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SQA Higher Accounting Preparing Financial Accounting Information overview quiz quiz

15questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which concept requires inventory to be valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value?

  2. Cost of sales is calculated as which of the following?

  3. An accrued expense at the year end is shown in the statement of financial position as a what?

  4. Trade receivables are £40,000. After writing off an irrecoverable debt of £4,000, a 5% provision is created. What is the provision?

  5. Under the straight-line method, annual depreciation is calculated as which of these?

  6. An asset with a carrying value of £5,000 is sold for £3,500. What is the result on disposal?

  7. In a manufacturing account, prime cost is which of the following?

  8. How is closing work in progress treated in a manufacturing account?

  9. Which basis is most appropriate for apportioning factory or shop rent between departments?

  10. A department shows a net loss only after a share of unavoidable head office costs is charged to it. What should the business consider?

  11. In a partnership appropriation account, how is interest on drawings treated?

  12. When fixed capital accounts are used, where is a partner's share of residual profit recorded?

  13. For a limited company, how are dividends treated?

  14. From the company's point of view, how is debenture interest treated?

  15. Profit available is £100,000, total dividends are £18,000 and £12,000 is transferred to the general reserve. What is retained earnings carried forward?