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Beginning Accounting

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are for-profit businesses

a)

Operate for reasons other than making a profit

b)

Make a lot of money

c)

Operate to make money

d)

Don't make a lot of money

2.

What does CPA stand for?

a)

Certified Professional Accountant

b)

Certified Public Accountant

c)

Credited Public Accountant

d)

Certified Proficient Accounting

3.

What is an audit?

a)

When the company gets in trouble with government

b)

When the company checks its revenue streams

c)

A review of the company's accounting systems

d)

When the company operates at a loss

4.

What is a free enterprise system?

a)

When people are free to operate the businesses they choose to

b)

When the government tells you what you can sell

c)

When society decides what you can and can't sell

5.

What does profit mean?

a)

The amount of money the business brings in

b)

The amount of money left over after operating expenses are paid

c)

How much money the owner makes

d)

Money made from company sales

6.

What does operating at a loss mean?

a)

Profits are low

b)

No one knows what they're doing

c)

The company spends more money than they make

7.

What is capital?

a)

The largest city in a state

b)

Washington D.C

c)

Money investors, owners, or banks supply

d)

The cash a company has on hand

8.

What is a service business?

a)

Provides a needed service for a fee

b)

Buys finished products and resells them to individuals or other businesses

c)

Buys raw materials, uses labor and machinery to transform them into finished products

9.

What is a merchandising business?

a)

Provides a needed service for a fee

b)

Buys finished products and resells them to individuals or other businesses

c)

Buys raw materials, uses labor and machinery to transform them into finished products

10.

What is a manufacturing business?

a)

Provides a needed service for a fee

b)

Buys finished products and resells them to individuals or other businesses

c)

Buys raw materials, uses labor and machinery to transform them into finished products

11.

How many people own a sole proprietorship?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

12.

How many people own a partnership

a)

two or more

b)

two

c)

hundreds

d)

thousands

13.

What is an advantage of a sole proprietorship

a)

Hard to attract talent

b)

limited expertise

c)

Owner keeps all the profits

d)

Lots of regulations

14.

What is an advantage of a partnership?

a)

Shared profits

b)

less money available

c)

less expertise

d)

easy startup

15.

What is an advantage of a corporation?

a)

costly to start

b)

complex to organize

c)

hard to transfer ownership

d)

loss limited to investment

16.

What does GAAP stand for?

a)

Gradually Accepted Accounting Practices

b)

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

c)

Genuinely Accredited Accounting Procedures

d)

Gently Accrued Accounting Principles