Accounting (0452) · May/June 2007 · Question paper 1

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
International General Certificate of Secondary Education

0452/01

ACCOUNTING
Paper 1 Multiple Choice

May/June 2007
1 hour

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Businesses use financial records to prepare final accounts.
Which record is used in the preparation of the balance sheet?

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A

bank statement

B

cash book

C

purchases journal

D

sales journal

What does the owner of a business discover from the profit and loss account?
A

bank account balance

B

how much has been spent on fixed assets

C

how much she withdrew from the business

D

whether gross profit has exceeded expenses

Which is a liability of a business?
A

amount owing by debtors

B

amount owing to creditors

C

long term loan to employee

D

property tax paid in advance

Which appears in both the trading account and the profit and loss account?
A

cost of sales

B

gross profit

C

net profit

D

sales

A trader reduced the telephone expenses in the final accounts by the amount of his personal
telephone bill, which had been included in the telephone expenses account.
Which accounting principle is the trader using?
A

business entity

B

going concern

C

matching

D

prudence

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A payment of rent of $100 is debited to the rent account and credited to the bank account.
Which accounting principle is being applied?

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A

consistency

B

duality

C

prudence

D

realisation

Which would not be recorded in the accounting records of a business when applying the money
measurement principle?
A

cost of computers purchased

B

fees paid for staff computer training course

C

new computer skills acquired by staff

D

repair bill for computers

When are credit sales recorded in the seller’s book-keeping records?
A

when the cash is received

B

when the goods are delivered

C

when the goods are invoiced

D

when the sales order is received

Bashir buys goods on credit from Khalid. The goods are damaged and Bashir returns them to
Khalid.
Which document does Khalid send to Bashir to confirm the return?
A

credit note

B

debit note

C

invoice

D

statement

10 Which book of prime entry is also a ledger account?
A

cash book

B

journal

C

purchases journal

D

sales journal

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11 A trader provides the following extract from her petty cash book.
Date

Details

Total paid
Stationery
$

$
April 10

Analysis columns

Window cleaner

10

19

M. Ali

12

26

Printer paper

25

25

47

25

30

Total for month

Cleaning
$

Ledger accounts
$

10
12

10

12

Which entries are made in the ledger on 30 April?
A

credit stationery account: credit cleaning account: credit ledger accounts

B

credit stationery account: credit cleaning account: credit M. Ali account

C

debit stationery account: debit cleaning account: debit ledger accounts

D

debit stationery account: debit cleaning account: debit M. Ali account

12 Simon sells goods on credit to Linda. The list price of the goods is $2000. Simon allows his
customers a trade discount of 25 %. A cash discount of 2 % is also allowed if the customer pays
the account in 30 days.
What amount will be entered in Simon’s sales journal?
A

$1460

B

C

$1470

$1500

13 Which transaction is recorded in the journal?
A

correction of an error in recording sales returns

B

drawings in cash by the owner

C

purchase of a motor vehicle by cheque

D

purchase of goods on credit

14 Rent is paid to J. Perigo in cash.
How is this recorded?
account to be debited

account to be credited

A

cash

rent

B

J. Perigo

rent

C

rent

cash

D

rent

J. Perigo

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15 The totals of the discount columns in a cash book are as follows:
debit

$2000

credit

$1250

Which entries are made in the ledger accounts?
account to be debited

$

account to be credited

$

A

discounts allowed

1250

discounts received

2000

B

discounts allowed

2000

discounts received

1250

C

discounts received

1250

discounts allowed

2000

D

discounts received

2000

discounts allowed

1250

16 On 1 April 2007 Chan owes Tan $570. During April 2007 the following transactions took place.
Tan sold goods, $380, on credit to Chan
Chan returned goods, $150, to Tan
Chan paid Tan $500 by cheque
What is the balance brought down on Chan’s account in Tan’s ledger on 1 May 2007?
A

$300 credit

B

$300 debit

C

$840 credit

D

$840 debit

17 How is the purchase of goods on credit recorded?
general ledger

purchases ledger

A

debit cash

credit purchases

B

credit cash

debit purchases

C

debit purchases

credit supplier

D

credit purchases

debit supplier

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18 Saddique’s trial balance failed to balance. The debit column totalled $12 250 and the credit
column totalled $12 200.
The following errors were discovered and corrected.
No entry had been made for cash sales, $150.
The total of the discount received account, $50, had been omitted from the trial balance.
What will be the totals of the amended trial balance?
A

B

$12 250

C

$12 300

$12 350

D

$12 400

19 The difference on a trial balance was entered in a suspense account.
It was found later that a payment of $1600 for rent had been entered correctly in the cash book
but credited in the rent account.
Which entry corrects this error?
account to be debited

$

account to be credited

$

A

rent

1600

suspense

1600

B

rent

3200

suspense

3200

C

suspense

1600

rent

1600

D

suspense

3200

rent

3200

20 Mohammed deals in office equipment. A desk intended for use by the business was recorded as
the purchase of goods for resale.
Which entry corrects this error?
account to be debited

account to be credited

A

purchases

office equipment

B

office equipment

purchases

C

sales

office equipment

D

office equipment

sales

21 A business receives a bank statement and updates its cash book.
Which item will increase the bank balance in the cash book?
A

bank charges

B

credit transfers received

C

interest charges

D

standing orders paid

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22 Why should all accrued expenses be shown in a business’s final accounts?
A

so that the correct total of current assets is shown in the balance sheet

B

so that the income of a period is matched against the costs of that period

C

to show how much customers owe the business

D

to show the amount owed to trade suppliers

23 Susan receives a cheque from a tenant on 10 December 2006. This is rent due to the business
for the period 1 January to 31 March 2007.
How is this treated in Susan’s final accounts for the year ended 31 December 2006?
A

accrued expense

B

accrued income

C

prepaid expense

D

prepaid income

24 Which is a capital receipt?
A

discount received

B

interest received from bank account

C

proceeds from sale of fixed asset

D

sales income

25 A purchase of equipment is debited to the equipment repairs account in error.
What is the effect of this error on the business’s final accounts?
net profit
too high
A



B



fixed assets in balance sheet
too low

too low




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26 A business fails to depreciate its fixed assets.
What is the effect of this?
A

fixed assets are overstated and net profit is overstated

B

fixed assets are overstated and net profit is understated

C

fixed assets are understated and net profit is overstated

D

fixed assets are understated and net profit is understated

27 Paul purchased a motor vehicle for $15 000. He estimated that it would be used for 5 years and
then be sold for $2000. Paul decided to spread the depreciation of the motor vehicle equally over
its working life at the rate of 20 % per annum.
What is the accumulated depreciation at the end of year 2?
A

$4680

B

$5200

C

$5400

D

$6000

28 How should stock be valued?
A

higher of selling price and cost

B

higher of net realisable value and cost

C

lower of selling price and cost

D

lower of net realisable value and cost

29 The following information is provided.
$
sales for the year

220 000

purchases for the year

130 000

opening stock

10 000

closing stock

12 000

What is the cost of goods sold?
A

$90 000

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$92 000

C

$128 000

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$132 000

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30 Abu is a trader. In March 2006 he wrote off a credit customer’s account as a bad debt.
Where will this bad debt appear in Abu’s final accounts prepared at 31 December 2006?
A

deducted from creditors in balance sheet

B

deducted from debtors in balance sheet

C

deducted from gross profit in profit and loss account

D

deducted from sales in trading account

31 Which is not entered in a partnership profit and loss appropriation account?
A

drawings

B

interest on capital

C

interest on drawings

D

partners' salaries

32 Amy and Beth are in partnership, sharing profits equally. No salaries are paid to the partners.
For the financial year ended 31 December 2006:
$
net profit

100 000

interest charged on partners' drawings

Amy

6 000

Beth

4 000

How much is credited to Beth's current account for the year ended 31 December 2006?
A

$50 000

B

C

$51 000

$55 000

D

$59 000

33 A trader provides the following information.
1 January 2006

31 December 2006

$

$

total assets

50 000

60 000

total liabilities

15 000

22 000

The owner’s drawings for the year ended 31 December 2006 were $12 000.
What was the net profit for the year?
A

$3 000

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$9 000

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$15 000

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34 A trader does not keep complete accounting records but is able to provide the following
information at the end of her first year of trading.
$
cheques received from customers

628

cash received from customers

149

amount owed by customers at the
end of the year

73

discounts allowed

25

What are the sales for the year?
A

$726

B

C

$825

$850

D

$875

D

$2100

35 A trader’s balances at 31 December include the following.
$
creditors

500

cash

50

stock

1100

bank overdraft

400

equipment

750

debtors

200

What is the total of the current assets?
A

$1350

B

$1650

C

$1750

36 Which group contains only tangible fixed assets?
A

bank, cash, debtors, stock

B

bank, debtors, loan, prepaid expenses

C

equipment, goodwill, machinery, vehicles

D

equipment, machinery, premises, vehicles

37 How is working capital calculated?
A

current assets – current liabilities

B

current assets – current liabilities – long term liabilities

C

fixed assets + current assets – current liabilities

D

fixed assets – long term liabilities

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38 The net profit of a business was $15 000. Balances in the books of the business include the
following:
$
premises

80 000

debtors

12 000

creditors

7 000

stock

2 000

cash

1 000
20 000

long term loan
What is the return on capital employed (ROCE) %?
A

15.79 %

B

17.05 %

C

D

19.23 %

22.06 %

39 A business provides the following information for the year ended 30 April 2007.
$
sales

90 000

cost of sales

55 000

expenses

15 000

What is the percentage of gross profit to sales?
A

22.22 %

B

38.89 %

C

D

61.11 %

77.78 %

40 The table shows information about Ahmed’s business for the last two years.
2005

2006

$40 000

$50 000

gross profit as a percentage of sales

35 %

28 %

net profit as a percentage of sales

15 %

14 %

sales

What does a comparison of these results show about Ahmed’s business?
A

Expenses were controlled better in 2005 than in 2006.

B

Expenses were controlled better in 2006 than in 2005.

C

The value of gross profit was greater in 2005 than in 2006.

D

The value of gross profit was greater in 2006 than in 2005.

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