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Fundamental Accounting Principles Study Set 1
Quiz 1: Accounting in Business
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Question 281
Short Answer
________, which is one part of accounting, is the recording of transactions and events, either manually or electronically.
Question 282
Short Answer
Risk is the ________ about the return an investor expects to earn.
Question 283
Short Answer
The accounting equation is ________.
Question 284
Short Answer
The term ________ refers to a liability that promises a future outflow of resources.
Question 285
Short Answer
________ is net income divided by average total assets.
Question 286
Short Answer
A common characteristic of ________ is their ability to yield expected future benefits to a business.
Question 287
Short Answer
The ________ describes a company's revenues and expenses along with the resulting net income or net loss over a period of time due to earnings activities.
Question 288
Short Answer
________ explains changes in the owner's claim on the business's assets from net income or loss, owner investments, and owner withdrawals over a period of time.
Question 289
Short Answer
Creditors' claims on assets that reflect company obligations to provide assets, products, or services to others are called ________.
Question 290
Short Answer
The owner's claim on assets, also known as net assets, is called ________.
Question 291
Short Answer
Using the accounting equation, equity is equal to ________.
Question 292
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Classify the following activities according to the appropriate section of the statement of cash flows.
Premises:
Responses:
Cash received from a one-time sale of used office equipment.
Operating activity
Cash paid for withdrawals by owners.
Investing activity
Cash received from customers.
Financing activity
Premises:
Cash received from a one-time sale of used office equipment.
Cash paid for withdrawals by owners.
Cash received from customers.
Responses:
Operating activity
Investing activity
Financing activity
Question 293
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Match each of the following items with the financial statement in which each item would most likely appear. An item may appear on more than one statement.
Premises:
Responses:
Assets.
Income statement
Withdrawals.
Statement of owner's equity
Revenues.
Balance sheet
Premises:
Assets.
Withdrawals.
Revenues.
Responses:
Income statement
Statement of owner's equity
Balance sheet
Question 294
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Match the following terms with the appropriate definition
Premises:
Responses:
Statement of cash flows
The relation between a company's assets, liabilities, and equity.
Events
Happenings, such as changes in market value, that effect the accounting equation and are reliably measured.
Monetary unit principle
The principle that assumes transactions and events can be expressed in money units.
Premises:
Statement of cash flows
Events
Monetary unit principle
Responses:
The relation between a company's assets, liabilities, and equity.
Happenings, such as changes in market value, that effect the accounting equation and are reliably measured.
The principle that assumes transactions and events can be expressed in money units.
Question 295
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Match the following terms with the appropriate definition
Premises:
Responses:
Generally accepted accounting principles
Prescribes that assets and services to be recorded initially on a cash or equal-to-cash basis.
Time period assumption
A principle that requires the information in financial statements to be supported by independent unbiased evidence.
Statement of owner's equity.
An independent group consisting of individuals from many countries that identify preferred accounting practices.
Premises:
Generally accepted accounting principles
Time period assumption
Statement of owner's equity.
Responses:
Prescribes that assets and services to be recorded initially on a cash or equal-to-cash basis.
A principle that requires the information in financial statements to be supported by independent unbiased evidence.
An independent group consisting of individuals from many countries that identify preferred accounting practices.
Question 296
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The following is a list of selected users of accounting information. Match the appropriate user to the following decisions they make with accounting information.
Premises:
Responses:
Know what, when, and how much to purchase.
Suppliers
Judge the soundness of a customer before making sales on credit.
Lenders
Assess whether a company has paid all required taxes and complied with securities rules.
Shareholders
Premises:
Know what, when, and how much to purchase.
Judge the soundness of a customer before making sales on credit.
Assess whether a company has paid all required taxes and complied with securities rules.
Responses:
Suppliers
Lenders
Shareholders
Question 297
Matching
Match the following definitions with the appropriate term
Premises:
Responses:
The uncertainty about the return to be earned.
Return on assets
Resources such as cash that an owner puts into the company.
Assets
A financial ratio stated as income divided by assets invested.
Expenses
Premises:
The uncertainty about the return to be earned.
Resources such as cash that an owner puts into the company.
A financial ratio stated as income divided by assets invested.
Responses:
Return on assets
Assets
Expenses