Exam 1: Accounting in Business

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There are three major types of business activities.________ activities involve using resources to research,develop,purchase,produce,distribute,and market products and services and receiving amounts from selling products and services.

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The business entity assumption means that a business is accounted for separately from other business entities,including its owner or owners.

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The four common forms of business ownership include sole proprietorship,partnership,corporation,and non-profit.

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Match each of the following terms with the most appropriate definition.
Resources such as cash that a stockholder puts into the company.
Return on assets
The uncertainty about the return to be earned.
Liabilities
Resources such as cash that a company distributes to stockholders for personal use.
Expenses
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Resources such as cash that a stockholder puts into the company.
Return on assets
The uncertainty about the return to be earned.
Liabilities
Resources such as cash that a company distributes to stockholders for personal use.
Expenses
Expresses the relation of assets,liabilities and equity in a company,comparing the resources the company owns to the sources of funds to acquire the resources.
Contributed capital
Resources a company owns or controls that are expected to yield future benefit.
Risk
Decreases in equity from costs of providing products or services to customers.
Accounting equation
A financial ratio stated as income divided by assets invested.
Dividends
Creditor's claims on a company's assets.
Assets
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Rushing had net income of $240 million and average total assets of $2,000 million.Its return on assets is:

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The measurement principle,also called the cost principle:

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The four common forms of business ownership include sole proprietorship,partnership,limited liability company (LLC),and corporation.

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Cage Company had net income of $160 million and average total assets of $2,000 million.Its return on assets (ROA)is:

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If a company paid $38,000 of its accounts payable in cash,what was the effect on the accounting equation?

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The four basic financial statements include the balance sheet,income statement,statement of retained earnings,and statement of cash flows.

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External users of accounting information include all of the following except:

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An example of an investing activity is:

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From the information given below,prepare a November income statement,a November statement of retained earnings,and a November 30 balance sheet.On November 1 of the current year,Victoria Garza,the sole stockholder,began Garza Décor with an initial investment of $50,000 cash.On November 30,her records showed the following (alphabetically arranged)items and amounts. From the information given below,prepare a November income statement,a November statement of retained earnings,and a November 30 balance sheet.On November 1 of the current year,Victoria Garza,the sole stockholder,began Garza Décor with an initial investment of $50,000 cash.On November 30,her records showed the following (alphabetically arranged)items and amounts.

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The rule that (1)requires revenue to be recognized when goods or services are provided to customers and (2)at the amount expected to be received from the customer is called the:

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Dividends are subtracted as expenses in the calculation of net income.

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Internal users of accounting information do not directly run the organization and have limited access to its accounting information.

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All of the following are external users of accounting information except:

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The first section of the income statement reports cash flows from operating activities.

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Accounting is an information and measurement system that does all of the following except:

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Which of the following combinations results does not result in the same amount of net income reported on the income statement?

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