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Module 1

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the Father of Modern Accounting?

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Frater Luca Bartolomes Pacioli

c)

Aristotle

d)

Abraham Maslow

2.

The purpose of accounting is to....

a)

communicate information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions

b)

communicate financial and non-financial information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions

c)

communicate non-financial information to interested users so that they can make informed decisions

3.

Which of the following does not represents the characteristics of Management Accounting?

a)

Helps in finding out cost of products and control costs

b)

Measures the operating efficiency of the enterprise

c)

Helps in identifying the financial position of the business

d)

Process of determining and accumulating the cost of products or activity

4.

Cost accounting is needed by which type of users

a)

Internal users

b)

External users

5.

What is the roles of management accountant?

a)

Provide information and accounting reports

b)

Responsible for carrying out the task of helping the management

c)

Assist departments in achieving the organization objectives.

d)

All of above

6.

The following is the objective of cost accounting except....

a)

Ascertainment of cost

b)

Planning and controlling cost

c)

Decision making

d)

Observations

7.

Financial accounting is....

a)

A language which communicates economic information to interested parties

b)

Primarily concerned with the recognition, measurement and communication of economic activities and conforms with accounting standards developed by standard-setting bodies

c)

Accumulation of accounting information for a company's internal users

d)

Accumulation of accounting information for a company's external users

8.

The system of recording transactions based on Dual Aspect Concept is known as (a)   .

9.

Creditors are the (a)   users of accounting.

10.

(a)   is a language of business.

11.

Management is the (a)   users of accounting.

12.

We record ___________in the books of accounts.

a)

financial transactions

b)

no financial transactions

c)

both financial and non financial transactions

d)

none of these

13.

Which of the following is not a branch of accounting?

a)

cost accounting

b)

financial accounting

c)

book keeping and accounting

d)

management accounting

14.

Which is the first step of accounting process?

a)

Classifying

b)

analyzing and interpretation

c)

recording

d)

financial statements.

15.

Double entry system has two aspects_______and _________

(a)  

16.

Owners of business firms are the ONLY people who need accounting information.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which of the following is the correct sequence of accounting activities?

a)

Recording , Identification, Communication

b)

Identification, Recording, Communication

c)

Communication, Recording, Identification

18.

Users of accounting information include

a)

Creditors

b)

Lenders

c)

Customers

d)

All of the above

19.

Book keeping is mainly concerned with

a)

Recording of financial data

b)

Designing the systems in recording, classifying, and summarizing the recorded data

c)

Interpreting the data for internal and external users

d)

None of the above

20.

Which of the following is the example of internal users

a)

Government

b)

Investors

c)

Creditors

d)

Employees

21.

Which of the following would NOT be considered as internal users of accounting data for a company?

a)

External auditor

b)

CEO of the company

c)

President of the company

d)

Salesman of the company

22.

Accounting is referred to as the "language of ___________________."

a)

Profit

b)

Life

c)

Accounting

d)

Business

23.

The starting point of the accounting process is

a)

communicating information to users.

b)

identifying economic events.

c)

recording economic events.

d)

None of these answers are correct.

24.

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.

a)

Public Accounting

b)

Private Accounting

c)

Government Accounting

25.

A process of accounting which involves keeping chronological diary of events that are measured in pesos.

a)

Identifying

b)

Recording

c)

Measuring

d)

Communicating

26.

This is a process which involves preparation and distribution of financial and other accounting reports.

a)

Identifying

b)

Recording

c)

Measuring

d)

Communicating

27.

The economic events of an organization are referred to as____________?

a)

Accounting

b)

Business Organization

c)

Transaction

d)

Books of accounts

28.

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?

a)

Accounting is a service activity

b)

Accounting is a process

c)

Accounting is both an art and a discipline

29.

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?

a)

Accounting is a service activity

b)

Accounting is a process

c)

Accounting deals with financial information and transactions

30.

Accounting is recognized and characterized as a storehouse of information. Which of the following features best describe this nature of accounting?

a)

Accounting is a process

b)

Accounting deals with financial information and transactions

c)

Accounting is an information system

31.

Which of the following is NOT included in the functions of accounting?

a)

Record Keeping

b)

Protecting of Properties

c)

Communication of Results

d)

Meetings and consultation

32.

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.

a)

Double-entry bookkeeping

b)

Summa de Arithmetica

c)

Clay Tablet

33.

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.

a)

18th Century

b)

19th Century

c)

20th Century

34.

This is the result when one company takes over all the operations of another business entity resulting in the dissolution of another business.

a)

Acquisitions

b)

Merger

c)

Business Partnership

35.

The Father of Accounting wrote the first book published containing a detailed chapters on double-entry bookkeeping. What is the title of the book?

a)

Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalita

b)

Double entry bookkeeping

c)

Securities and Exchange Commission

36.

Primarily concerned with processing historical data

a)

Financial accounting

b)

Managerial accounting

c)

Cost Accounting

37.

Deals with developing future accountants, by creating relevant accounting curriculum.

a)

Accounting Research

b)

Accounting Education

c)

Accounting Memes

38.

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.

a)

Tax Accounting

b)

Internal Auditing

c)

External Auditing

39.

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).

a)

External Auditing

b)

Internal Auditing

c)

Financial Accounting

40.

Report on the total cost of materials and labor used in the production

a)

Managerial Accounting

b)

Cost Accounting

c)

Internal Auditing

41.

Internal User: Employees ; Information Needed: __________________ ; Decisions supported: Job security, consider staying in the employ of the company or look for other employment opportunities

a)

income/earnings for the period, sales, available cash, production cost

b)

profit or income for the period, resources or assets of the business, liabilities of the business

c)

profit for the period, salaries paid to employees

42.

External User: Potential investors ; Information Needed: __________________ ; Decisions supported: Is it profitable for me to invest in this business?

a)

resources or assets of the business

b)

Income or profit of the business

c)

liabilities or amount owed by the business to its suppliers

43.

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.

a)

Management

b)

Employees

c)

Owners

44.

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?

a)

Banks

b)

Investors

c)

Suppliers

45.

Accounting information is presented to internal users usually in the form of the following, except?

a)

management accounts

b)

budgets / forecasts

c)

financial statements

d)

Social Security Systems report

46.

Provide timely and relevant information for those internal users of accounting information, such as the managers and employees in their decision-making needs.

a)

Cost Accounting

b)

Government Accounting

c)

Management Accounting

47.

This branch of accounting deals with how the funds of the government are recorded and reported.

a)

Government Accounting

b)

Governement Registration

c)

Government System

48.

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.

a)

Government Accounting

b)

Tax Accounting

c)

External Auditing

49.

Government regulatory agencies are considered as (a)   users.

50.

These are those individuals inside a company who plan, organize, and run the business.

a)

Internal Users

b)

External Users

c)

Internal Auditors

d)

External Auditors