Accounting Exam 1 example #20346

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Liabilities are reported on the
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Balance sheet
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The monetary value charged to customers for the performance of services sold is called a(n)
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Revenue
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An entity that is organized according to state or federal statutes and in which ownership is divided into shares of stock is a
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Corporations
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An end-of-period spreadsheet includes columns for
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Adjusting Entries
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Which of the following is NOT an essential part of the accounting records
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The end-of-period spreadsheet
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The increases in stockholders equity attributes to selling services or products to customers are called
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Revenues
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A business's current assets divided by its current liabilities is equal to its
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current ratios
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Accounts
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records of increases and decreases in individual accounting equation elements
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The process of initially recording a business transaction is called
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Journalizing
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Which one of the fixed asset accounts listed below will NOT have a related contra asset account
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Land
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The process of recording a transaction in the journal is called
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Journalizing
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Accrued expenses are ordinarily reported on the balance sheet as
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Liabilities
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Prepaid insurance is reported on the balance sheet as a
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Current asset
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The process of transferring the debits and credits from the journal entries to the accounts is called
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Posting
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The account type and normal balance of unearned revenue is
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Liability, credit
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What is the first account that should be listed on the post closing trial balance
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Cash
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The debt created by a business when it makes a purchase on account is referred to as an
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Account payable
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What effect will this adjusting journal entry have on the accounting records? Supplies expense 760 Supplies 760
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Decrease net income
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Which of the following groups of accounts have a normal debit balance?
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Assets and expenses
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Prepaid advertising, representing payments for the next quarter, would be reported on the balance sheet as a(n)
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Asset
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If there is a balance in the unearned subscription account after adjusting entries are made, it represents a(n)
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Deferral
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The type of account and normal balance of prepaid insurance is
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Asset, debit
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Diane's Designs purchased a one-year liability insurance policy on March 1 of a year for $8400 and recorded it as a prepaid expense. Which of the following amounts would be recorded as insurance expense during the adjusting process at the end of Diane's first month fo operations on March 31?
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$700
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Many countries outside the U.S. use financial accounting standards issued by the
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IASB
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The ________ is where a transaction can first be found in the accounting records
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Journal
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Which of the following accounts is a stockholders equity account?
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Common stock
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Supplies are recorded as assets when purchased. Therefore, the credit to supplies in the adjusting entry is for the amount of supplies
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Used
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If an adjusting entry is made on the last day of the current accounting period by debiting Wages Expense and crediting Wages Payable for accrued wages earned but not yet paid, a reversing entry on the first day of the next accounting period will:
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Debit wages payable and credit wages expense
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A list of the accounts used by a business is called the
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Chart of accounts
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Two common areas of accounting that respectively provide information to internal and external users are
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Managerial and financial accounting
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The assets section of the balance sheet normally presents assets in
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The order in which they will be converted into cash or used in operations
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Diane's Design purchased a one year liability insurance policy on March 1 of a year for $4680 & recorded it as a prepaid expense. Which of the following amounts would be recorded as insurance expense during the adjusting process at the end of Diane's first month of operations on March 31?
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$390
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The income summary account is also called
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The clearing account
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Which of the following is a service business?
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Facebook
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As time passes, fixed assets other than land lose their capacity to provide useful services. To account for this decrease in usefulness, the cost of fixed assets is systematically allocated to expense through a process called
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Depreciation
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The classification and normal balance of the accounts payable account is
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A liability with a credit balance
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Which of the following is an example of a prepaid expense?
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Supplies
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Which of the following accounts is a liability?
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Accounts payable
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Generally accepted accounting principles require that companies use the ____ of accounting
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Accrual basis
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Debts owed by a business are referred to as
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Liabilities
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A group of accounts for a business entity is called a
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Ledger
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A list of accounts in the ledger is called a
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Chart of accounts
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Resources owned by the business entity
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Assets
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Debts owed to outsiders (creditors)
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Liabilities
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_______ account represents distributions of earnings to stockholders
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dividends
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a transaction is initially entered in a record is called a
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journal
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When a business agrees that a customer may pay for services provided at a later date, a _____ is created
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Account receivable
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What occurs when the order of the digits is copied incorrectly, such as writing $542 as 452
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Transposition
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A ____ is where the entire number is copied incorrectly one or more spaces to the right or the left, such as writing 542.00 as 54.20
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Slide
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Under the ____ revenues are reported on the income statement in the period in which a service has been performed or a product has been delivered
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Accrual basis of accounting
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Under the ___, revenues and expenses are reported on the income statement in the period in which cash is received or paid
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Cash basis of accounting
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Under the _______ revenues are recorded when services have been performed or products have been delivered to customers
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Revenue recognition principle
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Under the _____, the expense incurred in generating revenue must be reported in the same period as the related revenue
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Expense recognition principle or matching principle
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The analysis and updating of accounts at the end of the period before the financial statements are prepared is called the
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Adjusting process
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The journal entries that bring the accounts up to date at the end of the accounting period are called
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Adjusting entries
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The two general classifications of accounts requiring adjustment are
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Accruals and deferrals
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Physical resources that are owned and used by a business and are permanent or have a long life
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Fixed assets
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Written promises by the customer to pay the amount of the note and interest
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Notes receivable
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a temporary account that is only used during the closing process
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Income summary
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The accounting process that begins with analyzing and journalizing transactions and ends with the post-closing trial balance is called the
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Accounting cycle
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The annual accounting period adopted by a business is known as its
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Fiscal year
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When a corporation adopts a fiscal year that ends when business activities have reached the lowest point in its annual operating cycle, such as fiscal year is called
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Natural business year
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The ability to convert assets into cash is called
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Liquidity
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The ability of a business to pay its debts is called
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Solvency
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The excess of the current assets of a business over its current liabilities
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Working capital
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Accrued revenues are revenues that
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have been earned but not received
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All adjusting entries effect
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at least one income statement account and one balance sheet account
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Revenue is recorded when services have been performed or products have been delivered to customers. The accounting principle supporting this reporting is
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Revenue recognition principle
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if an adjustment for $7500 in accrued revenues is omitted, how will this affect the financial statements?
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Net income will be understated by $7,500
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The recording of adjusting entries is supported by the
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Matching principle
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Barry Company received $8000 full payment in advance for services that are 60 percent complete at the end of the period. The adjusting entry will
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Debit unearned revenue for $4,800 and credit fees earned for $4,800
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The $9,600 balance in Fellow's Company's prepaid insurance account represents 6 months of insurance. The insurance was purchased on December 1. Which of the following should be included in the adjusting journal of entry on December 31?
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Debit to insurance expense for $1,600
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Which statement is true regarding the cash basis of accounting?
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Revenues are reported in the period in which the cash is received, and expenses are reported when cash is paid out
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If the adjustment for accrues expenses is not recorded
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net income will be overstated
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The adjusting entry for accrued revenues includes a
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debit to an asset account
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If the adjustment for accrued revenue is not recorded
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net income will be understated
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Clever Computers has a five-day work week and pays the office staff $3,050 each week. If the month ends on a Thursday, the adjusting entry will credit Wages Payable for
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$2,440
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Which of the following represents an accrual?
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Wages payable
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The adjusting entry for accrued revenues
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is the same journal entry as recording revenue on account
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Brown Co. pays weekly salaries of $10,500 on Friday for a five-day workweek ending on that day. Assuming the end of the accounting period ends on Wednesday, the adjusting journal entry will include a
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Credit to Wages Payable for $6,300
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On December 15, Jay Cleaning Co. agreed to provide Kay Co. with bimonthly cleaning services for its offices. The services will be billed to Kay Co. on the fifteenth of each month at a rate of $400. As of December 31, Jay Cleaning has provided its first cleaning of Kay's offices. The adjusting entry for Jay's Cleaning should include a
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debit to Accounts Receivable for $200
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Which of the following would be classified as unearned revenue?
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Cash received for services not yet rendered
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Prepaid expenses
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are an advance payment of cash
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If the adjustment of unearned revenue is not recorded
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Net income will be understated
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The unearned subscriptions account reflected a balance of $32,500 prior to any adjustments. It is determined that $9,800 in subscriptions remain unearned at the end of the period. The adjusting journal entry should include a
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credit to Subscriptions Revenue for $22,700
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Which of the following represents a deferral?
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Prepaid insurance
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GreenSource Company began the period with $330 in supplies. During the month, an additional $1,500 of supplies were purchased. A physical inventory at the end of the period revealed that there were $585 of supplies on hand. The adjusting entry should include a
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Credit to Supplies for $1,245
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If the adjustment for unearned revenues is not recorded
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Net income will be understated
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The balance in the unearned rent account for Jackson Co. as of December 31 is $1,500. If Jackson, Co. failed to record the adjusting entry of $500 of rent earned in December, the effect on the balance sheet and income statement for December would be
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Liabilities overstated $500; net income understated $500
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Unearned revenues
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are referred to as future revenues
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If the adjustment for prepaid expenses is not recorded
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Net income will be overstated
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Which of the following would be classified as unearned revenue?
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Cash received for services not yet rendered
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If the adjustment for depreciation is not recorded
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Net income is overstated
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If the estimated amount of depreciation on equipment for a period is $3,500, the adjusting entry to record depreciation would be
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debit Depreciation Expense $3,500; credit Accumulated Depreciation $3,500
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The difference between the cost of a fixed asset and its accumulated depreciation is known as its
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book value
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When recording the adjusting entry for depreciation expense, the fixed asset account balance
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stays the same
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Boxer Company purchased store equipment for $12,000 on December 3. The store equipment depreciated $500 in December. The book value of the store equipment on December 31 is
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$11,500
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If the following adjusting entry is omitted, what effect will it have on the financial statements? Unearned rent 1,900 Rent revenue 1,900
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Revenues will be understated by $1,900
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Adjusting entries are dated
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at the end of the accounting period
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When recording an adjusting entry for prepaid expenses
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an asset account is credited
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Which of the following is true regarding adjusting entries?
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None of these statements are true
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Because collecting the adjustment data requires time, the adjusting entries are often
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entered later but dated as of the last day of the period
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If the following adjusting entry is omitted, what effect will it have on net income? Depreciation Expense 4,300 Accumulated Depreciation 4,300
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Net income will be overstated by $4,300
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When recording an adjusting entry for unearned revenues
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A liability account is debited
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All of the following are types of adjustments except
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Cash expenses
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If an adjustment for salaries earned but not recorded or paid in the amount of $85,000 were to be omitted, how would this affect the financial statements?
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All of these effects would occur
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After which of the following errors would the adjusted trial balance totals NOT agree?
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A debit to Accounts Receivable was inadvertently posted as a credit to Accounts Payable
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Once the adjusted trial balance is balanced, it can be used to prepare
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The income statement, the retained earning statement, and the classified balance sheet
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The purpose of the adjusted trial balance is to verify
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The equality of the total debit balances and total credit balances after adjustments have been recorded
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Which of the following errors would cause the adjusted trial balance to be unequal?
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The adjustment for depreciation of $3,545 was journalized as a debit to Depreciation Expense for $3,454 and a credit to Accumulated Depreciation of $3,545
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Which of the following would not cause the adjusted trial balance totals to be unequal?
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The adjustment for prepaid insurance was omitted
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In the vertical analysis of an income statement
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each item is stated as a percent of revenues or fees earned
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about vertical analysis?
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The dollar amount of change in each line item is calculated
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Using the following information, prepare a vertical analysis of two years' income statements. Fees earned is $153,500 for year 2 and $149,700 for year 1. Operating expenses are $122,800 for year 2 and $127,245 for year 1. Which of the following statements is true?
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Operating income has increased as a percentage of revenue
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Comparing each line of a financial statement with a total amount from the same financial statement is referred to as
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vertical analysis
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Vertical analysis can be used to analyze changes
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on an income statement, on a balance sheet and overtime
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Which of the following statements is true about vertical analysis?
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It is useful in analyzing relationships within a financial statement
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Which of the following is NOT true regarding the flow of information from the adjusted trial balance on the end-of-period spreadsheet?
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The income summary balance flows into the income statement
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Using an end-of-period spreadsheet, the flow of accounting information moves from the
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Adjusted trial balance to the financial statements
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The balance of the dividends account on the adjusted trial balance of the end-of-period spreadsheet flows into which of the following financial statements?
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The retained earnings statements
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On the end-of-period spreadsheet, Prepaid Insurance has a balance of $2,400 in the Unadjusted Trial Balance Debit column and an adjustment of $200 in the adjustments credit column. What amount should appear for Prepaid Insurance in the Adjusted Trial Balance column and ultimately the balance sheet?
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A debit of $2,200
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Which of the following is true regarding the end-of-period spreadsheet?
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Amounts are read across a row and added or subtracted to determine the amounts to insert in the Adjusted Trial Balance columns
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Which of the following is true regarding the flow of information from the adjusted trial balance on the end-of-period spreadsheet?
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The revenue and expense account balances flow into the income statement
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On the end-of-period spreadsheet, Accumulated Depreciation has a balance of $600 in the Unadjusted Trial Balance column and an adjustment of $200 in the Adjusted Credit column. What amount should appear for Accumulated Depreciation in the Adjusted Trial Balance column?
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A credit of $800
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All of the following statements are true regarding retained earnings EXCEPT
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The first item normally presented on the retained earnings statement is the balance retained earnings at the end of the period
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Which of the following are examples of subsections found on a classified balance sheet?
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Current assets; long-term liabilities; property, plant, and equipment
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The listing of expenses on the income statement is ordered
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by size, beginning with the largest item and putting miscellaneous expense as the last item
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity equals $44,750, total current assets equal $19,800, land equals $15,000, and accumulated depreciation-- equipment equals $1,550. What is the amount of equipment on the balance sheet?
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$11,500
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Which of the following will increase retained earnings on the retained earnings statement?
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Net income only
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The following is the retained earnings statement for Cloud Computer Service Company: Retained Earnings Jan. 1 $17,068 Net income $?????? Dividends (5,000) Change in RE $???? Retained Earnings Dec 31 $18,905 Calculate the net income to complete the statement
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$6,837
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Which of the following will be reported in the subsection of the balance sheet called current assets?
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Cash, accounts receivable, supplies
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Total revenues equal $25,700, and total expenses equal $17,500. What is the amount of net income or loss?
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Net income of $8,200
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Which of the following is true regarding the income statement?
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-It's prepared using the account balances shown in the Adjusted Trial Balance columns of the end-of-period spreadsheet. -Miscellaneous expense is listed as the last expense item, regardless of its amount -It must be prepared before the retained earnings statement
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Which of the following accounts will be closed with a credit?
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Depreciation Expense
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What is the purpose of the income summary account?
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Income summary is used as a temporary clearing account to transfer the nominal accounts to the retained earnings account
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The following are income and expense items on the adjusted trial balance of Barker Company: Fees earned $18,791 Rent Expense $4,600 Wages Expense $5,678 Miscellaneous Expense $440 Which of the following will be included in the second closing entry?
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Debit to income summary for $10,718
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After the first two closing entries have been made, the income summary account has a debit of $49,850 and a credit of $78,200. The third closing entry would include a
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Debit to income summary for $28,350
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Which of the following accounts will NOT be closed at the end of the accounting cycle?
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Real accounts
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The following are SOME of the steps in the accounting cycle. Which of the following reflects the steps in the correct order? A) Financial statements are prepared B) An unadjusted trial balance is prepared C) Closing entries are journalized and posted to the ledger D) Journalized business transactions are posted to the ledger E) A post-closing trial balance is prepared
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D, B, A, C, E
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Of the following, which step is NOT a requirement during the accounting cycle?
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an end-of-period spreadsheet is prepared
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Of the following steps of the accounting cycle, which step should be completed last?
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Closing entries are journalized and posted to the ledger
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In which of the following steps of the accounting cycle will the clearing account be used?
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Step 9: Journalizing and posting closing entries
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The journal entry to record $4,500 cash received from clients on account would include a
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credit to Accounts Receivable for $4,500
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Which of the following is the last step of the posting process?
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Enter the ledger account number in the Post Ref. column in the journal
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The posting of depreciation expense will be done during which step of the accounting cycle?
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Step 6: Journalizing and posting adjusting entries
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A company's net income or net loss for a period is determined during which of the following steps of the accounting cycle?
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When financial statements are prepared
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The journal entry to record a payment of dividends includes a
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Debit to dividends
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What is the major difference between the post-closing trial balance and the other two trial balances?
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The post-closing trial balance is the only one to include only real accounts
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The journal entry to record $6,000 cash received for $7,000 services performed would include
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A credit to fees earned for $7,000
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The following are reasons to close the accounts at the end of the year EXCEPT
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To close all real accounts
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A calendar year ends
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on December 31 of each year
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The annual accounting period (fiscal year) most commonly adopted by businesses is
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January 1 to December 31
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The natural business year ends
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When business activities have reached the lowest point in a company's fiscal year end
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The fiscal year selected by a company
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Is not characterized by these answer choices
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Why is it favorable to select a fiscal year that ends when the operating cycle is at its lowest point?
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The business has more time to analyze the results of operations and to prepare financial statements
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The following data were taken from the records of Menendez Company: Current assets $ 5,000 Property, plant, and equipment 10,000 Current liabilities 3,500 Long-term liabilities 5,000 Stockholders' equity 6,500 What is Menendez Company's working capital?
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$1,500
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Which of the following statements is true?
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The current ratio is more useful than working capital in making comparisons across companies.
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The numerator in the current ratio calculation is
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Current assets
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The following data were taken from the records of Action Company and Brown Company: (Data are in thousands) Action Company Brown Company Current assets $15,000 $10,000 Current liabilities $14,500 $5,000 Working capital $500 $5,000 Current ratio 1.03 2.00 Based on these data, a supplier
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would be more eager to extend credit to Brown Company.
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Working capital is
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the excess of the current assets of a business over its current liabilities.