Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Assets

ACC201 STUDY GUIDE for TEST ONE (Chapters 1, 2, 3) Test 1 testament consist of 50-60 of the questions below. (Finding the answers to these questions is part of the review) True or False 1. Owners uprightness represents the amount of assets that can be claimed by imputeors. 2. The right-hand side of an score is always the increase side. 3. A ledger is a chronological show of a cables doings. 4. The chart of accounts proves that all legal proceeding were correctly journalized and posted. 5. In accrual-basis of score, revenues be recorded when a service is performed. . Current liabilities ar expected to be paid off or eliminated in the next 12 months. pic 7. Each clip a pedigree records revenue the account Cash is increased. 8. Accumulated dispraise of an asset its depreciation expense = book value. 9. fiscal accounting provides knowledge for people inside the family while managerial accounting focuses on development for people outside the company. 10. Every adjusting entry affects one account on the income statement and one account on the vestibular sense sheet. 11. Financial statements will be inaccurate if they are prepared before the djusting entries are completed. 12. The true ratio is calculated by dividing the Total Assets by Total Liabilities. 13. During the closing process, ALL revenue and expense accounts are closed. 14. Liquidity is a measure of how quickly an asset can be converted into hard bullion. 15. revenue enhancements and expenses are also classified as current or long-term on a classified Income asseveration. 16. Cash-basis accounting results in a more accurate measurement of discharge income than does the accrual basis of accounting. 17. Financial statements will be inaccurate if they are prepared before the adjusting entries are completed. 8. Risk is the amount of uncertainty about the authorize we expect to earn in the future. 19. Accounting records are also referred to as the books. 20. Source documents provide ev idence of business transactions and are the basis for accounting entries. 21. As prepaid expenses are used up, the costs of these assets become expenses 22. An account balance is the difference between the debits and credits for an account including any beginning balance. 23. The debt ratio reflects the risk of a company to two its owners and creditors. 24.The higher the debt ratio, the higher risk of a company not being able to meet its obligations. 25. The debt ratio is calculated by dividing follow assets by full(a) liabilities. 26. A company that finances a relatively large portion of its assets with liabilities is said to leave a high degree of financial leverage. 27. If a company is highly leveraged, this means that it has relatively low risk of not being able to re impart its debt. 28. A companys fiscal year must condition with the calendar year. 29. Adjusting entries are do after the preparation of financial statements. 30.Current assets and current liabilities are ex pected to be used up or come out-of-pocket within one year or the companys operating cycle whichever is longer. 31. For a corporation, the loveliness section is split up into two main accounts Common Stock and retain Earnings. 32. Profit margin can also be called return on sales. 33. The Income Summary account is closed to the contain earnings account. 34. The primary objective of financial accounting is A. To serve the decision-making needs of internal users B. To provide financial statements to help external users analyze and interpret an organizations activities C.To monitor and control company activities D. To provide information on both the costs and benefits of managing products and services 35. A corporation A. Is a legal entity separate and distinct from its owners B. Must have many owners C. Has shareholders who have unfathomable liability for the acts of the corporation D. Does not have to pay taxes 36. pass Income A. Decreases faithfulness B. Equals assets minus l iabilities C. Is the excess of revenues over expenses D. Represents the owners claims against assets 37. Return on assets is A. Also called rate of return B.Computed by dividing net income by beginning assets plus ending assets divided by two C. Computed by multiplying net income by total assets D. Used in helping evaluate expenses 38. Risk is A. Net income divided by average total assets B. The reward for investment C. The uncertainty about the expected return that will be earned from an investment D. Unrelated to expected return 39. The statement of retained earnings A. Reports how retained earnings changes at a point in time B. Reports how retained earnings changes over a period of time C.Reports on coin flows for operating, financing and investing activities over a period of time D. Reports on amounts for assets, liabilities and equity at a point in time 40. A written promise to pay a definite sum of bullion on a specific future picture is a(n) A. honorary revenue B. extens ion account C. Note payable D. Account receivable 41. On folk 30, the Cash account of Value Company had a normal balance of $5,000. During September, the account was debited for a total of $12,200 and credited for a total of $11,500. What was the balance in the Cash account at the beginning of September? A. $4,300 debit balance B. a $4,300 credit balance C. a $5,700 debit balance D. a $5,700 credit balance 42. The Fireside Country Inn is a very popular destination for tourists. The Inn requires guests to suffice reservations at least two months in fire of their stay. A twenty percent down payment is required at the time the reservation is made. When should this inn recognize room rental revenue? A. On the date the reservation is received B. On the date the money for the reservation is received C. On the date the guests stay in the inn D. On the date the guests pay the remaining eighty percent due 3. Stride Rite has total assets of $425 million. Its total liabilities are $110 mil lion. Its equity is $315 million. Calculate the debt ratio. A. 38. 6% B. 13. 4% C. 34. 9% D. 25. 9% 44. Listed below are two pieces of information. Where is the best place to locate this information, in the journal or the ledger? Details of a transaction which took place on October 3rd All of the sales activity which took place during the current month A. 1. daybook 2. Journal B. 1. Journal 2. Ledger C. 1. Ledger 2. Journal D. This information is only available on the financial statements 5. Interim financial statements refer to financial reports A. That cover less than one year, usually spanning one, three or six-month periods B. That are prepared before any adjustments have been recorded C. That show the assets above the liabilities and the liabilities above the equity D. Where revenues are reported on the income statement when cash is received and expenses are reported when cash is paid 46. Profit margin is defined as A. Revenues divided by net sales B. Net income divided by net sales C. Net income divided by assets D.Assets divided by net sale 47. A company earned $2,000 in net income for October. Its net sales for October were $10,000. Its profit margin is A. 2% B. 20% C. 200% D. 500% 48. Which of these shows a companys financial position as of a specific date? A. Income StatementC. Statement of Owners Equity B. Balance Sheet D. Chart of Accounts 49. GAAP stands for A. generally accepted auditing practices B. generally accrued auditing procedures C. generally accrued accounting principles D. generally accepted accounting principles 50. Liabilities are xpenses incurred by the business increases in owners equity earned by delivering goods or services economic resources of a business creditors claims to the businesss assets 51. Which of these have a remaining balance after the closing process is completed ? A. service revenueC. accumulated depreciation. B withdrawalsD. depreciation expense. 52. A $250 payment on account was recorded as a debit to accounts r eceivable and a credit to accounts payable. This error will cause A. owners equity to be overstated B. accounts payable to be understated C. ash to be understated D. accounts receivable to be overstated 53. Receiving a payment from a customer on account would A. have no effect on total assets or owners equity B. increase net income and decrease liabilities C. increase both assets and owners equity D. decrease liabilities and increase owners equity 54. The entry for depreciation has what effect on the financial statements A. increases expenses and decreases assets B. decreases net income and increases assets C. increases assets and decreases liabilities D. decreases assets and increases liabilities 5. Equipment with a cost of $120,000 has a useful liveliness of 4 years and no unbosom value. Using straight-line depreciation, what is the book value after 1 year? A. $28,750C. $103,000 B. $86,250 D. $ 38,333 56. The balance in accumulated depreciation after adjustment represents A. a contra liability on the balance sheet B. a contra asset on the balance sheet C. a liability on the balance sheet D. a contra account on the income statement 57. A list of all of the accounts (without balances) used by a business is called A. trial BalanceC. account master B. hart of accountsD. adjusted trial balance 58. Which of these shows results of a companys operations over a period of time? A. income statementC. statement of owners equity B. balance sheetD. chart of accounts 59. These typefaces of accounts reckon on the Income Statement? A. assets and liabilities. C. all owners equity accounts B. revenues, expensesD. all accounts of a business appear 60. These types of accounts appear on the Balance Sheet? A. assets and liabilities. C. all owners equity accounts B. revenues, expensesD. ll accounts of a business appear 61. If Assets = $150,000 and Liabilities = $60,000, Owners Equity = _____________. a) $ 240,000 c) $ 150,000 b) $ 90,000 d) $ 210,000 62. A business bought la nd paying $100,000 (paying $25,000 cash and owing $75,000). The land had an asking price of $115,00 and an appraised value of $125,000. What amount should the business use to record the purchase in the accounting books. a) $ 25,000 c) $ 115,000 b) $ 100,000 d) $ 125,000 63. In May a business had Revenue of $15,000, Accounts Receivable of $25,000 Liabilities of $8,000 Expenses of $11,000 and a balance in the Cash account of $5,000. The Net Income (or net loss) for May was _______________. a) $ 64,000 c) $ 11,000 b) $ 16,000 d) $ 4,000 4. Company buys Supplies paying $500 in Cash. Company buys more Supplies for $1,000, on account. Company pays $500 of the amount it owes for supplies. The balance in the Supplies account is a. $ 500 c. $ 1,500 b. $ 1,000 d. $ 2,000 65. The accounting term that refers to copying transaction information from the journal to the ledger is termed a. increase c. ebit b. decrease d. credit 66. Unearned revenue is always a(n) ______________ type of account a) revenue. c) owners equity. b) contra-revenue. d) liability. 67. Accrued expenses are expenses that have a) been paid. c) not been paid nor incurred b) been incurred and paid. d) not been paid but incurred 68. Accrued revenue is which of the following? a) Revenue that has been earned and collected. b) Revenue that has been collected but not yet earned. c) Revenue that has been earned but not yet collected. d) Revenue that has not been collected or earned. 69. On a classified balance sheet, assets that are expected to be converted to cash, sold, or consumed during the next 12 months are referred to as A. current assets. C. leveraged assets. B. market assets. D. liquid assets. 70. What accounts whitethorn have balances (that are not -0-), on a post-closing trial balance? A. assets, liabilities & revenues. C. revenues, expenses & capital B. ssets, liabilities & expenses D. assets, liabilities & capital 71. Which of these would have no effect on TOTAL assets or TOT AL liabilities? a) payment of a liability c) buying supplies on account b) payment of an expense d) buying supplies and paying cash 72. The accountant for BobCo did not make any adjusting entry for depreciation expense. What is the effect of this error on TOTAL liabilities? a) liabilities are understated c) liabilities are overstated b) liabilities are not affected d) I dont have a clue 73. Buying a $300,000 building by signing a $300,000 note payable results in a) owners equity increasing. c) no change to owners equity. b) owners equity decreasing. d) no clue on this one either 74. The Matching Principle directs accountants to a) match total debits to the total credits. b) match Assets to the (Liabilities Owners Equity). c) match expenses against revenues of the period. d) once again, I have no clue 75. A $75 payment for Rent Expense was mistakenly posted as a debit to Supply Expense (the credit was correct). What is the impact on the Trial Balance a) the credit total is off by $75. b) the debit total is off by $75. c) no impact on the Trial Balance d) nothing has changed no clue 76. If a company is development the accrual system of accounting, when is revenue recorded? a) when cash is received, regardless of when the work is done. b) when the work, or services are begun. c) when the work, or services are completed. d) when the expenses to pay for the job, or services, are incurred. 77. Assets are __________________________________________________________ 78. Liabilities are _______________________________________________________ 79. Equity is ____________________________________________________________ 80. Revenues are_________________________________________________________ 81. Expenses are _________________________________________________________ 82. How do you INCREASE these accounts by a DR (debit) or a CR (credit) ? ______ Assets ______ Expenses ______ Revenues _____ Liabilities ______ Capital ______ Withdrawals Unearned Accumulated ______ Revenue ______ dispraise 83. Indicate whether these accounts appears on the IS (Income Statement only), the BS (Balance Sheet only) or BOTH (Income Statement and Balance Sheet) ______ Cash ______ Furniture ______ Revenue ______ Supply ______ Accounts ______ Accounts Expense collectible Receivable Unearned Interest _____ Revenue ______ Revenue Definitions matching 84. cost of assets or services used up or consumed to generate revenues. They decrease retained earnings. 85. resources generated from a companys earnings activities. They increase retained earnings. . 86. Assets = Liabilities + Equity 87. the result when revenues are larger than expenses. 88. A company records the expenses incurred to generate the revenues reported. 89. Every business is accounted for separately from its owner or owners. Revenues LiabilitiesEquity ExpensesNet IncomeGAAP Net Loss AssetsAccounting equation 90.A list of all ledger accounts and includes an acknowledgment number assigned to each acc ount (does not include account balances). 91. A record of increases and decreases in a specific asset, liability, equity, revenue or expense item. 92. The accounting book of original entry where transactions are first recorded in a chronological order. Identifies and describes transactions and events entering the accounting process (either in hard copy or electronic form). 93. A record containing all accounts used by a company, a collection of all accounts and their balances. Post from the journal to the __________. 4. A list of accounts, and their account identification numbers, (without any dollar amounts or balances) that may be used by a company. 95. The process of transferring journal entry information to the ledger. A. Debit F. Chart of Accounts B. Credit G. Trial balance C. Account H. Ledger (general ledger) D. Posting I. Source documents E. Journal J. Account Balance 6. a method or technique of accounting that recognizes revenues when cash is received and records expens es when cash is paid. 97. this is a list of accounts and balances prepared after adjustments (adjusting entries) are recorded. 98. this is the process of allocating the costs of these (plant) assets over their expected useful life. 99. these are costs that are incurred in a period but are both unpaid and unrecorded. 100. an account linked with another account, it has an diametrical normal balance, and is reported as a subtraction from the other (linked) accounts balance 01. this refers to revenues earned in a period that are both unrecorded and not yet received in cash (or other assets) A. Accrued Expenses F. Contra Account B. Accrued Revenue G. Cash Basis Accounting C. disparagement H. Unearned (deferred) Revenue D. Adjusting Entry I.Prepaid (deferred) Expenses E. Adjusted Trial Balance J. Matching Principle (expense recognition) Journal Entries 102. Bill starts a business by investing $10,000 cash in the business. 103. The business completes work for a customer and collect s $1,000 from him. 104. The business receives this months phone bill in the amount of $ 100. The business will pay the bill NEXT month. 105. The business does work for a Customer and sends Joe a bill for $ 750. 106.On Jan 1, BobCo received $3,000 from a customer to provide landscape services for Jan, Feb and Mar. (BobCo made the correct entry on Jan 1 to record the receipt of the Cash). Prepare BobCos adjusting entry for JAN 31 107. BobCo pays Salaries of $5,000 per week. Mon, Tues, Wed are in JAN while Thurs and Fri give-up the ghost into FEB. Prepare the adjusting entry as of JAN 31 108. A machine was purchased for $24,000 on JAN 1. Its estimated useful life is 48 months. Prepare the entry for depreciation on JAN 31. 109. In JAN, interest revenue of $100 has been earned but not yet received. It will be received in MAY). Prepare the adjusting entry for JAN 31. 110. On JAN 1 the Supplies account balance was $3,000. On JAN 31 there were $ 1,000 of Supplies remaining (unused). Prepar e the adjusting entry for JAN 31 111. On JAN 1 BobCo bought $500 in Supplies on account. On JAN 31 only $200 of the Supplies remain. Prepare the adjusting entry. 112. On JAN 1 BobCo. paid, in advance, $3,000 for 6 months of Insurance (Jan thru June) Prepare the adjusting entry for JAN 31. ONE MORE PAGE On the next page, IF you close ONLY the correct accounts, you will receive one bonus points. Adjusted Trial Balance Debits Credits Cash $ 15,000 Accounts Receivable $ 6,000 Unearned Revenue $ 1,000 Accounts Payable $ 2,500 Sales Revenue $ 11,000 Depreciation Expense $ 2,000 Rent Expense $ 500 Withdraws $ 1,000 Capital $ 10,000 Note Prepare the closing journal entries using whatever data above that you need.