This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Correction Of Errors – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Correction Of Errors Quiz 6 (23 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A compensating error is: A) When two separate errors cancel each other out. B) When a transaction is omitted. C) When a ledger is balanced incorrectly. D) When a transaction is entered in the wrong account. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When two separate errors cancel each other out. 2. Transaction entered in wrong account and wrong class A) Error of original entry. B) Error of principle. C) Error of omission. D) Error of commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Error of principle. 3. 08 ) A trader calculated her profit for the year at $ 14 800. The following errors were then discovered. No entry had been made for $ 200 wages accrued. The insurance expense included a prepayment of $ 90. What is the correct profit for the year?A $ 14 510B $ 14 690C $ 14 910D $ 15 090 A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 4. Purchase of inventory for $ 450 was treated as the purchase of non-current assets A) Compensating. B) Principle. C) Omission. D) Reversal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Principle. 5. Cash sales of $ 820 were recorded in the accounts as Dr Cash $ 820 Cr Sales $ 800. The total of the travel expenses in the petty cash book was mistotalled at $ 30 rather than the correct figure of $ 50 A) Errors of original entry. B) Errors of commission. C) Compensating errors. D) Errors of omission. E) Errors of principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compensating errors. 6. Sales returns and discounts received were both overstated by RM 250. A) Reversal Error. B) Compensating Error. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compensating Error. 7. Trial balance totals differ by 200: A) Prepare suspense account. B) Ignore it. C) Post more transactions. D) Close ledger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepare suspense account. 8. The closing inventories of a firm were overvalued by 3 million KHR due to overcasterror in one of the inventory valuation sheets. How would the correction ofthis affect the reported profit? A) D-Increase reported profit by 6 million KHR. B) B-Reduce reported profit by 3 million KHR. C) C-No effect on the reported profit. D) A-Increase reported profit by 3 million KHR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B-Reduce reported profit by 3 million KHR. 9. State the effect on Profit for the Year:Discount Allowed of £25 had been omitted from the Ledger Accounts A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) No Effect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease. 10. The purchase of a computer for office use was debited to purchases account.This is an error of A) C-original entry. B) A-commission. C) B-omission. D) D-principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D-principle. 11. Repairs to motor car $ 200 debited to motor car account. what is the rectification entry? A) Dr:Repairs $ 200Cr:Motor car $ 200. B) Dr:Motor car $ 00Cr:Cash $ 200. C) Dr:Motor car $ 200Cr:Repairs $ 200. D) Dr:Repairs $ 200Cr:Cash $ 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr:Repairs $ 200Cr:Motor car $ 200. 12. Which of the following items appear on the same side of the trial balance? A) A-Drawings and accruals. B) B-Carriage outwards and prepayments. C) C-Carriage inwards and rental income. D) D-Opening inventory and purchase returns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B-Carriage outwards and prepayments. 13. An error of omission occurs when: A) A transaction is completely not recorded. B) A transaction is entered on the wrong side. C) A debit is posted as a credit. D) A transaction is recorded in the wrong account. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A transaction is completely not recorded. 14. Purchase of 2, 000 posted to sales account: A) Error of omission. B) Error of commission. C) Compensating error. D) Error of principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Error of commission. 15. 09) A sales invoice for $ 800 was incorrectly recorded in the sales journal as $ 1800. How did this error affect the trial balance?A The trial balance balanced but both totals were overstated by $ 1000.B The trial balance balanced but both totals were understated by $ 1000.C The trial balance did not balance because the credits were overstated by $ 1000.D The trial balance did not balance because the debits were understated by $ 1000. A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 16. Which of the following errors would affect a trial balance? A) B-Error of original entry. B) D-Error of omission. C) C-Casting error. D) A-Error of commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C-Casting error. 17. Goods worth $ 300 withdrawn by the owner during the year for personal use have been debited to the cost of sales account and credited to the inventory account.State the effect of error on profit for the period, assets, liabilities and equity. A) Profit for the period-understated by $ 600. B) Profit for the period-understated by $ 300. C) Profit for the period-overstated by $ 300. D) Profit for the period-overstated by $ 600. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Profit for the period-understated by $ 300. 18. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ERROR IS AN ERROR OF ORIGINAL ENTRY? A) SALES JOURNAL TOTAL $ 453 WAS TRANSFERRED AS $ 345. B) SALES TO A.ROBERT ENTERED IN J.ROBERT A/C. C) PURCHASES $ 440 FROM FAHAD ENTERED IN THE BOOKS AS $ 404. D) SALARIES $ 450 WERE DEBITED TO RENT A/C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PURCHASES $ 440 FROM FAHAD ENTERED IN THE BOOKS AS $ 404. 19. Which of the following errors will NOT affect the trial balance? A) Posting to the wrong account on the correct side. B) A debit posted as a credit. C) A transaction recorded twice. D) A transaction omitted completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A transaction omitted completely. 20. Both salaries expense and commission income were overstated by $ 900. State the correction of error. A) Dr Capital Cr salaries exp. B) Dr salaries expense cr commission income. C) Dr commission income Cr salaries expense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr commission income Cr salaries expense. 21. THE PURPOSE OF TRIAL BALANCE IS TO ..... A) CLOSE THE ACCOUNTS IN THE BOOKS. B) CHECK THE ARITHMETICAL ACCURACY OF THE ENTRIES. C) CORRECT THE ERRORS IN THE BOOKS. D) DETERMINE THE GROSS AND NET PROFIT OF THE BUSINESS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CHECK THE ARITHMETICAL ACCURACY OF THE ENTRIES. 22. Sale of $ 48 cash were debited to sales and credited to cash A) Omission. B) Principle. C) Commission. D) Reversal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reversal. 23. Goods RM 50 taken by owner for his personal use was recorded as RM 500 in the books.Correct the above error. A) Dr Drawings RM 50Cr Suspense RM 50. B) Dr Drawings RM 450Cr Suspense RM 450. C) Dr Suspense RM 50Cr Drawings RM 50. D) Dr Suspense RM 450Cr Drawingss RM 450. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dr Suspense RM 450Cr Drawingss RM 450. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesCorrection Of Errors Quiz 1Correction Of Errors Quiz 2Correction Of Errors Quiz 3Correction Of Errors Quiz 4Correction Of Errors Quiz 5Accept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books