Friday, 25 September 2015

Sample Accounting exam for Freshers and Accountants, Interview Questions and Answers

Test your accounting knowledge and check your result with the below given answers. We would like to hear your score in comment.

(1) __________ is concerned with the maximization of a firm's earnings after taxes.
(a) Shareholder wealth maximization
(b) Profit maximization
(c) Stakeholder maximization
(d) EPS maximization

 (2)  Which of the following would generally have unlimited liability?
(a) A limited partner in a partnership.
(b) A shareholder in a corporation.
(c) The owner of a sole proprietorship.
(d) A member in a limited liability company (LLC).

(3) Which of the following examples would be deductible as an expense on the corporation's income statement?
(a) Interest paid on outstanding bonds.
(b) Cash dividends paid on outstanding common stock.
(c) Cash dividends paid on outstanding preferred stock.
(d) All of the above.

(4) In finance we refer to the market where new securities are bought and sold for the first time as the __________ market.
(a) money                                (b) capital
(c) primary                              (d) secondary

(5) Which of the following would not improve the current ratio?
(a) Borrow short term to finance additional fixed assets.
(b) Issue long-term debt to buy inventory.
(c) Sell common stock to reduce current liabilities.
(d) Sell fixed assets to reduce accounts payable.
  
(6) Krisle and Kringle's debt-to-total assets ratio is.4. What is its debt-to-equity ratio?
(a)  .2                                (b) .77
(c) .667                                     (d) .333

 (7)  Which group of ratios measures a firm's ability to meet short-term obligations?
(a) Liquidity ratios.
(b) Debt ratios.
(c) Coverage ratios.
(d) Profitability ratios.

 (8) According to the accounting profession, which of the following would be considered a cash-flow item from a "financing" activity?
(a) A cash outflow to the government for taxes.
(b) A cash outflow to repurchase the firm's own common stock.
(c) A cash outflow to lenders as interest.
(d) A cash outflow to purchase bonds issued by another company.

(9)  Cash budgets are prepared from past:
(a) balance sheets.
(b) income statements.
(c) income tax and depreciation data.
(d) None of the above answers are 
 
(10) The accounting statement of cash flows reports a firm's cash flows segregated into what categorical order?
(a) Operating, investing, and financing.
(b) Investing, operating, and financing.
(c) Financing, operating and investing.
(d) Financing, investing, and operating.
 
(11) The firm had a net increase of $800,000 in net fixed assets over the last period. The beginning and ending net fixed asset account balances were $9,100,000 and $9,900,000 respectively. If the firm purchased $2,000,000 in additional fixed assets and sold $100,000 of fixed assets at book value, what was the firm's depreciation expense over the period?
(a) $800,000
(b) $1,100,000
(c) $1,900,000
(d) $2,700,000

 (12) If EOQ = 40 units, order costs are $2 per order, and carrying costs are $.20 per unit, what is the usage in units?
(a) 10 units.                             (b) 16 units.
(c) 40 units.                             (d) 80 units.

(13) What is the book value of common equity per share of common equity outstanding for the following firm? The firm has 20,000 common shares authorized of which 15,000 are outstanding at a par value of $1. Additional paid-in-capital represents $300,000 and retained earnings are an additional $300,000.
(a) $1                       (b) $20                                                      
(c) $21                     (d) $41

 (14) Upon close examination of the income statement, which of the following mathematical expressions would be true?
(a) Net Sales - Gross Profit = Income from Operations
(b) Gross Profit + Selling, General and Administrative Expenses = Net Sales
(c) Income from Operations - Interest Expense - Income Tax Expense = Net Income
(d) None of the above are true.

 (15) Which of the following is not a correct expression of the accounting equation?
(a) Assets - Liabilities = Owners' Equity
(b) Net Assets = Equities
(c) Assets = Equities
(d) Assets = Liabilities + Owners' Equity

(16) The owners' equity section of a balance sheet contains two major components:
(a) Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital
(b) Paid-in Capital and Retained Earnings
(c) Common Stock and Retained Earnings
(d) Net Income and Dividends

 (17) Which of the following would not be included on a balance sheet?
(a) Accounts receivable.
( b) Accounts payable.
( c) Sales.
 (18) If total assets were $21,000 and total liabilities were $12,000 at the beginning of the year, and if net income for the year was $5,000, what is total owners' equity at the end of the year?
(a) $ 4,000                           (b) 5,000
(c) 9,000                              (d) 14,000

(19) Treasury stock involves shares which are:
(a) issued and outstanding.
(b) authorized but not yet issued.
(c) subscribed but not yet authorized.
(d) issued but not currently outstanding.

 (20) If a transaction during the year caused one asset to increase by $40,000 and another asset to decrease by $30,000, which of the following events may have caused these effects?
(a) Merchandise inventory was purchased and paid for entirely with cash.
(b) Cash was received in exchange for the issuance of common stock.
(c) Equipment was purchased and paid for partly with cash and with an account payable for the difference.
(d) None of the above could have caused these effects.

(21) Net assets were $9,500 at the beginning of the year and $12,000 at the end of the year. Merchandise Inventory went up by $1,000 during the year, Accounts Payable went down by $500, and Accounts Receivable went down by $2,000.   If the Cash account was the only other asset and there were no other liabilities, what happened to cash during the year?
(a) Cash increased by $2,000.
(b) Cash increased by $3,000.
(c) Cash decreased by $2,000.
(d) None of the above.

(22) The term 'current assets' does not include-
a) Payments in advance.
b) Bills receivable.
c) Long-term deferred charges.
d) Cash at bank

(23)  The retained earnings balance for Matt & Anne's Food Center at December 31, 2003 was $33,000.  The balance at December 31, 2004 was $47,000.  During 2004, dividends in the amount of $6,000 were declared and paid to stockholders.   The only other change in retained earnings was due to net income.  The net income for 2004 was?
(a) $8,000                                                (b) 14,000
(c) 20,000                                                (d) 26,000

(24) The principle stating that all expenses incurred while earning revenues should be identified with the revenues when they are earned, and reported for the same time period is the:
(a) cost principle.
(b) revenue principle.
(c) expense principle.
(d) matching principle.

 (25) "The firm must be treated as financially separate and distinct form its' owner(s)". This rule is known as:
(a)  Matching                     ( b ) Business Entity
(c) Going Concern              ( d ) Double Aspect






Answer: B
1)B   2)C   3)A  4)C  5)A  6)C  7)A  8)B  9)D  10)A 11)B  12)D  13)D  14)C  15)B
 16)B  17)C  18)D  19)D  20)C  21)B  22)C 23)C  24)D 25) B

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