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Chapter 3 - The Adjusting Process

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If a company is using accrual basis accounting, when does it record revenue?

a)

When the service is performed (even if cash received later)

b)

When service is performed or cash is received, whichever comes first

c)

When cash is received (even if service performed later)

d)

When cash is received (30 days after completion of services)

2.

A company receives payment on August 5 for services performed July 21. The journal entry on August 5:

a)

Debits Cash and credits Accounts Receivable

b)

Debits Salaries Expense and credits Cash

c)

Debits Cash and credits Service Revenue

d)

Debits Supplies and credits Cash

3.

What accounting principle ensures all expenses are recorded during the period they are incurred and offsets expenses against the revenues of the period?

a)

Accrual

b)

Comparison

c)

Matching

d)

Revenue recognition

4.

Which principle or concept says a business's activities can be divided into small segments and financial statements prepared for a year, quarter, month, etc.?

a)

Matching principle

b)

Time period concept

c)

Economic entity concept

d)

Adjusting entry concept

5.

Revenue is earned when we:

a)

Enter into an agreement to deliver a good or service

b)

Deliver the good or service to the customer

c)

Prepare the journal entry to record revenue

d)

Receive cash from the customer before delivery

6.

We perform services for a client in December. We mail the bill December 30 and get paid January 5. What account will appear on the December income statement related to this transaction?

a)

Accounts Payable

b)

Unearned Revenue

c)

Accounts Receivable

d)

Service Revenue

7.

We perform services for a client in December. We mail the bill December 30 and get paid January 5. What account will appear on the December balance sheet related to this transaction?

a)

Accounts Payable

b)

Unearned Revenue

c)

Accounts Receivable

d)

Service Revenue

8.

We take on a new client that we will do work for in January. We require them to pay us in advance; we receive a check December 30. Which of these accounts will appear on the balance sheet for this transaction?

a)

Accounts Payable

b)

Unearned Revenue

c)

Accounts Receivable

d)

Service Revenue

9.

Unearned Revenue is what type of account?

a)

Asset

b)

Liability

c)

Equity

d)

Revenue

10.

On January 1, we bought a new Alienware computer and used it in our computer animation business all year. We paid $9,000 for it, and we expect it to last 3 years. What will show up on the income statement for the year ended December 31 related to this computer?

a)

Computer Expense, $9,000

b)

Computer Expense, $3,000

c)

Depreciation Expense, $3,000

d)

Depreciation Expense, $250

11.

When we record depreciation on a computer, we credit what account in the journal entry?

a)

Accumulated Depreciation - Computer

b)

Depreciation Expense - Computer

c)

Computer

d)

Prepaid Computers

12.

A depreciable asset's cost minus its accumulated depreciation is called what?

a)

Residual value

b)

Book value

c)

Market value

d)

Accrued expense

13.

Accumulated Depreciation is a(n) ______ account and has a ______ normal balance

a)

Contra asset; credit

b)

Asset; debit

c)

Liability; credit

d)

Expense; debit

14.

Adjusting entries may involve any account, including Cash.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

On May 31, the balance in our Unearned Revenue account was a credit of $1,000. During June, we received an advance payment of $1,400 for services to be performed. On June 30, we made an adjustment to recognize $500 of revenue that we earned during the month. What was the balance of Unearned Revenue on June 30?

a)

$1,900 credit

b)

$100 credit

c)

$1,400 debit

d)

$500 credit

16.

At the start of the month, we had $300 of office supplies. We bought $1,000 of supplies during the month. At the end of the month, we determined that we had $500 of office supplies still on hand, unused. How much was Supplies Expense for the month?

a)

$1,000

b)

$500

c)

$800

d)

$200

17.

At the start of the month, our Accounts Receivable had a debit balance of $42,000. We performed $70,000 of services during the month, all on account. We received $86,000 of payments. What was the ending balance in Accounts Receivable?

a)

$16,000

b)

$58,000

c)

$26,000

d)

$116,000

18.

On November 1, we paid $2,400 for a one-year insurance policy. The policy went into effect on November 1. After we post adjusting entries on December 31, what will the balance be in the Prepaid Insurance account?

a)

$2,400

b)

$400

c)

$2,000

d)

$2,200

19.

The adjusted trial balance shows:

a)

Revenues and expenses only

b)

Account balances after adjustments

c)

Balance sheet accounts only

d)

Account balances before adjustments

20.

During September 2019, the University of Georgia Athletics Department received advance payments from fans for tickets to a gymnastics meet against Alabama that will be held in March 2020. What account was most likely credited when they received the payments in September?

a)

Accounts Payable

b)

Ticket Sales Revenue

c)

Unearned Revenue

d)

Who cares? They'll lose the meet.

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