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Ferg Acctg Quiz 1 (9/6/19) 50 Q (BR 1,3, 4, 5, 6)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______________ are the evidence that the financial transaction has occurred and may include receipts and invoices

a)

Source documents

b)

Historical documents

c)

Matching documents

d)

Bank statements

2.

Accounting is the process of ____, _____, and ____ economic information. (Mark 3 answers)

a)

Identifying

b)

Measuring

c)

Communicating

d)

Calculating

3.

Managerial accountants provide information to people ________________

a)

Inside the organization

b)

Outside the organization

c)

Who invest in the company

d)

All over the world

4.

Financial accounting involves preparation of financial information for _____________.

a)

The public

b)

The Board of Directors

c)

Management

d)

The owner

5.

Fund accounting is primarily about accounting for ________.

a)

How money is spent.

b)

How money is earned

c)

How money is divided between owners

d)

How money is invested

6.

______ verify the accuracy of a company's financial, operational or compliance records.

a)

Audits

b)

Accountants

c)

The IRS

d)

Owners

7.

The amount of cash given up to acquire a specific item is called: ____________

a)

Cost

b)

Expense

c)

Cash outflow

d)

Cash

8.

Revenue Recognition Principle states that:

a)

Revenue is realized when it is earned.

b)

Revenue is realized when it is received.

c)

Revenue is realized when it occurs.

d)

Revenue is realized when the transaction takes place.

9.

Which are liabilities? (mark all that apply)

a)

Accounts payable

b)

Bank loan

c)

Pre-pad insurance

d)

Dividends

10.

Which are assets? (mark all that apply)

a)

Accounts receivable

b)

Land

c)

Delivery truck

d)

Investment capital

11.

Which is the correct accounting equation?

a)

Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity

b)

Owners Equity = Assets + Liabilities

c)

Liabilities = Assets + Owner's Equity

d)

Assets = Liabilities x Owner's Equity

12.

What does ALOE stand for?

a)

Assets, Liabilities and Owner's Equity

b)

Accounts, Ledgers and Owner's Expenses

c)

Accounts, Liabilities and Owner's Equity

d)

Assets, Ledgers and Owner's Equity

13.

Which one of the activities is a bookkeeping activity?

a)

Sorting source documents

b)

Preparing financial reports

c)

Preparing the accounting procedures of the company

d)

Tax preparation

14.

What is the best explanation of a source document in bookkeeping?

a)

Evidence of a financial transaction

b)

Evidence of revenue

c)

An invoice

d)

A receipt

15.

Which of the following statements best defines 'cash flow?'

a)

The amount of incoming cash minus the amount of outgoing cash during a given period

b)

Assets - Liabilities

c)

The difference between the balance of the cash account and the inventory account

d)

The amount of cash that is collected in a given period of time

16.

If a company sells $20,000 of their inventory for $30,000 in cash, how does owners' equity change?

a)

Increases by $10,000

b)

Decreases by $10,000

c)

Increases by $50,000

d)

Does not change

17.

If the owner invests and additional $50,000, which two accounts are affected?

a)

Cash, Owner's Capital

b)

Cash, Owner's Withdrawal

c)

Cash, Accounts Receivable

d)

Cash, Accounts Payable

18.

If the business obtains a 20 year loan that they will use to purchase land, which accounts are IMMEDIATELY changed?

a)

Cash, Long term Loan

b)

Cash, Short term Loan

c)

Cash, Land

d)

Land, Long term Loan

19.

If the business obtains a 20 year loan that they will use to purchase land, which account categories are IMMEDIATELY changed?

a)

Assets, Liabilities

b)

Liabilities, Equity

c)

Assets, Equity

d)

Liabilities, Equity

20.

ABC Contractors purchases a delivery truck for $20,000. What happens to the Assets account?

a)

There is no change in the balance because both are assets.

b)

There is a $20,000 decrease in the balance.

c)

There is a $20,000 increase in the balance.

d)

The accounts balance will be $0

21.

Anything that is man-made and makes a process easier to complete is called:

a)

Technology

b)

Machinery

c)

Cloud

d)

Optional

22.

The discipline dealing with good and bad is the study of:

a)

Ethics

b)

Morals

c)

Honesty

d)

Practices

23.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 mandates top level executive must:

a)

certify financial information is accurate.

b)

certify financial information is unbiased.

c)

certify financial information is reasonable.

d)

certify financial information is ethical.

24.

External users of financial information may be: (mark all that apply)

a)

Investors

b)

Creditors

c)

Suppliers

d)

Government

e)

Employees

25.

The ending step of the accounting cycle is to:

a)

Generate financial statements

b)

Process transactions

c)

Balance the accounts

d)

Certify receipts and expenses

26.

Which statement tells and external user how much money a company make or lose?

a)

Income statement

b)

Statement of retained earnings

c)

Statement of cash flows

d)

Balance sheet

27.

Which financial statement tells how much net income is reinvested in the company.

a)

Statement of retained earnings

b)

Income statement

c)

Balance sheet

d)

Statement of cash flows

28.

Which financial statement tells exactly which accounts the company has and the balance in each.

a)

Balance sheet

b)

Income statement

c)

Statement of cash flows

d)

Statement of retained earnings.

29.

Which statement tells what products brought revenue and how money was expensed out?

a)

Statement of cash flows

b)

Balance sheet

c)

Statement of retained earnings

d)

Income statement

30.

Who is an internal user of accounting information? (mark all that apply)

a)

Owners

b)

Managers

c)

Customers

d)

Employees

31.

_____ is a set of guidelines established to help publicly traded companies create financial statements.

a)

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

b)

Federal Assurance Practices (FAP)

c)

Mandated Accounting Practices (MAP)

d)

Federally Insured Accounting Deposits (FIAD)

32.

______ means any activities of a business must be kept separate from the activities of the business owner.

a)

economic entity assumption

b)

monetary unit assumption

c)

full disclosure principle

d)

matching principle

33.

____ means that only activities that can be expressed in dollar amounts can be included in accounting records.

a)

Monetary unit assumption

b)

Time period assumption

c)

Full disclosure principle

d)

Going concern principle

34.

______ means that business activities can be reported in distinct time intervals.

a)

Time period assumption

b)

Cost principle

c)

Full disclosure principle

d)

Matching priniciple

35.

______ refers to the historical cost of an item that is reported on the financial statements.

a)

Cost principle

b)

Full disclosure principle

c)

Going concern principle

d)

Matching principle

36.

_____ means that all information that is relative to the business be reported either in the content of the financial statements or in the notes to the financial statements.

a)

Full disclosure principle

b)

Materiality principle

c)

Going concern principle

d)

Cost principle

37.

______ requires that businesses use the accrual form of accounting and match business income to business expenses.

a)

Matching principle

b)

Revenue recognition principle

c)

Going concern principle

d)

Cost principle

38.

This standard requires that revenue be reported on the income statement in the period in which it is earned.

a)

Revenue recognition principle

b)

Going concern principle

c)

Full disclosure principle

d)

Monetary unit assumption

39.

______ refers to the measure of importance of a misstatement in accounting records.

a)

Materiality principle

b)

Matching principle

c)

Cost principle

d)

Monetary unit assumption

40.

_______ is the principle that calls for potential expenses and liabilities to be recognized immediately if you are unsure whether they will actually occur or not.

a)

Conservation

b)

Materiality principle

c)

Revenue recognition principle

d)

Going concern principle

41.

Which of the following is an example of external users of accounting information?

a)

Analysts

b)

Employees

c)

Managers

d)

Owners

42.

What statement(s) do external and internal users of accounting information rely on? (mark all that apply)

a)

Statement of Cash Flows

b)

Balance Sheet

c)

Statement of Retained Earnings

d)

Income Statement

e)

Trial Balance

43.

Monica reads in the newspaper that in the year ended December 31, 2015, Profit For Two Inc made $1 million profit. Monica wants to confirm for herself that this is really the case. What financial statement of Profit For Two Inc should Monica read to confirm the newspaper report?

a)

The income statement

b)

The statement of retained earnings

c)

The statement of cash flows

d)

The balance sheet

44.

Djokovic is the Chief Information Officer for InfoTech Inc. Murray is the Chief Lending Officer at the Bank where InfoTech has a large bank loan. Which statement is true for both Djokovic and Murray, in connection with InfoTech?

a)

Information user

b)

Internal user

c)

Investor

d)

Supplier

45.

The accounting department prepares financial reports for _____ and _____ users.

a)

internal, external

b)

timely, accurate

c)

employee, volunteer

d)

smart, savvy

46.

The accounts payable role is responsible for:

a)

Tracking payments made by the company

b)

Marketing the goods or services sold by the company

c)

Preparing tax returns

d)

Depositing cash and recording cash receipts

47.

To maintain proper financial controls, the person that records cash receipts should NOT also _____.

a)

Deposit the cash

b)

Have access to the accounting system

c)

Count the cash

d)

Reset passwords to the accounting system

48.

The accounts receivable role is responsible for:

a)

Tracking cash received by the company

b)

Selling products for the company

c)

Tracking checks written by the company

d)

Processing payroll

49.

With accounting software, Bob is able to complete five times as many transactions as he can manually; this supports the explanation of technology as

a)

anything that is man-made and makes a process easier to complete.

b)

a machine that requires a human or animal to operate.

c)

anything that is man-made but has no bearing on how easy or difficult a process is to complete.

d)

a man-made apparatus that helps to process financial transactions.

50.

In our ever-evolving world, there have been many advances that have made accounting processes easier to complete. Which of the following is an example of man-made technology that has impacted the accounting industry throughout history? (mark all that apply)

a)

Ink

b)

Pencils

c)

Computers

d)

Glue