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O-Level Principles of Accounts Quiz - Bookkeeping

Name: ___________________________
Class: ___________________________
Date: ___________________________
Score: ___________ / 40

Duration: 60 minutes
Total Marks: 40
Topic: Bookkeeping

Instructions:

Answer all 20 questions.
Show all workings clearly where calculation is required.
Section A: Multiple-choice style (1 mark each). Section B: Short structured questions (2 marks each). Section C: Extended bookkeeping tasks (3 marks each).
Write your answers in the spaces provided.

Section A (Questions 1–5)

1 mark each. Choose the correct answer or fill in the blank.

1. In the double-entry system, an increase in a liability account is recorded on the:
____ (debit / credit) side.

2. The accounting equation is: Assets = Capital + ________.

3. A credit sale of goods is recorded by debiting Trade Receivables and crediting:
____ (Sales / Purchases / Cash).

4. The book of prime entry used to record credit sales returns is the:
____ (Sales Returns Journal / Purchases Journal / General Journal).

5. A cheque received from a customer is first entered in the:
____ (Cash Book / Sales Journal / Trial Balance).

Section B (Questions 6–15)

2 marks each. Show workings or state entries clearly.

6. Record the following in the books of K. Trading:
1 May 2025: Bought goods on credit from S. Supplier for $800.
State the debit and credit entries.

7. State the two accounts affected and the debit/credit rule for:
"Paid electricity expense of $120 by cash."

8. Prepare a T-account for Cash showing: opening balance $500 (dr), cash sales$ 300, cash purchase $200. Calculate closing balance.

9. A business purchased equipment for $2,000 on credit. Give the journal entry (with account names).

10. State one error that would NOT be revealed by a trial balance.

11. R. Co made credit sales of $450 to L. Tan. Show the ledger entries in Trade Receivables and Sales accounts.

12. List two books of prime entry used in bookkeeping.

13. A debit note is issued when: (state the situation)

14. From the following, prepare the Sales Journal entry for 3 Jun: Sold goods on credit to A. Lim $200, to B. Ho$ 150.

15. Explain why a trial balance is prepared.

Section C (Questions 16–20)

3 marks each. Full working required.

16. Prepare the Purchases account (T-account) for M. Store for June:
Opening balance (creditors b/d) nil; 5 Jun credit purchases $700; 10 Jun credit purchases$ 400; 20 Jun returns to supplier $100; 28 Jun paid creditor by cheque$ 500. Show balance c/d.

17. The Cash Book (two-column) had: balance b/d $1,000 (dr), cash received from debtor$ 300, cheque paid for rent $250, discount received$ 50 (cr side). Show the updated cash book extract and closing balance.

18. Correct the following error using a journal entry:
Wages $200 paid was wrongly debited to Rent account.
Give the correcting journal entry.

19. Prepare the Sales Returns Journal entry for July:
8 Jul: A. Wan returned goods $80 (credit sale); 15 Jul: B. Tan returned goods$ 120. Total?

20. From the records of D. Pet:

Credit sales: $5,000
Cash sales: $2,000
Sales returns: $300
Prepare the Sales account and show the total transferred to Income Statement.

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Answers

O-Level Principles of Accounts Quiz - Bookkeeping (Answer Key)

Total Marks: 40
Topic: Bookkeeping

Section A Answers (1 mark each)

1. credit
Teaching note: Liability accounts increase on the credit side (dual aspect: if assets increase debit, liabilities increase credit). Common mistake: confusing with asset rule.

2. Liabilities
Teaching note: Accounting equation: Assets = Capital + Liabilities. Capital and liabilities are on the right (credit) side.

3. Sales
Teaching note: Credit sale → debit Trade Receivables (asset up), credit Sales (revenue up). Do not credit Purchases (that is for buying).

4. Sales Returns Journal
Teaching note: Credit sales returns recorded in Sales Returns Journal; purchases returns in Purchases Returns Journal.

5. Cash Book
Teaching note: Cheque received = cash received, entered in Cash Book (bank column). Not directly in Sales Journal (that is for credit sales only).

Section B Answers (2 marks each)

6. Debit Purchases $800; Credit S. Supplier (Trade Payables)$ 800.
(1 mark debit, 1 mark credit)
Teaching: Credit purchase increases expense (dr) and liability (cr).

7. Debit Electricity Expense $120; Credit Cash$ 120.
(1 mark each)
Teaching: Expense increase = debit; asset decrease = credit.

8. Cash T-account:

Cash
Dr          Cr
500 b/d
300 Sales   200 Purchase
-----------
800         200
600 b/d (bal)

Closing balance $600 dr. (2 marks: format + correct bal)
Teaching: Opening + receipts − payments = closing.

9. Debit Equipment $2,000; Credit Trade Payables$ 2,000.
(1 mark each)
Teaching: Non-current asset increase dr; liability increase cr.

10. Error of omission / error of principle / compensating error (any one).
(2 marks if explained, 1 if named only; accept named)
Teaching: Trial balance only shows equal debit/credit totals; omitted entry not recorded at all.

11. Trade Receivables dr $450; Sales cr$ 450.
(1 mark each)
Teaching: Same as Q3.

12. Any two: Sales Journal, Purchases Journal, Sales Returns Journal, Purchases Returns Journal, Cash Book, General Journal.
(1 mark each)
Teaching: Books of prime entry list transactions before ledger posting.

13. Debit note issued when returning goods to supplier or disputing undercharge (purchases return / error in invoice).
(2 marks for clear situation)
Teaching: Opposite of credit note (from supplier).

14. Sales Journal:
A. Lim $200 B. Ho$ 150
Total $350 (cr Sales)
(2 marks: listing + total)
Teaching: Credit sales recorded here, total posted to Sales account.

15. To check arithmetical accuracy of ledger (debits = credits) and assist in preparing financial statements.
(2 marks: accuracy + use)
Teaching: Does not prove no errors, only that totals match.

Section C Answers (3 marks each)

16. Purchases account:

Purchases
Dr          Cr
700  5 Jun
400 10 Jun   100 Returns
            500 Bank
            500 b/d (bal)

Bal c/d = 700+400−100−500 = $500 cr. (3 marks: entries 2, bal 1)
Teaching: Credit purchases dr; returns cr; payment cr; balance = payable.

17. Cash Book extract:

Dr (Bank)          Cr (Bank)
1000 b/d           250 Rent
 300 Debtor        50 Discount Rec
                   1000 b/d (bal)

Closing = 1000+300−250−50 = $1000 dr. (3 marks: extract 2, bal 1)

18. Journal:
Debit Wages $200 Credit Rent$ 200
(3 marks: correct accounts 2, explanation 1)
Teaching: Reverse wrong dr, put right dr.

19. Sales Returns Journal:
A. Wan $80 B. Tan$ 120
Total $200 (dr Sales Returns)
(3 marks: entries 2, total 1)

20. Sales account:

Sales
Dr          Cr
300 Returns  5000 Credit
             2000 Cash
             6700 b/d (bal)

Total to IS = $6,700. (3 marks: account 2, transfer 1)
Teaching: Net credit sales = 5000+2000−300 = 6700.