Computerized Accounting (ACCM4104)
Faculty of Economics and Management Science (FEMS)
Semester: First Semester
Level: 400
Year: 2018
THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA/UNIVERSITE DE BAMENDA
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
First Semester Examination for 2017/2018 Academic year Year: Three
Course code and title: ACCT 407 Computerised Accounting Credit Value: 5
Course Status: C
Course Lecturers: Dr. Fosong / Akoso
Venue: Lower CCAST, CCASTBB2, CCASTBB4, CCAST 8B6. Date: 22/02/2018 Time: 8:00 - 11:00
INSTRUCTIONS: ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS
MB: BE PRECISE AND BRIEF
File 1: SAGE Accounting 100
You are the Financial Accountant of ABC Co. Ltd and of recent, the Genera! Manager of the company decided to
computerize the Accounting Information System (ASS) of the business in which case a SAGE Accounting 100 Software
was acquired and installed in your system.
Assuming you have been sufficiently briefed on the usage of this software, and that you have been entrusted with the
task of creating a database for the business, respond to the following questions that relate to the formalities, to be
observed, when creating or exploiting an A!S using SAGE Accounting 100.
Question 1. From the Menu “File”, which Sub-Command do you click so as to create a new database (company) for
the company? (2mk)
Question 2. State any five (5) things that must be defined before SAGE accepts to create your database. (5mks)
Question 3. Describe the steps to be observed, in point form, if you want to:
1) Open an existing database (3mks)
2) Copy an existing database (3mks)
3) Define an accounting structure for the business (4mks)
4) Creating an account to be included in the chart of accounts, when the wizard mode is not activated. (4mks)
5) Modifying the content (characteristics) of an account. (3mks)
6) Creating an Account Total (3mks)
7) Delete an account which is already existing. (3mks}
8) Creating a Journal (4mks)
9) Modifying the content (characteristics) of a journal
10) Deleting a Journal which is already existing. (3mks)
11) Entering transactions in a Journal (3mks)
12) To preview or print journal posting for a specified duration (3mks)
13) To preview or print ledger accounts for a specified period of time (3mks)
14) To preview or print a trial balance for a specified period of time (3mks)
Question 4. Give one condition that should be fulfilled before an account or a journal can be deleted (3mks)
Question 5. Give two differences between the following as employed in SAGE Accounting 100:
(i) A chart of account and a cost account; (5mks)
(ii) A chart of account and an S/P account; (5mks)
(iii) A central journal and a general journal. (5mks)
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Question 6. Consider the following accounts to be created in the accounting system of ABC Co. Ltd., which has choose to
use SAGE SAARI-100 as its accounting software.
For each of these accounts, indicate with a tick (V) the attribute(s) that should be considered when creating each of these
accounts. (10mks)
Account Attribute
Opening Balance
No Opening
Balance
Cost Data
Enter Cost
Data
40
-
Suppliers And Related Accounts
41
-
Customers And Related Accounts
57
-
Cash In Till (Or In Hand)
60
-
Purchases And Variation Of Stocks
81
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Book Values Of Disposals Of Fixed Assets
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