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0452.3.3.01 — understand the use and purpose of a bank statement: past paper questions

9 real questionsasked in 4 of the last 10 exam series2022–2025usually: Calculate, State, Update, Identify, Place

Real questions on 0452.3.3.01 — understand the use and purpose of a bank statement

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  1. 0452/21 · May/June 2025 · Q3c[4]

    Calculate Nabil’s bank balance at 30 April 2025 after the errors in the table in part (a) have been corrected.

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  2. 0452/21 · May/June 2025 · Q3d[1]

    State one use of a bank statement.

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  3. 0452/23 · May/June 2025 · Q3d[1]

    State one use of a bank statement.

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  4. 0452/21 · October/November 2024 · Q1a[7]

    Update the bank column of Jenny’s cash book. Balance the account and bring down the balance on 1 March 2024.

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  5. 0452/11 · May/June 2024 · Q10[1]

    Which items appear in the debit column of the bank statement?

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  6. 0452/21 · May/June 2024 · Q2b[4]

    Calculate the corrected bank balance at 31 March 2024.

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  7. 0452/22 · May/June 2024 · Q3a(i)[1]

    which business document shows when the direct debit for insurance was paid

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  8. 0452/22 · February/March 2024 · Q1d(i)[1]

    Bank overdraft

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  9. 0452/22 · May/June 2022 · Q1b[5]

    Place a tick (✓) to show how each item in the table below would be used to prepare the bank reconciliation statement or to update the cash book.

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What examiners said

Using the data in part (a) and the bank balance before the errors were discovered, candidates were required to calculate the correct bank balance. There was a wide variety of responses with some candidates earning full marks. Common errors included: • Omission of the bank balance of $935 before error correction • Inclusion of extraneous items which did not affect the bank such as under-casting of...

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0452/21 Q3(c) (Cambridge)

Many answers did not suggest an acceptable use of a bank statement. Some tried to explain the contents of a bank statement, others provided incomplete responses such as ‘locates errors’, without qualifying where those errors may be found.

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0452/21 Q3(d) (Cambridge)

Many answers did not suggest an acceptable use of a bank statement. Some tried to explain the contents of a bank statement, others provided incomplete responses such as ‘locates errors’, without qualifying where those errors may be found.

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0452/23 Q3(d) (Cambridge)

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