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ABC Company sold a plant asset that originally cost Rs. 60,000 for Rs. 25,000 cash. If the company correctly reports a Rs. 5,000 gain on this sale, the accumulated depreciation on the asset at the date of sale must have been:
- A) Rs. 40,000
- B) Rs. 25,000
- C) Rs. 35,000
- D) Rs. 55,000
Under the income statement approach to adjusting entries, the receipt of Rs. 5,000 of unearned revenue would be recorded by debiting Cash. Which account should be credited?
- A) Prepaid Revenue
- B) Unearned Revenue
- C) Revenue
- D) Cash
Which of the following is another name of the authorized capital?
- A) Outstanding capital
- B) Registered capital
- C) Paid in capital
- D) Listed capital
How would the sale of merchandise on account be represented in the seller's records?
- A) Increase assets and decrease liabilities
- B) Increase assets and increase paid-in capital
- C) Increase assets and increase income
- D) Increase assets and decrease revenues
If the ending inventory is understated in the year; the cost of goods sold will be _______ and gross profit __________.
- A) Understated, understated
- B) Overstated, understated
- C) Overstated, Overstated
- D) Understated, Overstated
Calculate Written Down Value (WDV) from following information:
Cost of fixed asset = Rs. 400,000; Accumulated depreciation= Rs. 270,000; Salvage value=70,000
- A) Rs. 200,000
- B) Rs. 60,000
- C) Rs. 130,000
- D) Rs. 270,000
How many types of audit certificate are there?
- A) Five
- B) Four
- C) Two
- D) Three
Retained Earnings are directly affected by all of the following factors EXCEPT:
- A) Divided paid
- B) Net loss
- C) Net profit
- D) Taxes
According to local law, the maximum number of partners in general partnership and Banking business are _________ respectively:
- A) 20 and 10
- B) 10 and 20
- C) 20 and 8
- D) 8 and 20
For purpose of measuring business income, the life of a business is divided into which of the following?
- A) Divided into irregular cycles
- B) Divided into specific points in time
- C) Divided into discrete accounting periods
- D) Considered to be a continuous cycle
Which one of the following inventory methods shows lower inventory valuation on balance sheet during inflation period?
- A) Last-in-First-Out (LIFO)
- B) All of the given options
- C) Average cost method
- D) First-in-First - out (FIFO)
Retained earnings will change over time because of several factors. Which of the following factors would explain an increase in retained earnings?
- A) Dividends paid
- B) Net loss
- C) Net income
- D) Investments by stockholders
Which of the following equations properly represents a derivation of the fundamental accounting equation?
- A) Assets + liabilities = owner's equity
- B) Cash = assets
- C) Assets - liabilities = owner's equity
- D) Assets = owner's equity
Dividends omitted on preferred shares that must be paid before common shareholders are entitled to be paid are referred to as:
- A) Callable
- B) Participating
- C) Cumulative
- D) In arrears
Which of the following is TRUE about the financial statements?
- A) Are required by corporations, but not for sole proprietorship or partnerships
- B) In either monetary or no monetary terms, depending upon the need of the decision maker
- C) They are primarily for the benefit of Stakeholders
- D) Are required only for publicly owned business organizations
Which of the following company would like to use the accelerated depreciation method?
- A) A company with low tax burdens
- B) A company with large tax burdens
- C) A company that want to report high net income
- D) A company that want to report huge assets
Which of the following states that the financial statements are presented fairly and in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principle?
- A) Disclaimer of opinion
- B) Unqualified opinion
- C) Qualified opinion
- D) Adverse opinion
The local law restricts the number of partners in a partnership firm up to:
- A) 35 members
- B) 20 members
- C) 15 members
- D) 30 members
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of financial statements?
- A) They always present in monetary terms
- B) Understandable completely by a lay man as well
- C) They help in assessment of future profitability
- D) They always present economic events
Calculate depreciation expense for the year based on Straight Line Method from following information:
Cost of the Asset=Rs.120,000; Life of the Asset = 5 years; Residual value: Rs. 20,000.
- A) Rs. 24,000
- B) Rs. 28,000
- C) Rs. 18,000
- D) Rs. 20,000