SFX GREENHERALD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

QUALIFYING EXAMINATION 2013

SESSION 2013 - 14

9706/1

ACCOUNTING
Paper 1 Multiple Choice

1 hour
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Multiple Choice Answer Sheet

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A trader made four transactions.

1

paid for repairs to manufacturing equipment

purchased an item to be used by the business for more than 12 months

took goods for resale for his own use

transferred his own vehicle to the business

Which items are capital expenditure?

A

1 and 2

2 and 3

2 only

3 and 4

A payment from a credit customer has been credited to cash sales.

Which entries correct this error?

account to be debited

account to be credited

customer

bank

customer

sales

sales

bank

sales

customer

A statement of financial position includes a 10% provision for doubtful debts totalling $7800. The
income statement shows bad debts written off of $750 and bad debts recovered of $150.
What was the original value of trade receivables?
A

$78 000

$78 600

$78 750

$78 900

A clubs income and expenditure account for 2012 showed rent and rates of $4000.
On 31 December 2012 rent owing was $600 and rates paid in advance was $800.
What was the amount shown in the receipts and payments account for rent and rates for the year
ended 31 December 2012?
A

$3800

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$4000

$4200

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$5400

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At the beginning of the year a business has a provision for doubtful debts of $2600. At the year
end the provision is to be 5% of trade receivables.
The balance on the sales ledger control account at the year end is $69 200, before writing off a
bad debt of $480.
The business operates a separate bad debts account.
What is the entry in the income statement for the provision for doubtful debts?
A

$836 credit

$836 debit

$860 credit

$860 debit

The table below shows how a non-current asset appears in the statement of financial position.
$
non-current asset at cost

120 000

accumulated depreciation

(18 000)

net book value

102 000

The asset is revalued to $136 000.

What is the journal entry to record the revaluation?
debit
$
A
B

C
D

non-current asset at cost

income statement

16 000

non-current asset at cost

accumulated depreciation
revaluation reserve

16 000
18 000

non-current asset at cost

revaluation reserve

34 000

non-current asset at cost

revaluation reserve

16 000

credit
$

16 000

34 000
34 000
16 000

A vehicle was part exchanged for a new vehicle.

Which entries record the part exchange?
account debited

account credited

cash

motor vehicles

disposal

motor vehicles

motor vehicles

cash

motor vehicles

disposal

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Which transaction would increase the current assets of a business?

A

paying credit suppliers $750 cash

purchasing a non-current asset on credit for $5000

purchasing inventory on credit for $1000 and selling immediately for $2000 cash

selling inventory of $1000 at cost price on credit

A business has a bank balance of $4800. It pays for materials invoiced at $3000 less trade
discount of 30% and cash discount of 10%. A cheque for $450 is received from a customer.
What is the bank balance after these transactions?
A

$2250

$2460

$3360

$3450

10 A sole trader pays private expenses from the business bank account and records them as
drawings.
Which accounting principle is applied?
A

business entity

going concern

matching

prudence

11 A draft statement of financial position shows a bank balance of $1400. The following information
is now available.
$
cheques issued but not yet cleared by the bank

150

bank charges not in the cash book

45

lodgements in the cash book but not on the bank statement

220

Which figure is shown on the bank statement?

A

$1285

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$1355

$1425

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$1515

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12 A suspense account showed the following.

suspense account
$
purchases

300

balance b/d

120

Judy

180

300

300

The business did not maintain control accounts.

Which errors had been made?
purchases

Judy

purchases journal had

been overcast by $300

credit sales of $460 had been

entered as $640 in Judys account

purchases journal had

been overcast by $300

credit sales of $640 had been

entered as $460 in Judys account

purchases journal had

been undercast by $300

credit sales of $460 had been

entered as $640 in Judys account

purchases journal had

been undercast by $300

credit sales of $640 had been

entered as $460 in Judys account

13 At the start of the year a business had the opening trade payables of $13 000. At the end of the
year it owed $15 000 to trade payables.
During the year it paid them $190 000, after taking a cash discount of $10 000.
What was the amount of the credit purchases for the year?
A

$188 000

$192 000

$198 000

$202 000

14 Which error must be corrected by a one-sided journal entry?

A

a cheque entered in the cash book but not posted in a ledger account

a contra entry in the sales ledger control account not entered in the purchases ledger control
account

an error in the total value of sales ledger balances included in the trial balance

discount allowed entered in a customers account but not entered in the discount column in
the cash book

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15 A trader uses his bank statements and paying in books to produce a summary of his receipts and
payments for the year.
Why does he do this?
A

in order to calculate his closing inventory

in order to prepare a bank reconciliation statement

to be able to calculate total sales and total purchases

to know the amount of bad debts written off

16 A trader has two departments in his clothes store mens and womens.
The following information is available.
mens

womens

13

floor space

81 m2

99 m2

value of non-current assets

$90 000

$135 000

$247 000

$403 000

sales staff (number)

annual sales

The cost of advertising and distribution is $68 100.

What is the cost for advertising and distribution for the mens department?
A

17

$23 835

$25 878

$27 240

$30 645

A business makes up its financial statements to 30 April each year.

Included in the ledger account balances on 1 May 2011 was insurance (debit) $800.
On 31 October 2011 an insurance premium of $2100 was paid for the year ending 31 October 2012.
Which amount was charged for insurance in the income
30 April 2012?

statement for the year ended

$2900

$1050

$1850

$2100

18 On which basis should inventory be valued?

A

historical cost

lower of cost and net realisable value

lower of cost and replacement cost

replacement cost

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19 A vehicle cost $12 000 and its estimated residual value was $2000. The vehicle was depreciated
at 25% per annum using the straight line method. After three years the vehicle was sold for
$3500.
What was the profit or loss on disposal?
A

20

$500 profit

$1000 loss

$1000 profit

$4500 loss

A trader provided the following information.

$
gross profit

3 000

motor expenses for repairs to private motor car

wages paid to staff

500
1 000

rent paid for premises

600

interest on home loan

700

What is the profit for the year?

A
21

$200

$700

$900

$1400

The purchases ledger control account has a closing balance of $15 300. Discounts received of
$600 have been entered on the wrong side of the control account.
What is the corrected balance?
A

$14 100

$14 700

$15 900

$16 500

22 Which statement about trial balance totals is correct?

A

They may not agree since a trial balance is not a statement of financial position.

They may not agree until various adjustments are made.

They should, in the absence of errors, always agree.

They will not agree because the trial balance does not include a figure for closing inventory.

23 A company discovers that its opening inventory was overvalued by $30 000.
Which effect will the correction of this error have on the financial statements for the year?

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profit for
the year

closing
inventory

$30 000

nil

nil

$30 000

+ $30 000

nil

+ $30 000

$30 000
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24 The committee of a sports club decided to introduce a life membership scheme.

The cost of life membership was $200, to be transferred to the income and expenditure account
over a twentyyear period. Seven members took up life membership in the first year.
Which values would be shown in the financial statements at the end of year 1?
income and
expenditure account
$

current
liabilities
$

deferred
income
$

nil

nil

1400

A
B

70

nil

1330

70

70

1260

1400

nil

nil

25 A company commences business on 1 April. It buys the following units of inventory.

date

quantity

unit cost

1 April

200

$250

1 September

400

$200

1 December

200

$300

During the year, it sells 500 units at $550 each.

What is the gross profit for the year using the FIFO method of inventory valuation?
A

$85 000

$155 000

$156 250

$165 000

26 A business sells a non-current asset for cash. The disposal account includes entries for the cost
of the asset and the sales proceeds.
Which books of prime entry are used?
cost

sales proceeds

cash book

general journal

cash book

sales journal

general journal

cash book

purchases journal

cash book

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27 A business buys a vehicle for $10 000 on 1 January Year 1 and sells it for $6500 on 1 January
Year 3, having depreciated it at 10 % a year using the straight line method.
The company provides a full years depreciation in the year of purchase and none in the year of
disposal.
Which amount for profit or loss will appear in the disposal account and on what side of the
disposal account will it be shown?
A

$1500 on the credit side

$1500 on the debit side

$2500 on the credit side

$2500 on the debit side

28 A company pays rates annually in advance on 1 April each year. $4000 is paid by them on
1 April 2009 and $4800 on 1 April 2010. The companys accounting year end is 31 December.
What is the charge for rates in the 2010 income statement?
A

$4000

$4200

$4600

$4800

29 At the end of its financial year a business had accounts receivable of $16 000 and had a bad
debts provision of $640. The provision is to be maintained at 5 % of accounts receivable.
Which amount is shown in the income statement?
A

30

$160 credit

$160 debit

$800 credit

$800 debit

A companys purchases ledger control account showed an opening balance of $24 640 credit.
The following information is available for the year.
$
purchases journal (including invoice for $910 entered twice)
receivables ledger control contra

17 100
850

credit notes issued by suppliers

1 250
420

discounts received

The purchases ledger control account balance at the year end was $19 870 credit.
How much cash was paid to creditors during the year?
A

$18 440

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$20 140

$20 940

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$22 640