1. [单选题]19 Which of the following statements about intangible assets in company financial statements are correct according
to international accounting standards? 1 Internally generated goodwill should not be capitalised. 2 Purchased goodwill should normally be amortised through the income statement. 3 Development expenditure must be capitalised if certain conditions are met.
A. 1 and 3 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. All three statements are correct
2. [单选题]18 Which of the following statements about accounting ratios and their interpretation are correct?
1 A low-geared company is more able to survive a downturn in profit than a highly-geared company. 2 If a company has a high price earnings ratio, this will often indicate that the market expects its profits to rise. 3 All companies should try to achieve a current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) of 2:1.
A. 2 and 3 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 1 and 2 only
D. All three statements are correct
3. [单选题]Under certain circumstances, profits made on transactions between members of a group need to be eliminated from the consolidated financial statements under IFRS.
A. Which of the following statements about intra-group profits in consolidated financial statements is/are correct?
B. (i) The profit made by a parent on the sale of goods to a subsidiary is only realised when the subsidiary sells the goods to a third party
C. (ii) Eliminating intra-group unrealised profits never affects non-controlling interests
D. (iii) The profit element of goods supplied by the parent to an associate and held in year-end inventory must be eliminated in full
E. (i) only
F. (i) and (ii)
G. (ii) and (iii)
H. (iii) only
4. [单选题]15 A trader who fixes her prices by adding 50% to cost actually achieved a mark-up of 45%.
Which of the following factors could account for the shortfall? 1 Sales were lower than expected. 2 The opening inventories had been overstated. 3 The closing inventories of the business were higher than the opening inventories. 4 Goods taken from inventories by the proprietor were recorded by debiting drawings and crediting purchases with the cost of the goods.
A. All four factors
B. 1, 2 and 4 only
C. 2 only
D. 3 and 4 only
5. [单选题]12 At 1 July 2004 a company had prepaid insurance of $8,200. On 1 January 2005 the company paid $38,000 for
insurance for the year to 30 September 2005. What figures should appear for insurance in the company’s financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005? Income statement Balance sheet
A. $27,200 Prepayment $19,000
B. $39,300 Prepayment $9,500
C. $36,700 Prepayment $9,500
D. $55,700 Prepayment $9,500
6. [单选题]24 Sigma’s bank statement shows an overdrawn balance of $38,600 at 30 June 2005. A check against the company’s cash book revealed the following differences:
1 Bank charges of $200 have not been entered in the cash book. 2 Lodgements recorded on 30 June 2005 but credited by the bank on 2 July $14,700. 3 Cheque payments entered in cash book but not presented for payment at 30 June 2005 $27,800. 4 A cheque payment to a supplier of $4,200 charged to the account in June 2005 recorded in the cash book as a receipt. Based on this information, what was the cash book balance BEFORE any adjustments?
A. $43,100 overdrawn
B. $16,900 overdrawn
C. $60,300 overdrawn
D. $34,100 overdrawn
7. [单选题]5 Which of the following events after the balance sheet date would normally qualify as adjusting events according
to IAS 10 Events after the balance sheet date? 1 The bankruptcy of a credit customer with a balance outstanding at the balance sheet date. 2 A decline in the market value of investments. 3 The declaration of an ordinary dividend. 4 The determination of the cost of assets purchased before the balance sheet date.
A. 1, 3, and 4
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1 and 4 only
8. [单选题]23 The capital structure of a company at 30 June 2005 is as follows:
$m Ordinary share capital 100 Share premium account 40 Retained earnings 60 10% Loan notes 40 The company’s income statement for the year ended 30 June 2005 showed: $m Operating profit 44 Loan note interest (4) ___ Profit for year 40 ____ What is the company’s return on capital employed?
A. 40/240 = 162/3 per cent
B. 40/100 = 40 per cent
C. 44/240 = 181/3 per cent
D. 44/200 = 22 per cent
9. [单选题]5 Which of the following factors could cause a company’s gross profit percentage on sales to fall below the expected
level? 1 Understatement of closing inventories. 2 The incorrect inclusion in purchases of invoices relating to goods supplied in the following period. 3 The inclusion in sales of the proceeds of sale of non-current assets. 4 Increased cost of carriage charges borne by the company on goods sent to customers.
A. 3 and 4
B. 2 and 4
C. 1 and 2
D. 1 and 3
10. [单选题]In 2014 Mr Yuan inherited an estate of RMB2 million from his uncle who had died two months earlier.
A. What is the correct treatment of the estate income for individual income tax purposes?
B. The estate income is not taxable
C. The estate income will be taxed as occasional (ad hoc) income
D. The estate income will be taxed as other income
E. The estate income will be taxed as service income
