Which of these errors affect only one account?

Related Mcqs:

1. A few errors committed in Ahhiwalia’s books of account are given below. State which errors would affect the Trial Balance.

   (a). Sales of `950 to Ram completely omitted from books of account
   (b). Purchases of `720 from Shyam entered in the purchases journal as `700
   (c). Purchases Journal is overcast by `1,000
   (d). Sales returns journal is undercast by `200
   (e) Amount paid to Agarwal wrongly posted to the debit to Mittal’s account
   (f) Bank overdraft shown under debit column in the Trial Balance
   (g) Sales of `500 to Sadiq entered in sales journal as sales to Mushtaq
   (h) Wages paid for installation of machinery debited to wages account

   A. a, c and g
   B. c, d and f
   C. c, d, e and h
   D. c, d, f and h

2. Which of these errors affect two or more accounts

   A. Errors of complete omission
   B. Errors of principle
   C. Errors of posting to wrong account
   D. All the three

3. Building account is classified as _________ account?

   A. Nominal
   B. Real
   C. Cash
   D. Capital

4. Office equipments account is classified as _________ account?

   A. Nominal
   B. Real
   C. Cash
   D. Capital

5. If debit balances = credit balances, trial balance only shows or check the ____________ and it does not indicate that no errors were made during recording and posting.

   A. Arithmetic accuracy
   B. Errors of commission
   C. Omissions of economic events
   D. Understatements of balances

6. Which of the following errors is an error of omission?

   A. Sale of ` 100 was recorded in the Purchases Journal
   B. Wages paid to Mohan have been debited to his account
   C. The total of the sales journal has not been posted to the Sales Account
   D. Repairs to buildings have been debited to buildings account

7. Which of the following is not correct about Errors?

   A. Errors which affect one account can be errors of posting
   B. Errors of omission arise when any transaction is left to be recorded
   C. Errors of carry forward from one year to another year affect both Personal and Real A/c
   D. Errors of commission arise when any transaction is recorded in a fundamentally incorrect manner

8. The beginnings inventory of the current year is overstated by 5,000 and closing inventory is overstated by 12,000. These errors will cause the net income for the current year by

   A. 17,000 (overstated.
   B. 12,000 (understated.
   C. 7,000 (overstated.
   D. 7,000 (understated.

9. Which of the following errors affects the agreement of a Trial Balance?

   A. Mistake in balancing an account
   B. Omitting to record a transaction entirely in the subsidiary books
   C. Recording of a wrong entry in the subsidiary books
   D. Posting an entry on the correct side but in the wrong account

10. On scrutiny of a firm‘s books of accounts, it was observed that the following errors have occurred in the previous years but have not yet been rectified.

    i. Depreciation for 2011-2012- 7,000 understated
    ii. Accrued expenses as at March 31, 2013 – 10,000 understated
    The impact of this on the reported net income for the year ending March 31, 2013 is

    A. 7,000 Overstated
    B. 10,000 Overstated
    C. 17,000 Understated
    D. 17,000 Overstated