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BA3 Practice Exam Questions with Answers Fundamentals of Financial Accounting Certification

Question # 6

Refer to the exhibit.

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ABC issued 200,000 $0.50 equity shares at a price of $1.80. This amount was received in cash

What is the correct journal to record this issue?

A.

A

B.

B

C.

C

D.

D

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Question # 7

Refer to the Exhibit.

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A company operates an AVCO system of inventory. Opening inventory at the beginning of the period was 400 units @ $6.50 per unit.

During the period, the following purchases and issues were recorded:

The amount charged to the company's income statement in the period is

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Question # 8

In internal auditing, detection of fraud is an important objective. The auditors will best be able to detect frauds if they are knowledgeable in the most common methods of fraud.

Which THREE of the following are common methods of fraud?

A.

Ghost employees

B.

Taking stationary home

C.

Teeming and lading

D.

Using a company car for personal use

E.

Collusion with external parties

F.

Using company phones for private calls

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Question # 9

Your organization owed VAT of $22,700 at the beginning of the month.

During the month, it sold standard-rated goods with a net value of $600,000. Its purchases and expenses during the same month amounted to $188,000 including VAT. It paid VAT to the Revenue and Customs, of $33,400. The VAT rate is 17.5%

At the end of the month, the balance on the VAT account was:

A.

$66,300 debit

B.

$128,200 debit

C.

$66,300 credit

D.

$128,200 credit

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Question # 10

A non-current asset was purchased for £240000 at the beginning of Year 1, with an expected life of 7 years and a residual value of £50000. It was depreciated by 20% per annum using the reducing balance method.

At the beginning of Year 4 it was sold for £100000. The result of this was:

A.

A loss on disposal of £2720

B.

A loss on disposal of £22880

C.

A profit on disposal of £50000

D.

A profit on disposal of £58571

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Question # 11

A payment to a supplier has been credited to the supplier's account and debited to the bank account.

This would result in

A.

an understatement of profit and an overstatement of liabilities

B.

an understatement of profit and an overstatement of assets

C.

an overstatement of profit and an overstatement of liabilities

D.

an overstatement of profit and an overstatement of assets

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Question # 12

Which THREE of the following items would be classified as "capital transactions"?

A.

Purchase of raw materials

B.

Repayment of bank loan

C.

Electricity consumed in the period

D.

Purchase of a small commercial vehicle

E.

Drawings

F.

Sales on credit to customers

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Question # 13

A company has a receivables balance at the end of the year of £120,000. The company maintains an allowance for receivables at 3% of closing receivables. The opening balance on the allowance was £ 2,880. During the year bad debts of £ 3,000 were written off

The total charge for bad debts for the year is £

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Question # 14

The Accounting Standards Board is responsible for:

A.

Producing the Companies Act

B.

Governing the activities of the external auditors

C.

Producing International Accounting Standards

D.

Producing Financial Reporting Standards

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Question # 15

The concept of stewardship refers to which ONE of the following?

A.

An accountant's responsibility to remain optimistic in the presenting financial information

B.

An accountant's responsibility to properly look after and present financial information

C.

An accountant's responsibility to properly advise management on financial information

D.

An accountant's responsibility to make sure all financial information is correct

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Question # 16

Which THREE of the following internal controls are procedures to help detect errors?

A.

Spot checks

B.

Segregation of duties

C.

Authorization procedures

D.

Safeguarding assets

E.

Comparison of records with external evidence

F.

Reconciliations

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Question # 17

W and Partners has an opening capital balance at 1 January of £14,640 credit.

During the period there was an increase in assets of £6,820 and an increase in liabilities of £5,400.

The balance on the capital account at the end of the period is:

A.

£16,060 credit

B.

£1,420 credit

C.

£13,220 credit

D.

£1,420 debit

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Question # 18

Andrew is valuing the closing inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value.

Which of the following concepts dictates his choice?

A.

Materiality concept

B.

Money measurement concept

C.

Accrual concept

D.

Prudence concept

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Question # 19

Refer to the Exhibit.

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The following information is available relating to the non-current assets of Company X:

Non-current assets that had originally cost $225,000 and had a carrying value of $105,000 were sold during the year.

The figure for purchases of non-current assets to be shown in the statement of cash flows will be, to the nearest $1,000:

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Question # 20

Office equipment store Officework Ltd has made the following purchase from supplier GX:

50 printers costing £3,500 £6,400

worth ofA4 paper £101,500

worth of general stationary

This purchase has been made on credit. Which TWO of the following show how the transaction should be recorded in Officework Ltd's documents?

A.

£111,400 debit to payables

B.

£111,400 debit to purchases

C.

£111,400 credit to purchases

D.

£111,400 credit to payables

E.

£111,400 credit to stock

F.

£111,400 debit to stock

G.

£111,400 credit to receivables

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Question # 21

Which of the following financial documents contains the manufacturing account?

A.

Income statement

B.

Statement of profit and loss

C.

Statement of financial position

D.

Statement of changes in equity

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Question # 22

A business buys a new production line at a cost of £100,000. After using the line for one year a more advanced version of the line is marketed by the manufacturer. As a result the production line in operation has a market value of £ 50,000. The line is being depreciated straight line over five years.

The charge to the income statement for impairment of the production line will be

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Question # 23

Refer to the Exhibit.

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A company operates a FIFO system of inventory valuation. The following information is available for the month of April:

The closing value of inventory at the end of the month of April is

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Question # 24

If closing inventory at the end of an accounting period is overvalued by £2000 and no adjustment is made, the net profit in the following accounting period will be:

A.

£2,000 overstated

B.

£2,000 understated

C.

£4,000 overstated

D.

£4,000 understated

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Question # 25

Which one of the following best describes the purpose of an external audit of financial statements?

A.

The auditor advises on the use of International Financial Reporting Standards.

B.

The auditor checks the statements for evidence of fraud.

C.

The auditor expresses an opinion on the truth and fairness of the financial statements.

D.

The auditor expresses an opinion on corporate governance issues.

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Question # 26

Which of the following are examples of indirect costs for a chocolate manufacturing business?

A.

Factory rent

B.

Factory insurance

C.

Factory supervisor wages

D.

Purchase of milk

E.

Purchase of cocoa

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Question # 27

Which TWO of the following are responsibilities of the IFRS interpretations committee?

A.

Issuing draft interpretations of the standards for public comment

B.

Communicating the views of the wider public on the ongoing projects to the IASB

C.

Taking decisions on finalising an interpretation of the standards

D.

Preparing and publishing the international financial reporting standards

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Question # 28

The purpose of charging the income statement with depreciation on non-current assets is:

A.

To set aside monies to replace the assets when required

B.

To reduce the figure shown in the statement of financial position to the true value of non-current assets

C.

To ensure that the profit is not understated

D.

To allocate the cost of the assets to the accounting periods in which they are used to earn profits

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Question # 29

Below are a list of entries from FG's accounts, from the most recent accounting period:

Petty Cash £150 DR

Returns Outwards £310 CR

Purchases £820 DR

Sales £250 CR

FG started the period with a bank balance of £405 DR. The total bank account at the end of period was £1,065 DR

Which of the above items has been omitted from the bank account total?

A.

Petty Cash

B.

Returns Outwards

C.

Purchases

D.

Sales

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Question # 30

Refer to the exhibit.

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The following extracts from the statement of financial position and income statement for Company S are available:

Included in operating profit was depreciation of $120,000 and a loss on disposal of non-current assets of $48,000.

The cash generated from operations for year 2 would be:

A.

$1,092,000

B.

$972,000

C.

$1,068,000

D.

$876,000

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Question # 31

Refer to the Exhibit.

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Your organization bought a machine for £50,000 at the beginning of year 1, which had an expected useful life of four years and an expected residual value of £10,000; the machine was depreciated on the straight-line basis.

At the beginning of year 4, the machine was sold for £13,000

The total amount of depreciation charged to the income statement over the life of the machine, and the amount of profit or loss on disposal was:

The answer is:

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

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Question # 32

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A sole trader, who only has cash sales, banks all cash receipts above the agreed petty cash float of $400.

During week 2 he has the following transactions:

What is the amount banked at the end of week 2?

A.

$25

B.

$225

C.

$425

D.

$625

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Question # 33

A trader commenced business with capital of $20,000. At the end of the financial year he had receivables of $10,000, payables of $6,000, inventory of $12,000, cash of $4,000 and non-current assets costing $16,000.

The profit/loss for the period was:

A.

$16,000 profit

B.

$16,000 loss

C.

$8,000 profit

D.

$8,000 loss

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Question # 34

A trial balance is extracted from the ledger accounts at the end of each accounting period.

Which of the following will a trial balance do?

A.

Prove the ledger account balances are correct

B.

Highlight any errors of omission

C.

Show that debit and credit balances agreed

D.

Highlight errors of principle

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Question # 35

AB wrote off a $500 debt owed by CD last year During the current year CD has paid the $500 in full AB has debited the bank account with S500.

Where would the credit entry for this receipt be recorded?

A.

Allowance for receivables

B.

Irrecoverable debts expense

C.

Sates ledger control account

D.

Receivables account of CD

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Question # 36

In relation to accounting coding systems in the computerized records of an entity, which of the following is true?

A.

Codes are used to cross-reference transactions

B.

Codes in coding systems are not unique

C.

Coding systems are not expandable

D.

Codes are used in the nominal ledger but not in payroll

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Question # 37

EFG pays employees $10 per hour The following rates of tax and social security are applicable.

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An employee works 38 hours in a week.

What is the amount employee receives for one week’s work? Given you answer to the nearest $.

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Question # 38

Which ONE of the following do solvency ratios measure:

A.

The ability of a company to pay their payables

B.

The earnings generated per £1 of capital

C.

The use of assets

D.

The profitability of a company

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Question # 39

Refer to the exhibit.

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A company has the following transactions for the month of April:

Closing inventory at the end of the period was $26,000 and gross profit was $90,000. The opening inventory was therefore:

A.

$32,000

B.

$20,000

C.

$6,000

D.

$26,000

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Question # 40

A club received subscriptions during the year totaling £37500. Of these, £2400 related to the previous year and £1200 related to the following year.

There were subscriptions in arrears at the end of the current year of £750.

The subscriptions to be included in the income and expenditure account for the current year amount to

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Question # 41

Which of the following is the correct double entry for a prepayment?

A.

Debit expense Credit prepayment (current asset)

B.

Debit prepayment (current liability) Credit expense

C.

Debit prepayment (current asset) Credit expense

D.

Debit expense Credit prepayment (current liability)

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Question # 42

ABC produces accounts to the year ended 31 December annually Extracts from the most recent financial statements are.

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Which of the following ratios is a liquidity ratio?

A.

Debt/Equity x 100%

B.

Operating profit/Capital employed x 100%

C.

Revenue/Capital employed

D.

Current assets/Current liabilities

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Question # 43

The sales ledger control account shows a balance of $267,984 whilst the individual customer account balances total $262,856.

Which of the following is a possible explanation for the difference between the two?

(i) A payment has been recorded in the cashbook but not in the sales ledger

(ii) A payment has been recorded in the sales ledger but not in the cashbook

(iii) An invoice has been recorded in the sales ledger but not in the sales day book

(iv) An invoice has been recorded in the sales day book but not in the sales ledger

A.

(i) and (iii) only

B.

(ii) and (iv) only

C.

(i) and (iv) only

D.

(ii) and (iii) only

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Question # 44

Mr UY has just had property P re-valued. Mr UY originally purchased property P for £560,000. It is now worth £780,000.

Which ONE of the following shows how this transaction should be recorded in Mr UY's property account?

A.

£220,000 credit

B.

£220,000 debit

C.

£780,000 debit

D.

£780,000 credit

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Question # 45

Refer to the Exhibit.

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Which of the following balances normally result from the double-entry system of book-keeping?

The answer is:

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

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Question # 46

Which TWO of the following are transactions that would be recorded in the sales ledger control account?

A.

Irrecoverable debts

B.

Cash received from credit customers

C.

Cash sales.

D.

Cash paid to credit suppliers.

E.

Credit purchases.

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Question # 47

A sole trader made a net profit of $8000 for the year.

During the year, inventory increased by $500, receivables decreased by $800 and payables increased by $2400.

This would result in:

A.

An increase in cash flow of $10100

B.

A decrease in cash flow of $10100

C.

An increase in cash flow of $10700

D.

A decrease in cash flow of $10700

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Question # 48

FY owns bakery T. Which of the following are examples of FY's liabilities?

A.

Standing order with flour supplier

B.

Mortgage on bakery shop

C.

Regular bread order fulfilled for local school

D.

Shop building itself

E.

Business loan

F.

Ovens

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Question # 49

Refer to the exhibit.

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The following information is available for a company:

The company has declared an ordinary dividend of $0.05 per share.

What is the total dividend payment to be made by the company?

A.

$150,000

B.

$100,000

C.

$175,000

D.

$250,000

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Question # 50

In accordance with IAS 7 Statements of Cash Flow, which TWO of the following are cash flows presented as investing activities?

A.

Cash paid for additions to property, plant and equipment

B.

Revaluation gam on property, plant and equipment

C.

Interest paid

D.

Dividends paid

E.

Interest received

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Question # 51

GH operates an imprest system for petty cash, maintaining a float of $250 The following petty cash book extract is available for a week in March 20X6:

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How much does GH need to transfer from the bank account at the end of this week In order to maintain the imprest system?

A.

The total spend of $185

B.

The float total of $250.

C.

The total of the float and total spend of $435

D.

The difference between the float and total spend of $65

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Question # 52

A basic principle of accounting is that resources are normally stated in accounts at historical cost.

Which THREE of the following are alternative ways of measuring resources?

A.

Purchase price

B.

Replacement cost

C.

Value in use

D.

Net book value

E.

Fair value

F.

Invoice value

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Question # 53

The record of how the profit or loss of a company has been allocated to distributions and reserves is found in the:

A.

Reserves account

B.

Appropriation account

C.

Capital account

D.

Retained profit account

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Question # 54

Refer to the exhibit.

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A company has the following equity balances at the beginning of the year:

During the year the company issued 100,000 new shares at $1.20 each

BA3 question answer

What are the equity balances after this issue?

A.

A

B.

B

C.

C

D.

D

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Question # 55

Published accounts must include the following statements:

A.

Income statement, statement of financial position and statement of cash flows

B.

Manufacturing account, income statement, statement of financial position and statement of cash flows

C.

Income statement and statement of financial position

D.

Trading account, income statement and statement of financial position

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Question # 56

The petty cash imprest is restored to £500 at the end of each week. The following amounts are paid out of petty cash during week 23:

(a) Stationery - £70.50 (including VAT at 17.5%)

(b) Travelling costs - £127.50

(c) Office refreshments - £64.50

(d) Sundry payables - £120.00 plus VAT at 17.5%

The amount required to restore the imprest to £500.00 is:

Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

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Question # 57

An increase in work-in-progress will:

A.

Decrease the factory cost of goods completed

B.

Increase the prime cost

C.

Decrease the prime cost

D.

Increase the cost of goods sold

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Question # 58

Refer to the Exhibit.

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What is the wages expense for the income statement for month 1?

A.

$3,808

B.

$4,428

C.

$6,236

D.

$6,966

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