Accounting for IGCSE & O level - Accounting Procedures (Section 14)

  • 1
    If a payment was made to an employee, what is the implication if it was debited to the wages, and credited to the bank account?
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    (B)
    Will affect the profit.
  • 2
    Which depreciation method usually results in the largest depreciation expense in the final years of an asset's life?
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    (A)
    Straight-line method
  • 3
    If a customer makes a cash payment, which of the following is the correct accounting treatment?
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    (B)
    Credit customer account, debit cash
  • 4
    What is the impact on the financial statements if a non-current asset is debited instead of repairs, and also a sales commission amount is overstated?
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    A
    C
  • 5
    What are some of the entries in the Sales Ledger Control Account related to?
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    A
    C
    D
  • 6
    What is the main difference between revenue and capital expenditures regarding accounting treatment?
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    (A)
    Revenue expenditures are immediately expensed, while capital expenditures are capitalized (recorded as assets) and depreciated.
  • 7
    Which of the following would not be included in the cost of an asset?
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    (D)
    Training Costs
  • 8
    Which of the following best describes how the depreciation expense would be treated when disposing of an asset?
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    (B)
    Recognize depreciation expense up to the date of disposal and then cease.
  • 9
    Which of the following best describes the purpose of a Sales Ledger Control Account?
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    (C)
    To summarize all credit sales transactions.
  • 10
    What is a primary function of the Sales Ledger?
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    (B)
    Record of individual customer transactions on credit.
  • 11
    What are the main objectives of accounting for depreciation?
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    A
    C
  • 12
    Which financial statement would be affected if the incorrect entry for a payment to an employee was recorded?
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    (B)
    Balance Sheet
  • 13
    What is the impact of a depreciation expense on the statement of cash flow?
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    (B)
    Increases cash flow from operating activities.
  • 14
    Which of the following would be classified as revenue expenditure?
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    (B)
    Repairs to equipment.
  • 15
    If a customer overpays an invoice, how is this reflected in the Sales Ledger Control Account?
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    (B)
    The account is credited.
  • 16
    What is the impact on the profit if a discount allowed to a customer was not recorded?
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    (B)
    Profit will be overstated.
  • 17
    What is the effect on the financial statements if an asset is sold for an amount that is the same as its book value?
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    (D)
    All of the above
  • 18
    What is the effect of recording a cash purchase of inventory twice?
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    (B)
    The purchases figure will be overstated.
  • 19
    In what situation will the trial balance be imbalanced?
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    (C)
    An error in the amount.
  • 20
    What is the primary difference between the cost and the book value of an asset?
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    (C)
    Cost is the initial purchase price; book value is reduced by accumulated depreciation.
  • 21
    Bradley made an error by debiting the wrong account. What kind of error has he made?
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    (A)
    Error of commission.
  • 22
    Which of the following situations result in a credit entry in the Purchases Ledger Control Account?
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    A
    B
    C
  • 23
    What is the impact on net profit if the sale price of an asset is more than its carrying amount?
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    (A)
    Net profit will increase.
  • 24
    A delivery van was purchased for $40,000. It has an estimated useful life of 5 years and a salvage value of $5,000. Using the straight-line method, what is the annual depreciation expense?
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    (A)
    $7,000
  • 25
    What is the purpose of a trial balance?
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    (D)
    To check the equality of debits and credits.
  • 26
    In a purchases ledger control account, what would be the effect of a discount received from a supplier?
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    (B)
    Decreases the balance.
  • 27
    What is the primary function of a Purchases Ledger Control Account?
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    (B)
    To summarize all transactions with suppliers.
  • 28
    How does depreciation expense affect the balance sheet?
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    (C)
    Decreases the value of assets.
  • 29
    What is the correct treatment for the disposal of a fully depreciated asset?
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    (B)
    Debit accumulated depreciation and credit the asset account.
  • 30
    What is the primary impact on a business when a revenue expenditure is incorrectly capitalized (treated as a capital expenditure)?
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    (C)
    Profit is overstated in the current period.
  • 31
    How does a payment made to a supplier affect the Purchases Ledger Control Account?
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    (A)
    The account is debited.
  • 32
    If a business makes a credit purchase, which account is debited?
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    (A)
    Purchases
  • 33
    Why might the balance on the sales ledger control account NOT agree with the total of the individual customer balances?
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    A
    D
  • 34
    What types of errors are likely to cause the trial balance to be imbalanced?
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    A
    C
    D
  • 35
    In a compensating error, what happens?
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    (A)
    Two errors cancel each other out.
  • 36
    If a business records a capital expenditure as a revenue expenditure, what is the impact on the income statement?
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    A
    C
  • 37
    If a customer returns goods, which of the following is true in the sales ledger?
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    (B)
    Decreases the customer's balance.
  • 38
    What is the primary effect of depreciation on a business?
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    (D)
    Reduces profit and increases the cost of the assets.
  • 39
    Which of the following is represented by entries in the Purchases Ledger Control Account?
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    A
    B
    C
  • 40
    Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of calculating the depreciation expense up to the date of disposal?
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    (C)
    To determine the asset's net book value.
  • 41
    If the drawings of £6,000 were omitted, what is the implication to the financial statements?
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    A
    D
  • 42
    What journal entry would be made to record a cash refund from a supplier in the Purchases Ledger?
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    (D)
    Debit Cash; Credit Supplier Account.
  • 43
    Which of the following errors would *not* cause a trial balance to be imbalanced?
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    (B)
    Omitting a transaction entirely
  • 44
    What effect does offering a cash discount to a customer have on their account in the sales ledger?
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    (B)
    Decreases the balance.
  • 45
    If an item of inventory was counted twice during the year-end inventory count, how would this error affect the financial statements?
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    (B)
    Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) is overstated, and profit is understated.
  • 46
    What is the primary purpose of a suspense account when correcting errors in a trial balance?
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    (B)
    To temporarily hold the difference until the error is found.
  • 47
    When should a company use the units of production method?
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    (A)
    When the asset's usage varies significantly year to year
  • 48
    What kind of entry is made after a mistake is identified?
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    (B)
    Correcting entry.
  • 49
    Which of the following is NOT usually recorded in the sales journal?
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    (C)
    Sales returns
  • 50
    Which of the following entries will *increase* the balance on the purchases ledger control account?
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    (C)
    A credit purchase.