 000 8 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the information below to answer this question. A limited liability company has an authorized shares capital of 50 million split into 100 millions shares. 80million shares are offered for subscriptions at 60k per share in full on application. These have been fully subscribed on issue What is the nominal value of each share N0.50 N2 N0.80 N0.60 9 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the following information to answer this question. Club building 400,000 Subscription prepaid 3,000 Sport kits 150,000 Bar creditors 85,000 Subscription owing 32,000 What is the club’s total liabilities N26, 700 N88, 000 N11, 700 N85, 000 10 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION One of the items listed below will not be found in a company’s memorandum and article of association. Which is it? powers of directors bank signatories objects and their alteration location of business 11 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Keeping records under single entry system has the advantage of Simplicity in terms of operation Completeness in terms of records Accuracy in terms of operation Quality in terms of records 12 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Determine wage expenses from the given information, wages outstanding at the beginning, wages paid during the period 15000 and wages outstanding of the period 2,000 N17,000 N16,000 N13,000 N14,000 13 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Sales ledger control account contains the total amount in respect of shareholders creditors debtors investors 14 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The following accounting entries are made when bad debt is recovered debit bad debts recovered account and credit bad debts account debit debtors accounts and recovered account debit bad debts account and credit profit and loss account debit bad debts accounts and credit bad debt recovered account 15 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the information below to answer this question. Jejelaye Plc stock records for 2009 was given below: Jan 1 received 100 units at N1.00 Jan 8 received 260 units at N1.05 Jan 20 issued 700units at ......... Feb 3 received 400 units at N1.15 What will be the issued price of 700 units, using simple average method N1.05 N1.025 N1.183 N1.00 16 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the information below to answer this question. Dangote acquired Dantata’s business for N350,000. The total asset work were N820,000 and liabilities amounted to N 640,000 The double entry to record the goodwill in the books is debt purchase of business account and credit cash account cash account and credit goodwill account goodwill account and credit cash account goodwill account and credit purchase of business account 17 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The ledger entries to be made if cash sales is banked is debit sales, credit cash bank, credit sales bank, credit cash cash, credit sales 18 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices adopted by an enterprise in preparing and presenting financial statements are known as --------------------- accounting policies cost accounting accounting conventions financial accounting 19 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Goods stolen at the branch is debited to defalcations account branch stock account branch adjustment account branch debtors account 20 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION If rent account is debited instead of rate account, the error committed is that of; principle original entry commission omission 21 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following is true in public sector depreciated on straight line method accounting? Cost of assets is depreciated on straight line method charged to federation account depreciated on reducing balance method expensed in the year of purchase 22 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the following information to answer this question. Provision for bad debt 1500 Additional information 1. Bad debt written off amount to 3000 2. Debtors balance as at the end of the year is 28,000 3. Provision for bad debts stand at 10% How much is to be charged to profit and loss account as provision for bad debt? N2, 800 N3, 000 N1, 000 N2, 500 23 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following cannot be realized? debtors goodwill motor vehicles creditors 24 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Calculate the total purchase of a business from the given information, cash purchases 3000; payments to creditors 54,000; creditors at the beginning 4000; creditors at the end 2,000 N55,000 N52,000 N50,000 N51,000 25 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The document setting out the regulations regarding shares, meetings and internal organization of a company is known as articles of association prospectus company law memorandum of association 26 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The basis of accounting for public sector is cost basis cash basis revenue basis accrual basis 27 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The loss made by a non profit making organization is called discount surplus shortage deficit 28 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following is shown in the profit and loss appropriation account of a company directors emoluments interest charges depreciation dividends 29 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION If the partnership agreement does not specify how net profit is to be divided, the profit should be divided in proportion of weighted average of capital in proportion of current account balances equally in accordance with an established 30 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION What is the ledger entry for sale of generator on credit to Patrick? credit generator account and debit Patrick’s account credit sales account and debit Patrick’s account credit generator account and debit cash account credit sales account and debit cash account 31 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Income and expenditure account is more detailed than receipts and payments account because it disclosed debtors cash stocks cheques 32 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following is not a proper form of the accounting equation fixed assests + current assests + liabilities = capital fixed assets + current assets - liabilities = capital fixed asset + current asset – capital = liabilities fixed assets – liabilities + current assets = capital 33 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The major distinguishing element between the final account of a partnership and that of a sole trader is the Appropriation A/C Creditor A/C Drawing A/C Capital A/C 34 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the information below to answer this question. Timo and Chris are computer engineers who went into partnership as Teachi and Co. Timo brought cash of N12,000 furniture worth of N18,000 and vehicle worth of 70,000. Chris equally brought in cash of 10,000 his building valued at 105,000 and personal computers worth N35,000. What is the profit sharing ratio if it’s based on capital contribution by Teechi and Co? 5 : 6 6 : 5 3 : 2 2 : 3 35 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following accounts is debited when a delivery van is sold for cash? profit and loss accounts sales account delivery van account cash account 36 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The interest of a petty cashier is N2450 Expenses N Printing 420 Cleaning 250 Stamp and postage 175 How much was received to maintain the interest at the end of the month? N2, 450 N1, 300 N1, 605 N8, 45 37 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Preliminary expenses is an example of fictitious assets tangible assets wasting assets liquid assets 38 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Derive the stock turnover period.(Average stock = 23,000. Cost of sales = 300,000 year = 365 days). 27 days 23 days 42 days 28 days 39 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The purpose of a trading account is to ascertain net profit or loss sales carriage outwards gross profit or loss 40 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The act of making necessary adjustment after comparing the actual cost with targeted cost is cost ---------------------------- control conversion allocation analysis NameEmail Your score is LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback You may also like: financial accounting