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Question 1

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A stockholer is an owner of one or more shares of a corporation
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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Retained earnings are earnings distributed to stockholders
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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A dividend is an amount earned by a corporation and not yet distributed to stockholders.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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A group of persons elected by the stockholders to manage a corporation is called a board of directors.
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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A board of directors distributes earnings of a corporation to stockholders by declaring a dividend
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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The purpose of a work sheet is to plan adjustments and summarize their information necessary to prepare financial statments
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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The steps for preparing a work sheet are similar for proprietorships and corporations
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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The Supplies-Office account must be adjusted to show the expense of hat supplies that are used during the year
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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The Prepaid Insurance account is adjusted to show the value of insurance that has been used
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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During a fiscal period, the amount of merchandise on hand increases and decreases
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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Assets that will be used for a number of years in the operation of a business are called current assets
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  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Accumulated depreciation is the depreciation expense that has been recorded since the purchase of a plant asset
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  • True
  • False

Question 13

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Federal income tax is an expense of a corporation
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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When a corporation makes the quarterly payment of estimated federal income tax, the cash account is credited.
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Financial statements provide the primary source of information needed by owners and managers to make decisions on the future activity of business.
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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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An income statement is used to report a business's financial progress
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  • True
  • False

Question 17

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An income statement for a merchandising business has three main sections: revenue section, cost of merchandise sold section, and expenses section
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  • True
  • False

Question 18

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Cost of merchandise sold is also known as cost of goods sold
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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Total expenses on an income statement are deducted from the gross profit on sales to find net income before federal income tax
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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When a business's expenses are less than the gross profit on sales, the difference is known as a net loss.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Increasing sales revenue while keeping cost of merchandise sold the sale will increase gross profit on sales
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  • True
  • False

Question 22

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A statement of stockholders' equity contains two major sections: capital stock and retained earnings
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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Data needed to prepare the liabilities section of a balance sheet are obtained from a work sheet
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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Rules double lines across both amount columns below the Assets section and below the Stockholders' Equity section show that the assets equal liabilities plus owners' equity
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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General ledger account balances are changed only by posting journal entries
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  • True
  • False

Question 26

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Temporary accounts are closed at the end of a fiscal period to prepare the general ledger for the next fiscal period
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  • True
  • False

Question 27

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The trial balance columns of a work sheet and an income statement contain the information needed to journalize closing entries
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  • True
  • False

Question 28

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The ending account balances of permanent accounts for one fiscal period are the beginning account balances for the next fiscal period.
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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The income summary account is closed into the retained earnings account
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  • True
  • False

Question 30

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After all closing entries are posted, the income statement accounts are the only general ledger accounts that have balances
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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The purpose of the post-closing trial balance is to prove the general ledger equality of debits and credits.
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  • True
  • False

Question 32

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An income statement has three main sections for
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  • assets, liabilities and owner's equity
  • revenue, expenses, and inventory
  • revenue, cost of merchandise sold, and expenses
  • owner's equity share of net income, and drawing

Question 33

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cost of merchandise sold is found by taking the amount of beginning merchandice inventory
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  • less purchases plus ending inventory
  • plus gross profit on sales
  • less expenses
  • plus purchases less ending inventory

Question 34

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The revenue remaining after cost of merchandise sold has been deducted is
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  • gross profit on sales
  • cost of merchandise sold
  • net sales
  • total sales

Question 35

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one way to increase gross profit on sales is to
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  • decrease expenses
  • decrease sales revenue
  • increase sales revenue
  • increase cost of merchandise sold

Question 36

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a financial statement that summarizes the changes in a corporation's ownership for a fiscal period is
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  • an income statement
  • a balance sheet
  • a statement of stockholder's equity
  • a distribution of net income statement

Question 37

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a financial statement that reports a corporation's assets, liabilities, and stockholder's equity on a specific date
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  • an income statment
  • a balance sheet
  • an owner's equity statement
  • a distribution of net income statement

Question 38

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to prepare the corporation's balance sheet, use the information from
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  • the balance sheet columns of your worksheet
  • the owner's equity statement
  • both
  • neither

Question 39

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When information about the account balance of each vendors needed,
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  • an income statement is prepared
  • a schedule of accounts payable is prepared
  • a schedule of account receivable is prepared
  • a distribution of net income statement is prepared

Question 40

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Liabilities owed for more than a year are called
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  • current liabilties
  • long term liabilities
  • short term liabiltiies
  • debs

Question 41

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On an income statement, merchandising businesses report
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  • revenue
  • cost of merchandise sold
  • gross profit on sales
  • all of the above

Question 42

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Total sales less sales discount and sales returns and allowances is called
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  • net profit
  • net income
  • net sales
  • none of the above

Question 43

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The two types of journal entries needed to change general ledger account balances at the end of the fiscal period are
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  • adjusting and correcting entries
  • closing and correcting entries
  • adjusting and closing entries
  • none of the above

Question 44

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Information needed for journalizing adjusting entries is taken from the
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  • Trial Balance columns of a work sheet
  • Adjustment columns of a work sheet
  • Income statement columns of a work sheet
  • Balance Sheet columns of a work sheet

Question 45

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The store supplies inventory adjustment includes a debit to Supplies Expense--Store and a credit to
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  • Income Summary
  • Merchandise Inventory
  • Purshases
  • Supplies--Store

Question 46

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The amounts needed for closing entries are obtained from the work sheet's
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  • Trial Balance and Balance Sheet columns
  • Adjustments and Balance Sheet columns
  • Income Statement and Balance Sheet columns
  • Balance Sheet columns

Question 47

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To close the revenue account, the revenue account balance for the fiscal period is transferred into
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  • the income summary account
  • the capital accounts
  • the cash account
  • none of the above

Question 48

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To close the sales account
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  • debit Sales; credit cash
  • debit Sales; credit Income Summary
  • debit Income Summary; credit Sales
  • debit Cash; credit Sales

Question 49

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To close the expense and cost accounts
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  • debit the expenses and cost accounts; credit Income Summary
  • debit the expense accounts; credit the capital accounts
  • debit Income Summary; credit the expense and cost accounts
  • debit Income Summary; credit the capital accounts

Question 50

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To close the income summary account when there is net income
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  • debit Cash; credit Income Summary
  • debit the capital accounts; credit Income Summary
  • debit Income Summary; credit Retained Earnings
  • debit Retained Earnings; credit Income Summary

Question 51

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Which journal entires change general ledger account balances at the end of a fiscal period
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  • Adjusting entries
  • Closing entries
  • both
  • neither

Question 52

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Which balance sheet accounts have up-to-date balances to begin a new fiscal period?
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  • Asset accounts
  • Liability accounts
  • Capital Accounts
  • All of the above

Question 53

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Merchandising businesses use an accounting cycle similar to the accounting cycle of
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  • service businesses
  • proprietorships
  • corporations
  • all of the above

Question 54

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After adjusting and closing entries have been posted to the general ledger, a
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  • balance sheet is prepared
  • trial balance is prepared
  • post-closing balance sheet is prepared
  • post-closing trial balance is prepared
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