MARKAZ ISLAMIC SEMINARY
FORM THREE MID-TERM TEST
062-BOOK-KEEPING
April, 2024-Time: 3:00 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS
This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of nine (9)questions.
Answer all questions.
Section A carries fifteen (15) marks, Section B carries forty(40) Marks and Section C carries forty five (45) marks
Non programmable calculators may be used.
All answers should be written in the answer sheet provided.
Write your name on every page of your answer sheet.
SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. For each of the items (i)-(ix) choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter besides the item number in the answer booklets provided.
Mr Zugo wants to start a business, but before commencement he needs to learn bookkeeping. One of the following is not objective for the study of book keeping
Recording all the incomes and expenses without comparing them
Providing details about the financial affairs of an organization
Recording all the assets, liabilities and capital at a certain date
Knowledge of credit dealings
Controlling of assets, liabilities, income and making their records available in the books of accounts
Chengula was appointed in writing by the Accounting Officer and charged with a duty of controlling and accounting for government expenditure. Identify the name of the job performed by Chengula as it used in the government accounting
Authorized officer
Paymaster General
Warrant Holder
D.Receiver of revenue
E. Sub-accounting officer
(iii)Mwajuma bought goods on credit from Mwanaidi stores for Tzs. 1,900,0000/=. The supplier offered her a trade discount of 2%. What would be the amount to be paid by Mwajuma?
1,938,000
1,862,000
1,900,000
D.38,000
E. 1,982,000
If the liabilities of a business increased 75,000 during a period of time and the equity in the business decreased 30,000 during the same period, the assets of the business must have:
Decreased 105,000
Decreased 45,000
Increased 30,000
Increased 45,000
None of them
If beginning capital was 25,000, ending capital is 37,000, and the owner's withdrawals were 23,000, the amount of net income or net loss for the period was:
Net loss of 35,000
Net income of 35,000
Net income of 14,000
Net loss of 14,000
Net loss of 1000
The process of transferring the debits and credits from the General Journal to the appropriate Ledger Accounts is called:
Posting
Journal proper
Accounting
Transaction
Journalizing
Which accounting assumption assumes that an enterprise will continue in operation long enough to carry out its existing objectives and commitments?
Monetary unit assumption
Economic entity assumption
Time period assumption
Going concern assumption
Entity concern assumption
An asset created by prepayment of an expense is:
Recorded as a debit to a prepaid expense
Recorded as a debit to an unearned revenue account
Recorded as a credit to an unearned revenue account
Recorded as a credit to a prepaid expense account
Recorded as a debit and credit to an unearned revenue
A firm purchased goods worth 1,400 from a supplier with a trade discount of 25%. The entries to record this transaction would be:
Dr Cr
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A. Purchases 1,400
Trade discounts 1,400
B. Purchase 1,400
Accounts payable 1,400
C. Purchase 1,050
Trade discounts 1,050
D.Purchase 1,050
Accounts payable.1,050
E. Trade discount 1,050
Supplier 1,400
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A company paid off 30,000 of its accounts payable in cash. What would be the effects of this transaction on the accounting equations?
Assets, 30,000 increase; liabilities, no effect; equity, 30,000 increase
Assets, 30,000 decrease; liabilities, 30,000 decrease; equity, no effect
Assets, 30,000 decrease; liabilities, 30,000 increase; equity, no effect.
D.Assets, no effect; liabilities, 30,000 decrease; equity, 30,000 increase
E. Assets, no effect; liabilities, 30,000 increase; equity, 30,000 decrease
2. Match the item in list A with responses in list B by writing the letter of the correct beside the item number
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LIST A
LIST B
A ledger for customer’s personal account
Books used for making small payments
(iii)Ledger for supplier's personal account
Ledger for capital and drawings
A person who owes money to a business for goods or services supplied
Petty cash
Current liabilities
Creditor
Purchases ledger
Private ledger
Cash book
Debtor
Sales ledger
SECTION B (40 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section
You have been appointed as Receiver of revenues by the Payment General to take the responsibility of collecting revenues on behalf of the government from all sources falling under his area of authority. As a Receiver of revenues explain five (5) methods used by the government to collect revenues within your area.
- As an expert of accounting in Mkombozi Company limited you have been assigned to explain to the members of this company about the errors which do not affect the agreement of Trial balance by providing them five(5) points.
- Financial information is very important in any business where co-parties of the business might need it. Give out any five (5) five parties that might find financial information useful.
Jumbe keeps a petty cash book with an import being TZS 250000. For the month of April 2019 his petty cash transaction were as follows:
1st April Petty cash balance TZS 11300
2nd April Petty cashier presented vouchers to the cashier and obtained cash to restore the imprest TZS 238700
4th April Bought postage stamps TZS 85000. 7th April Bought stationery TZS 12,300
9th April Paid to Asim, a creditor TZS 23500.
11th April Paid bus fares TZS 17200
17th April Bought office files TZS 7000
23rd April Paid for transportation TZS 68000
26th April Bought petrol TZS 10000
Enter the above transactions in the petty cash book using columns for Postage, Stationary, Ledger and Travelling. Balance the petty cash book on 30th April, bringing down the balance on 1st May and restore the imprest amount.
SECTION C (45 MARKS)
Answer all Questions
Aboud Transport Company with the financial year ending on 31st
December bought two motor vans on 1st January 2011, No 1 for TZS 18,000,000 and No 2 for TZS 15,000,000 1st October, 2011. It also bought another van, No. 3 on 1st July 2012, for TZS 19,000,000. It is a company’s policy to charge depreciation at 10% per annum using a straight line method for each month of ownership basis. Required: Prepare for the year ended 31st December, 2011, 2012 and
2013
Motor van account
Accumulated Provision for depreciation account
As of 31st December 2020. 2021
Rent in arrears. 6400. 8800
Rent in advance. 1200. -
Rent received during the year 20,200
Insurance expenses owing. 3700. 2700
Insurance expenses prepaid. - 5200
Insurance paid during the year 16,800
You are required to prepare a rent account and insurance account and show the amounts to be transferred to the Income statement.
TZS 25,370/= where the bank statement showed a credit balance of TZS 25, 670/=. In comparing these two balances, the following were discovered;
Cheques not yet presented for payment TZS 12,340/=
Cheques paid into the bank but not yet credited by the bank account TZS 12,160/=
Items shown in the bank statement but not yet entered in the cash book were as follows:
Bank charges TZS 240/=
Standing order TZS 460/= Dividends collected by the bank TZS 820/=
Required:
Bring the cash book to date to show the correct cash book balance.
Prepare a bank reconciliation statement starting with the adjusted cash book balance.