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Financial Accounting · November 2020

Every objective and theory question in this paper, and the topic notes to revise each one.

12 questions6 objective6 theory15 topics to revise
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020

November 2020 diet

6 objective and 6 theory
6 objective6 theory60 theory marks set
No.SectionMarksCovers
Q120From the previous syllabus. Gives the balances of a water-producing business with raw materials, work-in-progress and...
Q212From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain the term accounting concepts (2 marks) and, with the accounting treat...
Q33From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain what a trial balance is and state four errors it does not reveal. The...
Q4From the previous syllabus. A social club gives a summary of receipts and payments with subscriptions, a donation, a ...
Q520From the previous syllabus. Opens with items to classify as revenue or capital expenditure, and ends with the details...
Q65From the previous syllabus. Asks you to outline six general rules between partners where there is no agreement, and t...

Objective questions Section A

1
Objective question 1Section A
  • From the previous syllabus. Both ask which item is not found on the debit column of a trial balance.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 1
3
Objective question 3Section A
  • From the previous syllabus. Asks which item is not a source document.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 3
7
Objective question 7Section A
  • From the previous syllabus. Asks what two partnerships combining is called, how goodwill is found from several years of profit, and when goodwill can be valued in a partnership.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 7
10
Objective question 10Section A
  • From the previous syllabus. Asks what is prepared to find the equity at the start of a period where there are no proper books of account.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 10
11
Objective question 11Section A
  • From the previous syllabus. Asks which convention suggests a valuation method that understates rather than overstates results.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 11
12
Objective question 12Section 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.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 12

Theory questions Written questions

1
Theory question 1Written paper
20 marks
  • From the previous syllabus. Gives the balances of a water-producing business with raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods inventories, depreciation rates and expenses shared between factory and administration. Asks for a manufacturing account and the statement of profit or loss in vertical format. The manufacturing account goes beyond this topic, but the profit-or-loss layout is the same.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 1
2
Theory question 2Written paper
12 marks
  • From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain the term accounting concepts (2 marks) and, with the accounting treatment, entity, going concern, accrual, materiality and aggregation, and consistency (2 marks each).

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 2
3
Theory question 3Written paper
3 marks
  • From the previous syllabus. Asks you to explain what a trial balance is and state four errors it does not reveal. The rest of the question covers the suspense account and corrections.

  • From the previous syllabus. Asks what a suspense account is (2 marks) and for the suspense account (4 marks).

  • From the previous syllabus. Errors by an inexperienced bookkeeper. Asks for the correcting journals (11 marks) and the suspense account (4 marks).

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 3
4
Theory question 4Written paper
  • From the previous syllabus. A social club gives a summary of receipts and payments with subscriptions, a donation, a Christmas dance and bar takings. Asks for the bar trading account (3 marks), the income and expenditure account (8 marks) and the statement of financial position (9 marks), showing workings.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 4
5
Theory question 5Written paper
20 marks
  • From the previous syllabus. Opens with items to classify as revenue or capital expenditure, and ends with the details to include in a PPE register (4 marks).

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 5
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Theory question 6Written paper
5 marks
  • 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.

  • From 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.

The full wording of this question has not been added yet. This summary shows what it tests and where to revise it.
Source: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020, Question 6
Source and reference. These questions come from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Pathfinder for the Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020. When you use them, please cite the source, for example: ICAN Pathfinder, Foundation Level Examination, Financial Accounting, November 2020. Each question carries its own reference and a button to copy it.