Deck 1: Governmental and Nonprofit Accountingenvironment and Characteristics

Question 1

Expenditures in a governmental expendable fund would not potentially include

A) Salaries and wages.
B) Capital outlay.
C) Long-term debt principal retirement.
D) Depreciation.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is considered to be an authoritative source of GAAP for a nongovernmental not-for-profit organization?

A) GASB standards.
B) AICPA AcSEC Practice Bulletins.
C) FASB Accounting Standards Codification.
D) AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide, Not-for-Profit Organizations.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The Financial Accounting Foundation does not have oversight responsibilities over

A) The Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB.
B) The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board FASAB.
C) The Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council FASAC.
D) The Governmental Accounting Standards Board GASB.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which organization has the highest level of authority for a setting GAAP for nongovernment, not-for-profit organizations?

A) Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB.
B) Governmental Accounting Standards Board GASB.
C) American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AICPA.
D) National Council on Governmental Accounting NCGA.

Question 5

Which of the following would not be considered a government or nonprofit organization?

A) A software company that sells software exclusively to state and local governments.
B) A public elementary school.
C) A church.
D) A private trust organized for charitable purposes.

Question 6

Which of the following characteristics best distinguishes a government entity from a business entity?

A) Governments operate in a very small section of the economy while businesses operate globally.
B) Cost analysis and other control and evaluation techniques are essential to ensure that resources are used economically and efficiently.
C) Those contributing resources to the entity do not necessarily receive a direct or proportionate share the services.
D) Businesses must acquire and convert scarce resources while governments can demand whatever they need.

Question 7

Which source of financial resources is unique to governments?

A) Borrowings.
B) Gifts and grants.
C) Charges for services provided.
D) Taxation.

Question 8

The primary purpose of a fund is

A) To provide expenditure authority for a government or not-for-profit organization.
B) To segregate an organization's resources according to the purposes for which they are to be used.
C) To keep an organization's constituency from trying to insist that the organization utilize resources that it wants to save for a specific future objective.
D) To confuse and confound the legislative body as to the use and purpose of government resources.

Question 9

What best describes the relationship of the FASB and the GASB?

A) They are co-equal bodies with different areas of responsibility for standards setting.
B) The FASB standards are authoritative for governments. However, the FASB asks the GASB to establish guidelines for many unique transactions of government that the FASB does not have time to consider.
C) GASB standards are authoritative for governments unless they have been overruled by the FASB.
D) Governments are not permitted to apply any FASB standard under any circumstances for any government operations.

Question 10

Expenses in a proprietary nonexpendable fund would not potentially include

A) Salaries and wages.
B) Long-term debt interest payments.
C) Long-term debt principal retirement.
D) Depreciation.

Question 11

Each of the following would be defined as a governmental entity based on the definition of a government that was jointly developed by the GASB and FASB except

A) A Historic Preservation District created by the governing board of the municipal government.
B) A Charter School incorporated in accordance with state law and accountable to the state oversight agency.
C) A hospital formerly owned by a local government entity that was sold to and is now owned by a private, for-profit health care management corporation.
D) A financing authority that is legally separate from the municipal government, but provides financing for the government's major capital projects. The governing board of the financing authority is appointed by the municipal government's board.

Question 12

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a fund?

A) Fiscal entity.
B) Separate legal entity.
C) Accounting entity.
D) Contains self-balancing set of accounts.

Question 13

The primary users of external financial reports, as identified by the GASB, include all of the following except

A) Investors and creditors.
B) Other governments.
C) Citizens.
D) Legislative and oversight bodies.

Question 14

Which of the following activities would most likely be accounted for as a business-type activity?

A) Fire protection.
B) Recreation.
C) Water operations.
D) Street maintenance.

Question 15

All not-for-profit organizations that do not meet the definition of governments must apply

A) FASB standards.
B) GASB standards.
C) FASAB standards.
D) AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide, Not-for-Profit Organizations.

Question 16

Fixed-dollar budgets and appropriations are most often found in

A) All funds of a government.
B) Expendable funds.
C) Nonexpendable funds.
D) In not-for-profit organizations, but not governments.

Question 17

Prior to the creation of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board in 1984, which of the following organizations had the greatest influence over accounting concepts, principles, and standards for the state and local governments?

A) The National Council on Governmental Accounting NCGA
B) The National Association of College and University Business Officers NACUBO.
C) The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AICPA.
D) The Comptroller General of the United States.

Question 18

Expenses and expenditures are least likely to differ in amount for which type of transaction?

A) Salaries.
B) Capital asset purchases.
C) Debt principal retirements.
D) Depreciation on capital assets.

Question 19

Which of the following is considered a health and welfare organization?

A) Secondary schools.
B) Young Men's Christian Association YMCA.
C) Child protection agencies.
D) United Way.

Question 20

Which of the following is not an operational accountability measure for a government?

A) Economic cost of providing services.
B) Net income.
C) Assessment whether a government raised sufficient revenues each period to cover the cost of providing services.
D) Assessment whether services are being provided economically and efficiently.

Question 21

Which of the following has the highest level of authority for a government in the governmental GAAP hierarchy?

A) A FASB standard on pension accounting.
B) A GASB standard on pension accounting.
C) AICPA state and local government audit guide coverage of pensions.
D) The coverage of pensions in a Journal of Accountancy article.

Question 22

Which of the following has the highest level of authority for a government under GAAP?

A) A FASB standard.
B) A GASB Implementation Guide.
C) AICPA Industry Audit and Accounting Guide for local governments cleared by the GASB.
D) An article in the Journal of Accountancy.

Question 23

Which of the following has the highest level of authority for a government in the governmental GAAP hierarchy?

A) GASB Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards.
B) GASB Concepts Statement.
C) GASB Technical Bulletin.
D) AICPA Industry Audit and Accounting Guide.

Question 24

Which of the following publications is specifically identified in the GAAP hierarchy for state and local governments as authoritative?

A) FASB Accounting Standards Codification.
B) GASB Implementation Guides.
C) GAO Yellow Book.
D) GASB Concepts Statements.

Question 25

The governmental GAAP hierarchy was established by

A) The Governmental Accounting Standards Board GASB.
B) The Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB.
C) The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AICPA.
D) The Government Accountability Office GAO.

Question 26

Which of the following is not a characteristic used to determine if an organization is a government?

A) The majority of governing board members are appointed by government entities.
B) An entity that has the power to enact and enforce a property tax levy.
C) An entity receives over half of its resources from other governmental entities.
D) The potential for unilateral dissolution with the net assets reverting to a government upon dissolution.

Question 27

Rank the following documents in the proper order in the governmental GAAP hierarchy: a. GASB Implementation Guide.
B) GASB Interpretation.
C) GASB Technical Bulletin.
D) AICPA Practice Bulletin.

A) a; b; c; d.
B) b; a; c; d.
C) b; c; d; a.
D) c; d; b; a.