Accounting Chapter 4

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All corrections for posting errors should be made in a way that leaves no question as to the correct amount

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True

Front

A journal shows in one place all the changes in a single account. True or False?

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False

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Is the account number placed in the Post. Ref. column of the journal as the last step in the posting procedure?

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True

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The posting reference should always be recorded in the journal’s Post. Ref. column before amounts are recorded in the ledger.

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False

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The two steps for opening an account are writing the account title and recording the balance.

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False

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The procedure of arranging accounts in a general ledger, assigning account numbers, and keeping records current is known as file maintenance.

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True

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The Cash account is the first asset account and is numbered 110.

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True

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The steps for posting are to write the date, the journal page number, the amount, and the balance.

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False

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If the payment of cash for rent was journalized and posted in error as a debit to Miscellaneous Expense instead of Rent Expense, the correcting entry will include a credit to Cash.

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False

Front

If the previous account balance and the current entry posted to an account are both debits, is the new account balance a debit?

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True