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chapter6and7

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the length of time for which a business summarizes and reports financial information   fiscal period  
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a columnar accounting form used to summarize the general ledger information needed to prepare financial statements   work sheet  
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a proof of equality of debits and credits in a general ledger   trial balance  
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changes recorded on a work sheet to update general ledger accounts at the end of a fiscal period   adjustments  
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a financial statement that reports assets, liabilities, and owner's equity on a specific date   balance sheet  
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a financial statement showing the revenue and expenses for a fiscal period   income statement  
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the difference between total revenue and total expenses when total revenue is greater   net income  
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the difference between total revenue and total expenses when total expenses are greater   net loss  
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the accounting concept consistent reporting is being applied when a delivery business reports revenue for the number of deliveries made one year and the amount of revenue received for the deliveries made the next year   false  
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an accounting period is also known as a fiscal period   true  
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journals, ledgers, and work sheets are considered permanent records   false  
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all general ledger account titles are listed on a trial balance in the same order as listed on the chart of accounts   true  
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the four questions asked when analyzing an adjustment are: why? where? when? and how?   false  
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the two accounts affected by the adjusment for supplies are supplies and supplies expense   true  
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the two accounts affected by the adjustment for insurance are prepaid insurance expense and insurance   false  
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totaling and ruling the adjustment columns of a work sheet are necessary to prove the equality of debits and credits   true  
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two financial statements are prepared from the information on the work sheet   true  
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net income on a work sheet is calculated by subtracting the income statement credit column total from the income statement debit column total   false  
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if errors are found on a work sheet, they must be erased and corrected before any further work is completed   true  
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when two column totals are not in balance on the work sheet, the difference between the two totals is calculated and checked   true  
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if the difference between the totals of debit and credit columns on a work sheet can be evenly divided by 9, then the error is most likely in addition   false  
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if there are errors in the work sheet's trial balance columns, it might be because not all general ledger account balances were copied in the trial balance column correctly   true  
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errors in general ledger accounts should never be erased   true  
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most errors occur in doing arithmetic   true  
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the best way to prevent errors is to use a calculator   false  
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the adequate disclosure accounting concept is applied when financial statements contain all information necessary to understand a business's financial statments contain all information necessary to understand a business's financial condition   true  
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stakeholders are any persons or groups who will be affected by an action   true  
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an income statement reports information over a period of time, indicating the financial progress of a business in earning a net income or a net loss   true  
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the matching expenses with revenue accounting concept is applied when the revenue earned and the expenses incurred to earn that revenue are reported in the same fiscal period   true  
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information needed to prepare an income statement comes from the trial balance columns and the income statement columns of a work sheet   false  
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the income statement for a service business has five sections:heading, revenue, expenses, net income or loss, and capital   false  
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the income statement's account balances are obtained from the work sheet's income statement columns   true  
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the net income on an income statement is verified by checking the balance sheet   false  
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single lines ruled across an amount column of an income statement indicate that amounts are to be added   true  
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a component percentage is the percentage relationship between one financial statement item and the total that includes that item   true  
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component percentages on an income statement are calculated by dividing sales and total expenses by net income   false  
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all companies should have a total expenses component percnetage that is not more than 80%   false  
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when a business has two different sources of revenue, a seperate income statement should be prepared for each kind of revenure   false  
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an amount written in parentheses on a financial statement indicates an estimate   false  
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a balance sheet reprts financial information on a specific date and includes the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity   true  
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a balance sheet reports information about the elements of the accounting equation   true  
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the owner's capital amount reported on a balance sheet is calculated as: capital account balance plus drawing account balance, less net income   false  
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the position of the total asset line on the balance sheet is determined after the equities section is prepared   true  
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double lines are ruled across the balance sheet columns to show that the coulmn totals have been verified as correct   rue  
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the owner's equity section of a balance sheet may report different kinds of details about owner's equity, depending on the need of the business   true  
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