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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 42mins
Who is the Father of Modern Accounting?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Frater Luca Bartolomes Pacioli
Aristotle
Abraham Maslow
The purpose of accounting is to....
communicate information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions
communicate financial and non-financial information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions
communicate non-financial information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions
Which of the following does not represents the characteristics of Management Accounting?
Helps in finding out cost of products and control costs
Measures the operating efficiency of the enterprise
Helps in identifying the financial position of the business
Process of determining and accumulating the cost of products or activity
Cost accounting is needed by which type of users
Internal users
External users
What is the roles of management accountant?
Provide information and accounting reports
Responsible for carrying out the task of helping the management
Assist departments in achieving the organization objectives.
All of above
The following is the objective of cost accounting except....
Ascertainment of cost
Planning and controlling cost
Decision making
Observations
Financial accounting is....
A language which communicates economic information to interested parties
Primarily concerned with the recognition, measurement and communication of economic activities and conforms with accounting standards developed by standard-setting bodies
Accumulation of accounting information for a company's internal users
Accumulation of accounting information for a company's external users
The system of recording transactions based on Dual Aspect Concept is known as (a) .
Creditors are the (a) users of accounting.
(a) is a language of business.
Management is the (a) users of accounting.
We record ___________in the books of accounts.
financial transactions
no financial transactions
both financial and non financial transactions
none of these
Which of the following is not a branch of accounting?
cost accounting
financial accounting
book keeping and accounting
management accounting
Which is the first step of accounting process?
Classifying
analyzing and interpretation
recording
financial statements.
Double entry system has two aspects_______and _________
(a)
Owners of business firms are the ONLY people who need accounting information.
True
False
Which of the following is the correct sequence of accounting activities?
Recording , Identification, Communication
Identification, Recording, Communication
Communication, Recording, Identification
Users of accounting information include
Creditors
Lenders
Customers
All of the above
Book keeping is mainly concerned with
Recording of financial data
Designing the systems in recording, classifying, and summarizing the recorded data
Interpreting the data for internal and external users
None of the above
Which of the following is the example of internal users
Government
Investors
Creditors
Employees
Which of the following would NOT be considered as internal users of accounting data for a company?
External auditor
CEO of the company
President of the company
Salesman of the company
Accounting is referred to as the "language of ___________________."
Profit
Life
Accounting
Business
The starting point of the accounting process is
communicating information to users.
identifying economic events.
recording economic events.
None of these answers are correct.
An area of accounting where private accountant is hired by a business to be involved in day to day activities and to undertake accounting functions.
Public Accounting
Private Accounting
Government Accounting
A process of accounting which involves keeping chronological diary of events that are measured in pesos.
Identifying
Recording
Measuring
Communicating
This is a process which involves preparation and distribution of financial and other accounting reports.
Identifying
Recording
Measuring
Communicating
The economic events of an organization are referred to as____________?
Accounting
Business Organization
Transaction
Books of accounts
Accounting provides assistance to decision makers by providing them financial reports that will guide them in coming up with sound decisions. Which of the following features best describe this nature of accounting?
Accounting is a service activity
Accounting is a process
Accounting is both an art and a discipline
Accounting records financial transactions and data, classifies these and finalizes their results given for a specified period of time, as needed by their users. Which of the following features best describe this nature of accounting?
Accounting is a service activity
Accounting is a process
Accounting deals with financial information and transactions
Accounting is recognized and characterized as a storehouse of information. Which of the following features best describe this nature of accounting?
Accounting is a process
Accounting deals with financial information and transactions
Accounting is an information system
Which of the following is NOT included in the functions of accounting?
Record Keeping
Protecting of Properties
Communication of Results
Meetings and consultation
This is the oldest evidence of Accounting practice from Mesopotamia, which dealt with commercial transactions at the time such as listing of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Double-entry bookkeeping
Summa de Arithmetica
Clay Tablet
The history of accounting in business started from around 3600 B.C. which is the Cradle Civilization. On 14th Century, Double entry bookkeeping was born through Luca Pacioli, followed by the French Revolution on 1700s, Industrial Revolution on 1760 - 1830 and On _______ modern accounting in Europe and america began.
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
This is the result when one company takes over all the operations of another business entity resulting in the dissolution of another business.
Acquisitions
Merger
Business Partnership
The Father of Accounting wrote the first book published containing a detailed chapters on double-entry bookkeeping. What is the title of the book?
Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalita
Double entry bookkeeping
Securities and Exchange Commission
Primarily concerned with processing historical data
Financial accounting
Managerial accounting
Cost Accounting
Deals with developing future accountants, by creating relevant accounting curriculum.
Accounting Research
Accounting Education
Accounting Memes
Focuses on evaluating the adequacy of a company's internal control structure by testing segregation of duties, policies and procedures, degrees of authorization, and other controls implemented by management.
Tax Accounting
Internal Auditing
External Auditing
Examination of financial statements by an independent CPA (Certified Public Accountant) with the purpose of expressing an opinion as to fairness of presentation and compliance with the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
External Auditing
Internal Auditing
Financial Accounting
Report on the total cost of materials and labor used in the production
Managerial Accounting
Cost Accounting
Internal Auditing
Internal User: Employees ; Information Needed: __________________ ; Decisions supported: Job security, consider staying in the employ of the company or look for other employment opportunities
income/earnings for the period, sales, available cash, production cost
profit or income for the period, resources or assets of the business, liabilities of the business
profit for the period, salaries paid to employees
External User: Potential investors ; Information Needed: __________________ ; Decisions supported: Is it profitable for me to invest in this business?
resources or assets of the business
Income or profit of the business
liabilities or amount owed by the business to its suppliers
Internal User: ______________ ; Information Needed: profit or income for the period, resources or assets of the business, liabilities of the business ; Decisions supported: Considerations regarding additional investment, expanding the business, borrowing funds to support any expansion plans.
Management
Employees
Owners
External User: ______________ ; Information Needed: liabilities or amount owed by the business to its suppliers ; Decisions supported: Do I extend credit to this company? For how long?
Banks
Investors
Suppliers
Accounting information is presented to internal users usually in the form of the following, except?
management accounts
budgets / forecasts
financial statements
Social Security Systems report
Provide timely and relevant information for those internal users of accounting information, such as the managers and employees in their decision-making needs.
Cost Accounting
Government Accounting
Management Accounting
This branch of accounting deals with how the funds of the government are recorded and reported.
Government Accounting
Governement Registration
Government System
It involves determination of income tax and other taxes, tax advisory services such as ways to minimize taxes legally, evaluation of the consequences of tax decisions, and other tax-related matters.
Government Accounting
Tax Accounting
External Auditing
Government regulatory agencies are considered as (a) users.
These are those individuals inside a company who plan, organize, and run the business.
Internal Users
External Users
Internal Auditors
External Auditors
