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Accounting Study Guide 2

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A transaction is an exchange or event that directly affects the assets, liabilities, or stockholders' equity of a company

a)

True

b)

False

2.

General Motors (GM) signs a new labor agreement that its workers will receive a 5% wage increase next year. This transaction affects GM's financial statements in the current year

a)

True

b)

False

3.

If total assets increase, then either total liabilities or total stockholders' equity must also increase

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A company signed an agreement to rent store space from another company. This is an example of a transaction that should be recorded

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A business is obliged to repay both debt and equity financing

a)

True

b)

False

6.

If a company uses $100 million of its cash to pay off debt, its stockholders' equity will increase $100 million.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Company X issues $40 million in new stock for cash. This does not affect stockholders' equity because as new shares are sold, the value of existing shares falls

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The analyze-record-summarize process is applied to daily transactions, to month-end adjustments, and as part of the year-end closing process

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The list of account names and reference numbers that the company will use when accounting for transactions is called the chart of accounts.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A debit may increase or decrease an account, depending on the type of account

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The normal balance of an account is on the same side that increases the account

a)

True

b)

False

12.

If the total dollar value of credits to an account exceeds the total dollar value of debits to that account, the ending balance of the account will be a debit balance

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Every transaction increases at least one account and decreases at least one account

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Journal entries show the effects of transactions on the elements of the accounting equation, as well as the account balances

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The general ledger is an internal report that lists all the accounts and their balances and is used to check that total debits equals total credits

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A classified balance sheet shows a subtotal for current assets and current liabilities

a)

True

b)

False

17.

When a company prepares a classified balance sheet, stockholders’ equity accounts must be shown in subcategories of current and noncurrent

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The trial balance is a financial statement that reports the assets, liabilities, and equity of a business at a point in time.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Owners of a company

a)

hold promissory notes as evidence of their ownership claim

b)

are entitled to repayment of their investment

c)

have a claim that is secondary to creditor’s claims

d)

have a claim equal to the amount of liabilities a company owes

20.

If a company borrows money from a bank and signs an agreement to repay the loan several years from now, in which account would the company report the amount borrowed?

a)

Common Stock

b)

Accounts Payable

c)

Notes Payable (long-term)

d)

Retained Earnings

21.

The Sweet Smell of Success Fragrance Company borrowed $60,000 from the bank to be paid back in five years and used all of the money to purchase land for a new store. Sweet Smell's balance sheet would show this as:

a)

$60,000 under Land and $60,000 under Notes Payable (long-term)

b)

$60,000 under Depreciation Expense and $60,000 under Notes Payable (long-term)

c)

$60,000 under Land and $60,000 under Notes Receivable (long-term).

d)

$60,000 under Other Assets and $60,000 under Other Liabilities

22.

Transactions include which two types of events?

a)

Direct events, indirect events

b)

Monetary events, production events

c)

External exchanges, internal events

d)

Past events, future events

23.

Your company places an order with suppliers for inventory for delivery in two weeks

a)

This is an internal event and it does not affect the balance sheet

b)

This is an activity that does not affect the balance sheet

c)

This is an internal event that affects the balance sheet.

d)

This is an external exchange and it affects the balance sheet

24.

The characteristic shared by all liabilities is that they

a)

provide a future economic benefit

b)

result in an inflow of resources to the company

c)

always end in the word “payable."

d)

obligate the company to do something in the future

25.

Which of the following is a financing activity?

a)

The business receives land and gives a check for $1,000

b)

The business receives $1,000 cash and in exchange gives a promissory note.

c)

The business promises to hire an employee on the 15th of the month

d)

The business orders supplies and promises to pay for them at the end of the month.

26.

Which of the following would not be recorded as an accounting transaction?

a)

Putting a deposit down on a new vehicle

b)

Hiring a new employee

c)

Receiving cash upon signing a note

d)

Receiving a deposit from a customer

27.

The Flynn Company started business by obtaining financing through debt financing and equity financing. Which of the following statements is not correct?

a)

Equity financing refers to the money obtained through owners’ contributions and reinvestments of profit

b)

Debt financing refers to the money obtained through loans

c)

The business is obligated to repay debt financing

d)

The business is obligated to repay equity financing

28.

Which of the following is not an asset?

a)

Cash

b)

Notes Receivable

c)

Common Stock

d)

Land

29.

Which of the following would be treated as an accounting transaction for a gardening supply store?

a)

The company signed an agreement to rent store space at $200 month

b)

The vice president of the company spoke at a luncheon that contributed to enhancing the company’s reputation as a responsible company

c)

The company ordered supplies for $500

d)

The company loaned $500 to an employee

30.

_________________ are of special importance because they are the only activities that enter the financial accounting system

a)

External exchanges

b)

Internal exchanges

c)

Documents

d)

Transactions

31.

A company has $26,000 in its Land account, $10,000 in its Inventory account, and $6,000 in its Notes Payable (short-term) account. If its only other account is Common Stock, what is the balance of that account?

a)

$10,000

b)

$42,000

c)

$30,000

d)

$22,000

32.

Stockholders’ equity in a corporation consists of

a)

Amounts invested and reinvested by a company’s owners.

b)

Resources presently owned by a business that generate future economic benefits

c)

Amounts invested in assets that will be used for one or more years

d)

Amounts presently owed by a business

33.

Typical cash flows from investing activities include

a)

payments to purchase property and equipment

b)

repayment of loans

c)

proceeds from issuing notes payable

d)

receipts from cash sales

34.

The requirement that transactions be recorded at their exchange price at the transaction date is called the:

a)

conservatism exception

b)

separate entity assumption

c)

cost principle

d)

monetary unit assumption

35.

Which of the following is not an accounting transaction?

a)

Issued shares of stock to investors in exchange for cash contributions of $4,000

b)

Ordered inventory from suppliers for $3,000

c)

Sold equipment to another company for $3,000 and accepted a note from the company promising payment in 6 months

d)

Borrowed money from the bank by signing a promissory note for $2,000

36.

The Buddy Burger Corporation owes $1.5 million to the Texas Wholesale Meat Company from whom Buddy Burger buys its burger meat. Which account would Buddy Burger use to report the amount owed?

a)

Cash

b)

Accounts Payable

c)

Notes Payable

d)

Account Receivable