Which of the following errors is an error of omission?

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 the following error is an error of principle

   A. 5,000 received from Sham credited to Ram A/c
   B. 5,000 incurred on installation of new plant debited to travelling expenses A/c
   C. 500 paid for wages debited to salary A/c
   D. 500 being purchase of raw material debited to purchase A/c ` 50

3. The accountant of Leo Ltd. recorded a payment by cheque to a creditor for supply of materials as 1,340.56. The bank recorded the cheque at its correct amount of 3,140.56. The Company has not passed any rectification entries and the error is not detected through the bank reconciliation. The impact of this error is

   A. The Trial Balance will not agree
   B. The balance of creditors is understated
   C. The purchases are understated
   D. The favorable bank balance as per Pass Book is less than the Bank balance as per Cash book

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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 these errors affect only one account?

   A. Errors of casting
   B. Errors of carry forward
   C. Errors of posting
   D. All the three

10. 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