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ACC 557 Week 2 Quiz – Strayer NEW


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Owners of business firms are the only people who need accounting information.


LO1 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Transactions that can be measured in dollars and cents are recorded in the financial information system.


Ans: LO1 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The hiring of a new company president is an economic event recorded by the financial information system.


LO1 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Management of a business enterprise is the major external user of information.


LO2 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Accounting communicates financial information about a business enterprise to both internal and external users.


Ans: LO2 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Accounting information is used only by external users with a financial interest in a business enterprise.


LO2 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Financial statements are the major means of communicating accounting information to interested parties.


Ans: LO2 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Bookkeeping and accounting are one and the same because the bookkeeping function includes the accounting process.


LO2 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The origins of accounting are attributed to Luca Pacioli, a famous mathematician.


Ans: LO2 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The study of accounting will be useful only if a student is interested in working for a profit-oriented business firm.


LO2 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Private accountants are accountants who are not employees of business enterprises.


LO2 BT:K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The study of accounting is not useful for a business career unless your career objective is to become an accountant.


LO2 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



A working knowledge of accounting is not relevant to a lawyer or an architect.


LO2 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Expressing an opinion as to the fairness of the information presented in financial statements is a service performed by CPAs.


Ans: LO2 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Accountants rely on a fundamental business concept—ethical behavior—in reporting financial information.


Ans: LO3 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The primary accounting standard-setting body in the United States is the International Accounting Standards Board.


LO4 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The Financial Accounting Standards Board is a part of the Securities and Exchange Commission.


LO4 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The Securities and Exchange Commission oversees U.S. financial markets and accounting standard-setting bodies.


Ans: LO4 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The cost and fair value of an asset are the same at the time of acquisition and in all subsequent periods.


LO4 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Even though a partnership is not a separate legal entity, for accounting purposes the partnership affairs should be kept separate from the personal activities of the owners.


Ans: LO5 BT: C Difficulty; Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



A partnership must have more than one owner.


Ans: LO5 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The economic entity assumption requires that the activities of an entity be kept separate and distinct from the activities of its owner and all other economic entities.


Ans: LO5 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The monetary unit assumption states that transactions that can be measured in terms of money should be recorded in the accounting records.


Ans: LO5 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



In order to possess future service potential, an asset must have physical substance.


LO6 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Owners' claims to total business assets take precedence over the claims of creditors because owners invest assets in the business and are liable for losses.


LO6 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The basic accounting equation states that Assets = Liabilities.


LO6 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Accountants record both internal and external transactions.


Ans: LO7 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Internal transactions do not affect the basic accounting equation because they are economic events that occur entirely within one company.


LO7 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The purchase of store equipment for cash reduces stockholders’ equity by an equal amount.


LO7 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The purchase of office equipment on credit increases total assets and total liabilities.


Ans: LO7 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The primary purpose of the statement of cash flows is to provide information about the cash receipts and cash payments of a company during a period.


Ans: LO8 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Net income for the period is determined by subtracting total expenses and drawings from total revenues.


LO8 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The income statement is sometimes referred to as the statement of operations.


Ans: LO8 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



A balance sheet reports the assets and liabilities of a company for a specific period of time.


LO8 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The ending retained earnings balance is reported on both the retained earnings statement and the balance sheet.


Ans: LO8 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Identifying is the process of keeping a chronological diary of events measured in dollars and cents.


LO1 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Management consulting includes examining the financial statements of companies and expressing an opinion as to the fairness of their presentation.


LO2 BT: K Difficulty; Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



Accountants do not have to worry about issues of ethics.


LO3 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Ethics AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



At the time an asset is acquired, cost and fair value should be the same.


Ans: LO4 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The monetary unit assumption requires that all dollar amounts be rounded to the nearest dollar.


LO5 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



The basic accounting equation is in balance when the creditor and ownership claims against the business equal the assets.


Ans: LO6 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



External transactions involve economic events between the company and some other enterprise or party.


Ans: LO7 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



In the retained earnings statement, revenues are listed first, followed by expenses, and net income (or net loss).


LO8 BT: K Difficulty: Easy TOT: .5 min. AACSB: Reflective Thinking AICPA BB: Critical Thinking AICPA FN: Reporting



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