In: Accounting
Mike Rodgers, owner of Mike's Taco Barn, also owns a personal residence that cost $130,000, but has a market value of $250,000. During preparation of the financial statements for Mike's Taco Barn, the accounting principle most relevant to the presentation of Mike's home is:
a The concept of the business entity.
b The cost principle.
c The going-concern assumption.
d The objectivity principle.
4. At December 31, 1993, the accounting records of Darcy, Inc., contain the following items:
Accounts Payable....$ 24,000 Accounts Receivable....$ 60,000
Land.................... ? Cash.............................. 54,000
Capital Stock........... 600,000 Equipment................... 180,000
Building.................. 500,000 Retained Earnings......... ?
Note Payable........... 250,000
If Retained Earnings at December 31, 1993, are $300,000, total assets amount to:
a $900,000
b $1,174,000.
c $354,000.
d $1,434,000.
5. During the current year, liabilities of Bowie's Meats increased by $320,000, and owners' equity increased by $90,000.
a Assets at the end of the year total $410,000.
b Assets at the end of the year total $230,000.
c Assets increased during the year by $410,000.
d Assets decreased during the year by $230,000.
6. The process of originally recording a business transaction in the accounting records is termed:
a Journalizing.
b Footing.
c Posting.
d Balancing.
7. The journal entry to record a particular business transaction includes a debit to a liability account. This transaction is most likely also to include:
a A cash receipt.
b The purchase of an asset on account.
c A cash payment.
d A credit to Accounts Receivable.
8. A trial balance will indicate the existence of an error if:
a The purchase of a typewriter for $870 is entered in the accounting records as a debit of $87 to Office Equipment and a credit of $87 to Accounts Payable.
b The collection of $75 cash is recorded by a debit to Accounts Receivable and a credit to Cash.
c A ledger account with a credit balance is listed as a debit amount in the trial balance.
d A journal entry debiting Equipment is posted as a debit to the Building account.
9. The Accountant for the McCarthy Company forgot to make an adjusting entry to record depreciation for the current year. The effect of this error would be:
a An overstatement of net income and an understatement of assets.
b An overstatement of assets offset by an understatement of owners' equity.
c An overstatement of assets, net income, and owners' equity.
d. An overstatement of assets and of net income and an understatement of owners' equity.
10. The balance in retained earnings of Dayton Company at the beginning of the year was $65,000. During the year, the corporation earned revenue of $430,000 and incurred expenses of $360,000, dividends of $50,000 were declared and paid, and the balance of the Cash account increased by $10,000. The company's net income and the year-end balance in the retained earnings account are, respectively:
a $20,000 and $95,000.
b $70,000 and $85,000.
c $20,000 and $85,000.
d $70,000 and $95,000.
11. The balance of an unearned revenue account:
a Appears in the balance sheet as a component of stockholders' equity.
b Appears in the income statement along with other revenue accounts.
c Appears in a separate section of the income statement for revenue not yet earned.
d Appears in the liability section of the balance sheet.
12. The concept of materiality:
a Treats as material only those items that are greater than 2% or 3% of net income.
b Justifies ignoring the matching principle in certain circumstances.
c Affects only items reported in the income statement.
d Results in financial statements that are less useful to decision makers because many details have been omitted.
13. In a perpetual inventory system, purchases of merchandise on account are recorded by debiting:
a Cost of Goods Sold.
b Accounts Payable.
c Purchases.
d Inventory.
14. In a multiple-step income statement, interest expense usually is not classified as an operating expense because interest charges:
a do not contribute to the production of revenue.
b Stem from the manner in which assets are financed, not the manner in which they are used in business operations.
c Relate directly to the cost of goods sold.
d The statement is incorrect. Interest usually is classified as an operating expense.
15. Telecote Pro Shop uses a periodic inventory system. The beginning inventory was $20,000, purchases amounted to $110,000, sales totaled $215,000, and the year-end inventory was $25,000. The cost of goods sold must have been:
a $100,000.
b $105,000
c $110,000.
d some other amount.
16. AllNight Stores purchased canned goods at an invoice price of $2,000 and terms of 2/10, n/30. Half of the goods had been mislabeled and were returned immediately to the supplier. If AllNight pays the invoice within the discount period, the amount paid should be:
a $960.
b $980.
c 1,960.
d 2,000.
17. An important distinction between the direct method and the indirect method of preparing a statement of cash flows is that:
a The format of the section computing net cash flow from operating activities is different under the two methods.
b The direct method reconciles accrual-based net income with net cash flow from operations; the indirect method shows the specific cash inflows and outflows constituting the operating activities.
c The direct method results in a lower (more conservative) figure for net cash flow from operating activities than does the indirect method.
d Only those statements of cash flows prepared using the direct method are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as set forth by the FASB.
18. Which of the following is not classified among the financing activities in a statement of cash flows?
a Long-term borrowing.
b Payment of dividends to stockholders.
c Payment of interest to creditors.
d Short-term borrowing.
3. Most relevant is the concept of Business Entity since The business entity concept states that the transactions associated with abusiness must be separately recorded from those of its owners or otherbusinesses.
4.
Assets=Liabilities | |
Total Liabilities | |
Accounts Payable | 24000 |
Retained Earning | 300000 |
Notes paybale | 250000 |
Capital Stock | 600000 |
Total Liabilities | 1174000 |
Hence total Asset |
1174000 |
5. c Assets increased during the year by $410,000. (320000+90000)
6. a Journalizing.\
7. c A cash payment. (Example: Creditor Debit, Cash Credit-Cash Payment).
8. c A ledger account with a credit balance is listed as a debit amount in the trial balance.
9. c An overstatement of assets, net income, and owners' equity.
10. b $70,000 and $85,000 (430000-360000 and 430000-360000+65000-50000)
11. d Appears in the liability section of the balance sheet.
13. c Purchases.