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 Which of the following is not a feature of accounting information? completeness affordability timeliness accuracy 2 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following accounts is debited when a delivery van is sold for cash? sales account delivery van account profit and loss accounts cash account 3 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Accounting information is used by investors and creditors of a company to predict future tax payments of the company potential merger candidates for the company future cash flows of the company appropriate remunerations for the company’s staff 4 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION When shares are sold at more than the per value, they are said to have been issued at A profit Normal value A discount A premium 5 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The purpose of a trading account is to ascertain gross profit or loss carriage outwards net profit or loss sales 6 / 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 N14,000 N13,000 N17,000 N16,000 7 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The following accounting entries are made when bad debt is recovered debit bad debts account and credit profit and loss account debit bad debts recovered account and credit bad debts account debit debtors accounts and recovered account debit bad debts accounts and credit bad debt recovered account 8 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Income and expenditure account is more detailed than receipts and payments account because it disclosed cheques debtors cash stocks 9 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The loss made by a non profit making organization is called discount shortage deficit surplus 10 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The ledger entries to be made if cash sales is banked is debit bank, credit cash bank, credit sales cash, credit sales sales, credit cash 11 / 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? location of business powers of directors bank signatories objects and their alteration 12 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Goods stolen at the branch is debited to branch adjustment account branch stock account branch debtors account defalcations account 13 / 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 N88, 000 N85, 000 N11, 700 N26, 700 14 / 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 N0.80 N0.50 N0.60 N2 15 / 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 2 : 3 6 : 5 3 : 2 16 / 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 Capital A/C Drawing A/C Creditor A/C Appropriation A/C 17 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION To realize an asset means to mortgage it open its account in the ledger give it out as a collateral turn it to cash 18 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The process of cost apportionment is carried out so that indirect costs may be controlled common costs are shared among cost centres variable costs may be controlled cost units could gather overhead as they pass through cost centres 19 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION What does liquidity ratio measure? measures the value of investments of a company measures the financial leverage of a company measures the ability of a company to meet its current obligations measures operating efficiency of a company 20 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following is shown in the profit and loss appropriation account of a company depreciation dividends interest charges directors emoluments 21 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The accounting concepts which assumes that business will continue to be in existence into the foresee ablefure is going concern dual aspect business entity periodicity 22 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The ware and tear of a fixed assets of a company which is chargeable to company’s financial statement is called ------------------------------ appreciation depreciation amortization provisions 23 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The act of making necessary adjustment after comparing the actual cost with targeted cost is cost ---------------------------- allocation conversion control analysis 24 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION 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 N90, N990 N80, N750 N9, N1740; N120 N90, N870; N120 25 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION An advantage of using accounting ratios is that can be easily calculated are stipulated by law show errors and frauds facilitate decision making 26 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following is a debit entry in debtors control account? cash from debtors return inwards credit sales discount allowed 27 / 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 purchase of business account goodwill account and credit cash account 28 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION If a trail balance is in agreement, one of the statement is untrue the accounting system is error free account balances were correctly computed equal debit entries and credit entries were recorded for each transaction the debit and credit from the journal were posted to the accounts 29 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The basis of accounting for public sector is cost basis cash basis revenue basis accrual basis 30 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the information below to answer this question Segun Ojo, didn’t keep her books on double principle. On 1st Jan, 2014, cash in hand was 850, bank overdraft 3500, debtor 15,500,stock 18,000, fittings 9,000 and creditors 12,700. As at Dec, 2014, cash in hand was 1200, cash at bank 2,500, debtors 10,000, stock 20,500, furnishing 4,000 and creditors 17,000. Determine the closing capital 31/12/2014 20,700 27,200 38,200 17,500 31 / 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, 500 N3, 000 N1, 000 N2, 800 32 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The accounting convention that state that stock should be value that the lower of cost and net realized value is --------------- convention marching realization prudency consistency 33 / 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 --------------------- cost accounting accounting policies financial accounting accounting conventions 34 / 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 Going concern Business entity Accrual Materiality 35 / 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? N641, 000 N402, 000 N699, 000 N605, 000 36 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION An expenses is said to be revenue in nature if it adds or contributes to the operating income of the business adds to or improves the value of fixed assets reduces the capital of the business necessitates the introduction of additional capital 37 / 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. N8950 N8050 N7050 N7950 38 / 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? N8, 45 N1, 605 N1, 300 N2, 450 39 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The document setting out the regulations regarding shares, meetings and internal organization of a company is known as company law prospectus memorandum of association articles of association 40 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The following account are prepared when goods are sent to branch except Branch stock Goods set to branch account Branch adjustment account Branch debtors account NameEmail Your score is LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback You may also like: financial accounting