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Balancing off accounts and Trial Balance

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The business owner, Jack invested $9000 into the business bank account. What is the double entry to record this transaction?

a)

Debit Bank and Credit Capital

b)

Debit Capital and Credit Bank

c)

Debit Capital and Credit Jack

d)

Debit Jack and Credit Bank

2.

Sold equipment by cash $700. What is the double entry to record this transaction?

a)

Debit Cash and Credit Sales

b)

Debit Cash and Credit Equipment

c)

Debit Equipment and Credit Cash

d)

Debit Sales and Credit Equipment

3.

Bought motor van paying by cheque $6000

a)

Debit Motor Van/Credit Bank

b)

Debit Bank/ Credit Motor Van

4.

X sells goods with a list price of $5000 to a credit customer. The customer is allowed a 5% trade discount and a further 2.5% cash discount if payment is within 20 days of the invoice date.


What amount should be credited to the Sales account of X?

a)

$4631

b)

$4750

c)

$4875

d)

$5000

5.
A place where financial information is recorded is called a / an
a)
account 
b)
transaction
c)
sales 
d)
purchases
6.

The balance carried down is at the beginning of the month when balancing off accounts

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The difference between the two sides at the beginning of a month,when balancing off accounts is called a balance brought forward

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The sales Ledger accounts will normally carry a debit balance

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The purchases Ledger accounts will normally carry a credit balance

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which of the following accounts would not be in the general ledger

a)

Sales

b)

Capital

c)

Rent

d)

Bank

11.

If a business starts a month with $1000 cash in hand and paid rent of $500 cash and sold goods for cash for $600. What is the cash balance on the business cash book at the end of the month?

a)

$1000

b)

$2100

c)

$900

d)

$1100

12.

If a business starts a month with $4000 in the bank and paid rent of $500 cash, paid wages by cheque $700 and received $5000 cheque rom D. Dean. What is the bank balance on the business cash book at the end of the month?

a)

$4000

b)

$8300

c)

$8800

d)

$7800

e)

$9000

13.

Sold goods on credit to E. Hamilton $2500. She returned 1000 dollars of goods to us five days later and paid us $500 cash. What is the balance brought down on E. Hamilton's Account?

a)

$1000

b)

$1500

c)

$3500

d)

$500

e)

$2500

14.

bought goods on credit from L. Duncan $9000. We returned 2000 dollars of goods and paid $7000 cash. what is the balance on our account with L. Duncan

a)

$2000

b)

$7000

c)

$0

d)

$16000

e)

$4000

15.

Rent received is a revenue while rent is an expense.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Not sure

16.

What is the classification of the cash account?

a)

Liability

b)

Expenses

c)

Revenue

d)

Current Asset

e)

Fixed Asset

17.

Which side of the trial balance would advertising expense be placed on?

a)

Debit

b)

Credit

18.

Which of the following is the correct definition for Trial Balance?

a)

A proof of the equality of debits and credits in the general ledger.

b)

A proof to see if debits is more than credits in the general ledger

c)

A proof to see if credits is more than debits in the general ledger

d)

A proof of the equality of debits and credits in the general journal.

19.

Where do you find the information for composing a Trial Balance?

a)

General Journal

b)

Source Documents

c)

General Ledger

d)

Memorandum

20.

What should you do if the Trial Balance is not balanced?

a)

Go through and find your mistake

b)

It doesn't matter, so just move on

c)

Throw everything away and completely restart

21.

Asset Account will have a ___________ balance.

a)

Debit

b)

Credit

c)

Both Debit OR Credit

d)

None of the above

22.

Which of the following appears in Credit column of Trial Balance (you may tick more than one answer):

a)

Cash in Hand

b)

Rent paid

c)

Creditors

d)

Bank Overdraft

e)

Debtors

23.

Trial Balance verifies which kind of accuracy?

a)

Arithmetical

b)

Accounting

c)

Theoretical

d)

Geographical

24.

Opening stock is ____________ whereas salary is ____________ .

a)

an asset, an expense

b)

an expense, an income

c)

an expense, an asset

d)

a liability, an asset

25.

Trial Balance is a statement showing balances of:

a)

Journal Entries

b)

Ledger Accounts

c)

Final Accounts

d)

Passbook and BRS