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Accounting Basic Terms

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A planned process designed to complete financial data and summarize the results in accounting records and reports.

a)

Accounting

b)

Financial Statement

c)

Accounting System

d)

Business plan

2.

A formal report that shows what an individual owns, what an individual owes, and the difference between the two.

a)

net worth statement

b)

Equity

c)

Balance Sheet

d)

Financial Report

3.

An amount owed

a)

assets

b)

liability

c)

equity

d)

account

4.

The difference between assets and liabilities.

a)

ethics

b)

GAAP

c)

debts

d)

equity

5.

The use of ethics in making business decisions.

a)

service

b)

transactions

c)

business ethics

d)

expense

6.

The process of planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information.

a)

Accounting

b)

Business plan

c)

Financing

d)

Crediting

7.

Financial reports that summarize the financial condition and operations of a business.

a)

Income Statement

b)

Financial Statements

c)

Balance Sheet

d)

Trial Balancee

8.

Anything of value that is owned.

a)

Liability

b)

Equity

c)

Asset

d)

Expense

9.

The difference between personal assets and personal liabilities.

a)

Equities

b)

Personal Net Worth

c)

Assets

d)

Account title

10.

The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions.

a)

ethics

b)

GAAP

c)

business standards and procedures

d)

legal laws

11.

A business that performs an activity for a fee.

a)

manufacturing business

b)

retail business

c)

service business

12.

A formal written document that describes the nature of a business and how it will operate.

a)

business report

b)

financial report

c)

business plan

d)

business journal

13.

An equation showing the relationship among assets, liabilities, and owner's equity.

a)

Science Equation

b)

Financial Equation

c)

Algebra Equation

d)

Accounting Equation

14.

A record that summarizes all the transactions pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation.

a)

asset

b)

expense

c)

account

d)

equity

15.

A business owned by one person.

a)

LLC

b)

Corporation

c)

Proprietorship

d)

Partnership

16.

The standards and rules that accountants follow while recording and reporting financial activities.

a)

IASB

b)

FASB

c)

SEC

d)

GAAP

17.

Any business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner's equity.

a)

revenue

b)

investment

c)

withdrawal

d)

transaction

18.

The name given to an account.

a)

account receivable

b)

account payable

c)

sale on account

d)

account title

19.

A person or business to whom a liability is owed.

a)

owner

b)

debtor

c)

creditor

d)

employer

20.

A sale for which payment will be received at a later date.

a)

discount sale

b)

long-term sale

c)

short sale

d)

sale on account

21.

The cost of goods or services used to operate a business.

a)

expense

b)

loan

c)

liability

d)

investment

22.

Assets taken from the business for the owner's personal use.

a)

scandal

b)

withdrawal

c)

stocktaking

d)

dividend

23.

The difference between the increases and decreases in an account.

a)

net increase/decrease

b)

account balance

c)

net profit

d)

net loss

24.

An account used to summarize the owner's equity in a business.

a)

Equity

b)

Capital account

c)

Asset

d)

Liability

25.

Which account(s) has a debit normal balance?

a)

Asset

b)

Liability

c)

Owner's Equity

d)

Revenue

e)

Expense