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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 25 January 2024

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Which THREE of the following are elements of financial statements as identified by the IASB’s Conceptual Framework?

  • A.Income
  • B.Expenses
  • C.Profits
  • D.Losses
  • E.Obligations
  • F.Resources
  • G.Equity

Select ONE answer:

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

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 – According to the IASB’s Conceptual Framework, income, expenses and equity are elements of financial statements.
  4. Not correct

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 24 January 2024

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Alex the owner of Alex Trading increased his business’s total number of motor vehicles by adding his own car to the fleet for exclusive use by the business.

Which elements of the accounting equation will change due to this transaction?

Select ONE answer:

  1. Assets only
  2. Capital only
  3. Assets and capital
  4. Assets and liabilities

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 – The car increases assets while it is treated as capital introduced to Alex trading rather than as a liability of the business to its proprietor.
  4. Not correct

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 13 January 2024

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Which of the following definitions for the going concern concept in accounting is the closest to the definition given in IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements?

Select ONE answer:

  1. The directors do not intend to liquidate the entity or to cease trading in the foreseeable future
  2. The entity can pay its debts as and when they fall due
  3. The directors expect the entity’s assets to yield future economic benefits
  4. Financial statements have been prepared on the assumption that the entity is solvent would be able to pay all creditors in full in the event of being wound-up

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 -IAS 1 paragraph 25, going concern relates to whether the entity will continue in operational existence without liquidating, ceasing trading or being unable to avoid these things
  2. Not correct
  3. Not correct
  4. Not correct

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 11 January 2024

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Listed below are two comments on accounting conventions.

  1. According to the lASB’s Conceptual Framework, financial information must be either relevant or faithfully represented if it is to be useful.
  2. Materiality means that only items having a physical existence may be recognised as assets.

Which, if either, of these comments is correct?

Select ONE answer:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both of them
  4. Neither of them

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 -Information must be both relevant and faithfully represented to be useful and Materiality concerns whether an item in the financial statements can influence users’ decisions; there is no absolute amount that makes an item material.

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Accounting Multiple Choice Question – 9 January 2024

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The accounting principle which, in times of rising prices, tends to understate asset values and overstate profits, is?

Select ONE answer:

  1. Going concern
  2. Accruals
  3. Consistency
  4. Historical cost

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 will be overstated due to depreciation based on understated assets, and cost of sales based on understated inventory.

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