Accounting & Auditing Mcqs From Past Papers

(1) Double entry book-keeping was fathered by:

(a) F.W.Taylor
(b) Henry Fayol
(c) Lucas Pacioli.
(2) Funds Flow Statement and sources and application statement are:
(a) Synonymous
(b) Antagonistic
(c) None of these.
(3) Depreciation in spirit is similar to:
(a) Depletion
(b) Amortization
(c) Depression.
4) Balance Sheet is always prepared:
(a) for the year ended.
(b) As on a specified date.
(c) None of these.
(5) In Insurance, the following Profit and Loss Accounts are prepared:
(a) Separate for Fire, Marine, and Accidents etc.
(b) Consolidated for Fire, Marine, and Accidents etc.(c) None of these.
(6) Partners in Pakistan can today be fixed at the following numbers:
(a) 20
(b) 50
(c) 75.
(7) Flexible budget is a budget with the following features:
(a) Changes with volume of production.
(b) Changes with variable expenses
(c) Changes in Direct material.
(8) Break Even can be calculated as under:
(a) ______VC_______
FC- TR TC
(b) FC
I- VC TR(c) None of these.
(9) Quick Ratio can be computed as under:
(a) Quick . Assets/Quick Liabilities

(b) Quick . Liabilities Current Assets

(c) Current Assets/ Current Liabilities
(10) In straight line method of depreciation, the written down value of a fixed asset will be at the
end of the life of the asset as under:
(a) Rupee one
(b) Rupee zero (c) None of these.
(11) Sales budget must be prepared:
(a) Independently
(b) Depending on production capacity
(c) Based on Sales forecasts of market.
(12) Consolidation of subsidiary accounts in the balance sheet of a unlisted Holding company is
at present in Pakistan:
(a) Compulsory
(b) Voluntary
(c) Required.
(13) Retained earning is synonymous to:
(a) Accumulated profit and loss account
(b) Profit for the year
(c) None of these.
(14) The requirements of an audit report for a Banking Company in Pakistan is under:
(a) Under the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962.
(b) Under the Companies Ordinance, 1984.
(c) Under (a) and (b) above.
(15) Deferred Taxation is:
(a) Fixed asset
(b) Fixed liabilities
(c) Part of Owners Equity.
(16) Investment Corporation of Pakistan follows:
(a) Open-end mutual funds
(b) Closed-end mutual funds
(c) None of these.
(17) Directors Report is - in respect of financial report constituent.
(a) Mandatory for a limited Company
(b) Voluntary for a limited Company
(c) None of these.

(18) Every limited Company in Pakistan is required by law to include the following along with
financial reports:
(a) Ratio Analysis
(b) Chairmans Review
(c) None of these.
(19) Cash budget excludes the following:
(a) Non-Cash items
(b) Cash items
(c) Purchase on Credit items.
(20) NGOs are legally required to:
(a) Prepare accounts in a prescribed manner under the law.(b) Prepare accounts as
desired by donors.
(c) None of these.
1. Fixed Cost:
a. Changes with production
b. Never changes even if production capacity is doubled
c. None of the above
2. Conversion cost is:
a. Material Cost + Overhead Cost
b. Direct Labour + Material Cost
c. Labour Cost + Overhead Cost
3. Process Costing is relevant to:
a. Cement industry
b. Job Order cost oriented Projects
c. None of the above
4. Operating Profit is:
a. Profit after deducting financial costs
b. Profit after deducting taxes
c. Profit after deducting normal operating expenses including depreciation
5. A good Cost Accounting System is:
a. If it computes estimated cost only
b. If it cannot be reconciled with financial accounts
c. If it enables management to increase productivity and rationalize cost structure
6. Verification includes:
a. Checking Vouchers
b. Examining audit report
c. None of the above

7. Stratified audit sample means:

a. Randomly selected items for audit
b. Purposively selected items for audit
c. Items carefully selected from each group
8. Internal Control is totally synonymous with:
a. Internal check
b. Internal audit
c. None of above
9. Audit of a bank is generally conducted through:
a. Routine checking
b. Couching
c. Balance sheet audit
10. An auditor is liable for his annual audit of accounts o:
a. Creditors
b. Bankers
c. Owners
11. Income Tax is levied on:
a. Agricultural Income
b. Presumptive Income
c. None of above
12. If a firm has paid super-tax, its partners may follow any one of the following behaviours:
a. No need to pay income tax, even if the income exceeds the taxable limit.
b. Pay income tax, even if the income does not exceed the taxable income.
c. Pay income tax as required under the law.
13. A resident multinational company need not:
a. Pay income tax, if it s caused under Double Taxation agreement.
b. If it is not enjoying tax exemption under the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 (Second Schedule).
c. None of above
14. Income Tax rates are the same for:
a. Limited Companies
b. Banking Companies
c. None of above
15. Super Tax on companies is:
a. In vogue in Pakistan
b. Not in vogue in Pakistan
c. None of above

16. Current Ratio is calculated as:

a. Fixed Assets/Current Liabilities
b. Current Liabilities/Current Assets
c. Current Assets/Current Liabilities
17. Short-term loan can be described as:
a. If the period is three years
b. If the period is less than one year
c. If the period is over one year
18. A partnership, in todays Pakistan, under the current law can have the following number of
partners:
a. 50
b. 20
c. 100
19. Combination can be best described as:
a. Restructuring of Capital of a Company
b. Reduction of Capital of a Company
c. Amalgamation of two different types of businesses
20. Sources of funds can be increased by:
a. Describing selling prices
b. Increasing expenditure
c. None of above
(1) Books of original entry are called:
(a) Ledger
(b) Work sheets
(c) Journal
(d) None of these
(2) For preparing balance sheets prepaid expenses are shown as part of:
(a) Liability
(b) Equities
(c) Assets
(d) None of these
(3) Unpaid and unrecorded expenses are called:
(a) Prepaid expenses
(b) Accrued expenses
(c) Additional expenses
(d) None of these

(4) Amount, cash, or other assets removed from business by owner is:
(a) Capital
(b) Drawings
(c) Assets
(d) None of these
(5) Under the diminishing balance method, depreciation amount is:
(a) Payment
(b) Receipt
(c) Expenditure
(d) None of these
(6) Users of accounting information include:
(a) The tax authorities
(b) Investors
(c) Creditors
(d) All of these
(7) The business form(s) in which the owner(s) is (are) personally liable is (are) the:
(a) Partnership only
(b) Proprietorship
(c) Corporation only
(d) Partnership and proprietorship
(e) None of these
(8) The investment of personal assets by the owner:
(a) Increases total assets and increases owners equity
(b) Increases total assets only
(c) Has no effect on assets but increases owners equity
(d) Increase assets and liabilities
(e) None of these
(9) All of the following are forms of organizations except:
(a) Proprietorship
(b) Corporation
(c) Retailer
(d) Partnership
(e) None of these
(10) Economic resources of a business that are expected to be of benefit in the future are
referred to as:
(a) Liabilities
(b) Owners equity
(c) Withdrawals

(d) Assets
(e) None of these
(11) An owner investment of land into the business would:
(a) Decrease withdrawals
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Increase owners equity
(d) Decrease assets
(e) None of these
(12) A cash purchase of supplies would:
(a) Decrease owners equity
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Have no effect on total assets
(d) None of these
(13) An owner investment of each into the business would:
(a) Increase assets
(b) Decrease liabilities
(c) Increase withdrawals
(d) Decrease owners equity
(e) None of these
(14) The payment of rent each month for office space would:
(a) Decrease total assets
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Increase owners equity
(d) None of these
(15) Real accounts are related to:
(a) Assets
(b) Expenses and incomes
(c) Customers and Creditors etc.
(d) None of these
(16) Which one of the following accounts would usually have a debit balance?
(a) Cash
(b) Creditors
(c) Accounts payable
(d) Salaries Expenses
(e) None of these
(17) Quick assets include which of the following?
(a) Cash
(b) Accounts Receivable

(c) Inventories
(d) Only (a) and (b)
(e) None of these
(18) Net income plus operating expenses is equal to:
(a) Net sales
(b) Cost of goods available for sale
(c) Cost of goods sold
(d) Gross profit
(e) None of these
(19) The maximum number of partners in Pakistan can be fixed at the following:
(a) 20
(b) 50
(c) 75
(d) None of these
(20) Balance sheet is always prepared:
(a) For the year ended
(b) As on a specific date
(c) None of these
(1) The measureable value of an alternative use of resources is referred to as:
(a) An opportunity cost
(b) An imputed cost
(c) A different cost
(d) A sunk cost
(e) None of these
(2) A quantitative expression of management objectives is an:
(a) Organizational chart
(b)Management chart
(c) Budget
(d) Procedural chart
(e) None of these
(3) A cost center is:
(a) A unit of production in relation to which costs are ascertained
(b) A location which is responsible for controlling direct costs
(c) Part of the factory overhead system by which costs are gathered
(d) Any location or department which incurs cost
(e) None of these
(4) At break-even point of 400 units sold the variable costs were Rs. 400 and the fixed costs were
Rs.200. What will be the 401 units sold contributing to profit before income tax?

(a) Rs. 0.00

(b) Rs. 0.50
(c) Rs. 1.00
(d) Rs. 1.50
(e) None of these
(5) In considering a special order situation that will enable a company to make use of currently
idle capacity, which of the following cost will be irrelevant:
(a) Materials
(b) Depreciation
(c) Direct labour
(d) Variable factory overhead
(e) None of these
(6) A fixed cost:
(a) May change in total when such change is not related to changes in production
(b) Will not change in total because it is not related to changes in production
(c) Is constant per unit for each unit of change in production
(d) May change in total, depending on production with the relevant range
(e) None of these
(7) Completion of a job is result in:
(a) DR finished goods .. CR WIP
(b) DR Cost of goods CR finished goods
(c) DR WIP ..... CR FOH control
(d) DR FOH control ... CR FOH applied
(e) None of these
(8) Operating cost in often named as:
(a) Manufacturing cost plus commercial expenses
(b) Prime cost plus factory overheads
(c) Direct material plus direct labour
(d) Selling plus administrative expenses
(e) None of these
(9) Expenses such as rent and depreciation of a building are shared by several departments
these are:
(a) Indirect expenses
(b) Direct expenses
(c) Joint expenses
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these
(10) If under applied FOH is closed to cost of goods sold, the journal entry is:
(a) DR Cost of goods sold .. CR FOH control

(b) DR FOH control .... CR Cost of goods sold

(c) DR FOH control .... CR Profit % loss account
(d) None of these
(11) Re-order quantity 3600 units
Maximum consumption 900 units per week
Minimum comsumption .300 units per week
Re-order period ..5 weeks
Based on this data Re-order level is:
(a) 4500 units
(b) 3900 units
(c) 1200 units
(d) 400 units
(e) None of these
(12) The time lag between indenting and receiving material is called:
(a) Lead time
(b) Idle time
(c) Stock out time
(d) None of these
(13) A credit balance remaining in FOH Control account is called:
(a) Over-applied overhead
(b) Under-applied overhead
(c) Actual overhead
(d) None of these
(14) Direct material cost plus direct labour cost is called:
(a) Prime cost
(b) Conversion cost
(c) Product cost
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
(15) Productivity means:
(a) The ability to produce
(b) All units produced
(c) Good units produced
(d) None of these
(16) A segment of the business that generates both revenue and cost is called:
(a) Profit Center
(b) Cost Center
(c) Cost driver

(d) All of these

(e) None of these
(17) Verification includes:
(a) Checking vouchers
(b) Examining audit report
(c) None of these
(18) Audit of a bank is generally conducted through:
(a) Routine checking
(b) Vouching
(c) Balance sheet audit
(d) None of these
(19) Economics resources of a business that are expected to be of benefit in the future are
referred to as:
(a) Liabilities
(b) Owners equity
(c) Withdrawals
(d) Assets
(e) None of these
(20) Short term Loan can be best described as:
(a) If the period is three years
(b) If the period is less than one year
(c) If the period is over one year
(d) None of these
1) Maximum number of partners in a partnership firm set up in Pakistan under Partnership Act,
1932 is:
(a) 5
(b) 25
(c) 20
(d) None of these
(2) Preparation of final financial reports is governed in Pakistan under:
(a) No law
(b) Companies Ordinance 1984
(c) None of these
(3) Depreciation is based on:
(a) Economic life of asset
(b) Declared life of asset by supplier
(c) Normal life of asset
(d) None of these

(4) Inventory turnover is calculated as under:

(a) Cost of Goods sold/Closing Inventory
(b) Gross profit/Closing Inventory
(c) Sales/Opening Inventory
(d) None of these
(5) There is a difference between:
(a) Worksheet and Balance Sheet
(b) Worksheet and profit and loss account
(c) Worksheet as combination of results of profits and financial positions
(d) None of these
(6) Deferred Revenue is:
(a) Liability
(b) Asset
(c) None of these
(7) Preparation of annual report of a firm is governed under:
(a) Partnership Act 1932
(b) Under partnership Deed
(c) None of these
(8) Deferred Taxation amount be treated as:
(a) Foot note
(b) An item in the Balance Sheet on asset side
(c) None of these
(9) Return of Equity will be calculated as under:
(a) Operating Profit x 100/Equity
(b) Net profit x 100/Paid up Capital only
(c) None of these
(10) Current maturity of long term loan is:
(a) Current Liability
(b) Long Term Liability
(c) None of these
(1) Prime cost is calculated as under:
(a) Manufacturing Cost/Cost of Goods Sold
(b) Direct Method plus factory overheads
(c) Direct labour + Direct Material
(d) None of these
(2) Process Cost is very much applicable in:
(a) Construction Industry

(b) Pharmaceutical Industry

(c) Air line company
(d) None of these
(3) The latest computation of variances of manufacturing overheads is in one the following ways:
(a) Two variance approaches
(b) Three variance approaches
(c) Four variance approaches
(d) None of these
(4) Random sampling in auditing means:
(a) Selection through convenience sampling
(b) Selection through scientific sampling approach
(c) None of these
(5) Expenditure incurred in procuring machinery is:
(a) An admissible expenditure for tax purposes
(b) No admissible for tax purposes
(c) None of these
(6) Increase in income constitutes:
(a) Inflows
(b) Outflows
(c) None of these
(7) M & A stands for:
(a) Mergers & Analysis
(b) Mergers & Acquisitions
(c) Mergers & Allocation
(d) None of these
(8) An endowment insurance policy can be taken in respect of:
(a) Fire insurance
(b) Accident insurance
(c) Life insurance
(d) None of these
(9) Audit and special audit are the same:
(a) In Insurance Company
(b) In Banking Company
(c) None of these
(10) Acid test is the same as:
(a) Quick test

(b) Liquid test

(c) None of these
(1) Acid Test Ratio is calculated as under:
(a) Current Assets/Current Liabilities
(b) Fixed Assets/Current Liabilities
(c) Liquid Assets/Current Liabilities
(d) None of these
(2) Deferred cost is a:
(a) Liability
(b)Asset
(c) None of these
(3) Work Sheet is:
(a) Balance Sheet
(b) Fund Flows Statement
(c) A combination of Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet items
(d) None of these
(4) Banks, for the preparation of financial statements, are governed under:
(a) Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962
(b) State Bank of Pakistan Act
(c) None of these
(5) Return on investment is computed:
(a) Investment/Profit x 100
(b) Profit x 100/Investment
(c) None of these
(1) Rent of the premises constitutes variable expenses for cost allocation:
(a) True
(b) False(2) Sugar used in a sugarcane company is:
(a) Variable cost
(b) Fixed cost
(c) None of these
(3) An auditor is liable under the following circumstances:
(a) Third Party Liabilities
(b) Fraud perpetrated in highly sophisticated circumstances
(c) None of these
(4) Agricultural income is taxable under the Income Tax Laws of Pakistan:
(a) True
(b) False

(5) Principal and markup payment within one year constitutes long term liability for disclosure in
the balance sheet of a company.
(a) True
(b) False
(6) Ordinarily one can have the following partners in a partnership in Pakistan under the
Partnership Act 1932.
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) None of these
(7) Working Capital finance can be termed as Running Finance in a limited company.
(a) True
(b) False
(8) Income from Capital gains arising out of trading on a stock strange in Pakistan is taxable
these days:
(a) True
(b) False
(9) Conversion Cost is calculated as under:
(a) Labour Plus Materials
(b) Labour plus overheads
(c) None of these
(10) Current Ratio can be calculated as under:
(a) Current Liabilities/Current Assets
(b) Current Assets/Current Liabilities
(c) None of these

(1) Double entry book-keeping was fathered by:

(a) F.W.Taylor
(b) Henry Fayol
(c) Lucas Pacioli.
(2) Funds Flow Statement and sources and application statement are:
(a) Synonymous
(b) Antagonistic
(c) None of these.
(3) Depreciation in spirit is similar to:
(a) Depletion
(b) Amortization
(c) Depression.

4) Balance Sheet is always prepared:

(a) for the year ended.
(b) As on a specified date.
(c) None of these.
(5) In Insurance, the following Profit and Loss Accounts are prepared:
(a) Separate for Fire, Marine, and Accidents etc.
(b) Consolidated for Fire, Marine, and Accidents etc.(c) None of these.
(6) Partners in Pakistan can today be fixed at the following numbers:
(a) 20
(b) 50
(c) 75.
(7) Flexible budget is a budget with the following features:
(a) Changes with volume of production.
(b) Changes with variable expenses
(c) Changes in Direct material.
(8) Break Even can be calculated as under:
(a) ______VC_______
FC- TR TC
(b) FC
I- VC TR(c) None of these.
(9) Quick Ratio can be computed as under:
(a) Quick . Assets/Quick Liabilities
(b) Quick . Liabilities Current Assets
(c) Current Assets/ Current Liabilities
(10) In straight line method of depreciation, the written down value of a fixed asset will be at the end
of the life of the asset as under:
(a) Rupee one
(b) Rupee zero (c) None of these.
(11) Sales budget must be prepared:
(a) Independently
(b) Depending on production capacity
(c) Based on Sales forecasts of market.
(12) Consolidation of subsidiary accounts in the balance sheet of a unlisted Holding company is at
present in Pakistan:
(a) Compulsory
(b) Voluntary
(c) Required.
(13) Retained earning is synonymous to:
(a) Accumulated profit and loss account
(b) Profit for the year
(c) None of these.
(14) The requirements of an audit report for a Banking Company in Pakistan is under:
(a) Under the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962.
(b) Under the Companies Ordinance, 1984.
(c) Under (a) and (b) above.
(15) Deferred Taxation is:
(a) Fixed asset
(b) Fixed liabilities

(c) Part of Owners Equity.

(16) Investment Corporation of Pakistan follows:
(a) Open-end mutual funds
(b) Closed-end mutual funds
(c) None of these.
(17) Directors Report is ---- in respect of financial report constituent.
(a) Mandatory for a limited Company
(b) Voluntary for a limited Company
(c) None of these.
(18) Every limited Company in Pakistan is required by law to include the following along with financial
reports:
(a) Ratio Analysis
(b) Chairmans Review
(c) None of these.
(19) Cash budget excludes the following:
(a) Non-Cash items
(b) Cash items
(c) Purchase on Credit items.
(20) NGOs are legally required to:
(a) Prepare accounts in a prescribed manner under the law.(b) Prepare accounts as desired by
donors.
(c) None of these.

Accounting & Auditing Paper -II (2000)

1. Fixed Cost:
a. Changes with production
b. Never changes even if production capacity is doubled
c. None of the above
2. Conversion cost is:
a. Material Cost + Overhead Cost
b. Direct Labour + Material Cost
c. Labour Cost + Overhead Cost
3. Process Costing is relevant to:
a. Cement industry
b. Job Order cost oriented Projects
c. None of the above
4. Operating Profit is:
a. Profit after deducting financial costs
b. Profit after deducting taxes
c. Profit after deducting normal operating expenses including depreciation
5. A good Cost Accounting System is:

a. If it computes estimated cost only

b. If it cannot be reconciled with financial accounts
c. If it enables management to increase productivity and rationalize cost structure
6. Verification includes:
a. Checking Vouchers
b. Examining audit report
c. None of the above
7. Stratified audit sample means:
a. Randomly selected items for audit
b. Purposively selected items for audit
c. Items carefully selected from each group
8. Internal Control is totally synonymous with:
a. Internal check
b. Internal audit
c. None of above
9. Audit of a bank is generally conducted through:
a. Routine checking
b. Couching
c. Balance sheet audit
10. An auditor is liable for his annual audit of accounts o:
a. Creditors
b. Bankers
c. Owners
11. Income Tax is levied on:
a. Agricultural Income
b. Presumptive Income
c. None of above
12. If a firm has paid super-tax, its partners may follow any one of the following behaviours:
a. No need to pay income tax, even if the income exceeds the taxable limit.
b. Pay income tax, even if the income does not exceed the taxable income.
c. Pay income tax as required under the law.
13. A resident multinational company need not:
a. Pay income tax, if it s caused under Double Taxation agreement.
b. If it is not enjoying tax exemption under the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 (Second Schedule).
c. None of above
14. Income Tax rates are the same for:
a. Limited Companies
b. Banking Companies
c. None of above
15. Super Tax on companies is:
a. In vogue in Pakistan

b. Not in vogue in Pakistan

c. None of above
16. Current Ratio is calculated as:
a. Fixed Assets/Current Liabilities
b. Current Liabilities/Current Assets
c. Current Assets/Current Liabilities
17. Short-term loan can be described as:
a. If the period is three years
b. If the period is less than one year
c. If the period is over one year
18. A partnership, in todays Pakistan, under the current law can have the following number of
partners:
a. 50
b. 20
c. 100
19. Combination can be best described as:
a. Restructuring of Capital of a Company
b. Reduction of Capital of a Company
c. Amalgamation of two different types of businesses
20. Sources of funds can be increased by:
a. Describing selling prices
b. Increasing expenditure
c. None of above

(1) Books of original entry are called:

(a) Ledger
(b) Work sheets
(c) Journal
(d) None of these
(2) For preparing balance sheets prepaid expenses are shown as part of:
(a) Liability
(b) Equities
(c) Assets
(d) None of these
(3) Unpaid and unrecorded expenses are called:
(a) Prepaid expenses
(b) Accrued expenses
(c) Additional expenses
(d) None of these
(4) Amount, cash, or other assets removed from business by owner is:

(a) Capital
(b) Drawings
(c) Assets
(d) None of these
(5) Under the diminishing balance method, depreciation amount is:
(a) Payment
(b) Receipt
(c) Expenditure
(d) None of these
(6) Users of accounting information include:
(a) The tax authorities
(b) Investors
(c) Creditors
(d) All of these
(7) The business form(s) in which the owner(s) is (are) personally liable is (are) the:
(a) Partnership only
(b) Proprietorship
(c) Corporation only
(d) Partnership and proprietorship
(e) None of these
(8) The investment of personal assets by the owner:
(a) Increases total assets and increases owners equity
(b) Increases total assets only
(c) Has no effect on assets but increases owners equity
(d) Increase assets and liabilities
(e) None of these
(9) All of the following are forms of organizations except:
(a) Proprietorship
(b) Corporation
(c) Retailer
(d) Partnership
(e) None of these
(10) Economic resources of a business that are expected to be of benefit in the future are referred to as:
(a) Liabilities
(b) Owners equity
(c) Withdrawals
(d) Assets

(e) None of these

(11) An owner investment of land into the business would:
(a) Decrease withdrawals
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Increase owners equity
(d) Decrease assets
(e) None of these
(12) A cash purchase of supplies would:
(a) Decrease owners equity
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Have no effect on total assets
(d) None of these
(13) An owner investment of each into the business would:
(a) Increase assets
(b) Decrease liabilities
(c) Increase withdrawals
(d) Decrease owners equity
(e) None of these
(14) The payment of rent each month for office space would:
(a) Decrease total assets
(b) Increase liabilities
(c) Increase owners equity
(d) None of these
(15) Real accounts are related to:
(a) Assets
(b) Expenses and incomes
(c) Customers and Creditors etc.
(d) None of these
(16) Which one of the following accounts would usually have a debit balance?
(a) Cash
(b) Creditors
(c) Accounts payable
(d) Salaries Expenses
(e) None of these
(17) Quick assets include which of the following?
(a) Cash

(b) Accounts Receivable

(c) Inventories
(d) Only (a) and (b)
(e) None of these
(18) Net income plus operating expenses is equal to:
(a) Net sales
(b) Cost of goods available for sale
(c) Cost of goods sold
(d) Gross profit
(e) None of these
(19) The maximum number of partners in Pakistan can be fixed at the following:
(a) 20
(b) 50
(c) 75
(d) None of these
(20) Balance sheet is always prepared:
(a) For the year ended
(b) As on a specific date
(c) None of these

Paper 1
(1) Accounting principles are generally based on
(a) Practicability (b) Subjectivity (c) Convenience in recording
(2) Real accounts are related to
(a) Assets (b) Expense and incomes (c) Customers and creditor etc
(3) Rent paid to the land lord should be credited to
(a) Landlord Account (b) Rent account (c) Cash Account
4) In the event of dissolution of a partnership firm the provision for doubtful debts is transferred to
(a) Realization Account (b) Partner capital accounts (c) sundry debtors Accounts
(5) A prospectus for share can be issued only by
(a) A public company (b) A private company (c) None of these.
(6) Preliminary expense is
(a) Current asset (b) Current Liability (c) Fictitious asset
(7) The valuation of closing stock is at
(a) Cost price (b) Market price
(c) Cost or Market price whichever is lower
(8) The master budget includes
(a) as income statement (b) a balance sheet (c) a cash budget (d)these all of these
(9) Cost volume profit analysis is the method used to estimate the impact on profit is of changes in
(a) Unit variable cost (b) unit sales price (c) Sale volume (d) All of these
(10) In a manufacturing company product cost include
(a) Material cost only (b) Material and labour (c) Labour cost only (d) material labour and
overhead cost
(11) A liability in the amount of Rs 500 is paid in cash which of the fallowing is true
(a) Asset is increased and liability is decreased (b) Asset is increased and liability is increased
(b) Asset is decreased and liability is decreased (b) Liability is decreased and owners equity is

increased
(12) Which one of the following account would usually have credit balance?
(a) Cash (b) Account payable (c) Equipment (d) Salaries expense
(13) A company collected one years rent in advance on October 1st ,1997 the entries Rs 1200 was
credited to unearned revenue account the adjusting entry at the December 31,1997 year ended would
include
(a) A debit to unearned revenue for Rs 300 (b) A debit to unearned revenue for Rs 900 (c) A
credit to unearned revenue for Rs 300 (d) A debit to rent earned for Rs 900
(14) Net income plus operating expense is equal to
(a) Net sale (b) Cost of good available for sales (c) Cost of good sold (d) Gross profit
(15) When purchase merchandise is returned under a perpetual inventory system a credit would be
made to
(a) Inventory (b) Freight in (c) Purchases (d) Purchase return
(16) Which of the fallowing accounts would not be included in the computation of the cost of goods
sold
(a) Purchase returns (b) Freight in (c) Purchase discount lost (d) Purchase discounts
(17) Total manufacturing cost for a period includes all of the fallowing except
(a) Raw material used (b) Direct labour cost
(c) Cost of good completed (d) Factory overhead cost(18) Quick Asset includes which of the
fallowing
(a) Cash (b) Account receivable (c) Marketable securities (d) All of these (e) a &b
(19) When a small stock dividend is declared which of the fallowing accounts is credited
(a) Common stock (b) Dividend payable (c) Common stock dividend distributable (d)Retained
Earnings
(20) An advantages of the partnership from of business organization is its
(a) Unlimited liability (b) Mutual agency (c) Ease of the formation (d) Limited life

CSS 1999 PAER 2nd

(1) The table A of the Companies Ordinance 1984
(a) Balance sheet format (b) Profit & Loss format (c) Model Articles of Association (d) Model
Memorandum of Association
(2) The statement of assets liabilities and owners capital is called the
(a) Financial statement (b) Profit & loss A/c (c) Balance sheet (d) statement of owners capital
(3) When business activity increases the fixed cost per unit
(a) Decreased (b) Remain the same (c) Increases (d) None of these
4) Standard cost are not used to
(a) Measuring the performance (b) Prepare Budgets (c) Aid in planning (d) Avoid tracking actual
costs
(5) Return on investment could be improved by
(a) Increasing assets turnover (b) Decreasing return on sales (c) Decreasing contribution margin
(d) Increasing control expense
(6) The formula a future value of dollar is
(a) P (1 + r )n (b) P (1 - r )n (c) P (1 + n)r (d) P (r -1 )n
(7) The analysis of financial statement helps identify a companys strengths and weaknesses it
indicate if company
(a) is managing its inventory efficiently (b) Has sufficient plant assets
(c) is collecting accounts receivable quickly (d) All of the above
(8) Companys earning power ratios are of a great interest to
(a) Preferred shareholders (b) Long terms lenders (c) Common share holders (d) all of these
(9) Depreciation Expense is
(a) a cash inflow (b) a cash outflow (c) Ignored when proper cash flow statements (d) Added to the
accumulated depreciation account
(10) An increase in income tax payable mean that the company

(a) Paid less than the income tax expense repotted (b) Paid more than the income tax expense
reported (c) Paid the same as the income tax expense reported (d) Is not paying any income taxes
(11) A Cash sale of merchandise should be recorded in the
(a) Sales journal (b) General Journal (c) Cash receipt journal (b) Cash payment journal
(12) Which of the fallowing should not be considered cash by an accountant?
(a) Money Order (b) Bank saving account balance (c) Postage stamps (d) Travelers cheques
(13) The inventory method that assigns the most recent costs to the cost of goods sold is
(a) FIFO (b) LIFO (c) Weight average (d) Specific Identification
(14) In finance Working capital means the same things as
(a) Total assets (b) Fixed assets (c) Current assets (d) Current assets minus current liabilities
(15) The more basic requirement for a firms marketable securities
(a) Safety (b) yield (c) Marketability
(16) Partnership forms of organization
(a) Avoids the double taxation of earnings and dividends found in the corporate form of a
organization (b) Usually provides limited liability to the partners (c) Has unlimited life
(17) A corporate buy back or the repurchasing of share is
(a) An example of balance sheet restructuring (b) An excellent source of profit when the firm stock is
overpriced
(c) A method of reducing the debt to equity ratio (d) All of the above
(18) A statement of cash flows can be prepaid using a ful T account analysis This approch
(a) User a detail T accounts for each balance sheet account (b) Dividend the cash T account
into cash inflow and cash outflows (c) Classifies item into operating, investing ,financing (d) All the
above are true
(19) If the beginning inventory of the finished good is 3000 units, planned sales are 25000 units and
planned productions is 27000 units the inventory of finished goods on the budgeted balance sheet
would be
(a) 3000 (b) 1000 (c) 5000 (d) None of these
(20) If working capital increased during the period
(a) Current assets must be increased (b) Current liabilities must be decreased (c) Source of
working capital must have been greater than uses of working capital (d) User of working capital must
have been greater than sources of working capital

2. Accumulated loss of a company is shown in the balance sheet as:

(a) Liability (b) As an asset (c) As foot note to balance sheet (d) None of these