General Journal

What is a general journal

• a journal with two amount columns in which all kinds of entries can be recorded

• a journal that you right your thoughts in

• accounting

• a binder

What is a entry?

• a gate

• information for transaction in a journal

• a diary

• business paper

Transactions entered in a chronological order

• journal

• List

• documents

• double-entry accounting

Which one is a general journal?

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Business paper from which information is obtained for journal entry

• invoice

• journal

• source document

• receipt

What is the first step in completing a general journal?

• putting the date

• finding the balance

• putting the document number

• putting the post reference

Debit goes before credit

• True

• False

Where does the source document go?

• account title

• credit

• document number

• post reference

Transactions in a general journal are in order by...

• post reference number

• source document

• numerical amount

• date