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Accounts - Principles of Accounts Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Manufacturing Accounts

Jamb Accounts - Principles of Accounts Questions - Manufacturing Accounts

Question 6:
Use the information below to answer question 28 and 29.
Raw materials inventory at the beginning of a period was N 46,800 and at the close of the period there was a balance of N38,600. From the purchases made during the period, defective materials costing N9,200 were returned. Cost of materials consumed during the period was N448,500.
What was the total purchases made during the period?
  • A N497,100
  • B N457,700
  • C N449,500
  • D N440,300
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Question 7:
Depreciation on a particular piece of machinery was N2,700 during the fifth year of its service life and N4,050 during the sixth year. The logical explanation for this is that?
  • A An addition was made to the asset during the sixth year
  • B The estimate of salvage value on this equipment was decreased
  • C A unit-of-output method of depreciation was used during the sixth year
  • D The estimate remaining service life of the assets was increased at the beginning of the sixth year
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Question 8:
When the factory cost of production has been ascertained, manufactured goods are transferred to trading account by?
  • A Debting manufacturing account and crediting trading acccount
  • B Crditing sales account and debtiting trading account
  • C Debiting sales account and crediting trading account
  • D Crediting manufacturing account and debiting trading account
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Question 9:
Lawal and co makes blocks and sell to builders.
In computing prime cost, which of the following costs would be considered appropriate?
  • A Cement, sand and carriage outwards
  • B Water carriage inwards and cement
  • C Sales boys'wages, cement and sand
  • D Carriage outwards,carriage inwards and cement
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Question 10:
The difference between the factory cost of production and the prime cost of production is?
  • A Direct materials
  • B Direct labour
  • C Selling expenses
  • D Overhead
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