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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Principles, concepts, and conventions of accounting

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions - Principles, concepts, and conventions of accounting

Question 1:
Sobande Incorporation acquired a machine that involved the following expenditures and related factors.
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Gross invoice price 15,000
Sales tax 900
Purchases discount taken 300
Freight 750
Assembly of machine 500
Installation of machine 800
Assorted spare parts for future use 1200
Turing and adjusting machine 700
What is the initial accounting cost of the machine?
  • A N19,550
  • B N18,950
  • C N18,350
  • D N17,500
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Question 2:
In a public corporation, the capital expenditure incurred in a financial period is?
  • A Spread over the useful life of the assets through depreciation
  • B Apportioned at a pre-determined rate stipulated by law
  • C Written off in the year in which they occur
  • D Merged with recurrent expenditure and reported in one required lump sum
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Question 3:
Accrual concept stipulates that?
  • A Revenue should be recognized when it is earned
  • B Costs should be recognized when the expenditure is paid
  • C Revenue should be recognized only when cash is paid
  • D Costs should be recognized when the are incurred
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Question 4:
Accrual concept stipulates that?
  • A Revenue should be recognized when it is earned
  • B Costs should be recognized when the expenditure is paid
  • C Revenue should be recognized only when cash is paid
  • D Costs should be recognized when the are incurred
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Question 5:
The accounting convention which stipulates that money or goods taken from the business by the owner for personal use should be treated as deductions from capital is
  • A Cost
  • B Prudence
  • C Consistency
  • D Entity
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