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Financial Accounting
Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| primary objective of the balance sheet | Report the financial position of the reporting entity at a particular point in time. |
| Which of the following would not be found on the statement of cash flows? | Cost flow from manufacturing activities |
| Which of the following has primary responsibility to develop Generally Accepted Accounting Principles? | Financial Accounting Standards Board. |
| Which of the following has the legal authority to determine financial reporting in the United States? | Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| Which of the following transactions increases both cash and net income? | Cash receipts from customers for services provided. |
| A calendar year reporting company preparing its annual financial statements should use the phrase "At December 31, 2020" in the heading of which financial statements? | On the balance sheet only |
| Which of the following properly describes the impact on the financial statements when a company borrows $22,000 from a local bank? | Liabilities increase $22,000. |
| Which of the following statements is correct? | Cash received from issuing common stock to stockholders is reported as a financing activity cash flow within the statement of cash flows. |
| Which of the following statements is correct? | Revenues are reported on the income statement regardless of whether the customer has paid for the goods or services. |
| Which of the following groups has primary responsibility for the information contained in the financial statements? | The Company's management. |
| Why is the CPA's role in performing audits important to our economic system? | The audit of financial statements helps investors and others to know that they can rely on the information presented in the financial statements. |
| Which of the following assumptions implies that a business can continue to remain in operation into the foreseeable future? | Going Concern or Continuity assumption. |
| Which of the following assumptions implies that the assets and liabilities of the business are accounted for separately from the assets and liabilities of the owners? | Separate entity assumption. |
| Which of the following best describes liabilities? | Probable debts or obligations of an entity as a result of past transactions, which will be paid with assets or services. |
| Which of the following fundamentals requires Jones to record the truck at the price paid to buy it? | Historical cost principle. |
| Which of the following describes the primary objective of financial accounting? | To provide useful financial information about a business to help external parties make informed decisions. |
| Which of the following would not be considered a current asset? | Land used in daily operations. |
| Which of the following statements is true? | Current liabilities are debts expected to be paid within the next year. |
| Which of the following would not be included under the account category of expenses within the chart of accounts? | Prepaid insurance expense. |
| Which of the following liability accounts does not usually require a future cash payment? | Unearned revenues. |
| A corporation purchased factory equipment using cash. Which of the following statements regarding this purchase is correct? | The total assets will not change. |
| Alpha Company issued 6,000 shares of $10 par value common stock to stockholders, in exchange for $90,000 cash. Which of the following correctly describes the impact of this transaction on Alpha's financial statements? | Additional paid-in capital of $30,000 is reported in stockholders' equity. |
| Assets have a ____ balance and increased with ______ | debit and debit |
| Income statements are... | Temporary accounts and do not retain their balances from one period to the next. |
| Which of the following correctly describes the closing entry process? | The closing process creates a zero balance in all temporary accounts at the end of each period. |
| A company's ________ will report total revenues and the total expenses required to generate that revenue for the Company's accounting period. | Income Statement |
| Which of the following account balances would not be included in the calculation of the current ratio? | Equipment |
| Due to the relationships among financial statements, the statement of stockholders' equity links the income statement to the balance sheet. | False |
| What financial statement would you look at to determine the dividends declared by a business? | Statement of stockholders' equity. |
| Which financial statement would you use to determine a company's earnings performance during an accounting period? | Income statement. |
| Calculate Income before Income Taxes | total revenues - total expenses = net income |
| Calculate net income | pretax income - income tax expense = net income |