Accounting Test Three

25 July 2022
4.7 (114 reviews)
49 test answers

Unlock all answers in this set

Unlock answers (45)
question
Plant assets are defined as;
answer
Tangible assets that have a useful life of more than one accounting period and are used in the operation of a business.
question
Salvage value is;
answer
An estimate of the asset's value at the end of its benefit period.
question
Honoring a note receivable indicates that the maker has:
answer
Paid in full
question
Betterments are;
answer
Expenditures making a plant asset more efficient or productive.
question
The depreciation method in which a plant asset's depreciation expense for a period is determined by applying a constant depreciation rate to the asset's beginning-of-period book value is called:
answer
Declining-Balance deprecation
question
Gideon Company uses the direct write-off method of accounting for uncollectible accounts. On May 3, the Gideon Company wrote off the $2,000 uncollectible account of its customer, A. Hopkins. The entry or entries Gideon makes to record the write off of the account on May 3 is:
answer
Bad debt expense (debit $2,000) Accounts receivable- A Hopkins (credit $2,000)
question
Which of the following is an example of an extraordinary repair?
answer
Replacing the roof on a manufacturing warehouse.
question
A company receives 10%, 120-day note for $1,500. The total interest due on the maturity date is: (Use 360 days a year.)
answer
$50.00
question
Another name for a capital expenditure is:
answer
Balance sheet expenditure
question
One characteristic of plant assets is that they are:
answer
Used in operation
question
A receivable is an amount due from another party;
answer
True
question
A credit sale of $5,275 to a customer would result in which of the following?
answer
A debit to the Accounts Receivable account in the general ledger and a debit to the customer's account in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger.
question
The depreciation method that charges the same amount of expense to each period of the asset's useful life is called:
answer
Straight-Line deprecation
question
A promissory note is a written promise to pay a specified amount of money either on demand or at a definite future date.
answer
True
question
A company purchased a delivery van for $28,000 with a salvage value of $3,000 on September 1, Year 1. It has an estimated useful life of 5 years. Using the straight-line method, how much depreciation expense should the company recognize on December 31, Year 1?
answer
(Ask Mr.Brock)
question
A liability is a probable future payment of assets or services that a company is presently obligated to make as a result of past transactions or events.
answer
True
question
The maturity date of a note receivable:
answer
Is the day the note is due to be repaid.
question
A method of estimating bad debts expense that involves a detailed examination of outstanding accounts and the length of time past due is the:
answer
Aging of accounts receivable method
question
Which of the following is not true regarding a credit card expense?
answer
Credit card expense is not recorded by the seller.
question
A benefit of using an accelerated depreciation method is that:
answer
It yields larger depreciation expense in the early years of an asset's life.
question
As long as a company accurately records total credit sales information, it is not necessary to have separate accounts for specific customers.
answer
False
question
Extraordinary repairs;
answer
Extend the useful life of an asset beyond its original estimate.
question
Gideon Company uses the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts. On May 3, the Gideon Company wrote off the $2,000 uncollectible account of its customer, A. Hopkins. The entry or entries Gideon makes to record the write off of the account on May 3 is:
answer
Allowance for doubtful accounts (debit $2,000) Accounts Receivable- A. Hopkins (Credit $2,000)
question
The depreciation method that produces larger depreciation expense during the early years of an asset's life and smaller expense in the later years is a(an):
answer
Acceleration deprecation method
question
The relevant factors in computing depreciation do not include:
answer
Market Value
question
A promissory note
answer
Is a written promise to pay a specified amount of money at a certain date.
question
Which of the following is not classified as plant assets?
answer
Patent
question
Ordinary repairs meet all of the following criteria except:
answer
Extend the useful life of an asset beyond its original estimate.
question
To capitalize an expenditure is to:
answer
Debit an asset account
question
Revenue expenditures
answer
Are additional costs of plant assets that do not materially increase the asset's life or its productive capabilities.
question
A company purchased a weaving machine for $190,000. The machine has a useful life of 8 years and a residual value of $10,000. It is estimated that the machine could produce 75,000 bolts of woven fabric over its useful life. In the first year, 15,000 bolts were produced. In the second year, production increased to 19,000 units. Using the units-of-production method, what is the amount of depreciation expense that should be recorded for the second year?
answer
$45,600
question
Which of the following is not true about the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts?
answer
Its a liability account
question
Failure by a promissory notes' maker to pay the amount due at maturity is known as:
answer
Dishonoring a note
question
The straight-line depreciation method and the double-declining-balance depreciation method:
answer
Produce the same total depreciation over an asset's useful life.
question
Land improvements are:
answer
Assets that increase the usefulness of land, but that have a limited useful life and are subject to depreciation.
question
The term, obsolescence, as it relates to the useful life of an asset, refers to:
answer
A plant asset that is no longer useful in producing goods and services with a competitive advantage.
question
The depreciation method that allocates an equal portion of the total depreciable cost for a plant asset to each unit produced is called:
answer
Units-of-production depreciation.
question
Sellers allow customers to use credit cards for all of the following reasons except:
answer
To be able to charge more due to fees and interest.
question
If a credit card sale is made, the seller debits Cash and credits Sales for the same amount.
answer
False
question
The allowance method based on the idea that a given percent of a company's credit sales for the period is uncollectible is:
answer
The percent of sales method.
question
Separate accounts receivable information for each customer is important because it reveals all of the following except:
answer
When the customer intends to pay outstanding balances.
question
The maturity date of a note refers to the date the note must be repaid.
answer
True
question
Deprecation
answer
Measures physical deterioration of an asset.
question
The cost of land would not include:
answer
The cost of parking lot lighting
question
The interest accrued on $7,500 at 6% for 90 days is: (Use 360 days a year.)
answer
$112.50
question
Obligations not due within one year or the company's operating cycle, whichever is longer, are reported as current liabilities
answer
False
question
The quality of receivables refers to:
answer
The likelihood of collection without loss.
question
A single liability cannot be divided between current and noncurrent liabilities.
answer
False
question
Credit sales are recorded by crediting Accounts Receivable.
answer
False