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Qualitative Characteristics and Elements of Accounting

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Information must be understandable to users who are mature and willing to study the information diligently.

a)

Understandability

b)

Reliability

c)

Relevance

d)

Verifiability

e)

Timeliness

2.

This information must be relevant in that it influences the decisions of users. This influence occurs when information helps the reader to:

predict future income and cashflows confirm or correct previous predictions by feeding back actual results.

a)

Understandability

b)

Reliability

c)

Verifiability

d)

Relevance

e)

Timeliness

3.

Information must be reliable to be useful. The information should be of a standard that can be relied on by external users.

a)

Understandability

b)

Reliability

c)

Verifiability

d)

Relevance

e)

Timeliness

4.

Information must be timely if it is to be relevant. Financial statements should be published as soon as possible after year-end.

a)

Understandability

b)

Reliability

c)

Verifiability

d)

Relevance

e)

Timeliness

5.

he information must be capable of being tested (i.e. falsified, or provable by observation).

a)

Understandability

b)

Reliability

c)

Verifiability

d)

Relevance

e)

Timeliness

6.

Freedom from bias so as to ensure that there is no overstatement or understatement in favour of any particular group of users or individual users.

a)

Comparability

b)

Completeness

c)

Verifiability

d)

Neutrality

7.

Accounting information from an entity should be comparable with those of other similar entities

a)

Comparability

b)

Completeness

c)

Consistency

d)

Verifiability

8.

The same accounting methods and principles should be used from year to year in the preparation of financial statements.

a)

Verifiability

b)

Neutrality

c)

Completeness

d)

Consistency

9.

Where financial statements show all aspects of the business.

a)

Consistency

b)

Completeness

c)

Verifiability

d)

Neutrality

10.

Which of the following is not related to relevance?

a)

Predictive Value

b)

Feedback value

c)

Timeliness

d)

Verifiability

11.

The need to have accurate and unbiased information, represents the qualitative characteristic of:

a)

comparability

b)

reliability

c)

relevance

d)

timeliness

12.

Accountant should exercise caution when dealings with uncertainty. This is an application of ...

a)

Neutrality

b)

Substance over form

c)

Prudence

d)

Consistency

13.

When preparing financial reports, accountants are expected to use the same accounting methods consistently from one period to next

a)

Comparability

b)

Materiality concept

c)

Understandability

d)

Consistency concept

14.

Significant information should be revealed in the financial reports of a business because it could influence the economic decisions of users

a)

Materiality

b)

Substance Over Form

c)

Reliability

d)

Cost-Benefit Theory

15.

Accounting information should accurately reflect the true condition of the business.

a)

Predictive value

b)

Substance over form

c)

Feedback value

d)

Faithful representation

16.

Accounting information has relevance if it confirms or corrects prior expectations. This explains about...

a)

Objective value

b)

Feedback value

c)

Predictive value

d)

Confirmative value

17.

What ere the two constraints in qualitative characteristics?

a)

Materiality, Cost vs Benefit

b)

Comparability, Consistency

c)

Timeliness, Understandability

d)

Cost vs benefit, Timeliness

18.

Accountants should not select which information to be reported in the reports and which should not be reported. This will impair ........ concept.

a)

Neutrality

b)

Comparability

c)

Prudence

d)

Relevance

19.

Which of the following statement best defines an asset?

a)

Assets are debts owed by customers that are expected to generate future benefits.

b)

Assets are resources owned by the business that are expected to generate future benefits.

c)

Assets are resources belonging to the owner that are expected to generate future benefits.

d)

Assets are items that are useful and of value e.g. laptop, iphone, skateboard etc.

20.

What is capital?

a)

Cash contributed by the owner to operate the business

b)

Assets that have been taken out of the business by the owner for business use

c)

Assets contributed by the owner to operate the business

d)

Assets that have been taken out of the business by the owner for his personal use

21.

What is the amount taken out by the owner from the business for his personal use known as?

a)

Drawing

b)

Cash on hand

c)

Capital

d)

Cash in bank

22.

In the shop, what are the cash and checks kept in the cash register and safety box known as?

a)

Trade receivable

b)

Cash in bank

c)

Capital

d)

Cash on hand

23.

Which one best represents Equity of the business?

a)

Equity = Capital

b)

Equity = Capital – Drawing - Profit

c)

Equity = Capital – Drawing - loss

d)

Equity = Asset + Liability

24.

Identify the 5 accounting elements from the following

a)

assets, loan, income, equity, expenses

b)

assets, liabilities, insurance, equipment, expenses

c)

assets, loan, interest, capital, expenses

d)

assets, liabilities, income, equity, expenses

25.

Which of the following accounts have Debit nature?

a)

cash at bank, interest income, trade receivables

b)

inventory, cash in hand, motor vehicles

c)

trade payables, insurance, discount allowed

d)

equipment, loan, capital

26.

What is the difference between sales revenue and sales returns?

a)

sales revenue is amount earned from providing goods while sales returns is amount earned from providing services

b)

sales revenue is amount earned from providing goods while sales returns is not sales revenue

c)

sales revenue is amount earned from providing goods while sales returns is amount of goods returned from customers

d)

sales revenue is amount earned from providing goods while sales returns is amount of profit

27.

Trade payable is an example of ______________________________.

a)

Assets

b)

Liability

c)

Equity

d)

Income

e)

Expense

28.

Advertising is an example of ______________________________.

a)

Assets

b)

Liability

c)

Equity

d)

Income

e)

Expense

29.

Land Improvements is an example of ______________________________.

a)

Assets

b)

Liability

c)

Equity

d)

Income

e)

Expense

30.

Drawing is an example of ______________________________.

a)

Assets

b)

Liability

c)

Equity

d)

Income

e)

Expense