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Accounting
Multiple Choice Questions

Preperations of financial statements

IGCSE and O level

➡️QUESTION⬅️

Dennis runs a business with two departments, one selling carpets and one selling furniture.

Total sales were $210000 of which 60% related to the carpet department.

The total gross profit was $54600 of which 60% related to the furniture department.

What was the cost of sales of the carpet department?

A $51240
B $62160
C $93240
D $104160

ANSWER D



➡️QUESTION⬅️

A business has no non-current liabilities.

What is added to the non-current assets in order to calculate the capital employed?

A current assets
B current liabilities
C owner's capital
D working capital

ANSWER D



➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which items are used to calculate cost of goods sold?

A carriage on purchases, carriage on sales, net purchases, opening inventory
B carriage on purchases, closing inventory, net purchases, opening inventory
C carriage on sales, closing inventory, net purchases, opening inventory
D carriage on sales, closing inventory, net purchases, sales returns

ANSWER B



➡️QUESTION⬅️

A golf club sells refreshments to its members. Suppliers of refreshments were owed $250 on January 2018 and $400 on 31 December 2018. Payments to suppliers during the year were $7200.

The inventory at the end of the year was $100 less than the inventory at the Start of the year.

What was the cost of sales of refreshments for the year ended 31 December 2018?

A $7050
B $7150
C $7300
D $7450

ANSWER D



➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which ts an intangible asset?

A buildings
B goodwill
C inventory
D trade receivables

ANSWER B




➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which item is credited in a partnership appropriation account?

A interest on capital
B interest on drawings
C partners’ drawings
D partners’ salaries

ANSWER B



➡️QUESTION⬅️

What is an advantage of trading as a partnership?
A Apartnership is a separate legal entity.
B Decision-making is easy and quick.
C Liability is unlimited.
D Responsibilities are shared.

ANSWER D



➡️QUESTION⬅️

What is the disadvantage to a sole trader of bringing in a partner?

A The business will benefit from the knowledge of the new partner.
B The new partner may bring additional capital into the business.
CThe profits made by the business will have to be shared with the new partner.
D The responsibility for running the business may be shared with the new partner.

ANSWER C


➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which item would be entered in a statement of changes in equity?

A debenture interest accrued
B debenture interest paid
C ordinary dividend paid for current year
D ordinary dividend proposed for current year

ANSWER C


➡️QUESTION⬅️

On 1 January NH Limited was formed with the issue of 200000 ordinary shares of $0.50 each.

During the first year it made a profit of $21000. A dividend of $0.02 per share was paid and $10 000 was transferred to general reserve.

A $7000
B $9000
C $17000
D $19000

What was the total of reserves on 31 December?

ANSWER C



➡️QUESTION⬅️

The issued share capital of CD Limited consists of ordinary shares.

Retained earnings were $86 000 on 1 September 2016 and $88 500 on 31 August 2017.

The company made a profit during the year of $26 000 and made a transfer to general reserve of $5000.

What was the total ordinary share dividend paid during the year?

A $18500 B $23500 C $28500 D $33500

ANSWER A




➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which statements about ordinary shares are correct?

1 If a company is wound up ordinary shares are repaid after debentures.

2 Ordinary shares are a non-current liability of the company.

3 The holders of ordinary shares are the owners of the company.

A 1and3
B 1only
C 2and3
D 3only

ANSWER A


➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which items are included in the equity section of the statement of financial position of a limited company?

A ordinary shares, retained earnings, debentures and current liabilities
B ordinary shares, retained earnings and debentures only
C ordinary shares and retained earnings only
D ordinary shares only

ANSWER C



➡️QUESTION⬅️

A club had an accumulated fund at the start of the year of $18000 and at the end of the year of $16 200.

Total running costs for the year were $9550. New equipment costing $1100 was bought during the year. The only income came from subscriptions.

How much were subscriptions for the year?

A $7750
B $8850
C $11350
D $12450

ANSWER A



➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which may be included in an income and expenditure account?

A bad debts
B opening balance on the bank account
C purchase of equipment
D subscriptions received for the following financial year

ANSWER A



➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which type of labour would be classified as direct?

1 factory managers
2 factory office staff
3 factory production workers

A 1,2 and 3
B 1 and 3 only
C 2only
D 3only

ANSWER D



➡️QUESTION⬅️

Which group contains only indirect costs?

A carriage inwards, factory rent, wages of factory supervisors
B carriage inwards, raw materials, wages of machine operators
C depreciation of machinery, factory rent, wages of factory supervisors
D depreciation of machinery, raw materials, wages of machine operators

ANSWER C



➡️QUESTION⬅️

A trader does not keep full accounting records.

How can credit purchases for his first year of trading be calculated?

A cheques paid + discounts received + amount owing to suppliers at year end
B cheques paid + discounts received — amount owing to suppliers at year end
C cheques paid — discounts received + amount owing to suppliers at year end
D cheques paid — discounts received — amount owing to suppliers at year end

ANSWER A

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