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QUIZ 3 - Ques
QUIZ 3 - Ques
QUIZ 3 - Ques
1
2 Directors of companies must act honestly in what they consider to be the best interest of
the company.
3 A Director's main aim should be to create wealth for the shareholders of the company.
A 1 and 2 only
B 2 only
C 1, 2 and 3
D 1 and 3 only
4. Which accounting concept should be considered if the owner of a business takes goods
from inventory for their own personal use?
A The materiality concept
B The accruals concept
C The going concern concept
D The business entity concept
5. Sales revenue should be recognised when goods and services have been supplied;
costs are incurred when goods and services have been received.
Which accounting concept governs the above?
A The business entity concept
B The materiality concept
C The accruals concept
D The duality concept
7. According to the IASB's Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, which TWO
of the following are part of faithful representation?
1 It is neutral
2 It is relevant
3 It is presented fairly
4 It is free from material error
A 1 and 2
B 2 and 3
C 1 and 4
D 3 and 4
8. Which of the following accounting concepts means that similar items should receive
similar accounting treatment?
A Conformity
B Accruals
C Matching
D Consistency (similar items should receive similar accounting treatment)
10. Which ONE of the following statements describes faithful representation, a qualitative
characteristic of faithful representation?
A Revenue earned must be matched against the expenditure incurred in earning it.
B Having information available to decision-makers in time to be capable of influencing
their decisions.
C The presentation and classification of items in the financial statements should stay the
same from one period to the next.
D Financial information should be complete, neutral and free from error.
13. The IASB's Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting gives six
qualitative characteristics of financial information. What are these six
characteristics?
A Relevance, Faithful representation, Comparability, Verifiability, Timeliness and
Understandability
B Accuracy, Faithful representation, Comparability, Verifiability, Timeliness and
Understandability
C Relevance, Faithful representation, Consistency, Verifiability, Timeliness and
Understandability
D Relevance, Comparability, Consistency, Verifiability, Timeliness and
Understandability
14. Which one of the following is NOT a qualitative characteristic of financial information
according to the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting?
A Faithful representation
B Relevance
C Timeliness
D Accruals
15. According to the IASB Conceptual Framework which of the following is NOT
an objective of financial statements?
A Providing information regarding the financial position of a business
B Providing information regarding the performance of a business
C Enabling users to assess the performance of management to aid decision making
D Providing reliable investment advice
17. Which one of the following can the accounting equation can be rewritten as?
A Assets + profit – drawings – liabilities = closing capital
B Assets – liabilities – drawings = opening capital +
profit C Assets – liabilities – opening capital + drawings
= profit D Assets – profit – drawings = closing capital –
liabilities
18. A trader's net profit for the year may be computed by using which of the
following formulas?
A Opening capital + drawings – capital introduced – closing capital
B Closing capital + drawings – capital introduced – opening capital
C Opening capital – drawings + capital introduced – closing capital
D Opening capital – drawings – capital introduced – closing capital
19. The profit earned by a business in 20X7 was £72,500. The proprietor injected new
capital of £8,000 during the year and withdrew goods for his private use which had cost
£2,200.
If net assets at the beginning of 20X7 were £101,700, what were the closing net assets?
A £35,000
B £39,400
C £168,400
D £180,000
20. The profit made by a business in 20X7 was £35,400. The proprietor injected new capital
of £10,200 during the year and withdrew a monthly salary of £500.
If net assets at the end of 20X7 were £95,100, what was the proprietor's capital at the beginning
of the year?
£ 55,500 (2 marks)
21. A sole trader took some goods costing £800 from inventory for his own use. The normal
selling price of the goods is £1,600.
Which of the following journal entries would correctly record this?
DEBIT CREDIT
£ £
A. Inventory account 800
Purchases account 800
B Drawings account 800
Purchases account 800
C Sales account 1,600
Drawings account 1,600
D Drawings account 800
Sales account 800 (2 marks)
22. A business can make a profit and yet have a reduction in its bank balance. Which ONE
of the following might cause this to happen?
A The sale of non-current assets at a loss
B The charging of depreciation in the statement of profit or loss
C The lengthening of the period of credit given to customers
D The lengthening of the period of credit taken from suppliers
23. The net assets of Altese, a trader, at 1 January 20X2 amounted to £128,000. During the
year to 31 December 20X2 Altese introduced a further £50,000 of capital and made
drawings of £48,000. At 31 December 20X2 Altese's net assets totalled £184,000.
What is Altese's total profit or loss for the year ended 31 December 20X2?
A £54,000 profit
B £54,000 loss
C £42,000 loss
D £58,000 profit
EXERCISE 3.1
The following information is relevant for Questions 4.1 and 4.2.
On 1 May 20X9 Marshall's cash book showed a cash balance of £224 and an overdraft of £336.
During the week ended 6 May the following transactions took place.
May 1 Sold £160 of goods to P Dixon on credit.
May 1 Withdrew £50 of cash from the bank for business use.
May 2 Purchased goods priced at £380 from A Clarke, on credit, less 15% trade discount.
May 2 Repaid a debt of £120 owing to R Hill, taking advantage of a 10% settlement discount.
The payment was by cheque.
May 3 Sold £45 of goods for cash. => Cash book not Sales Day book
May 4 Sold £80 of goods to M Maguire on credit, offering a 121/2% discount if payment made
within 7 days. Marshall expects Maguire to take up this discount.
May 4 Paid a telephone bill of £210 by cheque.
May 4 Purchased £400 of goods on credit from D Daley.
May 5 Received a cheque from H Larkin for £180.
May 5 Sold £304 of goods to M Donald on credit.
May 5 Purchased £135 of goods from Honour Co by cheque. => Cash book not Purchase Day book
May 6 Received a cheque from D Randle for £482.
May 6 Purchased £100 of goods on credit from G Perkins
29. What is the total of the sales day book?
30. What is the total of the purchases day book?