Jamb Accounting Past Questions For Year 1997

Question 11

When the sum of money appears on the credit side of the cash book, but not on the debit side of the bank statement, the sum is regarded as

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  • A. uncredited cheques
  • B. dishonoured cheques
  • C. direct remittance to the bank
  • D. unpresented cheques
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Question 12

Which of the following demonstrates the imprest system?

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  • A. Float → expenses paid → cash in bank → float
  • B. Float → cash from bank → expenses paid → float
  • C. Float → expenses paid→ cash from bank → float
  • D. Float → cash in bank → expenses paid → float
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Question 13

Erroneous rearrangement of financial figures such as writing N624 as N 264 is called

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  • A. transposition
  • B. principle
  • C. commission
  • D. omission
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Question 14

Given: capital N13,000; office machinery, N9,000; creditors N900, stock of goods N1,550; debtors, N275; cash at bank, N5,075 and loan from Jumbo, N2,000. What is the balance sheet total?

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  • A. N19,500
  • B. N18,500
  • C. N17,900
  • D. N15,900
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Question 15

Given:

Net profit-----------------------N25,000

Cost of sale---------------------N25,000

Sales----------------------------N85,000

Determine the total expenses.

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  • A. N45,000
  • B. N35,000
  • C. N25,000
  • D. N15,000
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