CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

ACCOUNTING 0452/01
Paper 1 Multiple Choice
October/November 2003

1 hour
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
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This document consists of 11 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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1 Why does the owner of a business calculate profit?

A to reconcile the cash book balance with the balance on the bank statement
B to find out how much he owes to creditors
C to find out how much debtors owe him
D to know how much money may be taken as drawings without reducing capital

2 What does the owner of a business discover from the Profit and Loss Account?

A bank account balance

B how much has been spent on fixed assets
C how much she withdrew from the business
D whether gross profit has exceeded expenses

3 Which is a business asset?

A loan from a bank

B creditors
C debtors
D owner’s capital

4 A business purchases a motor vehicle on credit. What is the effect of this?

A It increases fixed assets.

B It increases owner's capital.
C It reduces net profit.
D It reduces the bank balance.

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5 The following balances appear in Hussein's books.

$
Fixtures 6000
Stock 3300
Debtors 3000
Creditors 4500
Accruals 300
Prepayments 500
Loan to Imran 1000
Bank overdraft 1400

What is the total of the liabilities?

A $4800 B $6200 C $6400 D $7200

6 The owner of a business wishes to know the amount of her capital.

Which will provide this information?

A Balance Sheet
B cash book
C Profit and Loss Account
D sales ledger

7 Which appears in a Balance Sheet of a sole trader?

A drawings
B equipment repairs
C gross profit
D opening stock

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8 X rents part of his premises to Y. At the end of X's financial year Y owes $200 rent.

What adjustments should X make in preparing his final accounts?

A decrease expenses $200 increase current liabilities $200

B decrease income $200 increase current liabilities $200

C increase expenses $200 increase current assets $200
D increase income $200 increase current assets $200

9 The owner of a business should not include his personal assets and liabilities in the business
Balance Sheet.

Which accounting principle is being applied?

A business entity
B consistency
C money measurement
D realisation

10 A business's expenses include $300 for electricity used in the owner's home.

What adjustment is necessary?

account debited account credited

A electricity $300 Profit and Loss $300
B Profit and Loss $300 electricity $300
C drawings $300 electricity $300
D electricity $300 drawings $300

11 What is meant by duality?

A Every entry in the cash book must have a corresponding entry in the bank statement.
B For every debtor there must be a creditor.
C There are two aspects to every transaction.
D There are two sides to every Balance Sheet.

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12 Which of the following should not be recorded in books of account?

A canteen costs
B maintenance of office buildings
C wages of staff
D workers' skills

13 What is the use of a credit note?

A It is received from a supplier and increases the amount owed to him.

B It is received from a supplier and reduces the amount owed to him.
C It is sent to a supplier and increases the amount owed to him.
D It is sent to a supplier and reduces the amount owed to him.

14 Starting with the first, in which sequence are documents used for the purchase of goods on
credit?

A cheque, invoice, order

B cheque, order, invoice
C order, invoice, cheque
D invoice, order, cheque

15 Henrick sent Jan an invoice for goods supplied on credit.

In which of Jan's prime (original) entry books will the invoice be entered?

A cash book
B journal
C purchases journal
D sales journal

16 What is another name for a copy of a customer’s account in the sales ledger when it is sent to the
customer?

A credit note
B debit note
C invoice
D statement

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17 Maria, a seller, allows cash discount to Sara. What is the double entry for this in Sara's ledger?

account debited account credited

A cash discount received
B Maria discount received
C discount allowed cash
D discount allowed Maria

18 The list price of a product is $10 000 and a trade discount of 20 % is offered to the customer.

The customer pays his invoice within 14 days and claims a cash discount of 5 %.

How much is paid by the customer?

A $7600 B $8000 C $8400 D $9500

19 A trader keeps a full set of accounting records. Why should he prepare a trial balance?

A to calculate his capital

B to calculate the net profit
C to identify errors of omission
D to check the arithmetical accuracy of the books

20 The purchase of a motor vehicle is posted to the Motor Expenses account.

What type of error is this?

A commission
B omission
C original entry
D principle

21 How would the balances of the Carriage Inwards and Carriage Outwards accounts be recorded in
the trial balance?

Carriage inwards Carriage outwards

A credit column debit column
B credit column credit column
C debit column debit column
D debit column credit column

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22 A trader purchased stationery for office use. This was entered in the ledger as purchase of goods
for resale.

Which journal entry will correct this error?

account debited account credited

A Purchases Stationery
B Stationery Purchases
C Stationery Sales
D Sales Purchases

23 Sales returns of $90 were incorrectly credited to the Sales Returns account. A Suspense
account was opened as a result of this error.

Which journal entry will correct this error?

account debited account credited

$ $
A Sales Returns 90 Suspense 90
B Suspense 90 Sales Returns 90
C Sales Returns 180 Suspense 180
D Suspense 180 Sales Returns 180

24 On 31 December, Z’s bank statement shows a balance in hand of $5500, and the cash book
shows a balance in hand of $5200. There is a receipt in the cash book of $700 which does not
appear on the bank statement.

What is the amount of unpresented cheques?

A $300 B $400 C $700 D $1000

25 A bank statement shows a balance of $2104 (debit) at 30 June. The following items did
not appear in the bank statement during the month although they were recorded in the
books of account:

$
cheques issued 633
cheques deposited 921

What was the balance in the cash book at 30 June?

A $1816 debit B $1816 credit C $2392 debit D $2392 credit

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26 On 1 April 2001, a firm rented premises at a yearly rent of $20 000 payable quarterly in arrears.

The following payments were made:

$
2001
July 5000
October 5000
2002
January 5000
April 5000

What was the figure for rent in the Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31 December
2001?

A $5000 B $10 000 C $15 000 D $20 000

27 Which is capital expenditure for a business which sells computers?

A annual insurance premium

B purchase of a new computer for the business
C purchase of computers for resale
D purchase of printer ink for the business

28 X deals in two products, A and B.

On 31 December stocks were as follows.

Cost Net realisable value

$ $
Product A 2000 1500
Product B 3500 3800

At what value should the total unsold stock be shown?

A $5000 B $5300 C $5500 D $5800

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29 A business discovers that two errors have been made.

Office expenses paid were debited in the Office Equipment account.

Purchase of a machine was debited in the Purchases account.

How do these errors affect the value of fixed assets shown in the Balance Sheet?

office equipment machinery

A too high too low
B too low too low
C too high too high
D too low too high

30 A business buys a machine for $20 000. It will be used for 5 years and the estimated residual
value is $5000.

What is the annual depreciation charge using the straight line method?

A $1000 B $3000 C $4000 D $5000

31 A computer system costing $100 000 is bought on 31 December 2000. It is depreciated by the
reducing balance method at 20 % per annum.

What is the depreciation charge for the year ended 31 December 2002?

A $16 000 B $20 000 C $36 000 D $40 000

32 Why is depreciation entered in the Profit and Loss Account?

A to provide cash to replace assets when they are worn out

B to show the assets in the Balance Sheet at their market values
C to show when the assets need to be replaced
D to spread the cost of the assets over their useful lives

33 A trader takes cash drawings from the business.

How will this affect the net profit and the current assets?

net profit current assets

A increase no effect
B decrease no effect
C no effect decrease
D no effect increase

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34 The following information is available for a sole trader for the year ended 31 December 2002.

$
Sales in year 59 200
Stock at 1 January 2002 2 500
Stock at 31 December 2002 3 800
Purchases in year 28 600

What is the gross profit for the year?

A $24 300 B $29 300 C $30 600 D $31 900

35 What does the capital of a business equal?

A fixed assets + current assets + current liabilities

B fixed assets + current assets – current liabilities
C fixed assets – current assets – current liabilities
D fixed assets – current assets + current liabilities

36 Joe and Paul are partners sharing profits in the ratio 3:2, after paying Paul an annual salary of
$15 000. For the year ended 31 March, the partnership’s net profit was $55 000.

How much was credited to Paul’s current account for the year ended 31 March?

A $15 000 B $22 000 C $31 000 D $37 000

37 A business provided the following information.

$
Opening stock 2 000
Purchases 10 000
Closing Stock 4 000
Gross Profit 8 000
What were the sales?

A $12 000 B $16 000 C $20 000 D $24 000

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38 A trader supplies the following information about his business.

$
capital at beginning of the year 30 000
capital at end of the year 50 000
drawings during the year 12 000
additional capital introduced during the year 18 000

What is the net profit for the year?

A $12 000 B $14 000 C $20 000 D $26 000

39 What has an effect on the amount of working capital?

A cheque received from a debtor

B payment of a creditor by cash
C purchase of equipment by cheque
D purchase of stock by cash

40 The Trading Account of SB for the year ended 31 December was:

$ $
Opening stock 10 000 Sales 60 000
Add purchases for year 40 000
50 000
Less closing stock 14 000
36 000
Gross profit 24 000
60 000 60 000

What is the rate of stock turnover?

A 1.5 times B 2.5 times C 3 times D 5 times

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