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