Exam 1: Accounting in Action

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Selected transactions for Parton Company are listed below. List the number of the transaction and then describe the effect of each transaction on assets liabilities and owner's equity. Sample: Made initial cash investment in the business. The answer would be-Increase in assets and increase in owner's equity. 1. Paid monthly utility bill. 2. Purchased new display case for cash. 3. Paid cash for repair work on security system. 4. Billed customers for services performed. 5. Received cash from customers billed in 4. 6. Withdrew cash for owner's personal use. 7. Incurred advertising expenses on account. 8. Paid monthly rent. 9. Received cash from customers when service was rendered.

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

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Keeping a systematic chronological diary of events that are measured in dollars and cents is called

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Internal users of accounting information include all of the following except

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Drawings ________________ owner's equity but are not expenses.

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The economic entity assumption requires that the activities

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Designate the terminology that best represents the definition or statement given below.
(Note: No letter should be used more than once)
The methods and measures adopted within a business to safeguard its assets and enhance the accuracy and reliability of its accounting records.
Additions and improvements
The pool of costs that consist of the cost of the beginning inventory and the cost of goods purchased.
Natural resources
Entries at the end of an accounting period to transfer the balances of temporary accounts to permanent owner's equity accounts.
Allowance method
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The methods and measures adopted within a business to safeguard its assets and enhance the accuracy and reliability of its accounting records.
Additions and improvements
The pool of costs that consist of the cost of the beginning inventory and the cost of goods purchased.
Natural resources
Entries at the end of an accounting period to transfer the balances of temporary accounts to permanent owner's equity accounts.
Allowance method
Assets such as timber, oil, coal, and mineral deposits.
Amortization
A system in which detailed records are not maintained and cost of goods sold is determined only at the end of an accounting period.
Periodic inventory system
Revenue, expense, and drawing accounts whose balances are transferred to owner's capital at the end of an accounting period.
Book value
An accounting principle that requires assets be recorded at their historical cost.
Nominal accounts
An inventory costing method which assumes that the latest units purchased are the first to be allocated to cost of goods sold.
Closing entries
All accounts appearing on the post-closing trial balance.
Comparability
An assumption that requires that the activities of a company be kept separate and distinct from the activities of its owner.
Permanent accounts
Accumulated depreciation is an example of this term.
Consistency
This method of accounting for uncollectible accounts is required when bad debts are significant in size.
Contra asset
An inventory method that records the earliest goods purchased as cost of goods sold.
Historical cost principle
A depreciation method that produces decreasing periodic depreciation by applying a constant rate to the book value of the asset.
Debit
The periodic write-off of an intangible asset.
Declining-balance method
The left side of an account.
Depletion
The cost of an asset less its accumulated depreciation.
Depreciable cost
An assumption that the economic life of a business can be divided into artificial time periods.
Direct write-off method
The total amount subject to depreciation.
Economic entity assumption
Use of the same accounting principles and methods from period to period by the same business enterprise.
First-in, first-out method
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Classify each of these items as an asset (A) liability (L) or owner's equity (OE). ‾\underline{\quad\quad} 1. Accounts receivable ‾\underline{\quad\quad} 2. Accounts payable ‾\underline{\quad\quad} 3. Owner's Capital ‾\underline{\quad\quad} 4. Supplies ‾\underline{\quad\quad} 5. Utilities expense ‾\underline{\quad\quad} 6. Cash ‾\underline{\quad\quad} 7. Notes payable ‾\underline{\quad\quad} 8. Equipment

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Which of the following would not be considered an external user of accounting data for the LMN Company?

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

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At October 1 Flambo Company reported owner's equity of $68000. During October the owner made additional investments of $10000 and the company posted a net loss of $4000. If owner's equity at October 31 totals $70000 what amount of owner drawings were made during the month?

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The common characteristic possessed by all assets is

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A business organized as a corporation

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GAAP stands for

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Sam Ryo is the proprietor (owner) of Sam's a retailer of golf apparel. When recording the financial transactions of Sam's Sam does not record an entry for a car he purchased for personal use. Sam took out a personal loan to pay for the car. What accounting concept guides Sam's behavior in this situation?

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Big Bite Diner received a bill of $800 from the Blackstone Wine Advertising Agency. The owner K. T. Lang is postponing payment of the bill until a later date. The effect on specific items in the basic accounting equation is

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The accounting process involves all of the following except

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A small neighborhood barber shop that is operated by its owner would likely be organized as a

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Which of the following is true regarding the corporate form of business organization?

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If total liabilities decreased by $30000 and owner's equity decreased by $15000 during a period of time then total assets must change by what amount and direction during that same period?

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