C. current liabilities
D. expired assets
21. Difference between sales and cost of sales is called:
A. net sales
B. gross profit
C. cost of goods sold
D. net profit
22. A sum of cost of sales and gross profit is called:
A. net loss
B. net profit
C. sales
D. gross loss
23. lftotal liabilities decreased by N$4 000, then
A. Assets must have decreased by N$4 000.
B. Owner's equity must have decreased by N$4 000.
C. Assets must have increased by N$4 000 and owner's equity must have decreased
by N$4 000.
D. Assets and owner's equity each increased by N$2 000.
24. If total assets decreased by N$5 000, then
A. assets must have decreased by N$5 000.
B. owner's equity must have decreased by N$5 000.
C. assets must have increased by N$5 000 and owner's equity must have decreased
by N$5 000.
D. assets and owner's equity each increased by N$2 500.
25. Which of the following statements is true?
A. to increase bank, debit the account
B. to increase revenue, debit the account
C. to decrease a liability, credit the account
D. to increase a liability, debit the account
QUESTION 2
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State whether the followings are True or False.
1. Accounting principle is a general law or rule followed in the preparation of financial
statements.
2. Since the life of the business is assumed to be indefinite, the financial statement of
the business should be prepared only when it goes into liquidation.
3. The entity concept considers the business and the proprietor as distinct from each
other.
4. The comparison ofthe results of one accounting period with that in the past is
possible when the convention of consistency is adhered to by the business.
5. It is on the basis of going concern concept that the assets are always valued at
market value.
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