JAMB Accounting Past Questions & Answers - Page 79

391.

The income and expenditure account differs from receipts and payments account because it

A.

Accounts for notional charges

B.

Records transactions that relate to the period on cash basis

C.

Records transactions that relate to the period on accrual basis

D.

Accounts for balance of cash at bank

Correct answer is B

Receipts and payments account is a summary of cash transactions for a period and it is a real account. Income and expenditure account is a summary of expenditure and income like trading and profit and loss account and it is a nominal account.

392.

When goods are sent to the branch at cost plus mark-up, it means that the branch should sell at 

A.

A price above or below the stipulated price

B.

Any price but not below the transfer price

C.

Cost price

D.

A price that is equal to the mark-up

Correct answer is B

Cost-plus pricing is a pricing strategy in which the selling price is determined by adding a specific amount markup to a product's unit cost.

Cost plus pricing involves adding a markup to the cost of goods and services to arrive at a selling price. Under this approach, you add together the direct materialcost, direct labor cost, and overhead costs for a product, and add to it a markup percentage in order to derive the price of the product.

395.

An organization which has records of only personal accounts is said to be operating on the basis of

A.

Single entry

B.

Real accounts

C.

Nominal accounts

D.

Double entry

Correct answer is A

single entry system records a transaction with a single entry and only maintains one side of every transaction.