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ACCOUNTANCY PRACTICE QUIZ

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The purpose of accounting is to....

a)

communicate information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions

b)

communicate financial and non-financial information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions

c)

communicate non-financial information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions

2.

An Asset is...

a)

An asset is a resource currently owned and controlled by a business as a result of a past transaction

b)

An asset is a resource owned by a business as a result of a past transaction

c)

An asset is something that costs money

3.

Which of the following is an example of an asset?

a)

Vehicle

b)

Electricity

c)

Mortgage

4.

A liability is...

a)

obligation of a business as a result of a past transaction

b)

Something a business has to pay because of a past event

c)

current obligation of a business as a result of a past transaction

5.

Which of the following is an example of a liability?

a)

Loan

b)

Building

c)

Sales

d)

Accounts receivable

6.

An Expense is...

a)

An expense is defined as a decrease in assets which can be a distribution to the owner

b)

An expense is defined as an increase in assets which can be a distribution to the owner

c)

An expense is defined as a decrease in assets which is not a distribution to the owner

7.

Which of the following is an example of an expense?

a)

Machinery

b)

Bank

c)

Petrol

8.
Planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information
a)
accounting
b)
ethics
c)
transaction
d)
revenue
9.

Which of the following is not a business transaction?

a)

Bought furniture of ₹10,000 for business

b)

Paid for salaries of employees ₹5,000

c)

Paid son's fees from her personal bank account ₹20,000

d)

Paid son's fees from the business ₹2,000

10.

All of the following are functions of Accounting except

a)

Decision making

b)

Measurement

c)

Forecasting

d)

Ledger posting

11.

Book keeping is mainly concerned with

a)

Recording of financial data

b)

Designing the systems in recording, classifying, and summarizing the recorded data

c)

Interpreting the data for internal and external users

d)

None of the above

12.

Users of accounting information include

a)

Creditors

b)

Lenders

c)

Customers

d)

All of the above

13.

Which of the following is the example of internal users

a)

Government

b)

Investors

c)

Creditors

d)

Employees

14.

The process of identify, classify, recording and communicating business transaction is called as book-keeping.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Summary of assets and liabilities

a)

Profit and loss account

b)

Balance Sheet

c)

Trading acccont

d)

Income and expenditure account

16.

Accounting is referred to as the "language of ___________________."

a)

Profit

b)

Life

c)

Accounting

d)

Business

17.

The starting point of the accounting process is

a)

communicating information to users.

b)

identifying economic events.

c)

recording economic events.

d)

None of these answers are correct.

18.

Insurance paid in advance by a business unit is

a)

Asset

b)

Liability

c)

Loss

d)

Capital

19.

Goodwill is a

a)

Tangible assets

b)

Liquid assets

c)

Intangible assets

d)

Intangible Liabilities

20.

Assets =

a)

Capital -liabilities

b)

Capital + liabilities

c)

Capital -depreciation

d)

liabilities -Profit

21.

Bank overdraft is a

a)

Current liability

b)

Fixed liability

c)

Current assets

d)

Fixed assets

22.

Double entry in accounting means there must be________ entries for every transaction?

a)

two

b)

Three

c)

six

d)

one

23.

Equipment are an example of an/a ______?

a)

loan

b)

asset

c)

liability

d)

owners equity

24.
Capital
a)
Non Current Liabilities
b)
Owners Equity
c)
Capital Withdrawals
d)
Net Profit
25.

Anything of value that is owned

a)

account

b)

asset

c)

withdrawal

d)

expense