JAMB Accounting Past Questions & Answers - Page 168

836.

The source documents include?

A.

Cash book

B.

Petty cash book

C.

General ledger

D.

Credit notes

Correct answer is D

A credit note is one of the source documents used by a business. It is a receipt given by a seller to a buyer. 

Credit notes are typically used when there has been an error in an already-issued invoice, such as an incorrect amount, or when a customer wishes to change their original order.

837.

Th major feature of an invoice is that, it?

A.

Passes information through the sales day book

B.

Has cash and bank column

C.

Specifies the particular of goods bought

D.

Indicates only the cash sales

Correct answer is C

Essential Elements Each Invoice Must Include

  • The word Invoice.
  • Seller's name and address, contact details and company registration number.
  • Buyers name and address.
  • Date: invoice issue date, payment due date, delivery date.
  • A unique invoice reference number.
  • Description of goods

 

838.

The account which refers to the tangible assets of a company that is of permanent nature is the

A.

Personal account

B.

Real account

C.

Nominal account

D.

Cash account

Correct answer is B

Real account is an account dealing with the material assets of a business, such as its property.

 

839.

If stationery bought for N200 has been entered as N2000. To correct this error?

A.

Debit stationery with N2,200

B.

Credit stationery with N1,800

C.

Debit stationery with N1,800

D.

Credit stationery with N2,200

Correct answer is C

To correct the error, we have to debit the amount in excess so as when it is being calculated, the debit side would balance with the credit side. 

Remember income in recorded on the debit side while expenses are recorded on the credit side. Since stationary was bought, (expense) it is assumed that it was recorded on the credit side. hence we will debit the amount in excess.

840.

If salary account is debited instead of stationary account, the error committed is that of?

A.

Commission

B.

Omission

C.

Principle

D.

Compensation

Correct answer is A

An error of principle is an accounting mistake in which an entry is recorded in the incorrect account.