WAEC Accounting Past Questions & Answers - Page 302

1,506.

Bad debts written off is shown as

A.

Debit in the sales ledger

B.

Debit in the purchases ledger

C.

Credit in the sales ledger

D.

Credit in the purchases ledger

Correct answer is C

The journal entry is a debit to the bad debt expense account and a credit to the accounts receivable account. (Remember your account receivables are credit sales that is the sales journal). 

1,507.

Where records maintained are inadequate to facilitate the preparation of a trading and profit and loss accounts, this is described as

A.

Cost accounting

B.

Bookkeeping

C.

Incomplete records

D.

Double entry

Correct answer is C

Incomplete records refers to a situation in which an organization is not using double-entry bookkeeping. Instead, it is using a more informal accounting system, such as a single-entry system, to maintain a reduced amount of information about its financial results.

1,508.

Subscriptions received in advance are

A.

Included in the income and expenditure account

B.

Not included in the receipts and payment account

C.

Shown as a current asset in the balance sheet

D.

Shown in the Balance Sheet as a current liability

Correct answer is D

An amount received in advance against which the services are yet to provide is a balance sheet item. Any advance subscription is a liability and to be shown in balance sheet

1,509.

Which of the following is the equivalent of the receipts payment accounts?

A.

Income and expenditure accounts

B.

Cash book

C.

Subscriptions account

D.

Profit and loss account

Correct answer is B

Following are the characteristics of receipt and payment account:

  • It is a summary of the cash book.
  • We record all the cash receipts during the whole year on its debit side. ...
  • We include both receipts and payments in cash whether they are of capital and revenue nature.

From the above characteristics we can say the receipt and payments account is equivalent to the cash book which is used in recording all cash transactions

1,510.

The difference between factory cost of goods produced and its market value is

A.

Interest

B.

Premium

C.

Manufacturing profit

D.

Manufacturing overhead

Correct answer is C