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 is the ledger entry for sale of generator on credit to Patrick? credit sales account and debit cash account credit generator account and debit cash account credit generator account and debit Patrick’s account credit sales account and debit Patrick’s account 2 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The act of making necessary adjustment after comparing the actual cost with targeted cost is cost ---------------------------- conversion analysis control allocation 3 / 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 current account balances in proportion of weighted average of capital equally in accordance with an established 4 / 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 Creditor A/C Capital A/C Drawing A/C Appropriation A/C 5 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following is not a feature of accounting information? accuracy timeliness completeness affordability 6 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Accounting information is used by investors and creditors of a company to predict potential merger candidates for the company future tax payments of the company appropriate remunerations for the company’s staff future cash flows of the company 7 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION In a bank reconciliation statement, Dishonoured cheques is added to statement of account aggregate balanace as per cash book uncredited cheques unpresented cheques 8 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The purpose of a trading account is to ascertain net profit or loss sales gross profit or loss carriage outwards 9 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Capital reserves includes the following except revaluation surplus general reserves share premium pre-incoporation profit 10 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The basis of accounting for public sector is cost basis accrual basis revenue basis cash basis 11 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The income and expenditure account of a club is the same as a trading account a cash book single entry account a profit and loss account 12 / 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? N1, 605 N2, 450 N8, 45 N1, 300 13 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION If sales return is understated, it implies that ------------------------------ is overstated return outward sales figure return inward cost of sales 14 / 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 38,200 27,200 17,500 20,700 15 / 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 16 / 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 N9, N1740; N120 N90, N870; N120 N90, N990 N80, N750 17 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION When the invoice of a customer is overcast, the supplier will send to him a payment voucher debit note credit note cheque 18 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The loss made by a non profit making organization is called surplus discount shortage deficit 19 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION An advantage of using accounting ratios is that are stipulated by law facilitate decision making can be easily calculated show errors and frauds 20 / 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 principle compensating error error of commission error of original entry 21 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The following accounting entries are made when bad debt is recovered debit debtors accounts and recovered account debit bad debts account and credit profit and loss account debit bad debts recovered account and credit bad debts account debit bad debts accounts and credit bad debt recovered account 22 / 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 conventions financial accounting accounting policies 23 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Use the information below to answer this question. Buhari and Osinbajo are in partnership with the following partnership agreement Buhari Osinbajo Capital 40, 000 70, 000 Salary 10, 000 15, 000 Interest on capital 5% 5% Profit/loss sharing ratio 40 60 The net profit for the year ended is N80,000. "Drawings are N80, 000 and N12, 000 for Buhari and Osinbajo respectively" What is Osinbajo share of profit? N48, 000 N49, 500 N19, 800 N29, 700 24 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The following account are prepared when goods are sent to branch except Branch stock Branch adjustment account Goods set to branch account Branch debtors account 25 / 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 A premium Normal value A discount 26 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Sales ledger control account contains the total amount in respect of creditors investors shareholders debtors 27 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Preliminary expenses is an example of fictitious assets tangible assets liquid assets wasting assets 28 / 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 N13,000 N17,000 N14,000 N16,000 29 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following is not a proper form of the accounting equation fixed asset + current asset – capital = liabilities fixed assets + current assets - liabilities = capital fixed assets – liabilities + current assets = capital fixed assests + current assests + liabilities = capital 30 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION An expenses is said to be revenue in nature if it reduces the capital of the business adds to or improves the value of fixed assets adds or contributes to the operating income of the business necessitates the introduction of additional capital 31 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION The process of cost apportionment is carried out so that cost units could gather overhead as they pass through cost centres variable costs may be controlled common costs are shared among cost centres indirect costs may be controlled 32 / 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 N11, 700 N88, 000 N85, 000 N26, 700 33 / 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 cash account and credit goodwill account goodwill account and credit cash account purchase of business account and credit cash account goodwill account and credit purchase of business account 34 / 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 reducing balance method charged to federation account depreciated on straight line method expensed in the year of purchase 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? N699, 000 N402, 000 N641, 000 N605, 000 36 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following is shown in the profit and loss appropriation account of a company interest charges dividends depreciation directors emoluments 37 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Which of the following cannot be realized? creditors debtors motor vehicles goodwill 38 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION If a trail balance is in agreement, one of the statement is untrue equal debit entries and credit entries were recorded for each transaction the accounting system is error free the debit and credit from the journal were posted to the accounts account balances were correctly computed 39 / 40 Category: JAMB ACCOUNT PAST QUESTION Income and expenditure account is more detailed than receipts and payments account because it disclosed cash debtors stocks cheques 40 / 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 ------------------------------ provisions amortization depreciation appreciation NameEmail Your score is LinkedIn Facebook VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Send feedback You may also like: financial accounting