Commerce Accountancy

Accounting Principles and Practices

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Accounting principles and practices involve the preparation of trial balances, ledgers, and bank reconciliation statements. This area tests your knowledge of fundamental accounting concepts and routine business transactions. It is a core section in commerce exams and various competitive tests.

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Accounting Principles and Practices Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Financial statements which are made and presented for an accounting period of more than one year.

  2. Financial statements, which are made and presented for an accounting period of less than one year.

  3. Financial statements, which are made and presented for an a day.

  4. Financial statements, which are made and presented for an accounting period of one year.

  5. None of the above is correct

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Interim financial statements refer to profit and loss account and balance sheet,  which are made and presented  for an accounting period of less than one year, such as quarterly or monthly. Interim financial statements are normally  prepared after every three months. For accurate interim financial statements, accountant should evaluate inventory correctly and also reconcile the bank balance with company's record.

Multiple choice
  1. Only I, II and III

  2. Only I and II

  3. Only II

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In economics, the current account is one of the three primary components of the balance of payments, the other two being - capital account and financial account. In the current account, goods, services, income and current transfers are recorded. A current account surplus increases a country's net foreign assets by the corresponding amount, and a current account deficit does the reverse. Both government and private payments are included in the calculation. It is called the current account because goods and services are generally consumed in the current period.

Multiple choice
  1. Earning before Interest, Tax and Depreciation and Amortization

  2. Earnings before Tax, Deposits and Appreciation

  3. Earning before Interest, Terms, Deposits and Amounts

  4. Earning before Interest, Tax and Deposits, Agriculture

  5. None of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Yes it is correct choice.

Yes EBITDA stands forEarning before Interest , Tax and Depreciation and amortization . 

Multiple choice
  1. Capital Reserve Journal and Capital Properties Journal

  2. Credit Reserve Journal and Credit payment journal

  3. Current Revenue Journal and Current Payment Journal

  4. Cash Receipt Journal and Cash Payment Journal

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

CRJ means cash receipt journal. In CRJ, we record only cash receipts. There are lots of sources of receiving cash, so we can make different columns in this journal. CPJ means cash payment journal. In CPJ, we record only cash payments. These payments are done for creditors, repayment of loans and other expenses. For knowing how much payment has been done, we show the different columns.

Multiple choice
  1. Financial statements which are made and presented for an accounting period of more than one year.

  2. Financial statements, which are made and presented for an accounting period of less than one year.

  3. Financial statements, which are made and presented for an a day.

  4. Financial statements, which are made and presented for an accounting period of one year.

  5. None of the above is correct

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Interim financial statements refer to profit and loss account and balance sheet, which are made and presented for an accounting period of less than one year, such as quarterly or monthly. Interim financial statements are normally prepared after every three months. For accurate interim financial statements, accountant should evaluate inventory correctly and also reconcile the bank balance with company's record.

Multiple choice
  1. total accounts

  2. adjustment account

  3. holding account

  4. suspense account

  5. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

It is  a General ledger account whose balance reflects the total of balances of related subsidiary ledger accounts. Accounts receivable and accounts payable are the most commonly used control accounts, and their balances serve as a crosscheck (control) of the accuracy of the associated subsidiary records.

Multiple choice
  1. It is to classify the transactions

  2. It is to classify the accounts on the basis of nature of company.

  3. It is to classify the accounts on the basis of different ledgers.

  4. It is to classify the accounts on the basis of billing or due date.

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

AGING OF ACCOUNTS is the classification of accounts by the time elapsed after the date of billing or the due date. The longer a customers account remains uncollected or the longer inventory is held, the greater is its realization risk. Aging of accounts is the technique to classify accounts according to billing or due date. In this classification, we get the idea to whom, we have to get first and to whom, we have to pay first.

Multiple choice
  1. Trading account

  2. P&L Account

  3. Profitability

  4. Balance sheet

  5. None of these

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Current Ratio is calculated by dividing currentLiabilities by Current Assets on the Balance Sheet

Multiple choice

Which of the following is an important reason for studying accounting?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question.

Accounting is the process of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information to permit informed judgements and decisions by the users of the information, It primarily focusses on measurement, analysis, interpretation and use of information, As an information system, accounting links an information source, a channel of communication and set of receivers. Accounting system should be designed to classify financial information on a basis suitable for decision-making purposes and to process the tremendous quantities of data efficiently and accurately. Financial accounting is concerned with providing information to external users and it is oriented towards the preparation of final statements which summarises the results of operations for selected periods of time and show the financial position of business at particular date. Management accounting is concerned with providing information to managers to carry out their responsibilities and functions such as planning, execution, control and decision- making. The end product of the financial accounting process is a set of reports called financial statement, such as, profit and loss account, balance-sheet and statement of changes in financial position. Profit & loss account shows the results of operations for a period of time, balance-sheet shows financial position on certain date and statement of changes in financial position shows where the financial resources have come and where they have gone.

  1. The information provided by accounting is useful in making many economic decisions.

  2. Accounting plays an important role in Society.

  3. The study of accounting could lead to a challenging career.

  4. All of the above

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Accounting information directly supports economic decision-making by providing financial data for analysis. The accounting profession serves a crucial social function by ensuring transparent financial reporting. Studying accounting opens pathways to diverse challenging careers in auditing, taxation, financial analysis, and management. All three statements represent valid, significant reasons for studying accounting.