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Financial Accounting Fundamentals Chapter 1-4

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Frage 1

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What is the accounting equation?
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  • Assets + Liabilities = Shareholder's Equity
  • Assets = Liabilities - Shareholder's Equity
  • Assets = Liabilities + Shareholder's Equity

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Which of these is NOT one of the 5 steps in recording all accounting transactions?
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  • Is it a business transaction? Yes or No?
  • What board type of accounts are affected?
  • What specific type of accounts are affected?
  • Which specific accounts has increased or decreased?
  • Which accounts are recorded in to journal entries?
  • Record all transactions in the Journal.

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Which of these is NOT one of the 4 basic principles of accounting (GAAP) ?
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  • Income principle
  • Measurement principle
  • Revenue recognition
  • Expense recognition
  • Full disclosure principle

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What are the Rules for debits and credits?
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  • Debit means right, Credit means left
  • Credit means left, Debit means left
  • Debit means left, Credit means no change
  • Debit means left, Credit means right

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What are the 4 basic assumptions of accounting (GAAP) ?
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  • Monetary assumption, Integrity assumption, Expense assumption, Business Entity assumption
  • Monetary assumption, Time period assumption, On going assumption, Business Entity assumption
  • Money assumption, Time period assumption, On going assumption, Business Enterprise assumption
  • Monetary assumption, Time travel assumption, On going assumption, Business Entity assumption

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What are the 2 basic constraints of accounting?
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  • Materiality Constrains and Cost Benefit Constraints
  • Materialistic Constraints and Cost Effective Constraints
  • Material Constraints and Cost Revenue Constraints
  • Materiality Constraints and Cost Effective Constraints

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What is the definition of Assets?
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  • Economic resource that used to have a benefit
  • Economic resource that has a future benefit

Frage 8

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Define Liabilities.
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  • Economic obligation that requires the use of an asset to pay it off.
  • Economic obligation that requires the shareholders to pay it off.

Frage 9

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Define Equity
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  • Is the excess of an asset over liabilities.
  • Is the expense of an asset over revenue.

Frage 10

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What are the 5 types of accounts in all of accounting?
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  • Asses, Liabilities, Shareholder's Equity, Revenue, Expense
  • Assets, Liabilities, Receivables, Equity, Revenue
  • Assets, Receivables, Shareholder's Equity, Revenue, Expense
  • Assets, Liabilities, Shareholder's Equity, Revenue, Expense

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Define Revenue.
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  • Is the amount received for selling an asset or the release (i.e. forgiveness) of debt and increases shareholder's dividends.
  • Is the amount received for selling an asset or the release (i.e. forgiveness) of debt and increases shareholder's equity.

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Define expense.
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  • Is an expired asset, which required an asset or another liability to pay it off and decreases shareholder's common stock value.
  • Is an expired asset, which required an asset or another liability to pay it off and decreases shareholder's equity.

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Define accounting.
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  • Is the process of accounting for anything of value or expense that needs to be accounted for in an accounting general ledger.
  • It is the counting of something that can be accounted for.
  • Consists of 3 basic activities. It identifies, records and hides the economic events of an organization to interested users.
  • Consists of 3 basic activities. It identifies, records and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users.

Frage 14

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What are 4 examples of accounting source documents recording all accounting transactions?
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  • Bank statement, Receipt Pay Slip, A check.
  • Bank statement, Sales Invoice, Pay Slip, A check.
  • Federal statement, Sales Invoice, Pay Slip, A check.
  • Federal statement, Sales Invoice, Pay Slip, Money.

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What is an account?
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  • An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in a specific asset, liability, shareholder's equity, unearned revenue and expense item.
  • An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in a specific asset, liability, shareholder's equity, revenue and expense item.
  • An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in a specific asset, liability, common stock and dividends, revenue and expense item.
  • An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in a specific asset, liability, common stock, unearned revenue and expense item.

Frage 16

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Debit always mean increase and credit always means decrease.
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  • True
  • False

Frage 17

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Why are accounting systems called double-entry?
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  • A system that records in appropriate accounts the unique effect of each transaction.
  • A system that records in appropriate accounts the single effect of each transaction.
  • A system that records in appropriate accounts the dual effect of each transaction.

Frage 18

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Monthly and quarterly time periods are called
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  • calendar periods.
  • fiscal periods.
  • interim periods.
  • quarterly periods.

Frage 19

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The time period assumption states that
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  • a transaction can only affect one period of time.
  • estimates should not be made if a transaction affects more than one time period.
  • adjustments to the enterprise's accounts can only be made in the time period when the business terminates its operations.
  • the economic life of a business can be divided into artificial time periods.

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An accounting time period that is one year in length, but does not begin on January 1st, is referred to as
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  • a fiscal year.
  • an interim period.
  • the time period assumption.
  • a reporting period.

Frage 21

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Adjustments would not be necessary if financial statements were prepared to reflect net income from
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  • monthly operations.
  • fiscal year operations.
  • interim operations.
  • lifetime operations.

Frage 22

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Management usually desires________________ financial statements and the IRS requires all businesses to file _______________ tax returns.
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  • annual, annual
  • monthly, annual
  • quarterly, monthly
  • monthly, monthly

Frage 23

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The time period assumption is also referred to as the
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  • calendar assumption.
  • cyclicity assumption.
  • periodicity assumption.
  • fiscal assumption.

Frage 24

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In general, the shorter the time period, the difficulty of making the proper adjustments to accounts
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  • is increased.
  • is decreased.
  • is unaffected.
  • depends on if there is a profit or loss.

Frage 25

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Which of the following is NOT common time period chosen by businesses as their accounting period?
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  • Daily.
  • Monthly.
  • Quarterly.
  • Annually.

Frage 26

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Which of the following time periods would NOT be referred to as an interim period?
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  • Monthly
  • Quarterly
  • Semi-annually
  • Annually

Frage 27

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The fiscal year of a business is usually determined by
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  • the IRS.
  • a lottery.
  • the business.
  • the SEC.

Frage 28

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Which of the following are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles?
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  • Accrual basis accounting.
  • Cash basis accounting.
  • Both accrual basis and cash basis accounting.
  • Neither accrual basis nor cash basis accounting.

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The revenue recognition principle dictates that revenue should be recognized in the accounting period
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  • in which cash is received.
  • in which the performance obligation is satisfied.
  • at the end of the month.
  • in which income taxes are paid.

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In a service-type business, revenue is recognized
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  • at the end of the month.
  • at the end of the year.
  • when the service is performed.
  • when cash is received.

Frage 31

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The expense recognition principle matches
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  • customers with businesses.
  • expenses with revenues.
  • assets with liabilities.
  • creditors with businesses.

Frage 32

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Which one of the following is not a justification for adjusting entries?
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  • Adjusting entries are necessary to ensure that the revenue recognition principle is followed.
  • Adjusting entries are necessary to ensure that the expense recognition principle is followed.
  • Adjusting entries are necessary to enable financial statements to be in conformity with GAAP.
  • Adjusting entries are necessary to bring the general ledger accounts in line with the budget.

Frage 33

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An adjusting entry
Antworten
  • affects two balance sheet accounts.
  • affects two income statement accounts.
  • affects a balance sheet account and an income statement account.
  • is always a compound entry.

Frage 34

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The preparation of adjusting entries is
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  • straight forward because the accounts that need adjustment will be out of balance.
  • often an involved process requiring the skills of a professional.
  • only required for accounts that do not have a normal balance.
  • optional when financial statements are prepared.

Frage 35

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If a resource has been consumed but a bill has not been received at the end of the accounting period, then
Antworten
  • an expense should be recorded when the bill is received.
  • an expense should be recorded when the cash is paid out.
  • an adjusting entry should be made recognizing the expense.
  • is is optional whether to record the expense before the bill is received.

Frage 36

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Accounts often need to be adjusted because
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  • there are never enough accounts to record all the transactions.
  • many transactions affect more then one time period.
  • there are always errors made in recording transactions.
  • management can' decide what they want to report.

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Adjusting entries are
Antworten
  • not necessary if the accounting system is operating properly.
  • usually required before financial statements are prepared.
  • made whenever management desires to change an account balance.
  • made to balance sheet accounts only.

Frage 38

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All of the following statements are correct except
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  • adjusting entries ensure that the revenue recognition and expense recognition principles are followed.
  • a company must make adjusting entries every time is prepares financial statements.
  • adjusting entries are made to balance sheet accounts only.
  • companies often prepare adjusting entries after the balance sheet date, but date them as of the balance sheet date.

Frage 39

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Accountants refer to an economic event as a
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  • purchase.
  • sale.
  • transaction.
  • change in ownership.

Frage 40

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The process of recording transactions has become more efficient because
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  • fewer events can be quantified in financial terms.
  • computers are used in processing business events.
  • more people have been hired to record business transactions.
  • business events are recorded only at the end of the year.

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Communication of economic events is the part of the accounting process that involves
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  • identifying economic events.
  • quantifying transactions into dollars and cents.
  • preparing accounting reports.
  • recording and classifying information.

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The use of computers in recording business events
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  • has made the recording process more efficient.
  • does not use the same principles as manual accounting systems.
  • has greatly impacted the identification stage of the accounting process.
  • is economical only for large businesses.

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Which of the following events cannot be quantified into dollars and cents and recorded as an accounting transaction?
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  • The appointment of a new CPA firm to perform an audit.
  • The purchase of a new computer.
  • The sale of store equipment.
  • Payment of income taxes.

Frage 44

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The accounting process involves all of the following except
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  • identifying economic transactions that are relevant to the business.
  • communicating financial information to users by preparing financial reports.
  • recording non-quantifiable economic events.
  • analyzing and interpreting financial reports.

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The accounting process is correctly sequenced as
Antworten
  • identification, communication, recording.
  • recording, communication, identification.
  • identification, recording, communication.
  • communication, recording, identification.

Frage 46

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Which of the following techniques are NOT used by accountants to interpret and report financial information?
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  • Graphs.
  • Special memos for each class of external users.
  • Charts.
  • Ratios.

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Accounting consists of three basic activities which are related to economic events of an organization. These include
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  • identifying, recording and communicating.
  • identifying, calculating and responding.
  • classifying, numbering and reporting.
  • issuing, reporting and classifying.

Frage 48

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All of the following statements are correct except
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  • Good decision-making depends on good information.
  • A vital element in communicating economic events is the accountant's ability to analyze and interpret reported information.
  • The origins of accounting are generally attributed to Socrates, a classical Greek philosopher, who promoted accounting as a social contract.
  • The information that a user of financial information needs depends upon the kinds of decisions the user makes.

Frage 49

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An account consists of
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  • one part.
  • two parts.
  • three parts.
  • four parts.

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The left side of an account is
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  • blank.
  • a description of the account.
  • the debit side.
  • the balance of the account.

Frage 51

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Which of the following is NOT part of an account?
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  • Credit side.
  • Trial balance.
  • Debit side.
  • Title.

Frage 52

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An account is a part of the financial information system and is described by all except which one of the following?
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  • An account has a debit and credit side.
  • An account is a source document.
  • An account may be part of a manual or a computerized accounting system.
  • An account has a title.

Frage 53

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The right side of an account
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  • is the correct side.
  • reflects all transactions for the accounting period.
  • shows all the balances of the accounts in the system.
  • is the credit side.

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An account consists of
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  • a title, a debit balance and a credit balance.
  • a title, a left side and a debit balance.
  • a title, a debit side and a credit side.
  • a title, a right side and and debit balance.

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A T-Account is
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  • a way of depicting the basic form of an account.
  • what the computer uses to organize bytes of information.
  • a special account used instead of a trial balance.
  • used for accounts that have both a debit and credit balance.

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Credits
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  • decrease both assets and liabilities.
  • decrease assets and increase liabilities.
  • increase both assets and liabilities.
  • increase assets and decrease liabilities.

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A debit to an asset account indicates
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  • an error.
  • a credit was made to a liability account.
  • a decrease in the asset.
  • an increase in the asset.

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The normal balance of any account is the
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  • left side.
  • right side.
  • side which increases that account.
  • side which decreases that account.

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The double-entry system requires that each transaction must be recorded
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  • in at least two different accounts.
  • in two sets of books.
  • in a journal and in a ledger.
  • first as a revenue and then as an expense.

Frage 60

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A credit is not the normal balance for which account listed below?
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  • Common stock account.
  • Revenue account.
  • Liability account.
  • Dividends account.

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Which of the following represents the expanded basic accounting equation?
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  • Assets = Liabilities + Common stock + Retained Earnings + Dividends - Revenues - Expenses
  • Assets + Dividends + Expenses = Liabilities + Common Stock + Retained Earnings + Revenues
  • Assets - Liabilities - Dividends = Common Stock + Retained Earnings + Revenues - Expenses
  • Assets = Revenues + Expenses - Liabilities

Frage 62

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Preparing a worksheet involves
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  • two steps
  • three steps
  • four steps
  • five steps

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The adjustments entered in the adjustments columns of a worksheet are
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  • not journalized.
  • posted to the ledger but not journalized.
  • not journalized until after the financial statements are prepared.
  • journalized before the worksheet is completed.

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The information for preparing a trial balance on a worksheet is obtained from
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  • financial statements.
  • general ledger accounts.
  • general journal entries.
  • business documents.

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After the adjusting entries are journalized and posted to the accounts in the general ledger, the balance of each account should agree with the balance shown on the
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  • adjusted trial balance.
  • post-closing trial balance.
  • the general journal.
  • adjustments columns of the worksheet.

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If the total debit column exceeds the total credit column of the income statement columns on a worksheet, then the company has
Antworten
  • earned net income for the period.
  • an error because debits do not equal credits.
  • suffered a net loss for the period.
  • to make and adjusting entry.

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A worksheet is a multiple column form that facilitates the
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  • identification of events.
  • measurement process.
  • preparation of financial statements.
  • analysis process.

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Which of the following companies would be least likely to use a worksheet to facilitate the adjustment process?
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  • Large company with numerous accounts.
  • Small company with numerous accounts.
  • All companies, since worksheets are required under generally accepted accounting principles.
  • Small company with few accounts.

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A worksheet can be thought of as a(n)
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  • permanent accounting record.
  • optional device used by accountants.
  • part of the general ledger.
  • part of the journal.

Frage 70

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The account, Supplied, will appear in the following debit columns of the worksheet.
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  • Trial Balance.
  • Adjusted Trial Balance.
  • Balance Sheet.
  • All of these.

Frage 71

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When constructing a worksheet, accounts are often needed that are not listed in the trial balance already entered on the worksheet from the ledger. Where should that additional accounts be shown on the worksheet?
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  • They should be inserted in alphabetical order into the trial balance accounts already given.
  • They should be inserted in chart of account order into the trial balance already given.
  • They should be inserted on the lines immediately below the trial balance totals.
  • They should not be inserted on the trial balance until the next accounting period.
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