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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 1 June 2024

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Recording the purchase of computer stationery by debiting the computer equipment account would result in?

Select ONE answer:

  1. An overstatement of profit and an overstatement of non-current assets
  2. An understatement of profit and an overstatement of non-current assets
  3. An overstatement of profit and an understatement of non-current assets
  4. An understatement of profit and an understatement of non-current assets

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

  1. Correct –> An expense has been posted as a non-current asset when it should have been a deduction from profit, non-current assets are overstated as a result.
  2. Not correct
  3. Not correct
  4. Not correct

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 31 May 2024

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What are the primary objectives of profit-oriented and non-profit oriented organisations?

Select ONE answer:

Profit-oriented organisation Non-profit oriented organisation

  1. Output of goods/services Minimise costs
  2. Output of goods/services Provision of goods/services
  3. Maximisation of wealth Minimise costs
  4. Maximisation of wealth Provision of goods/services

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 4

  1. Not correct
  2. Not correct
  3. Not correct
  4. Correct – Profit-oriented organisations should aim to maximise shareholder wealth. Non-profit oriented organisations, such as charities, should aim to provide goods and/or services.

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 30 May 2024

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Organisations can be defined or described in various ways.

Which THREE of the following are the key characteristics that are shared by all organisations?

A Synergy
B Social arrangement
C Collective goals
D Specialisation
E Controlled performance
F Exchange of goods and services

Select ONE answer:

  1. A, D, F
  2. B, D, F
  3. B, C, E
  4. C, D, E

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 3

  1. Not correct
  2. Not correct
  3. Correct – An organisation is a social arrangement that pursues collective goals, that controls its own performance, and, in addition, that has a boundary separating it from its environment. The other options are all ways that enable an organisation to increase productivity.
  4. Not correct

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 23 December 2023

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Alex Trading hopes to make £25,000 of profit next year.

One product is made: the Stafford garden shed.

Each Stafford shed is sold for £590 and has a variable cost of £240.

Monthly fixed costs are £4,275.

How many Stafford sheds does Alex Trading need to make next year and sell to achieve the target profit of £25,000?

Select ONE answer:

  1. 147 sheds
  2. 72 sheds
  3. 84 sheds
  4. 218 sheds

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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The answer is 4

  1. Not correct
  2. Not correct
  3. Not correct
  4. Correct – The formula used to calculate the number of units required to achieve a target profit is — > Number of units = (annual fixed costs + target profit) / contribution per unit == > Contribution per unit = 590 – 240 = £350 per unit == > Annual fixed costs = 12 x £4,275 = £51,300 == > Number of units = (51,300 + 25,000) / 350 = 218 sheds

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 21 December 2023

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Alex Manufacturing Ltd has made 1,800 calculators in one month.

Each calculator had a variable cost of £5.40 and a selling price of £11.

The fixed costs for the month were £8,000.

How much contribution did Alex Manufacturing Ltd make in the month?

Select ONE answer:

  1. £10,080
  2. £19,800
  3. £2,080
  4. £1,720

Show your workings to arrive at your answer, and explain and justify your reasons:

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This multiple-choice question is suitable for Accounting KS5 classes.

The answer is 1

  1. Correct – Contribution per unit = selling price per unit – variable cost per unit = 11.00 – 5.40 = £5.60 per unit. Total contribution = number of units x contribution per unit = 1,800 x £5.60 = £10,080
  2. Not correct
  3. Not correct
  4. Not correct

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