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SS3 Account - Quiz
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  • 1. The financial statement that shows a company’s profit for the year is called the:
A) Income statement
B) Ledger
C) Cash book
D) Balance sheet
  • 2. Which of the following is an item in the appropriation account?
A) Cost of sales
B) Trade debtors
C) Preference dividend
D) Goodwill
  • 3. Goodwill is classified as a _______.
A) Intangible asset
B) Current asset
C) Long-term liability
D) Current liability
  • 4. Preliminary expenses are usually written off against _______.
A) Fixed assets
B) Reserves
C) Debtors
D) Share capital
  • 5. A company balance sheet shows ______.
A) Assets and liabilities
B) Goods bought and sold
C) Income and expenses
D) Debtors only
  • 6. Vertical format of balance sheet arranges items ______.
A) Side by side
B) From top to bottom
C) In alphabetical order
D) In T-shape
  • 7. Capital market deals mainly with ______.
A) Government taxes
B) Long-term funds
C) Daily transactions
D) Short-term funds
  • 8. One reason for regulating the capital market is to ______.
A) Increase tax rates
B) Increase prices of goods
C) Reduce salaries
D) Protect investors
  • 9. The apex regulatory body of the Nigerian capital market is the___
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Central Bank
C) NSE
D) SEC
  • 10. SEC stands for ______.
A) Securities and Exchange Commission
B) Security Enforcement Centre
C) Savings and Economic Council
D) Stock Exchange Commission
  • 11. One of the tools SEC uses to regulate the market is ______.
A) Distribution
B) Cooking
C) Farming
D) Surveillance
  • 12. Investors are protected by SEC mainly through ______.
A) Buying shares
B) Investigation and enforcement
C) Reducing salaries
D) Hiring brokers
  • 13. The main function of the Nigeria Stock Exchange is to ______.
A) Train teachers
B) Manufacture currency
C) Facilitate buying and selling of securities
D) Prepare budgets
  • 14. The people who buy and sell securities on behalf of clients are called ______.
A) Traders
B) Brokers
C) Jobbers
D) Managers
  • 15. Hire purchase means buying goods and paying ______.
A) After one year
B) Immediately
C) Through donations
D) By instalments
  • 16. In hire purchase, the seller is known as the ______.
A) Hirer
B) Owner
C) Consignor
D) Consignee
  • 17. The person who takes goods on hire purchase is called the ______.
A) Consignee
B) Debtor
C) Vendor
D) Hirer
  • 18. The interest charged in hire purchase is recorded in the ______.
A) Cashbook
B) Trial balance
C) Interest account
D) Purchases journal
  • 19. A consignment is usually sent by the ______.
A) Consignee
B) Consignor
C) Vendor
D) Hirer
  • 20. A person who receives goods for sale on behalf of the owner is called ______.
A) Consignor
B) Consignee
C) Seller
D) Trader
  • 21. Delcredere commission is given to the consignee to cover ______.
A) Rent
B) Bad debts
C) Transport
D) Salaries
  • 22. Joint venture is formed for ______.
A) Making losses
B) Only partnerships
C) Long-term business
D) A short-term project
  • 23. Which of the following is NOT a feature of joint venture?
A) Partners share profits
B) Temporary in nature
C) Joint control
D) Long-term relationship
  • 24. The account that shows combined transactions of joint venturers is the ______.
A) Sales day book
B) Purchases journal
C) Joint venture memorandum account
D) Cashbook
  • 25. Jobbers in the stock exchange are ______.
A) Market makers who trade on their own behalf
B) Government workers
C) Lawyers
D) Farmers
  • 26. Abuja Stock Exchange mainly deals in ______.
A) Agricultural commodities
B) Automobiles
C) Bank loans
D) School supplies
  • 27. Reserves in the appropriation account refer to ______.
A) Salaries
B) Money kept for future use
C) Money used to pay rent
D) Bad debts
  • 28. Bonus shares are issued to ______.
A) Government
B) Customers
C) Existing shareholders
D) Creditors
  • 29. A hire purchase agreement becomes complete when the ______.
A) Full payment is made
B) Buyer signs the document
C) Goods are delivered
D) Seller agrees
  • 30. Consignment profit is credited to the ______.
A) Consignee’s account
B) Purchases account
C) Balance sheet
D) Consignor’s account
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