Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 17 October 2024

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Alex works for Lucy plc.

Alex has been asked by his manager, Bob, to undertake an internal analysis of the company as part of a STRATEGIC planning review.

Which ONE of the following analytical techniques will be useful in this context?

Select ONE answer:

  1. Porter’s five forces analysis
  2. The BCG Matrix
  3. PESTEL analysis
  4. Ansoff’s Matrix

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 2

  1. Notcorrect
  2. Correct  –> Options (1) and (3) are methods of analysing the company’s external environment . Option (4) is a means of assessing potential growth strategies of the company.
  3. Not correct
  4. Not correct

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 16 October 2024

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In the home computer market, laptop computers would be an example of a….?

Select ONE answer:

  1. Product form
  2. Brand
  3. Product class
  4. Generic product

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

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The answer is 1

  1. Correct –> Home computers would be referred to as either (3) and (4) since those two terms can be used interchangeably. A particular manufacturer’s brand version of a home computer would be (2). Laptop or desktop computers would both be examples of product form (1).
  2. Not correct
  3. Not correct
  4. Not correct

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 15 October 2024

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What journal is necessary to record interest payable on partners’ drawings?

Select ONE answer:

  1. Debit Partners’ drawings accounts, Credit Partners’ current accounts
  2. Debit Profit and loss appropriation account, Credit Partners’ drawings accounts
  3. Debit Partners’ drawings accounts, Credit Interest payable account
  4. Debit Partners’ current accounts, Credit Profit and loss appropriation account

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 == >. Interest payable by partners increases the amounts of profits available for appropriation (credit appropriation account) it must be charged against the partners’ current accounts (debit partners’ current accounts).

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 14 October 2024

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Which of the following journals records interest earned on partners’ capital account balances?

Select ONE answer:

  1. Debit Partners’ current accounts, Credit Profit and loss appropriation account
  2. Debit Profit and loss appropriation account, Credit Partners’ current accounts
  3. Debit Profit and loss appropriation account, Credit Cash at bank
  4. Debit Profit and loss appropriation account, Credit Partners’ capital accounts

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 2

  1. Notcorrect
  2. Correct == > Interest on partners’ capital is an appropriation of profit (debit appropriation account). Since partners have earned the money by their investment in the business, their current accounts should be credited with it (Option 4 would be theoretically possible, but most firms maintain current accounts separately from capital accounts to record such items).
  3. Not correct
  4. Not correct

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 13 October 2024

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How should interest charged on partners’ drawings be dealt with ni partnership financial statements?

Select ONE answer:

  1. Credited as income in the income statement
  2. Deducted from profit ni allocating the profit among the partners
  3. Added to profit in allocating the profit among the partners
  4. Debited as an expense in the income statement.

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

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The answer is 3

  1. Not correct
  2. Not correct
  3. Correct == > Added to profit in allocating the profit among the partners
  4. Not correct

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