Accounting/Finance M.C.

Qs Preparation

The accounting process involves in recording:

A) Quantifiable economic event

B) Non quantifiable economic event

C) All of them

D) None of them

2)

In accounting an Economic event is referred to as:

A) Cash

B) Bank statement

C) Transaction

D) Exchange of money

3)

Identify the correct sequence of accounting process

A) CommunicatingRecordingIdentifying

B) RecordingCommunicatingIdentifying

C) Identifyingcommunicatingrecording

D) Identifyingrecordingcommunicating

4)

Bookkeeping mainly concerns with which part of accounting process?

A) Analysing

B) Preparing financial statements

C) Recording financial information

D) Auditing the books of accounts

5)

Financial accounting provides financial information to all of the following external users
except:

A) Government agencies

B) investors

C) Creditors

D) Managers

6)

For which step of accounting process the accountants of business entity prepare financial
statements?

A) Identification of economic event

B) Communication of financial information

C) Recording financial information

D) Making decisions about business

7)

Keeping the log of financial information in books of original entries is called

A) Recording

B) summarizing

C) Grouping

D) Processing

8)

Auditing is what?

A) Reporting the financial information

B) Examination of financial statements

C) Preparation financial statements

D) maintaining the ledger records

9)

Which of the following is the external user of financial statements?

A) Manager of the business

B) CEO of the business

C) Creditor of the business

D) Controller of the business

10)

Which of the following is the internal user of financial statements?

A) Creditor of the business

B) Government agency

C) Shareholder of the business

D) Manager of the business

11)

_________ is the first phase of accounting cycle

A) Identifying an economic event or transaction

B) Preparing journals

C) Posting entries to ledger accounts

D) Making decisions about business

12)

Financial statements differ from management account because

A) They are mainly prepared for external users of financial information

B) They are more complex and hard to prepare

C) The are the summary of accounting data

D) The are prepared on basis of actual concept

13)

________ is a separate legal entity that Total capital can be divided in many shares

A) Partnership

B) Sole proprietorship

C) Company

D) Non-profit organization

14)

An asset posses which of the following?

A) Future economic benefits for the business

B) All kind of benefits for the business

C) Expenses for the business

D) Merits and Demerits for the business

15)

Liabilities are which of the following?

A) Resources

B) Obligations

C) Future benefits

D) Expenses

16)

________ is the gross inflow of economic benefits

A) Assets

B) Liabilities

C) Income

D) Expenses
17)

The gross decrease in economic benefits for the business are what?

A) Expenses

B) Obligations

C) Creditors

D) Income or gain

18)

An asset must be _______ by the business to be shown as an asset in its "balance sheet"

A) Possessed

B) Owned

C) Controlled

D) Used

19)

Liability are arisen from which of the following events?

A) Present event

B) Future event

C) Past event

D) Non of them

20)

Which of the following can be considered as the most important phase of accounting cycle
and it is the primarily objective of financial accounting?

A) Identifying transactions

B) Preparing "T Accounts"

C) Preparing financial statements

D) Preparing trial balances

21)

Which is the most important characteristic that all assets of a business have?

A) Long life of assets

B) Value of assets

C) Intangible nature of assets

D) Future economic benefits

22)

What is the basic accounting equation?

A) Capital+Liabilities=Assets

B) Assets+ liabilities =Capital

C) Capital+assets=liabilities

D) Liabilities+Capital

23)

Which of the following is a liability?

A) Cash

B) Equipment

C) Debtors

D) Creditors

24)

What is equity?

A) Cash from the business

B) liability of a business

C) Owner's claim on total assets

D) Owner's claim on total liabilities

25)

Identify the asset from the following

A) Cash and cash equivalent

B) Creditors

C) Notes payable

D) Bank loan

26)

_______ the withdrawal of cash and goods by the owner of the busienss for his/her
personal use

A) Depreciation

B) Drawings

C) Outflow of cash

D) Appreciation

27)

Net loss occurs when

A) Expenses are greater than Income

B) Expenses are less than Income

C) Expenses=Income

D) Liabilities are greater than income

28)

Double entry implies that

A) Recording entries in journal

B) Recoding entries in Ledger account

C) Recording two aspects of every transaction

D) Recording every transaction in books

29)

Identify the nominal account

A) Machinery account

B) Building account

C) Creditors account

D) Rent expenses account

30)

Which of the following accounts can be classified as a real account?

A) Rent expenses account

B) Rent income account

C) insurance expenses account

D) Cash account

(1) Double entry book-keeping was fathered by:

(a) F.W.Taylor
(b) Henry Fayol
(c) Lucas Pacioli.

(2) Funds Flow Statement and sources and application statement are:
(a) Synonymous
(b) Antagonistic
(c) None of these.

(3) Depreciation in spirit is similar to:

(a) Depletion
(b) Amortization
(c) Depression.

4) Balance Sheet is always prepared:

(a) for the year ended.
(b) As on a specified date.
(c) None of these.

(5) In Insurance, the following Profit and Loss Accounts are prepared:
(a) Separate for Fire, Marine, and Accidents etc.
(b) Consolidated for Fire, Marine, and Accidents etc.(c) None of these.

(6) Partners in Pakistan can today be fixed at the following numbers:

(a) 20
(b) 50
(c) 75.

(7) Flexible budget is a budget with the following features:

(a) Changes with volume of production.
(b) Changes with variable expenses
(c) Changes in Direct material.

(8) Break Even can be calculated as under:

(a) ______VC_______
FC- TR TC
(b) FC I- VC TR
(c) None of these.

(9) Quick Ratio can be computed as under:

(a) Quick . Assets/Quick Liabilities
(b) Quick . Liabilities Current Assets
(c) Current Assets/ Current Liabilities

(10) In straight line method of depreciation, the written down value of a fixed asset will
be at the end of the life of the asset as under:
(a) Rupee one
(b) Rupee zero (c) None of these.

(11) Sales budget must be prepared:

(a) Independently
(b) Depending on production capacity
(c) Based on Sales forecasts of market.

(12) Consolidation of subsidiary accounts in the balance sheet of a unlisted Holding

company is at present in Pakistan:
(a) Compulsory
(b) Voluntary
(c) Required.

(13) Retained earning is synonymous to:

(a) Accumulated profit and loss account
(b) Profit for the year
(c) None of these.

(14) The requirements of an audit report for a Banking Company in Pakistan is under:
(a) Under the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962.
(b) Under the Companies Ordinance, 1984.
(c) Under (a) and (b) above.

(15) Deferred Taxation is:

(a) Fixed asset
(b) Fixed liabilities
(c) Part of Owners Equity.

(16) Investment Corporation of Pakistan follows:

(a) Open-end mutual funds
(b) Closed-end mutual funds
(c) None of these.

(17) Directors Report is ---- in respect of financial report constituent.

(a) Mandatory for a limited Company
(b) Voluntary for a limited Company
(c) None of these.

(18) Every limited Company in Pakistan is required by law to include the following along
with financial reports:
(a) Ratio Analysis
(b) Chairmans Review
(c) None of these.

(19) Cash budget excludes the following:

(a) Non-Cash items
(b) Cash items
(c) Purchase on Credit items.

(20) NGOs are legally required to:

(a) Prepare accounts in a prescribed manner under the law.(b) Prepare accounts as
desired by donors.
(c) None of these.
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need more MCQs for NTS WAPDA jobs for Account and audit assistant

Appreciate your work, but will u provide some more mcqs for Account assistant and audit
assistant jobs for PESCO GEPCO or some others links that help in this case.

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Fundamentals of Accounting Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) with Answers

1-Accounting provides information on

(A) Cost and income for managers
(B) Companys tax liability for a particular year
(C) Financial conditions of an institution
(D) All of the above
(Ans: D)

2-The long term assets that have no physical existence but are rights that have value is known as
(A) Current assets
(B) Fixed assets
(C) Intangible assets
(D) Investments
(Ans: C)

3-The assets that can be converted into cash within a short period (i.e. 1 year or less) are known as
(A) Current assets
(B) Fixed assets
(C) Intangible assets
(D) Investments
(Ans: A)

4-Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks are

(A) Current assets
(B) Fixed assets
(C) Intangible assets
(D) Investments
(Ans: C)

5-The following is not a type of liability

(A) Short term
(B) Current
(C) Fixed
(D) Contingent
(Ans: A)

6-The liabilities that are payable in more than a year and are not be liquidated from current assets
(A) Current liabilities
(B) Fixed liabilities
(C) Contingent liabilities
(D) All of the above
(Ans: B)
7-The debts, which are to be repaid within a short period (year or less) are known as
(A) Current liabilities
(B) Fixed liabilities
(C) Contingent liabilities
(D) All of the above
(Ans: A)

8-The sales income (Credit and Cash) of a business during a given period is called
(A) Transactions
(B) Sales returns
(C) Turnover
(D) Purchase returns
(Ans: C)

9-Any written evidence in support of a business transaction is called

(A) Journal
(B) Ledger
(C) Ledger posting
(D) Voucher
(Ans: D)

10-The accounts that records expenses, gains and losses are

(A) Personal accounts
(B) Real accounts
(C) Nominal accounts
(D) None of the above
(Ans: C)

11-Real accounts records

(A) Dealings with creditors or debtors
(B) Dealings in commodities
(C) Gains and losses
(D) All of the above
(Ans: B)
12-In journal, the business transaction is recorded
(A) Same day
(B) Next day
(C) Once in a week
(D) Once in a month
(Ans: A)

13-The following is (are) the type(s) of Journal

(A) Purchase journal
(B) Sales journal
(C) Cash journal
(D) All of the above
(Ans: D)
14-The process of entering all transactions from the journal to ledger is called
(A) Posting
(B) Entry
(C) Accounting
(D) None of the above
(Ans: A)

15-The following is a statement showing the financial status of the company at any given time
(A) Trading account
(B) Profit and Loss statements
(C) Balance sheet
(D) Cash book
(Ans: C)

16-The following is a statement of revenues and expenses for a specific period of time
(A) Trading account
(B) Trial balance
(C) Profit and loss statements
(D) Balance sheet
(Ans: C)

17-Balance sheet is a statement of

(A) Assets
(B) Liability
(C) Capital
(D) All of the above
(Ans: D)

18-Balance sheets are prepared

(A) Daily
(B) Weekly
(C) Monthly
(D) Annually
(Ans: D)

19-The ratios that refer to the ability of the firm to meet the short term obligations out of its short term
resources
(A) Liquidity ratio
(B) Leverage ratios
(C) Activity ratios
(D) Profitability ratios
(Ans: A)

20-The measure of how efficiently the assets resources are employed by the firm is called
(A) Liquidity ratio
(B) Leverage ratios
(C) Activity ratios
(D) Profitability ratios
(Ans: C)

21-The following is (are) the current liability (ies)

(A) Bills payable
(B) Outstanding expenses
(C) Bank overdraft
(D) All of the above
(Ans: D)

22-Current ratio =
(A) Quick assets / Current liabilities
(B) Current assets / Current liabilities
(C) Debt. / Equity
(D) Current assets / Equity
(Ans: B)
23-A current ratio of ______ and above indicates that the availability of sufficient net working capital and the
ability of the firm to meet current liabilities.
(A) 1.33:1
(B) 1.44:1
(C) 1.55:1
(D) 1.66:1
(Ans: A)

24-Liquid or Quick assets =

(A) Current assets (stock + work in progress)
(B) Current assets + stock + work in progress
(C) (Current assets + stock) + work in progress
(D) (Current assets + work in progress) stock
(Ans: A)

25-The following is also known as External Internal Equity ratio

(A) Current ratio
(B) Acid test ratio
(C) Debt Equity ratio
(D) Debt service coverage ratio
(Ans: C)

26-Lower the Debt Equity ratio

(A) Lower the protection to creditors
(B) Higher the protection to creditors
(C) It does not affect creditors
(D) None of the above
(Ans: B)

27-A higher inventory ratio indicates

(A) Better inventory management
(B) Quicker turnover
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of the above
(Ans: C)

28-Return on Investment Ratio (ROI) =

(A) (Gross profit / Net sales) x 100
(B) (Gross profit x Sales / Fixed assets) x 100
(C) (Net profit / Sales) x 100
(D) (Net profit / Total assets) x 100
(Ans: D)

29-A Low Return on Investment Ratio (ROI) indicates

(A) Improper utilization of resources
(B) Over investment in assets
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of the above
(Ans: C)

30-Following is (are) the characteristic(s) of a budget

(A) It outlines projected activities
(B) Expressions are made in quantitative terms
(C) It is for a fixed period
(D) All of the above
(Ans: D)

31-Sales expenditure budget is prepared by estimating the expense(s) of

(A) Advertisement
(B) Market analysis
(C) Salesmans salary
(D) All of the above
(Ans: D)

32-Budgeting is difficult to apply in the following cases

(A) Products subjected to rapid changes
(B) Job order manufacturing
(C) Uncertain market conditions
(D) All of the above
(Ans: D)

33-A Master Budget consists of

(A) Sales budget
(B) Production budget
(C) Material budget
(D) All of the above
(Ans: D)