Jamb Accounting Past Questions For Year 2006

Question 31

Departmentalization of accounts is useful because it shows the?

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  • A. overall performance of a firm
  • B. price per unit of a product
  • C. cost per unit of a product
  • D. overall performance of a division
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Question 32

Use the information below to answer question .

Prime cost..................N12 100

lighting....................N10 000

Heating.....................N15 000

Factory overhead............?

The production department share of factory overhead is 1/4 and 1/2 of lighting and heating respectively.

Interest on the drawings of partners is treated in the?

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  • A. profit and loss appropriation account
  • B. goodwill account
  • C. profit and loss account
  • D. trading account
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Question 33

Use the information below to answer question .

Prime cost..................N12 100

lighting....................N10 000

Heating.....................N15 000

Factory overhead............?

The production department share of factory overhead is 1/4 and 1/2 of lighting and heating respectively.

The factory overhead is?

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  • A. N5050
  • B. N7250
  • C. N2750
  • D. N5500
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Question 34

Stock 1/1/2002..................................N40 000

Goods received from head office.................N800 000

Goods returned to head office...................N34 000

Sales...........................................N916000

Stock 31/12/2000................................N72 000

From the data above determine the cost of goods credited to the head office trading account.

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  • A. N766 000
  • B. N840 000
  • C. N734 000
  • D. N806 000
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Question 35

In converting a to a partnership company, the loss on asset revaluation is?

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  • A. debited to the revaluation account
  • B. debited to the profit and loss account
  • C. credited to the revaluation account
  • D. credited to the profit and loss account
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