Jamb Accounting Past Questions For Year 2014

Question 6

Aduke Motors bought three Toyota Hilux vans on cash at the cost of #6,000,000, on debiting the vehicle account, the corresponding credit for the purchase will appear in the

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  • A. sales day book
  • B. purchases day book
  • C. sales subsidiary book
  • D. cash book
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Question 7

A cheque of #5,000 paid to Sulieman had been correctly entered in the cash book but had not been entered in Sulieman's account. To correct this error, debit Sulieman's account and credit

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  • A. cash account
  • B. bank account
  • C. suspense account
  • D. purchases account
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Question 8

A major way by which the headquarters guard against fraud in branches on cash remittance is through the introduction of

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  • A. imprest system only
  • B. direct purchase by branch
  • C. separate accountant for the branch
  • D. credit sales by only the headquarters
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Question 9

Petty cash book records transactions on

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  • A. the debit side only
  • B. the credit side only
  • C. both credit and debit sides
  • D. reversed entry
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Question 10

The major advantage of an imprest system is that it

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  • A. ensures a proper accountability for every expenditure
  • B. trains the young accountants in preparation for greater responsibilities
  • C. relieves the cheif cashier of the numerous petty cash payments
  • D. serves as an analysis column for every expenses
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