JAMB Accounting Past Questions & Answers - Page 68

336.

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{N} \\ \hline \text{Debtors opening} & 4000 \\ \hline \text{Debtors clsoing} & 1500 \\ \hline \text{Cash received from debtors} & 8500 \\ \hline \text{Bad debts written off} & 350 \\ \hline \text{Discount allowed} & 500 \\ \hline \text{Discount Received} & 1000\end{array}\)

What is the amount of sales of sales for the year?

A.

₦3850

B.

₦6650

C.

₦1550

D.

₦6850

Correct answer is D

Dr Total Debtors Control A/c Cr

\(\begin{array}{c|c} \text{bal b/f.....4,000} & \text{Cash received..... 8,500} \\ \hline \text{Credit sales.....6,850} & \text{Bad debt written off.....50} \\ \hline
& \text{Dr. Allowed.....500} \\ \hline & \text{bal c/d.....1,500} \\ \hline 10,850 & 10,850 \\ \hline \text{bal b/d.....1,500} & \end{array}\)

D is correct ₦6850 as the sales for the year accordingly to the above calculations
The total debtors account is meant to control the transactions with customers whether in cash or credits and to know the remaining cash receivables from customers.

337.

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{N} \\ \hline \text{Balance as per cashbook} & 5 467 \\ \hline \text{Uncredited cheques} & 4 410 \\ \hline \text{Unpresented cheques} & 19 404 \\ \hline \text{Cheques wrongly debited by bank} & 1 404 \end{array}\)

The balance as per bank statement is

A.

₦21,901

B.

₦19,021

C.

₦21,109

D.

₦21,091

Correct answer is A

A Bank reconciliation statement helps to reconcile the cashbook and bank statement if there are disagreement
A is correct: 21,901 is correct because the cheque wrongly debited by the bank will have increased the bank balance therefore to get the value of the bank statement needed to first of all add back the cashbook

338.

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{Dept A} & \text{Dept B} \\ \hline & N & \\ \hline \text{Sales} & 250 000 & 150,000 \\ \hline \text{Purchases} & 500,000 & 250 000 \\ \hline \text{Discount received} & 24 000 & \\ \hline \text{Discount allowed} & 15 000 & &
\end{array}\)

Determine the discount allowed by Department A

A.

₦5,000

B.

₦9,375

C.

₦5,625

D.

₦8,000

Correct answer is B

To determine the discount allowed by Department B, the percentage of sales by Department B need to be calculated

Dep A 250,000

Dep B \(\frac{150,000}{400,000}\)

% of Dep A = \(\frac{250,000}{400000}\) X 100

= 62.5%

∴ Discount allowed in Dep A = \(\frac{62.5}{100}\) x 250,000

= ₦ 9,375

= ₦ 9,375

339.

Calculate the discount received in Department B \(\begin{array}{c|c} & \text{Dept A} & \text{Dept B} \\ \hline & N & \\ \hline \text{Sales} & 250 000 & 500 000 \\ \hline \text{Purchases} & 150 000 & 250 000 \\ \hline \text{Discount received} & 24 000 & \\ \hline \text{Discount allowed} & 15 000 & & \end{array}\)

A.

₦12,000

B.

₦15,000

C.

₦16,000

D.

₦9,000

Correct answer is B

Before calculating the discount received in Dep. B

We need to calculate the percentage of purchases for Dep B

Out of the total purchases

Dep. A purchases 150,000

Dep. B purchases 250,000

400,000 - Total purchases

there4; \(\frac{250,000 \times 24,000}{\text{(Total discount received)}}\) x 400,000 = 15,000

340.

One of the options below have the same features as the profit and loss account in non-profit organization

A.

Income and expenditure account

B.

Profit and loss account

C.

Receipts and payment account

D.

Non profit account

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.