MCQ Bank
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
When dividends are declared by a corporation's board of directors, what will be its journal entry on the declaration date?
- A) Debit Retained Earnings; Credit Dividends Payable
- B) Debit Cash; Credit Retained Earnings
- C) Debit Dividends payable; Credit Retained Earnings
- D) Debit Retained Earnings; Credit Cash
Failure to record the receipt of a utility bill for services already received will result in which of the following?
- A) An overstatement of fixed assets
- B) An overstatement of equity
- C) An understatement of assets
- D) An overstatement of liabilities
Cash Flow Statement may help the stakeholders to assess the:
- A) Ability to generate future revenues
- B) Future inflows of cash from all sources
- C) Short term Solvency of the company
- D) Ability to use fixed assets
In simple words book value would be the amount of money that a holder of a common share would get if a company is expected to:
- A) Acquire by another company
- B) Liquidate
- C) Merge with another company
- D) Consolidate
Which of the following is true about the common shares?
- A) Shares are issued only by the listed companies
- B) Annual return is given on the share price by the company
- C) It can not be sold below the face value
- D) Shares can be traded on stock market