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Questions Related to understand the concept of imprest system

The amount paid to the petty cashier at the beginning of a period is known as __________ amount.

  1. Imprest

  2. Credit

  3. Idle

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Imprest - It is a fund used by a business for small items of expenditure, and restored to a fixed amount periodically.
Hence, a petty cash book is kept on the imprest amount.

Which of the following statements is/are true ? 
(i) Cash book records all cash receipts and cash payments
(ii) Cash book records all sale and purchase transactions of goods both in cash and on credit.
(iii) Cash book records discount on cash payments
Select the correct answer from the options given below :-

  1. Only (i) of the above

  2. Only (ii) of the above

  3. Only (iii) of the above

  4. Both (i) and (iii) of the above


Correct Option: D

Petty Cash Book may be treated as a ___________________.

  1. Part of the double entry system

  2. Merely as a memoranda book

  3. Either (A) or (B)

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

Which of the following statement is false?
The petty cash book  ____________. 

  1. is a book of prime entry

  2. records cheques paid and received

  3. is written up using petty cash receipts and petty cash vouchers

  4. records cash received and paid


Correct Option: B

Petty cash fund is supposed to be replenished at ________________. 

  1. Every day

  2. Every half year

  3. Every Year

  4. At the end of every accounting period


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Petty cash fund is supposed to be replenished at the end of every accounting period.

This is done whenever the amount of actual cash in the petty cash box is low and at the end of each accounting period.

Debiting the petty cash book with the exact amount spent in the previous period is an example of _______________.

  1. Contra entry

  2. Imprest system

  3. Going concern

  4. Prudence


Correct Option: B

When Petty Cash is advanced to the Petty Cashier, the main cashier will record it on the debit side of Cash Book.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

Which of the following transactions should be entered in petty cash book?

  1. Salary payments

  2. Stock issued

  3. Subscriptions

  4. Travelling expenses


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The petty cash book is a formal summarization of petty cash expenditures, sorted by date. In most cases, the petty cash book is an actual ledger book, rather than a computer record.

There has been a break-in at your office and money has been stolen from the petty cash tin, which now contains only 37 rupees in coins. There are petty cash vouchers in the tin for the month to date totaling Rs.237.4. The petty cash book shows that at the start of the month, there was a balance of Rs.74.50 in petty cash, and that on the first day of the month the petty cash balance was increased to Rs.400, under an imprest system. How much money has been stolen from petty cash?

  1. Rs. 162.22

  2. Rs. 162.96

  3. Rs. 236.72

  4. Rs. 637.04


Correct Option: A