Accounting Quiz 4

1 / 50

The beginnings inventory of the current year is overstated by 5,000 and closing inventory is overstated by 12,000. These errors will cause the net income for the current year by

17,000 (overstated.

7,000 (overstated.

7,000 (understated.

12,000 (understated.

2 / 50

Which one of the following is a capital expenditure?

Compensation paid to Directors on termination of their services

Gratuities paid to Directors on termination of their services.

Royalty paid in installments for the purchase of rights to manufacture and sell patient medicines.

Expenditure incurred in connection with the renewal of a Trade Mark.

3 / 50

Which one of the following should be considered a revenue expenditure?

Damage paid on account of breach of a contract to supply certain goods

1000 paid for the execution of a new plant

Repair to machinery purchased, second hand.

Loss of 10,000 incurred in increasing the sitting accommodation of a hotel

4 / 50

Closing stock in the Trial Balance implies that______________?

It is adjusted in the Cost of Sale A/c

It is adjusted in the Purchase A/c

It is already adjusted in the opening stock

It is adjusted in the Profit &Loss A/c

5 / 50

Purchase journal is kept to record_____________?

All purchases of goods

All credit purchases of goods

All credit purchases

None of these

6 / 50

Which of the following should not be treated as revenue expenditure?

Sales tax paid in connection with the purchase of office equipment

Interest on loans and debentures

Small expenditures on long- lived assets, such as ` 20 for a paper weight.

Annual fire insurance premiums on Plant and Equipment

7 / 50

During the year 2011-2012, the value of closing inventory was overstated by 25,000. Which of the following is true?

The retained earnings was overstated during 2011-2012 and retained earnings will be understated during 2012-2013

The cost of goods sold was understated during 2011-2012 but retained earnings will not be affected during 2012-2013

The cost of goods sold was overstated during 2011-2012 and income will be understated during 2012-2013

The income was overstated during 2011-12 and closing inventory will be overstated during 2012-2013

8 / 50

Any donation received for a specific purpose is a_________?

Liability

Revenue receipts

Capital receipts

Assets

9 / 50

Which of the following items should not be capitalized relating to fixed assets?

Expenditure incurred on test runs and experimental production

Administration and general expenses

Stand by equipment and servicing equipment

Interest payable on loans or deferred credits taken for the acquisition or construction of fixed assets before they are ready for use

10 / 50

Cash book records?

Only cash sales

Only capital receipts

Only revenue receipts

All types of cash receipts and payments

11 / 50

Which of these transactions will not be recorded in cash book?

Cash received from debtors

Cash paid to creditors

Salary remained outstanding

Cash deposited with bank

12 / 50

Which of the following statements is true?

A Trial Balance will not tally if a transaction is omitted

If a Trial Balance tallies, it always means that none of the transactions has been completely omitted

A customer to whom goods have been sold on credit cannot avail himself of a cash discount

A credit balance in the Pass Book indicates excess of deposits over withdrawals

13 / 50

The closing balance of a petty cash book is a / an___________?

Loss

Assets

Gain

Liability

14 / 50

Which of the following statements are / is true? ? Events after Balance Sheet are?

All changes after Balance Sheet date before its approval

The events after Balance Sheet date but before submitting it to the Registrar of Companies

All the significant events after the Balance Sheet date

The events after Balance Sheet date but before its approval by the board

15 / 50

The accountant of Leo Ltd. recorded a payment by cheque to a creditor for supply of materials as 1,340.56. The bank recorded the cheque at its correct amount of 3,140.56. The Company has not passed any rectification entries and the error is not detected through the bank reconciliation. The impact of this error is

The purchases are understated

The balance of creditors is understated

The Trial Balance will not agree

The favorable bank balance as per Pass Book is less than the Bank balance as per Cash book

16 / 50

While finalizing the current year?s accounts, the company realized that an error was made in the calculation of closing stock of the previous year. In the previous year, closing stock was valued more by 50,000. As a result

Previous year?s profit is overstated and current year?s profit is also overstated.

There will be no impact on the profit of either the previous year or the current year.

Previous year?s profit is overstated and current year?s profit is understated.

Previous year?s profit is understated and current year?s profit is overstated.

17 / 50

For the past 3 years, DK Ltd. has failed to accrue unpaid wages earned by workers during the last week of the year. The amounts omitted, which were considered material, were as follows: March 31,2010 ? ` 56,000 March 31, 2011 ? ` 51,000 March 31, 2012 ? ` 64,000

Debit to wage expense for ` 51,000

Credit to wage expense for ` 64,000

Debit to wage expense for ` 13,000

Debit to wage expense for ` 64,000

18 / 50

Which of these errors affect two or more accounts

Errors of principle

Errors of complete omission

All the three

Errors of posting to wrong account

19 / 50

Capital expenditure is an expenditure which

Benefits the current accounting period

Results in the acquisition of a permanent asset

Will benefit the next accounting period

Results in the acquisition of a current asset

20 / 50

Which of the following methods is not a practical way of realizing revenue?

Production method

Moving average method

Delivery method

Percentage-of-completion method

21 / 50

If goods worth 1,750 returned to a supplier is wrongly entered in sales return book as 1,570, then

Net Profit will decrease by 3,140

Gross Profit will increase by 3,320

Gross Profit will decrease by 3,500

Gross Profit will decrease by 3,320

22 / 50

Which of the following errors affects the agreement of a Trial Balance?

Mistake in balancing an account

Recording of a wrong entry in the subsidiary books

Posting an entry on the correct side but in the wrong account

Omitting to record a transaction entirely in the subsidiary books

23 / 50

Which of these is a Part of cash in hand?

B/R

Cheque Deposited with Bank

Postage stamps

B/R endorsed

24 / 50

The amount payable to a person as consideration for the use of rights vested in him is

Purchase consideration

Dividend

Installment

Royalty

25 / 50

Which of the following is a representative Personal A/c?

SBI A/c

Rent A/c

Bad debts A/c

Outstanding Salary A/c

26 / 50

Which of the following is a Real A/c?

Bank A/c

Building A/c

Salary A/c

Goodwill A/c

27 / 50

Which of the following statements is correct about Trial Balance?

The Trial Balance is prepared after preparing the Profit and Loss Account

The Trial Balance shows only balances of Assets and Liabilities

The Trial Balance has no statutory importance from the point of view of law

The Trial Balance shows only nominal account balances

28 / 50

Any gain on the sale of non-current assets should be _________ from the net profit and the loss must be _________to the net profit in determining fund from operation?

Added, Reduced

Deducted, Added

Added, Added

Deducted, Deducted

29 / 50

Which of the following statements is /are true?

Undercasting or overcastting of a subsidiary book is an example or error of commission

Errors of principle do not affect the agreement of Trial Balance

Entering wrong amount in the subsidiary book affects the agreement of the Trial Balance

Both B. and C. above

30 / 50

The balance of which of the following accounts do not disappear, once they are debited/credited to Trading Account?

Closing stock

Sales

Purchases

Inward returns

31 / 50

Which of the following is true regarding closing entries?

They must be made after the adjusting entries but before the reversing entries

They must be made after the reversing entries but before the adjusting entries

They must be followed by reversing entries

They transfer the balances in all of the Nominal Accounts to the Trading and Profit and Loss Account

32 / 50

Petty cash balance is a/an___________?

Liability

Expenditure

None

Assets

33 / 50

Journal proper is meant for recording_____________?

Return of goods

Credit purchase of fixed assets

None of these

All such transactions for which no special journal has been kept by the business

34 / 50

Closing stock is generally valued at______________?

Market Price

Cost price or Market price whichever is higher

Cost Price

Cost price or Market price whichever is lower

35 / 50

Buildings account is debited with an amount towards repairs. This is an example of?

Error of commission

Error of omission

Error of principle

Compensating error

36 / 50

The concept of conservatism will have the effect of______________?

Overstatement of Liabilities

Overstatement of Assets

Understatement of Assets

Understatement of Liabilities

37 / 50

Which of the following enhances the earning capacity of an asset?

Increase in working capacity of an asset

Replacing damaged parts of an asset

Both A. and C. above

Reduction in operating costs

38 / 50

Which column of a cash book will not have credit balance___________?

None

Discount column

Cash column

Bank column

39 / 50

Goodwill A/c is a/an__________?

Fictitious Asset

Intangible Asset

Nominal A/c

Tangible Asset

40 / 50

In a three column cash book_______________does not exist?

Cash column

Bank column

Discount column

Petty cash column

41 / 50

Which of the following is true?

Error of principle involves an incorrect allocation of expenditure or receipt between capital and revenue

Error of casting affects personal accounts

Error of carry forward affects two accounts

Omission of a transaction from a subsidiary record affects only one account

42 / 50

Which of the following errors is an error of omission?

Repairs to buildings have been debited to buildings account

The total of the sales journal has not been posted to the Sales Account

Sale of ` 100 was recorded in the Purchases Journal

Wages paid to Mohan have been debited to his account

43 / 50

Which of the following assets is/are to be valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value?

Goodwill

Both B. and C. above.

Investments

Inventories

44 / 50

Which of these errors affect only one account?

Errors of carry forward

Errors of casting

Errors of posting

All the three

45 / 50

Which of the following is an item of capital expenditure?

Installation charges paid in conjunction with the purchase of Office Equipment

Research and development costs during the year

Monthly rent of a machinery used in the business

Interest on borrowed fund utilized for acquisition of Office Furniture

46 / 50

Which of the following is a Nominal A/c ?

SBI A/c

Rent A/c

Outstanding Salary A/c

Debtors A/c

47 / 50

Which of the following statements is/are true ?

A sale of an asset is recorded in the Sales Book

The balance of Petty Cash Book is a liability

Cash Book is a subsidiary book as well as a ledger

Total of Return Outward Book is debited to Return Outward Account

48 / 50

Which of the following error is an error of principle

500 paid for wages debited to salary A/c

5,000 incurred on installation of new plant debited to travelling expenses A/c

500 being purchase of raw material debited to purchase A/c ` 50

5,000 received from Sham credited to Ram A/c

49 / 50

Which of the following is an one sided error?

500 purchase of old equipment not recorded in the books of A/c at all

None

Both

500 being expense on travelling expense credited to travelling expenses

50 / 50

The adjustment to be made for income received in advance is:

Add income received in advance to respective income and show it as a liability

Add income received in advance to respective income and show it as asset

Deduct income received in advance from respective income and show it as a liability

Deduct income received in advance from respective income and show it as an asset in the Balance Sheet

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