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1.
Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by a creditor?

Will the company be capable of repaying its debt when it is due?
What are the company's terms of credit with its suppliers?
Will the company's stock increase in value?
What is the amount of taxes owed to the government?

Will the company's stock increase in value?

2.
Which of the following questions is most likely to be asked by an investor?

What are the company's terms of credit with its suppliers?
What is the amount of taxes owed to the government?
Will the company be able to repay its debt when it is due?
Will the company's stock increase in value?

Will the company's stock increase in value?

3. Which of the following is a feature of the corporate form of business ownership?

Unlimited liability
Lower tax rates
Limited resources
Double taxation

Double taxation

4. Which of the following is an alternate form of the accounting equation?

Assets − Liabilities = Stockholders' Equity
Revenues − Expenses = Net Income
Assets = Liabilities − Stockholders' Equity
Expenses − Dividends = Net Income

Assets − Liabilities = Stockholders' Equity

5.
If stockholders' equity is $50,000 and liabilities are $78,000, then assets must equal:

$28,000
$50,000
$78,000
$128,000

128,000

6.
Expenses are best defined as:

Amounts owed to creditors.
Amounts the owners have invested in the business.
Costs of providing products and services.
Distributions to stockholders.

Costs of providing products and services.

7. Which of the following is not one of the four primary financial statements?

Balance Sheet
Trial Balance
Income Statement
Statement of Cash Flows

Trial Balance

8. Use the following amounts to calculate net income: Assets, $165,000; Dividends, $9,000; Expenses, $61,000; Liabilities, $74,000; Revenues, $82,000.

$12,000
$21,000
$30,000
$91,000

NI=R-E
NI=82,00-61,00=21,00

9. The balance sheet:

Presents the financial position of a company at a point in time.
Indicates if a company is profitable.
Shows the net change in cash over a period of time.
Reports the difference between revenues and expenses.

Presents the financial position of a company at a point in time.

10. The statement of cash flows:

Presents the financial position of a company at a point in time.
Indicates if a company is profitable.
Shows the net change in cash over a period of time.
Reports the difference between revenues and expenses.

Presents the financial position of a company at a point in time.

11. Net income appears in which two financial statements?

Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows
Balance Sheet and Statement of Stockholders' Equity
Income Statement and Statement of Cash Flows
Income Statement and Statement of Stockholders' Equity

Income Statement and Statement of Stockholders' Equity

12.
You are reading a particular section of a bank's annual report. This section provides the bank's views about the impact of an upcoming regulation on the banking industry as a whole and the bank in particular. Which section of the annual report are you reading?

The income statement
The statement of stockholders' equity
Management's discussion and analysis
Note disclosures to the financial statements

Management's discussion and analysis

13. Which of the following best explains a company's stock price performance?

Dividends
Net income
Accounts receivable
Preferred stock

Net income

BC: No single piece of company information better explains companies' stock price performance than does financial accounting net income

14. Which of the following is an important indicator of a company management's ability to respond to business situations and the possibility of bankruptcy?

Inventory
Accumulated depreciation
Total stockholders' equity
Total liabilities

Total liabilities

BC: (A company's debt level is an important indicator of management's ability to respond to business situations and the possibility of bankruptcy.)

15.
The organization responsible for creating a single set of global accounting standards is the:

International Accounting Standards Board
Internal Revenue Service
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Securities and Exchange Commission

Financial Accounting Standards Board

16. What was the objective of the 1933 Securities Act?

It set forth accounting and disclosure requirements for initial offerings of securities.
It provided for the regulation of auditors and the types of services they furnish to clients.
It paved the way for the creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
It created a government agency, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

It set forth accounting and disclosure requirements for initial offerings of securities.

17. The FASB has explicitly stated the specific objectives of financial accounting. Which of the following is not one of those objectives?

Helps to predict cash flows.
Tells about economic resources, claims to resources, and changes in resources and claims.
It is useful to investors and creditors in making decisions.
It is useful to company management in making decisions.

It is useful to company management in making decisions.

18.
Ethics is best described as:

A consensus among different measures.
The rules of financial accounting.
A code or moral system that provides criteria for evaluating right and wrong behavior.
Accounting information that is complete, neutral, and free from error.

A code or moral system that provides criteria for evaluating right and wrong behavior.

19.
From the list that follows, identify a company where a private accountant could possibly work.

Target
Ernst & Young
KPMG
Deloitte

...

1. The primary functions of accounting are to:

increase a company's stock market valuation.
increase a company's profitability.
provide information to taxing authorities.
measure a company's activities.
communicate information to decision makers.

measure a company's activities.

A business organization that is legally separate from its owners is called a(n)____________________ (Enter one word per blank)

corporation, corporate, or corporations

3. Companies communicate information about their business activities primarily through

their tax return.
financial statements.
public relations announcements.

financial statements

4. Which of the following are financial statements? (Select all that apply.)

Statement of corporate responsibility
Statement of stockholders' equity
Statement of assets
Income statement
Balance sheet

Balance sheet
Statement of stockholders' equity
Income statement

5. An income statement reports: (Select all that apply.)

amounts contributed by stockholders
net income or loss
revenues
cash
expenses

net income or loss
revenues
expenses

6. The system that maintains records of a company's operations and then communicates that information to decision makers is referred to as

accounting

7. The form of business organization where an entity is legally separate from its owners and issues shares of stock is a

proprietorship.
corporation.
partnership

corporation.

8. ---------------------Statements represent a company's primary means of communicating information to external users. (Enter one word per blank.)

Financial, Finance, or Financing

9. The two sources of stockholders' equity are amounts

paid in from shareholders
borrowed from banks
borrowed from related companies
earned by the corporatio

paid in from shareholders
earned by the corporatio

10. The four financial statements published to provide information to external users include which of the following?

statement of Stockholders' Equity
Balance Sheet
Statement of Cash Flows
Statement of Assets
Income Statement
Statement of Business Activities

Statement of Stockholders' Equity
Balance Sheet
Statement of Cash Flows
Income Statement

11.The financial statement that summarizes revenues and expenses for a period of time is the----------, ___________________

Blank 1: income
Blank 2: statement

12. The primary functions of accounting are to:

measure a company's activities.
provide information to taxing authorities.
increase a company's profitability.
communicate information to decision makers.
increase a company's stock market valuation.

measure a company's activities.
communicate information to decision makers.

13. An advantage of the corporate form of organization is that a corporation

does not have to pay its creditors.
provides limited liability to stockholders.
is not taxed.
is not regulated.

provides limited liability to stockholders.

Reason:
A corporation is taxed at the corporate level.

14. Retained earnings represents

the total operating, investing, and financing activities of the company.
the total net income earned over the life of the company that has not been distributed as dividends.
the total cash the company has accumulated over its life.
the net assets of the company during the current period.

the total net income earned over the life of the company that has not been distributed as dividends

15. Stockholders' equity arises primarily from amounts invested by shareholders and amounts ______.

borrowed from banks
earned by the corporation
borrowed from investors
received by customers

earned by the corporation

16. Profits earned by a company that have not been paid to stockholders are called___________earnings

retained

17. The financial statement that displays a firm's financial position on a particular date is the

balance sheet

18. The financial statement that summarizes the profit-generating activities of a company during a particular period of time is the

income statement.
statement of stockholders' equity.
balance sheet.
statement of cash flows.

income statement.

The accounting equation is: Assets = Liabilities +
Revenues
Creditors' Interest
Net Income
Retained Earnings
Stockholders' Equity

Stockholders' Equity

20. The system that maintains records of a company's operations and then communicates that information to decision makers is referred to as____________

Accounting

21. Which of these would be found on a company's balance sheet? (Select all that apply.)

Depreciation expense
Equipment
Accounts receivable
Sales revenue
Notes payable

Equipment
Accounts receivable
Notes payable

22. Undistributed profits that have accumulated in the company over time are called_______

retained

23. Which of the following items are found on a balance sheet? (Select all that apply.)

Assets
Liabilities
Revenue
Stockholders' equity
Dividends

Assets
Liabilities
Stockholders' equity

24. Ending retained earnings is calculated as

beginning retained earnings + net income + dividends
net income + dividends
assets + net income - dividends
beginning retained earnings + net income - dividends

beginning retained earnings + net income - dividends

25. Which of the following financial statements shows a firm's financial position on a particular date?

ncome statement
Statement of stockholders' equity
Statement of cash flows
Balance sheet

Balance sheet

26, The accounting equation is: Assets = ______ + Stockholders' Equity.

Expenses
Dividends
Revenues
Liabilities

Liabilities

27. The purpose of a statement of cash flows is to provide information about the
cash receipts and cash disbursements during a period.
assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity used during the period.
assets used during the period.
income and related expenses during the period

cash receipts and cash disbursements during a period.

28. Which of the following appear(s) on the balance sheet?

Accounts receivable
Net income
Common stock
Utilities payable
Salaries expense

Accounts receivable
Common stock
Utilities payable

29. A balance sheet lists the assets,_______, and stockholders' equity as of a specific date

liabilities or liability

30. The financial statement that is most useful in explaining a company's stock price performance is the

statement of stockholders' equity.
income statement.
balance sheet.

income statement.

31. A net loss ______ retained earnings.
Multiple choice question.

increases
decreases
has no effect on

decreases

32. The financial statement that displays a firm's financial position on a particular date is the_______________,__________________

Blank 1: balance
Blank 2: sheet

In our society, the two main functions of accounting are to

measure business activities.
report activities to government regulators.
communicate information to investors and creditors.
report net income to tax authorities.

measure business activities.

communicate information to investors and creditors.

34. The financial statement that provides information about cash receipts and cash disbursements for the period is the

balance sheet.
statement of retained earnings.
income statement.
statement of cash flows.

statement of cash flows.

35. Which of the following are attributes of FASB? (Select all that apply.)
Independence
Private sector organization
Public sector organization
Full-time board members
Part-time board members

Independence
Private sector organization
Full-time board members

36. Which of these would be found on a company's balance sheet?

Notes payable
Depreciation expense
Equipment
Sales revenue
Accounts receivable

Notes payable
Equipment
Accounts receivable

37. Information that best explains companies' stock price performance is reported on the _____________, _______________

Blank 1: income
Blank 2: statement

38. When a company earns net income, its retained earnings:

increase
are converted to cash
are paid to stockholders
decrease

increase

39.________________ is a term that refers to a code or moral system that provides criteria for evaluating right or wrong.

Ethics, Ethical conduct, Ethical, or Ethic

The two main functions of accounting______________Unavailable are to (1) measure business activities and (2) to communicate those measurements to investors and creditors. (Enter only one word.)

accounting or accountants

41. Which of the following knowledge and skills should an accounting professional possess?

Fluency in several languages
Presentation skills
Leadership skills
Technical accounting knowledge
Ability to work in teams

Presentation skills
Leadership skills
Technical accounting knowledge
Ability to work in teams

42. ________is the common abbreviation for the Board that currently establishes financial accounting and reporting standards in the U.S.

Blank 1: FASB

43. True or false: Accounting professionals enjoy a wide variety of career opportunities.

True

44. The financial statement that is most useful in explaining a company's stock price performance is the

statement of stockholders' equity.
balance sheet.
income statement.

income statement.

45. A code or moral system that provides criteria for evaluating right and wrong is referred to as

ethics.
a dilemma system.
a values model.
standards.

ethics.

46. Technical accounting skills represent the only skills required of accounting professionals______________ accounting

private

47. To be useful for decision making, information should possess the fundamental qualities of relevance and________rpresentation

faithful, faithfulness, or faithfully

48. The two main career paths in accounting are referred to as

SEC
private
tax
public

private
public

49. The hierarchy of qualitative characteristics of financial information require that, in order to be useful for decision making, information should possess the fundamental characteristics of

neutrality and materiality.
materiality and consistency.
relevance and faithful representation.
cost and benefit.

relevance and faithful representation.

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