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Ch 9 Accounting for Purchases and Cash Payments

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A purchase of merchandise for cash would be posted

a)

as part of column totals to Purchases and Accounts Payable

b)

individually to Purchases and individually to Accounts Payable

c)

individually to Purchases

d)

as part of a column total to Purchases

2.

A transaction to record merchandise purchased with a trade discount would include a debit to Merchandise Discount.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

The Purchases account is classified as a(n)

a)

cost of goods sold account

b)

expense account

c)

asset account

d)

liability account

4.

A periodic inventory conducted by counting, weighing, or measuring items of merchandise on hand is called a(n)

a)

perpetual inventory

b)

inventory certification

c)

audit verification

d)

physical inventory

5.

The petty cash account Cash Short and Over is a temporary account.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

A corporation can own property, incur liabilities, and enter into contracts in its own name.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

The periodic inventory method does not require records of the quantity and cost of individual goods.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

Supplies bought for the use in a business are recorded in the

a)

Supplies Expense account

b)

Purchases account

c)

Supplies account

d)

Cash account

9.

Since contra accounts are offsets to their related accounts, contra account normal balances are

a)

debits

b)

credits

c)

opposite the normal balances of their related accounts

d)

the same as the normal balances of their related accounts

10.

An employee working with an account can trace a transaction back to the correct journal by using information in the

a)

Post. Ref. column

b)

Item column

c)

Purch. No. column

d)

Vendor column

11.

A deduction that a vendor allows on a an invoice amount to encourage prompt payments

a)

cash discount

b)

trade discount

c)

contra account

d)

purchase order

12.

An agreement between a buyer and a seller about payment for merchandise

a)

trade discount

b)

credit limit

c)

terms of sale

d)

payment agreement

13.

A merchandise inventory evaluated at the end of a fiscal period

a)

perpetual inventory

b)

periodic inventory

14.

A journal amount column that is not headed with an account title

a)

controlling account

b)

contra account

c)

special journal

d)

general amount column

15.

The total of accounts in the accounts payable subsidiary ledger equals the balance of the controlling account, Accounts Payable.

a)

true

b)

false