ACG 2021- Final Exam Review

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Under which of the following do computer programs that limit unauthorized access to certain files fall?
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physical controls
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Which of the following is an effective internal control over cash disbursements?
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-The use of pre-numbered checks -The storage of blank checks in a secure place -The separation of authorization of checks and the actual writing of the checks
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When preparing a bank reconciliation, how are deposits in transit handled?
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added to the bank balance
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Handy Inc. permits only designated personnel such as cashiers to handle cash receipts. What principle is being applied?
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establishment of responsibility
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During a given year, several parties examine the financial records of ABC Company. These parties include internal auditors, independent auditors, and Internal Revenue Service agents. Which of these parties are considered employees of ABC Company?
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internal auditors
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Which of the following will not require an adjusting entry as a result of a bank reconciliation?
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deposits in transit
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Which of the following is not a reason why an organization establishes a system for internal control?
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to eliminate the need for an independent auditor
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Which one of the following is not a physical control?
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independent bank reconciliation
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Which of the following is not a principle of internal control?
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collusion between employees
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For which item below might a bank issue a credit memorandum to a depositor's account?
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interest earned
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Which of the following was not a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
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Companies must file financial statements with the Internal Revenue Service.
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Which of the following is not an element of the fraud triangle?
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collusion
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Which one of the following is a primary component of an internal control system?
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monitoring
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Which one of the statements below is true?
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The deposits in transit are added to the balance per the bank statement, and outstanding checks are deducted from the balance per the bank statement during the bank reconciliation process.
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Which of the following is an element of the fraud triangle?
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financial pressure
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Which one of the following control activities is relevant when a company uses a computerized (rather than manual) accounting system?
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-Establishment of responsibility -Segregation of duties -Independent internal verification
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Which one of the following is not a primary component of an internal control system?
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rationalization
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Which of the explicitly requires that all publicly traded companies must maintain adequate internal controls?
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the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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Which of the following is not an effective internal control over cash disbursements?
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Requiring personnel who authorize cash disbursements to work continuously without vacations
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Which of the following statements is false with regards to record-keeping for bank reconciliations?
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Deposits in transit do require a journal-entry once the bank reconciliation is completed.
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For which of the following might a bank issue a debit memorandum to a depositor's account?
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-NSF checks -monthly service charge
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An office supply store has a cashier who is also the accounts receivable clerk for the company. Which internal control principles is violated
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segregation of duties
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Which one of the following is not one of the principles of internal control?
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financial performance measures
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Which of the following statements is correct regarding internal controls?
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The person who has custody of assets should not perform the record keeping for the assets
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Which of these statements about national credit card (e.g., Visa) sales is incorrect?
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The retailer receives more cash when customers use national credit cards than when customers pay with cash instead of credit cards.
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Factoring is the process of
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selling accounts receivable at a discount to another party.
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What type of receivables result from sales transactions?
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trade receivables
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When an uncollectible account is recovered after it has been written off, two journal entries are recorded. Which of the following accounts will be debited in these two journal entries?
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First Accounts Receivable and second Cash
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Which one of the following is not one of the five basic issues in accounting for notes receivable?
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-determining the recipient -filing notes receivable
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Which of the following is the correct sequence to report receivables on the balance sheet?
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Accounts receivable, a 6-month note receivable, other receivables
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A promissory note will likely be used in all of the following settings except
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when the party making the note is a high risk creditor.
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What is often the most critical part of managing receivables?
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Determining who gets credit and who does not get credit
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If a company is concerned about lending money to a risky customer, which one of the following would it not want to do?
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Provide the customer a lengthy payment period
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Which one of the following statements is true?
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Bad Debts Expense is a temporary account and is closed at the end of the fiscal period, while Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a permanent account and remains open at the end of the fiscal period.
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At what value are accounts receivable reported on the balance sheet?
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net/cash realizable value
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Which of the following are used to compute cash realizable value?
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Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
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Which one of the following is not a method used by companies to accelerate cash receipts?
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writing off receivables
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At what amount is a short-term note receivable recorded on the issue date?
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face value
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When a note receivable is paid on time and no interest has been previously accrued, what will the journal entry to record the transaction contain?
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Two credits and one debit
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When is a receivable recorded by a merchandiser?
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At the point of sale of the merchandise on account.
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The ending balance of the Retained Earnings account appears on
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both the retained earnings statement and the balance sheet
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Which forms of business organization have owners called stockholders?
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corporations
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What type of account or account classification is Cost of Goods Sold?
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expense
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A company can change to a new method of accounting if management can justify that the new method results in
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more meaningful financial information
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Which financial statement is used by most corporations instead of the retained earnings statement?
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Statement of stockholders' equity
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What is the primary accounting standard-setting body in the United States?
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Financial Accounting Standards Board
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Which accounting assumption assumes that an enterprise will continue in operation long enough to carry out its existing objectives and commitments?
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Going concern assumption
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Which of the following is not an accounting assumption?
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Integrity
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Dividing net income minus preferred stock dividends by the average of common shares outstanding produces the following:
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earnings per share
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A company using the same accounting principles and the same accounting methods from one year to the next year is an application or example of
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consistency
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How does a company compute its free cash flow?
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Net cash provided by its operating activities-expenditures on property, plant, and equipment and its dividends paid.
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Which of these measures is an evaluation of a company's ability to pay current liabilities?
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Both the current ratio and working capital
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working capital formula
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working capital=current assets-current liabilities
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Which of the following is considered property, plant, and equipment on a classified balance sheet?
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land
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Which of the following is not a fundamental quality of useful accounting information?
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verifiability
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earnings per share
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earnings per share=net income-preferred dividends divided by average common share outstanding
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In a classified balance sheet, how and in what order are assets usually classified?
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Current assets; long-term investments; property, plant, and equipment; and intangible assets
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Which of the following is an indicator of profitability?
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earnings per share
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Which pair of accounts follows the rules of debit and credit in relation to increases and decreases in the opposite manner?
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dividends and retained earnings
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If an previously unrecorded expense is paid with cash then recording the transaction will
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increase expenses and decrease liabilities
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Transactions are initially recorded in chronological order in a __________ before they are transferred to the accounts.
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journal
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If the sum of the debit column equals the sum of the credit column in a trial balance, it indicates
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the mathematical equality of the accounting equation.
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When a trial balance balances, it is an indication that
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debits equal credits
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If a company receives cash from an owner in exchange for shares of the company's common stock, then
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assets increase and stockholders' equity increases
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Debits increase
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assets and decrease liabilities.
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Which of the following is not reported as a financing activity in the statement of cash flows?
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buying equipment
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What journal entry is recorded as a result of issuing stock to investors for cash?
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A debit to Cash and a credit to Common Stock
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An account is a part of a company's financial information system and is described by all except which one of the following?
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an account is a source document
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Paying for a one-year insurance policy that will expire next year
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increases assets and decreases assets
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ending retained earnings
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beginning retained earnings+net income-expenses-dividends=ending retained earnings
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If a company buys supplies on account, then
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assets increase and liabilities increase
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If a company borrows money from a bank, then
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assets increase and liabilities increase
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If a company records wages when it pays them, then recording the payment of wages
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decreases assets and decreases stockholders' equity
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Which of the following events is not recorded in a company's accounting records?
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An employee is terminated
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posting transfers
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journal entry amounts to ledger accounts
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What does a general ledger of a company contain?
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All the asset, liability, stockholders' equity, revenue, expense, and dividend accounts
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Which of the following is evidence that a transaction has occurred that needs to be recording in a company's accounting records?
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source document
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If cash is received in advance from a customer
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liabilities will increase and assets will increase.
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The effects of a receipt of cash in advance from a customer on the basic accounting equation are to
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increase assets and increase liabilities
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Accounts with normal credit balances include
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liabilities and stockholders' equity
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Although steps are missing, which of the following lists steps of the accounting cycle in their correct order?
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Journalize the transactions, journalize the adjusting entries, journalize the closing entries.
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Financial statements can be prepared directly from the
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adjusted trial balance
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Payments from customers received before performing services for the customers are recorded as
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liabilities
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Which of the following is not a typical example of a prepaid expense?
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wages
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Companies prepare various types of trial balances. Which trial balance lists all of a company's permanent and temporary accounts?
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the adjusted trial balance
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Which one of these statements about the accrual-basis of accounting is false?
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Companies record revenue only when they receive cash, and record expense only when they pay out cash.
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The generally accepted accounting principle which dictates that revenue be recognized in the accounting period in which the performance obligation is satisfied is the
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revenue recognition principle
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At the end of the fiscal year, the usual adjusting entry for accrued salaries owed to employees was omitted. Which of the following statements is true?
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Liabilities at the end of the year are understated.
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If the year-end adjusting entry to record salaries owed to employees were omitted then
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total liabilities would be understated.
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Which of the following correctly describes the closing process?
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Net income is transferred to the Retained Earnings account.
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A certain company debited prepaid insurance when it paid for a one-year insurance policy. If the company does not record any year-end adjusting entries then
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stockholders' equity would be overstated.
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Adjusting entries are made to ensure that
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-revenues are recorded in the period in which the performance obligation is satisfied. -balance sheet and income statement accounts have correct balances at the end of an accounting period.
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Which inventory system will likely be used by a company with merchandise that has a high per unit value?
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perpetual inventory system
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A company's gross profit rate is lower this year compared to the prior year. Which of the following would not be a possible cause for this decline in the gross profit rate?
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the company began selling products with a higher markup
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What type of account is Sales Returns and Allowances?
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contra revenue account
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In a periodic inventory system, when is the cost of the merchandise sold determined?
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at the end of the period
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Cost of goods sold
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beginning inventory+purchases- ending inventory=cost of goods sold
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net sales
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net sales=sales revenues-sales returns and allowances-sales discounts
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gross profit
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gross profit=net sales-cost of goods sold OR gross profit=net income+operating expenses
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gross profit ratio
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gross profit ratio=gross profit/net sales
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profit margin
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profit margin=net income/net sales
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Inventory costing methods place primary reliance on assumptions about the flow of
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costs
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When terms are FOB shipping point
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ownership of the goods passes to the buyer when the public carrier accepts the goods from the seller.
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Reporting which one of the following allows analysts to make adjustments to compare companies using different cost flow methods?
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LIFO reserve
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Which of the following should be included in the physical inventory of a company?
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Goods shipped on consignment to another company
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When is a physical inventory usually taken?
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At the end of the company's fiscal year
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Which of these transactions would cause the days in inventory ratio to increase the most?
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Increasing the amount of inventory on hand and decreasing sales
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Which of the following is an inventory account?
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finished goods
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What is the underlying rationale for the lower-of-cost-or-market rule?
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conservatism
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factoring is a process of
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selling accounts receivable at a discount to another party
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Offering discounts for early payment is a method used by companies to
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Accelerate the collection of cash
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Which of the following pairs of accounts increase on opposite sides?
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intangibles and bonds payable
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Which method will lead to the lowest net income when prices are rising? (LIFO or FIFO)
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LIFO