Accounting questions and answers

Accounting Questions and Answers

If you are preparing for an accounting aptitude test or even a job interview, these accounting questions and answers will help you master the principles of accounting. This test covers accounting past questions from WAEC, JAMB, Post UTME exams and many more.

3,026.

When preparing a bank reconciliation statement, which of the following is deducted from the balance per bank statement?

A.

Bank charges

B.

Uncleared cheques

C.

Returned cheques

D.

Unpresented cheques

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

3,027.

When is a petty cash account debited?

A.

When the fund is established and every time money is spent

B.

When the fund is established and every time it is replenished

C.

When the fund is established and when the size of the float is decreased

D.

Every time money is drawn from the petty cash

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

3,028.

The discount column of a three column cashbook is not balanced off but periodically transferred to the discount account because discounts

A.

Are not important in cashbooks

B.

Are cash items only

C.

Do not form part of double entry

D.

Are used for bank reconciliation

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

3,029.

The suspense account is used to correct book-keeping error where the

A.

Amount involved is quite significant

B.

Item involved is not material

C.

Item involved is unknown

D.

Error does not affect the agreement of the trial balance

Correct answer is C

Suspense accounts are used when your trial balance is out of balance or when you have an unidentified transaction. The suspense account is a general ledger account that acts as a holding account until the error is discovered or the unknown transaction is identified.

 

3,030.

The use of the folio in the ledger is for

A.

Referencing purposes

B.

Particulars of the transaction

C.

The account titles

D.

Only credit items

Correct answer is A

The folio number is a way to reference a bookkeeping entry, most often numbered in chronological or sequential order.