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Practice Phase Test 1

These questions are typical of the type that will appear in the phase test in week commencing 9th January 2012. However they are not necessarily comprehensive i.e. other questions may appear in the test which do not appear here.

1. What are reserves on a statement of financial position (balance sheet)?

(a) Money owed by the company to suppliers (b) Profits retained in the business (c) A type of non-current asset (d) Cash or bank balances
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2. Which of the following is not a working capital item for a restaurant business:

(a) Payables (b) Motor vehicles (c) Inventories (d) Bank balances
(1 mark)

3. A Company has sales of £50,000 and purchases of £36,000 during the year. If it started the year with inventories of £8,000 and ended the year with inventories of £9,000 what gross profit did it make?

(a) £15,000 (b) £14,000 (c) £13,000 (d) £23,000
(1 mark)

4. At the end of the financial year a company has land and buildings which cost £250,000, Inventories valued at £110,000, Receivables of £12,500 and £37,500 in a bank account. The company owes £15,000 to suppliers (trade payables) and £75,000 to the bank on a long term loan. If share capital is £250,000 what is the company’s reserves figure?

(a) £ 70,000 (b) £250,000 (c) £ 45,000 (d) £ 37,500
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The following is an extract from a company’s accounts.

| |This year |Last year |
| |£

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