From the previous syllabus. Question 1 asks which item is not a purpose of the Conceptual Framework. Question 9 asks which item is not an enhancing characteristic.
Financial Accounting · 2018
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8 objective and 6 theory| No. | Section | Marks | Covers |
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| Q1 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks for a three-column cash book (6 marks), the ledger accounts (8 marks) and a trial ba... | |
| Q2 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Gives the statements of a manufacturing company for two years and asks for the statement ... | |
| Q3 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. A trader’s records are destroyed by a flood. From the balances recovered, asks you to cal... | |
| Q4 | 10 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to define depreciation (2½ marks) and list five factors to consider in the charg... | |
| Q5 | 10 | From the previous syllabus. In the first, two sole traders form a partnership and the statement of financial position... | |
| Q6 | 3 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain a chart of accounts and its usefulness. |
Objective questions Section A
From the previous syllabus. Asks which costs are included in or excluded from the cost of inventories under IAS 2, such as selling costs, conversion costs and carriage inwards.
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Inventory valuation (IAS 2): FIFO, weighted average and NRV › What goes into costFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the number of shares in a company’s memorandum from an authorised share capital of ₦1,000,000 in shares of 50 kobo, where enough shares at par were issued to raise ₦900,000.
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Share capital: issue of shares, rights, bonus issues and changes in equity › Key termsFrom the previous syllabus. Asks where a partner’s accumulated profits are recorded, where a loan advanced by a partner is shown, and the double entry for partners’ drawings.
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Partnership accounts: profit sharing, capital and current accounts › Capital and current accountsFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for profit or loss from opening capital, closing capital and the owner’s withdrawals.
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The accounting equation and business transactions › Profit, capital and the change in equityFrom the previous syllabus. Both ask which error does not affect the balancing of a trial balance.
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Trial balance: preparation, uses and limitations › Limitations: errors the trial balance cannot revealFrom the previous syllabus. Both ask for the profit or loss on disposal of a vehicle depreciated at 25% on cost, sold after three years.
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Disposal and revaluation of property, plant and equipment › Gain or loss on disposalFrom the previous syllabus. Each asks for the source of data for the sales day book.
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Books of prime entry, sales and purchases › Source documentsTheory questions Written questions
From the previous syllabus. Asks for a three-column cash book (6 marks), the ledger accounts (8 marks) and a trial balance (6 marks).
From the previous syllabus. Asks you to prepare a three-column cash book from a month of transactions. Parts (b) and (c) ask for ledger accounts and a trial balance.
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Double entry bookkeeping, journal entries and ledger accounts › Ledger accounts and postingCash book and banking procedures › Two-column and three-column cash booksFrom the previous syllabus. Gives the statements of a manufacturing company for two years and asks for the statement of cash flows by the indirect method.
From the previous syllabus. Each asks for a full statement of cash flows by the indirect method, so you must also find purchases and proceeds of non-current assets, share issues, loan movements and dividends paid for the investing and financing sections.
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Statement of cash flows (IAS 7): format and indirect method › The indirect method step by stepStatement of cash flows: direct method, investing and financing › Investing activitiesFrom the previous syllabus. A trader’s records are destroyed by a flood. From the balances recovered, asks you to calculate the capital at the start of the year (6 marks), prepare the statement of profit or loss (8 marks) and the statement of financial position (6 marks).
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Incomplete records: statement of affairs and the capital method › Opening capital: the statement of affairsFrom the previous syllabus. Asks you to define depreciation (2½ marks) and list five factors to consider in the charge (7½ marks). Part (c) asks for non-current asset and bank accounts.
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Depreciation: straight-line and reducing balance › What depreciation isFrom the previous syllabus. In the first, two sole traders form a partnership and the statement of financial position is required. In the second, a sole trader takes a partner in on revalued assets, with equal capital, and asks for the revaluation account, the capital accounts and the statement of financial position.
From the previous syllabus. Asks you to outline six general rules between partners where there is no agreement, and to state ten provisions that a partnership agreement should contain.
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Changes in partnership: admission, retirement and goodwill › Forming a partnership from existing businessesPartnership accounts: profit sharing, capital and current accounts › What a partnership isFrom the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain a chart of accounts and its usefulness.
From the previous syllabus. A trial balance that fails to agree by ₦8,204,000 debit excess. Asks for the correcting journals (10 marks) and the suspense account (7 marks).
From the previous syllabus. Asks for the suspense account after correcting errors with a debit excess of ₦8,204,000.
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Double entry bookkeeping, journal entries and ledger accounts › The chart of accountsCorrection of errors in the books › Correcting errorsSuspense accounts › Correcting errors through the suspense accountNovember 2018 diet
5 objective and 6 theory| No. | Section | Marks | Covers |
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| Q1 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to prepare a weekly petty cash book with an imprest float of ₦20,000 and columns... | |
| Q2 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. A trial balance with credits exceeding debits by ₦1,030,000. Asks for the correcting jour... | |
| Q3 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Part (a) (6 marks) gives a net worth at the start and end of a year, shares sold and a ba... | |
| Q4 | 20 | From the previous syllabus. Gives balances of a company including cash, prepaid insurance, inventory of spare parts, ... | |
| Q5 | From the previous syllabus. Asks for the annual depreciation of a machine with an initial cost, installation cost and... | ||
| Q6 | 10 | From the previous syllabus. Asks you to open a trader’s books by a journal and pass the following transactions throug... |
Objective questions Section A
From the previous syllabus. Asks what the Conceptual Framework does not deal with.
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IASB Conceptual Framework and qualitative characteristics › Structure and status of the frameworkFrom the previous syllabus. Gives partners’ capital contributions, a profit-sharing ratio after salaries and interest on capital, or equal sharing with opening balances, and asks for a partner’s share of profit and the balance on a current account.
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Partnership accounts: profit sharing, capital and current accounts › Sharing the profitFrom the previous syllabus. These ask which transactions cause a difference, why a reconciliation is prepared, and which items are or are not reconciling items.
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Bank reconciliation statement and the adjusted cash book › Why the balances differFrom the previous syllabus. Asks the entry when a sole trader takes goods for personal use, the basic features of the single-entry system, and the best description of incomplete records.
From the previous syllabus. Asks for the entry when a sole trader on the end-period system takes inventory for personal use.
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Incomplete records: statement of affairs and the capital method › The ideas in more depthInventory: year-end adjustments, periodic and perpetual systems › The ideas in more depthFrom the previous syllabus. These ask for the charge or allowance in the statement of profit or loss from receivables figures and a percentage.
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Bad debts and the allowance for doubtful debts › Bad and doubtful debts togetherTheory questions Written questions
From the previous syllabus. Asks you to prepare a weekly petty cash book with an imprest float of ₦20,000 and columns for postage and telephone, travelling, office expenses and electricity (16 marks), and to state how the expense column balances are treated in the ledger (4 marks).
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Petty cash book and the imprest system › The petty cash bookFrom the previous syllabus. A trial balance with credits exceeding debits by ₦1,030,000. Asks for the correcting journals (15 marks) and the suspense account (5 marks).
From the previous syllabus. Asks for the suspense account for a trial balance with a credit excess of ₦1,030,000.
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Correction of errors in the books › Correcting errorsSuspense accounts › Correcting errors through the suspense accountFrom the previous syllabus. Part (a) (6 marks) gives a net worth at the start and end of a year, shares sold and a bank loan put into the business, and private drawings, and asks for the profit. Part (b) (14 marks) gives the balances of a distribution company at two dates, with drawings, extra capital from a private dividend and write-downs of furniture and the motor van, and asks for a statement showing the profit or loss.
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Incomplete records: statement of affairs and the capital method › The accounting equation and profitFrom the previous syllabus. Gives balances of a company including cash, prepaid insurance, inventory of spare parts, a machine, loan notes and share capital, and asks you to prepare the extended trial balance showing the adjustments.
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Sole trader financial statements and the extended trial balance › The extended trial balanceFrom the previous syllabus. Asks for the annual depreciation of a machine with an initial cost, installation cost and estimated output in units for each of five years.
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Depreciation: straight-line and reducing balance › Other methods and rules the examiner usesFrom the previous syllabus. Asks you to open a trader’s books by a journal and pass the following transactions through the journal.
From the previous syllabus. The same two tasks with a year end of 30 April: the rent recognised in profit or loss (3 marks) and in the statement of financial position (1 mark), then a rental income account (8 marks).
From the previous syllabus. A property owner’s summary of rent: accrued and prepaid at two dates, rent received, rent to be written off and an agreement fee. Asks for a rental income account.