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ZIMSEC A Level · 6001/1

Accounting Paper 1 Specimen 2026

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Question 1

Accounting concepts
Which of the following best describes the money measurement concept?
  1. AA company records the value of skills of its employees.
  2. BA company does not record the value of skills of its employees.
  3. CA company records the value of the level of satisfaction of its employees.
  4. DA company records the value of the level of competency of its management.

Question 2

Correction of errors
Which of the following errors does not affect the trial balance agreement?
  1. AA purchase of $495 entered in the books as $594.
  2. BCash received $400 from a debtor entered in the cash book only.
  3. CRepairs undercast by $220.
  4. DSales overcast by $310.

Question 3

Bank reconciliation statements

The following information is available at 30 April 2024.

$
Balance as per bank statement20 240
Bank interest credited on the bank statement only2 000
Unpresented cheques3 000

What was the balance as per cashbook?

  1. A$15 240
  2. B$19 240
  3. C$20 240
  4. D$25 240

Question 4

Control accounts
Which of the following is a benefit of control accounts?
  1. AGuarantee accuracy of individual ledger accounts.
  2. BEnable identification of errors made in individual ledgers.
  3. CMay not detect errors in subsidiary books
  4. DPrevent fraud and window dressing.

Question 5

Inventory valuation
Which International Accounting Standard deals with valuation of inventory?
  1. AIAS 1
  2. BIAS 2
  3. CIAS 10
  4. DIAS 16

Question 6

Ratio analysis

The following information is available for a business:

$
Sales200 000
Opening inventory15 000
Closing inventory20 000
Margin20%

What is the cost of sales?

  1. A$40 000
  2. B$50 000
  3. C$150 000
  4. D$160 000

Question 7

Purchase of a business

A company paid $1 500 000 to acquire the business of a sole trader.
The sole trader's assets and liabilities were valued as follows:

$
Non-current assets700 000
Current assets300 000
Current liabilities50 000
Non-current liabilities100 000

How much was paid for goodwill?

  1. A$450 000
  2. B$500 000
  3. C$550 000
  4. D$650 000

Question 8

Accruals and prepayments

A trader pays rent quarterly in advance.
During the year ended 31 December 2024 the trader made the following payments:

$
January 12 200
March 312 800
June 302 800
September 303 000
December 313 000

Which amount for rent should be shown in the Income Statement for year ended 31 December 2024?

  1. A$7 800
  2. B$10 800
  3. C$11 600
  4. D$13 800

Question 9

Limited companies
Which of the following will be included in a statement of changes in equity?
  1. ADepreciation
  2. BGoodwill
  3. CLoan notes
  4. DShare premium

Question 10

Limited companies
The following are reasons for redeeming shares by a company except that it may want to
  1. Abuy out a dissenting shareholder.
  2. Braise capital.
  3. Creduce gearing.
  4. Duse its surplus cash.

Question 11

Correction of errors

The total of the purchases journal for one month is $7 160.
It has been entered in the purchases account as $7 610.

Which journal entries are required to correct the error?

Debit $Credit $
APurchases account 450Suspense account 450
BPurchases account 450Trade payables 450
CSuspense account 450Purchases account 450
DTrade payables 450Purchases account 450
  1. ADebit Purchases account $450, credit Suspense account $450
  2. BDebit Purchases account $450, credit Trade payables $450
  3. CDebit Suspense account $450, credit Purchases account $450
  4. DDebit Trade payables $450, credit Purchases account $450

Question 12

Purchase of a business

A company purchased a business with assets shown below.

Non- current assets$
Goodwill50 000
Machinery200 000
Net current assets100 000

The purchase price was settled by issuing 300 000 ordinary shares of $1 each at $1,50 per share.

How much did the company pay for goodwill?

  1. A$50 000
  2. B$100 000
  3. C$150 000
  4. D$300 000

Question 14

Manufacturing accounts
Which of the following items will be included in the manufacturing accounts?
  1. Acarriage inwards
  2. Bcarriage outwards
  3. Csales returns
  4. Dselling expenses

Question 15

Limited companies

Oneday Pvt Ltd's statement of financial position on 31 December 2025 is summarized as follows:

$
Net assets1 600 000
Equity
Ordinary shares of $1 each1 000 000
Share premium600 000
Total equity1 600 000

On 1 January 2026, the directors made a rights issue of 100 000, $1 ordinary shares at $1,50 each.

Which of the following shows the balances after the above transactions ?

Net assets $Ordinary shares $Share premium $
A1 600 0001 100 000650 000
B1 600 0001 150 000450 000
C1 750 0001 100 000650 000
D1 750 0001 150 000600 000
  1. ANet assets $1 600 000, ordinary shares $1 100 000, share premium $650 000
  2. BNet assets $1 600 000, ordinary shares $1 150 000, share premium $450 000
  3. CNet assets $1 750 000, ordinary shares $1 100 000, share premium $650 000
  4. DNet assets $1 750 000, ordinary shares $1 150 000, share premium $600 000

Question 16

Partnerships

Charles, David and Joseph were partners sharing profits and loses equally.
Charles retired while David and Joseph continued as equal partners.
Goodwill $90 000, is not to be shown in the books.

Which entries will record the adjustments for goodwill in the capital accounts for Charles, David and Joseph?

Charles $David $Joseph $
A30 000 credit15 000 credit15 000 credit
B30 000 credit15 000 debit15 000 debit
C30 000 debit15 000 credit15 000 credit
D30 000 debit45 000 credit45 000 credit
  1. ACharles $30 000 credit, David $15 000 credit, Joseph $15 000 credit
  2. BCharles $30 000 credit, David $15 000 debit, Joseph $15 000 debit
  3. CCharles $30 000 debit, David $15 000 credit, Joseph $15 000 credit
  4. DCharles $30 000 debit, David $45 000 credit, Joseph $45 000 credit

Question 17

Costing
Which basis should be used to apportion the cost of insuring plant and machinery between departments?
  1. AFloor area
  2. BMachine hours
  3. CMaintenance hours
  4. DReplacement cost

Question 18

Clubs and societies

The following information relates to a football club for a year.

$
Annual subscription per member20
Subscriptions owing at beginning of year1000
Subscriptions owing at end of year600
Number of members100

How much was received from subscriptions during the year?

  1. A$1 600
  2. B$2 000
  3. C$2 400
  4. D$2 600

Question 19

Incomplete records

The following information is available for the business of Grey, a sole trader.

1 January 2024 $31 December 2024 $
Capital392 400360 000
Drawings-343 000

A private car valued at $91 000 was brought into the business during the year.

What is Grey's profit for the year ended 31 December 2024?

  1. A$219 600
  2. B$375 400
  3. C$612 000
  4. D$703 000

Question 20

Inventory valuation
According to IAS2 Inventory valuation, the cost of work- in- progress and finished goods consists of all of the following except
  1. Adirect expenses.
  2. Bindirect expenses.
  3. Cselling costs.
  4. Dstorage costs.

Question 21

Inventory valuation

The purchases and sales of inventory for a business were as follows:

Date 2025PurchasesSales
4 January3 units at $800 each-
13 January-2 units at $900 each
16 January5 units at $850 each-
26 January3 units at $1000 each-
28 January-4 units at $1 200 each

What is the value of closing inventory using FIFO?

  1. A$4 100
  2. B$4 700
  3. C$5 000
  4. D$6 000

Question 22

Manufacturing accounts

Taona Manufacturing Pvt Ltd has the following information at 31 December 2024.

$
Inventory of raw materials: 1 January 202431 000
Inventory of raw materials: 31 December 202415 000
Production overheads19 000
Supervisor's salary2 000
Production wages221 000
Purchases of raw materials240 000

What is the prime cost?

  1. A$477 000
  2. B$ 489 000
  3. C$492 000
  4. D$496 0000

Question 23

Ratio analysis

The quick ratio of a business has decreased.

What is the reason for the decrease?

  1. Aa decrease in inventory
  2. Ba decrease in trade payables
  3. Can increase in cash
  4. Dan increase in trade payables

Question 24

Ratio analysis

A business had the following information on 31 December 2024.

$
Opening inventory2 250
Closing inventory3 375
Cost of sales for the year13 500
revenue for the year22 660

What is the rate of inventory turnover?

  1. A4 times
  2. B4,8 times
  3. C6 times
  4. D8,1 times

Question 25

Ratio analysis
Which of the following is an investment ratio?
  1. ACapital employed turnover
  2. BCurrent ratio
  3. CEarnings per share
  4. DReturn on capital employed

Question 26

Clubs and societies
General donations in club accounts are
  1. Aadditions to accumulated funds.
  2. Bdeferred income.
  3. Cincome for the year in which they are received.
  4. Dloans to the club.

Question 27

Partnerships

The information below relates to business partners Peter and James.

Peter $James $
Capital10 0008 000
Loan to the firm3 000
Interest on capital10%
Interest on loan10%

Peter and James share profit and loses in the ratio 2:1 respectively.
The partnership has made a net profit for the year of $39 000.

How much is Peter's total share of net profit?

  1. A$24 800
  2. B$25 600
  3. C$25 800
  4. D$27 000

Question 28

Capital and revenue expenditure
Which item should be treated as capital expenditure?
  1. Acarriage on machinery
  2. Bcarriage on purchases
  3. Cdepreciation of machinery
  4. Drepairs to machinery

Question 29

Costing

A business has three departments X; Y and Z. Fixed administration expenses amounting to $90 000 are apportioned in the ratio 3:2:1 respectively.

It has been decided to close department Z.

How will the administration expenses be apportioned to the departments X and Y after the department Z has been closed?

Department X $Department Y $
A36 00054 000
B45 00030 000
C45 00045 000
D54 00036 000
  1. ADepartment X $36 000, Department Y $54 000
  2. BDepartment X $45 000, Department Y $30 000
  3. CDepartment X $45 000, Department Y $45 000
  4. DDepartment X $54 000, Department Y $36 000

Question 30

Control accounts

A sales ledger control account had a debit balance of $20 000.
The following errors were discovered:

$
Sales journal overstated1 500
Discount allowed not recorded in control account670
Bad debts not recorded in control account340
Increase in provision for bad debts500

The corrected sales ledger control account balance is

  1. A$16 990.
  2. B$17 490.
  3. C$17 830.
  4. D$18 160.

Question 31

Costing
Which one is a characteristic of Batch costing?
  1. Aeach unit is separately identifiable
  2. Bproduction involves repetitive operations
  3. Cproduction is based on specific customer orders
  4. Dproduction is usually of short duration

Question 32

Marginal costing

A company's policy is to close any branch that does not benefit the company financially.

When should a branch be closed?

  1. Awhen both its sales and its net profits are declining
  2. Bwhen its gross profit is declining each year
  3. Cwhen its fixed costs are greater than its net profit
  4. Dwhen its variable costs are greater than its sales revenue

Question 33

Overhead absorption

A company provides the following information:

Budgeted labour hours9 000
Actual labour hours8 000
Budgeted overheads$150 000
Actual overheads$140 000

What is the overheads absorption rate based on direct labour hours?

  1. A$15,56
  2. B$16,67
  3. C$17,50
  4. D$18,75

Question 34

Standard costing

Charuma Ltd provides the following information:

BudgetedActual
Sales in units87008 200
Selling price per unit$26$31

What is the sales price variance?

  1. A$41 000 Adverse
  2. B$41 000 Favourable
  3. C$43 500 Adverse
  4. D$43 500 Favourable

Question 35

Costing

A manufacturing business uses absorption costing.

Which cost is used to value finished goods?

  1. AFull cost
  2. BPrime cost
  3. CVariable cost of production
  4. DVariable cost of sales

Question 36

Budgeting

A company has prepared a production budget for two levels of activity as shown below.

5 000 units $6 000 units $
Direct materials10 00012 000
Direct labour15 00018 000
Production overheads16 00018 000
41 00048 000

8 000 units were produced.

What is the cost of producing the 8 000 units?

  1. A$56 000
  2. B$62 000
  3. C$64 000
  4. D$65 600

Question 37

Budgeting

A company has provided the following information:

BudgetedActual
Units200300
Direct material $6 0009 000
Labour $7 00010 000
Overheads $5 0005 000

What is the total fixed costs for the production of 300 units?

  1. A$1 000
  2. B$3 000
  3. C$5 000
  4. D$6 000

Question 38

Break-even analysis

Zee Ltd provides the following information for product P.

$
Sales revenue at break- even point78 000
Unit selling price20
Fixed costs23 400

What is the contribution of each unit of product P?

  1. A$6
  2. B$14
  3. C$20
  4. D$26

Question 39

Investment appraisal
Which investment appraisal technique is based on accounting profits?
  1. AAccounting rate of return
  2. BInternal rate of return
  3. CNet present value
  4. DPayback period

Question 40

Costing

A business plans to improve its computer system which was bought five years ago.

What type of cost is the existing computer system?

  1. AFixed
  2. BStepped
  3. CSunk
  4. DVariable

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