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GAAP & Financial Accounting

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Accounting entries involve a minimum of how many accounts?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

common set of accounting rules and procedures; needed in accounting to maintain accuracy and consistency of financial reports

a)

IRS laws

b)

financial reporting

c)

Generally accepted accounting practices (GAAP)

d)

disclosure principle

3.

all information which is relevant to financial statement must be included in the financial statement

a)

cost principle

b)

disclosure principle

c)

reliability principle

d)

GAAP

4.

assumption a company intends to continue operations

a)

matching principle

b)

disclosure principle

c)

going concern principle

d)

reliability principle

5.

An amount owed by a business.

a)

Asset

b)

Liability

c)

Equity

d)

Revenue

6.

Anything of value that is owned.

a)

Asset

b)

Liability

c)

Capital

d)

Creditor

7.
The time period covered by an accounting report is called....
a)
accounting period
b)
going concern
8.
Money invested in a business by an owner is called ____________.
a)
merchandise
b)
capital
9.

Transaction & events not capable of being expressed in terms of money are not to be recorded in accounting due to

a)

Going concern

b)

Accounting entity

c)

Money measurement

d)

Periodicity

10.

Recording of transaction in ledger is called as

a)

Journalizing

b)

Posting

c)

Recording

d)

None of these

11.

Summary of assets and liabilities

a)

Profit and loss account

b)

Balance Sheet

c)

Trading acccont

d)

Income and expenditure account

12.

Assets =

a)

Capital -liabilities

b)

Capital + liabilities

c)

Capital -depreciation

d)

liabilities -Profit

13.

According to the concept of conservation, the stock-in-trade is valued at:

a)

Cost Price

b)

Market Price

c)

Cost or Market which ever is higher

d)

Cost or Market which ever is lower

14.

Concept: The same accounting procedures must be followed in the same way each accounting period

a)

accounting period

b)

dual concept

c)

consistency principle

d)

materiality

15.

Concept: Revenue is recorded at the same time goods or services are sold.

a)

realization of revenue

b)

the revenue principle

c)

going concern

d)

prudence

16.

Concept: The revenue from business activities and the expenses associated with earning that revenue are recorded in the same accounting period

a)

Complete disclosure

b)

money measurement

c)

dual concept

d)

matching expenses with revenue

17.

The Matching Concept states that revenue should only be recognised when it is earned and not received. If a company sells goods on credit in March and receives payment in May, this would be shown in the sales figure for?

a)

The month the goods were sold.

b)

The month the goods were produced.

c)

The month the cash is received from the customer.

d)

None of the above.

18.

Fixed assets are recorded at cost less depreciation value due to the concept of ___________

a)

BUSINESS ENTITY CONCEPT

b)

GOING CONCERN CONCEPT

c)

MONETARY UNIT CONCEPT

d)

ACCOUNTING PERIOD CONCEPT

19.

Switching accounting principles every year would violate the

a)

CONSISTENCY PRINCIPLE

b)

FULL DISCLOSURE PRINCIPLE

c)

HISTORICAL COST PRINCIPLE

d)

CONSERVATISM PRINCIPLE

20.

Objective of non trading concern is profit

a)

True

b)

False

21.

From the following which are the examples of non trading concerns

a)

Schools

b)

Temples

c)

Chemist Shop

d)

Cloth store

22.

Final account of trading concern includes:

a)

Receipt and payment account

b)

Trading Account

c)

Profit and Loss account

d)

Balance sheet

23.

Which of the following is not a liability?

a)

Finished Stock

b)

Credit Card Balance

c)

Car Loan

d)

Mortgage

24.

Profit and loss account reveals financial position of an organization

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which liability become payable only on the happening of an event?

a)

Fixed Liability

b)

Current Liability

c)

Contingent Liability

d)

none

26.

Final account of non trading concern includes:

a)

Receipt and payment account

b)

Trading Account

c)

Income and Expenditure account

d)

Balance sheet

27.

Which asset from the following is actually not an asset but an expense of heavy nature

a)

Fixed asset

b)

Current asset

c)

Wasting asset

d)

Fictitious asset

28.

The value of this assets diminishes with the passage of time

a)

Fixed asset

b)

Current asset

c)

Wasting asset

d)

Fictitious asset

29.

Receipt and Payment Account is summary of cash transactions

a)

False

b)

True

30.

Receipt and Payment Account is ______

a)

Real Account

b)

Personal Account

c)

Nominal Account

31.

All cash transactions be it of revenue or capital nature are to be recorded in Receipt and Payment Account

a)

False

b)

True

32.

Income and Expenditure account is __________

a)

Personal Account

b)

Nominal Account

c)

Real Account

33.

Income and Expenditure account shows surplus/deficit of of a non trading concern

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Only current year income and expenses are recorded in Income and Expenditure account

a)

True

b)

False

35.

All membership collected by a non trading concern must be entered in the assets side of the balance sheet

a)

True

b)

False

36.

All donations received by a non trading concern are entered in the liability side of the balance sheet

a)

True

b)

False

37.

With reference to accounting principles, every transaction has minimum 3 effects

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Arrange the sequence accounting cycle

A) Analyzing

B) Recording

C) Summarizing

D) Interpreting

E) Classifying

a)

BCEDA

b)

BECAD

c)

BECDA

d)

BCEAD

39.

Capital provided by the owner is treated as a liability.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Income received in advance must be treated as a liability

a)

True

b)

False