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2009 - JAMB Accounting Past Questions and Answers - page 1

1

Which of the following branches of accounting was first developed?

A
Cost accounting
B
Financial acounting
C
Management accounting
D
Petroleum accounting
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2

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
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3

The process of bookkeeping includes records produced from?

A
ledgers
B
source documents
C
minutes of meeting
D
imtuitive reasoning
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4

Musa, a prepaid customer of XYZ and KLM, bought N1500 recharge card from XYZ, and N2000 recharge recharge card from KLM, for business calls. The entry to record these transaction is debit?

A
telephone N3,500 credit XYZ and KLM, N3,500
B
telephone N3,500, credit cash N3,500
C
sundries N3,500, credit KLM N3,500
D
sundries N3,500, credit telephone N3,500
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5

Given:

Capital...............................N2375 000

Debtors...............................N495 000

Motor vehicle.........................N870 000

Creditors.............................N245 000

Prepayment............................N500 000

Bills receivable......................N505 000

Furniture.............................N150 000

What is the total debit for the trial balance?

A
N4 690 000
B
N2 620 000
C
N2 520 000
D
N1 565 000
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6

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 assets and decrease in capital
C
decrease in capital and increase in assets
D
decrease in capital and decrease in assets
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7

Use the information to answer below to answer questions 7 and 8.

i Operating machines

ii Furniture

iii Fixtures and fitting

iv Loan from friends

V Creditors

What are the current liabilities?

A
i and ii
B
iv and v
C
iii and v
D
ii and iv
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8

Find the fixed assets?

A
i, ii and v
B
i, ii and iv
C
i, ii and iii
D
iii, iv and v
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9

Use the information above to answer question 9 and 10.

Period 1:

........Cash to petty cashier.............N1000

........Petty cashier pays out............N780

Period 2:

........Petty cashier pays out............N840

If the float is increased to N1200, how much should the petty cashier receive after period 2?

A
160
B
840
C
1000
D
1040
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10

What is the balance of cash with the petty cashier at the end of period 1?

A
220
B
780
C
980
D
1780
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