Below is a sampling of the questions taken from the actual Simply Accounting certification exam required to become a Simply Accounting Certified Consultant.

1. To change date format settings, you must access –
   1. the Simply Accounting program system settings screen
   2. the Windows Control Panel screen
   3. the Windows Explorer properties menu
   4. none of the above
2. Which one of the following general statements is incorrect –
   1. you cannot post an entry if debits do not balance credits
   2. you must post an entry in order to review or display it
   3. displaying your general journal entry may uncover errors
   4. all of the above are correct
3. You should use the adjustments journal to record –
   1. adjustments to inventory purchase prices from the vendor as an allowance for damages
   2. adjustments to inventory sale prices to customers as an allowance for damages
   3. adjustments to inventory in stock for damaged goods
   4. all of the above
4. For a purchase from a foreign vendor, the Purchases Journal –
   1. shows the amounts in the home currency
   2. always includes fields and amounts for import duties
   3. always requires you to choose a currency for the transaction
   4. none of the above
5. What steps are involved in setting up the Payroll Ledger –
   1. enter the payroll names and setting defaults
   2. enter the linked payroll accounts for liabilities and expenses
   3. enter the employee information and historical deductions
   4. all of the above
6. Which of the following can be done from the inventory ledger –
   1. change inventory profit evaluation from markup to margin
   2. create a ledger for Services Revenue
   3. create a new inventory item
   4. all of the above
7. To e-mail a purchase order to a vendor you should –
   1. complete the order, choose the e-mail function and then record the order
   2. complete the order, record it and then choose the e-mail function
   3. complete the order, post it to save it and then choose the e-mail function
   4. complete the order, fill the order and then choose the e-mail function
8. The PST (retail sales tax) remittance recorded in the Payments Journal will –
   1. debit PST Payable; credit Bank
   2. debit PST Payable; credit Bank, PST Compensation
   3. debit PST Payable; credit Accounts Payable,
   4. debit PST Payable; credit Accounts Payable, PST Compensation
9. Choose the false statement about "group accounts" and "subgroup accounts" –
   1. the group account is selected when one account is the total for that name
   2. the subgroup selection is required when two or more accounts must be added to arrive at a total
   3. the group accounts types are postable accounts
   4. the subgroup accounts are non-postable accounts
10. Drill-down reports –
    1. are available from both purchases and payments journal reports
    2. allow access to detail reports
    3. allow viewing of invoices
    4. all of the above

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