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Ss3 1st term exam account

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Creditors and bank overdraft appear under ______.

a)

Current assets

b)

Long term assets

c)

Long term liabilities

d)

Current liabilities

2.

The main users of the appropriation account are

a)

Customers

b)

Shareholders and directors

c)

Government and suppliers

d)

Employees and creditors

3.

-- gives a snapshot of financial position of a company

a)

Balance sheet

b)

Trading account

c)

Appropriation account

d)

Profit or loss account

4.

Long-term liabilities are those due for payment


a)


Within one month

b)



Within one year

c)


After one year

d)


After two months

5.

Appropriation of profit means


a)

The calculation of gross profit

b)


The distribution of profit after all expenses

c)


The preparation of the balance sheet

d)

The payment of liabilities

6.

Which of the following is not shown in an appropriation account?


a)

Corporation tax

b)

Transfer to reserves

c)

Retained profit

d)

Purchases

7.

Interim dividend is


a)


Paid during the financial year

b)


Paid after the year-end

c)

Not recorded in the accounts

d)


Added to share capital

8.

Which of the following is not an item of income in a company’s income statement?


a)


Sales revenue

b)

Commission received

c)

Rent income

d)

Salaries and wages

9.

The main purpose of preparing a company’s income statement is to show


a)


The financial position of the company

b)

The profitability of the company

c)

The liquidity of the company

d)

The cash balance of the company

10.

Net profit is obtained after subtracting


a)


Cost of goods sold from sales

b)


Operating expenses from gross profit

c)

Purchases from sales

d)

Depreciation from cost of goods sold

11.

When a company earns income but has not received cash, it is recorded as


a)


Accrued income

b)

Deferred income

c)



Prepaid income

d)


Suspense income

12.

One of these accounts is debited in the consignee's books for expenses paid by the consignee

a)

Expenses account

b)

Consignment account

c)

Cash account

d)

Consignor account

13.

. If total assets are ₦600,000 and liabilities is ₦250,000, what is total equity?


a)


₦350,000

b)

#500,000

c)

₦800,000

d)

₦1,300,000

14.

The balance sheet is prepared from information obtained from


a)


Trial balance

b)

Cash book

c)

Purchases journal

d)

Pretty cash book

15.

Which of the following is a major reason why the capital market is regulated?

a)

To determine stock prices

b)

To ensure fair, efficient, and transparent operations

c)

To restrict foreign investment

d)

To eliminate all risks

16.

An account that shows how companies and governments distribute their fund is

a)

Budget account

b)

Balance sheet

c)

Company's capital account

d)

Appropriation account

17.

The balance sheet of a company is prepared at the ______.

a)

End of the accounting period

b)

Beginning of every month

c)

Middle of the year

d)

Any day of the week

18.

The balance sheet of a company is prepared at the ______.

a)

End of the accounting period

b)

Beginning of every month

c)

Middle of the year

d)

Any day of the week

19.

Furniture, vehicles, and equipment are classified as ______.

a)

Current assets

b)

Tangible assets

c)

Fictitious assets

d)

Nominal assets

20.

The money market where debt and stocks are traded and maturity period is more than a year is known as

a)

Short time market

b)

Counter market

c)

Long time market

d)

Capital market

21.

Assets minus liabilities equals ______.

a)

Net sales

b)

Gross profit

c)

Owner’s equity

d)

Revenue

22.

Interim dividend is usually ______.

a)

Proposed at the end of the year

b)

Declared and paid during the year

c)

Paid only to preference shareholders

d)

A type of loan to directors

23.

The portion of profit not distributed to shareholders is called

a)

Trading margin

b)

Gross earnings

c)

Retained earnings

d)

Current liability

24.

.Regulation helps to prevent ______ in the capital market.

a)

Unethical practices and manipulation

b)

Competition

c)

Payment of dividends

d)

Investor education

25.

.Shares traded on the Nigeria Stock Exchange are bought and sold through ______.

a)

Insurance agents

b)

Central Bank officials

c)

Bank managers

d)

Stockbrokers

26.

The Nigeria Stock Exchange was renamed in 2020 to ______.

a)

Lagos Stock Market

b)

NGX (Nigerian Exchange Group)

c)

West African Stock Hub

d)

Nigerian Capital Market Group

27.

The main function of the Nigeria Stock Exchange is to ______.

a)

Grant loans to businesses

b)

Control inflation

c)

Provide a market for buying and selling securities

d)

Print currency

28.

One of the following is correct about hire purchase transaction

a)

The vendor can recover the goods while the hirer forfeit the previous instalment

b)

The hirer sell assets and use part to settle the final instalment

c)

If the hirer refuses to pay last instalment, the vendor will repossesses the goods and return the previous instalment

d)

The vendor must give the hirer an extension for the remaining balance to be settled

29.

All the following except one is not a type of capital market

a)

Market integrity regulation

b)

Self regulation

c)

Statutory regulation

d)

All of the above

30.

The document sent by the consignee to the consignor showing details of goods sold is ---

a)

Account sales

b)

Debit note

c)

Pro-forma invoice

d)

Bill of exchange

31.

Theory.

Instruction: answer any three questions and number (4) is compulsory.

  1. Define capital market and give reasons for it regulation.

  2. Discuss an appropriation account with good example.

  3. Explain what is meant by joint venture.

    3b) Distinguish between joint venture and partnership.

  4. Yakubu and Aminah won a bid to buy stock in trade of an old established store which is about to be up. profits and losses are to be shared among them in ratio 3:2. The following transactions took place in the month of March 2025.

    March 2. Yakubu rented a shop #20,000

    March 5. Aminah paid for transport #500.

    March 7. Aminah purchased goods worth of #40,000

    March 10. Yakubu purchased goods worth of #40,000 as well.

    March 12. Yakubu paid market levy #6,000.

    March 25. Yakubu made sale of #20,000.

    March 27. Aminah made cash sales worth of #50,000 and paid selling expenses of #30,000.

    Unsold goods worth #20,000.

You are required to prepare;

(I) Joint account of in the books of each of the venturers.

(II) Memorandum joint venture account.

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