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Principles of Accounts

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A $200 rental payment was not recorded in the books.


What type of error is?

a)

Error of omission

b)

Error of commission

c)

Error of original entry

d)

Compensating error

2.

A credit purchase of goods $1200 from Calvin Trading was recorded in Clara Trading account.


What type of error is this?

a)

Error of commission

b)

Error of omission

c)

Error of principle

d)

Compensating error

3.

Both salaries expense and commission income were overstated by $900.


What are the correcting entries for this error?

a)

Dr Capital, Cr Salaries

b)

Dr Salaries, Cr Commission Income

c)

Dr Commission Income, Cr Salaries

4.

What is the impact on profit for the year if income is overstated?

a)

Profit will be overstated

b)

Profit will be understated

c)

No effect

5.

Purchase of a motor van costing $1000 was recorded in motor expenses account.


What type of error is this?

a)

Error of omission

b)

Error of commission

c)

Error of original entry

d)

Error of principle

6.

A suspense account is used to rectify?

a)

Errors affecting trial balance agreement

b)

Errors not affecting trial balance agreement

c)

Both types of errors

d)

None of these

7.

Which of the following errors would effect the agreement of Trial Balance?

a)

Sales to Ram $150 posted to his account as $175

b)

Sales to Mahesh $800 posted to Mukesh as $800

c)

A purchase of a van on credit wrongly passed through purchase book

d)

None of these

8.

Which of the following errors will be revealed by the trial balance?

a)

error of commission

b)

compensating error

c)

error in calculation

d)

transpose

9.

A credit sales of goods is recorded under which control account and what will the particulars of the transaction be in that control account?

a)

Trade receivable control account as Inventory

b)

Trade payable control account as Sales revenue

c)

Trade receivable control account as Sales revenue

d)

Trade payable control account as Inventory

10.

Returns to suppliers which were made on credit is recorded under the trade payable control account. What will the particulars be recorded as?

a)

Sales returns

b)

Purchase returns

c)

Purchases

d)

Payments to Suppliers

11.

Cheques received from customers is recorded under which control account and what will the particulars be recorded as?

a)

Trade receivable control account as Cash at bank

b)

Trade receivable control account as Sales revenue

c)

Trade payable control account as Trade receivables

d)

Trade payable control account as Inventory

12.

The offset between trade payables and trade receivables is recorded under which control account?

a)

Trade payable control account only

b)

Trade receivables control account only

c)

Both control accounts

13.

A bank reconciliation statement is

a)

Part of the cash book

b)

Part of Bank account

c)

Part of financial statement

d)

None of the above

14.

A cash deposit made by business appears on the bank statement as _______ balance.

a)

Debit

b)

Credit

c)

Expenses

d)

Liabilities

15.

If the final balance of the bank statement is credit, it indicates that the business owes the bank money.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

If the bank charges the business fees, the bank makes a credit entry in the bank statement.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

If the final balance in the bank statement is $3500 Dr, unpresented cheques equal $200 and outstanding deposits total $400, the final balance in the business's bank account is:

a)

$3700 Dr

b)

$3700 Cr

c)

$3300 Cr

d)

$3300 Dr

18.

On 7 April 2016, you received the bank statement for March and found that a $12,000 cheque, which was drawn on 10 September 2015 and paid to creditor, had not been presented to the bank.

a)

Cash Book, Dr Cash Cr Creditor

b)

Cash Book, Dr Creditor Cr Cash

c)

Bank Rec. item, Add to bank balance

d)

Bank Rec. item, less from cash book bal.

19.

What do we call a cheque that the bank refused to pay the payee because the drawer has insufficient funds in his current account?

a)

Stale cheque

b)

Dishonoured cheque

c)

Sad cheque

d)

Dubious cheque

20.

Which one of the following items is recorded in the Profit and Loss appropriation account

a)

Interest on Loan

b)

Partner Salary

c)

Rent paid to Partner’s

d)

Managers Commission

21.

In the absence of partnership agreement, interest on capital of a partner is allowed :

a)

@8% per annum

b)

@5% per annum

c)

no interest is allowed

d)

@12% per annum

22.

Partners current accounts are opened when their capital accounts are:

a)

Fixed and Fluctuating both

b)

Fixed

c)

None of these

d)

Fluctuating

23.

The interest on capital accounts of partners under fluctuating capital account method is credited to :

a)

Interest Account

b)

Profit and Loss Account

c)

Partners' Capital Account

d)

Partners' Current Account

24.

In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, partners share profits and losses in the

a)

ratio of their capitals in the beginning of the year.

b)

ratio of their capitals at the end of the year.

c)

ratio of average capital

d)

equal ratio

25.

Current Account of a partner

a)

Will always have a credit balance.

b)

Will always have a debit balance

c)

May have a debit balance or a credit balance.

26.

When the partners capitals are fixed, the drawings made by a partner will be recorded in _____.

a)

Partner's Capital account

b)

Partner's Current account

c)

Profit and Loss Account

d)

None of these.

27.

Hayle and Kareem are in partnership sharing profits and losses in proportion to their capital. Capital contributed are $30 000 and $60 000 respectively. After Appropriation, there is a profit of $45 000.


How much profit will each partner get?

a)

Hayle $22 000 and Kareem $22 500

b)

Hayle $15 000 and Kareem $30 000

c)

Hayle $30 000 and Kareem $15 000

d)

Hayle $13 500 and Kareem $27 000

28.

Alysia and Carnegie are in partnership sharing profits and losses equally.

Interest on drawings is 5% per annum and interest on capital is 10% per annum. Profits for the 6 months ended 30 June 20X1 was $40 000, Drawings were $24 000 and $30 000 and Capital were $60 000 and $50 000 respectively.


How much interest will be charged on drawings for the 6 months?

a)

Alysia $1 200 and Carnegie $1 500

b)

Alysia $600 and Carnegie $750

c)

Alysia $6 000 and Carnegie $5 000

d)

Alysia $3 000 and Carnegie $2 500

29.

Alysia and Carnegie are in partnership sharing profits and losses equally.

Interest on drawings is 5% per annum and interest on capital is 10% per annum. Profits for the 6 months ended 30 June 20X1 was $40 000, Drawings were $24 000 and $30 000 and Capital were $60 000 and $50 000 respectively.


How much interest will be paid on capital for the 6 months?

a)

Alysia $1 200 and Carnegie $1 500

b)

Alysia $600 and Carnegie $750

c)

Alysia $6 000 and Carnegie $5 000

d)

Alysia $3 000 and Carnegie $2 500