Discuss the advantages of computerised a | Class 11 Accountancy Chapter Computerised Accounting System, Computerised Accounting System NCERT Solutions

Define a computerised accounting system. Distinguish between a manual and computerised accounting system.

State the four basic requirements of a database applications.

List the various advantages of computerised accounting systems.

An appropriate accounting software for a small business organisation having only one user and single office location would be ........

The framework of storage and processing of data is called as ........

Name the various categories of accounting package.

‘Computerised Accounting Systems are best form of accounting system’. Do you agree? Comment.

Describe the various types of accounting software along with their advantages and limitations.

Give two examples each of the organisations where ‘ready-to-use’, ‘customised’, and ‘tailored’ accounting packages respectively suitable to perform the accounting activity.

A sequence of actions taken to transform the data into decision useful information is called.......

Mr. Sunrise started a business for buying and selling of stationery with ₹ 5,00,000 as an initial investment. Of which he paid ₹ 1,00,000 for furniture, ₹ 2,00,000 for buying stationery items. He employed a sales person and clerk. At the end of the month he paid ₹ 5,000 as their salaries. Out of the stationery bought he sold some stationery for ₹ 1,50,000 for cash and some other stationery for ₹ 1,00,000 on credit basis to Mr. Ravi. Subsequently, he bought stationery items of ₹ 1,50,000 from Mr. Peace. In the first week of next month there was a fire accident and he lost ₹ 30,000 worth of stationery. A part of the machinery, which cost ₹ 40,000, was sold for ₹ 45,000.

From the above, answer the following :
1. What is the amount of capital with which Mr. Sunrise started business?
2. What are the fixed assets he bought?
3. What is the value of the goods purchased?
4. Who is the creditor and state the amount payable to him?
5. What are the expenses?
6. What is the gain he earned?
7. What is the loss he incurred?
8. Who is the debtor? What is the amount receivable from him?
9. What is the total amount of expenses and losses incurred?
10. Determine if the following are assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses or none of the these: sales, debtors, creditors, salary to manager, discount to debtors, drawings by the owner.

Complete the following sentences with appropriate words:
(a) Information in financial reports is based on .....................
(b) Internal users are the ..................... of the business entity.
(c) A ..................... would most likely use an entities financial report to determine whether or not the business entity is eligible for a loan.
(d) The Internet has assisted in decreasing the ..................... in issuing financial reports to users.
(e) ..................... users are groups outside the business entity, who uses the information to make decisions about the business entity.
(f) Information is said to be relevent if it is ......................
(g) The process of accounting starts with ............ and ends with ............
(h) Accounting measures the business transactions in terms of ............ units.
(i) Identified and measured economic events should be recording in ............ order.

Differentiate between source documents and vouchers.

What is a journal? Give a specimen of journal showing at least five entries.

Define accounting and state its objectives.

Enumerate informational needs of management.

Complete the following work sheet:
(i) If a firm believes that some of its debtors may ′default′, it should act on this by making sure that all possible losses are recorded in the books. This is an example of the ___________ concept.
(ii) The fact that a business is separate and distinguishable from its owner is best exemplified by the ___________ concept.
(iii) Everything a firm owns, it also owns out to somebody. This co-incidence is explained by the ___________ concept.
(iv) The ___________ concept states that if straight line method of depreciation is used in one year, then it should also be used in the next year.
(v) A firm may hold stock which is heavily in demand. Consequently, the market value of this stock may be increased. Normal accounting procedure is to ignore this because of the ___________.
(vi) If a firm receives an order for goods, it would not be included in the sales figure owing to the ___________.
(vii) The management of a firm is remarkably incompetent, but the firms accountants can not take this into account while preparing book of accounts because of ________ concept.

Give four examples each of ‘provision’ and ‘reserves’.

Explain the concept of ‘secret reserve’.

If the opening capital is Rs. 50,000 as on April 01, 2016 and additional capital introduced Rs. 10,000 on January 01, 2017. Interest charge on capital 10% p.a. The amount of interest on capital shown in profit and loss account as on March 31, 2017 will be :
  (a) Rs. 5,250                  (b) Rs. 6,000
  (c) Rs. 4,000                  (d) Rs. 3,000

Name the parties to a promissory note.

Credit balance of bank account in cash book shows :
(i) Overdraft
(ii) Cash deposited in our bank
(iii) Cash withdrawn from bank
(iv) None of these

‘An accounting report is essential a report which must be able to fulfil certain basic criteria' Explain? List the various types of accounting reports.

List the distinctive advantages of a computer system over a manual system.

State the relationship between information and decision.

Rahul’s trial balance provide you the following information :
Debtors                                      Rs. 80,000
Bad debts                                  Rs. 2,000
Provision for doubtful debts       Rs. 4,000

It is desired to maintain a provision for bad debts of Rs. 1,000
State the amount to be debited/credited in profit and loss account :
(a) Rs. 5,000 (Debit)                 (b) Rs. 3,000 (Debit)
(c) Rs. 1,000 (Credit)                (d) none of these.