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WorksheetsBasic Accounting Terminologies
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 4mins
This means sorting of business transactions to their specific accounts.
Classifying
Recording
Interpreting
Summarizing
It is defined as the systematic and chronological recording of business transactions.
Bookkeeping
Financing
Interpreting
Planning
It is the language of business as it is communicating the financial statements to the users.
Budgeting
Accounting
English language
Bookkeeping
It means writing down of business transactions in the journals or in the official book of accounts.
Recording
Classifying
Interpreting
Summarizing
It is engaged in analyzing the financial statements.
Recording
Classifying
Interpreting
Summarizing
It is grouping of the entries recorded in the books of accounts and the preparation of financial statements.
Recording
Classifying
Interpreting
Summarizing
The first phase of accounting is bookkeeping.
True
False
Business transactions are everyday transactions that keep the business running, such as sales and purchases, rent for office space, and other expenses.
True
False
These are economic resources owned by the business expected for future gain.
Liabilities
Expenses
Equity
Assets
These includes debts, obligation to pay, and claims of the creditors on the assets of the business.
Assets
Expenses
Owner's Equity
Liabilities
This includes the interest or rights of the owners on the business, claims of the owners on the assets of the business.
Revenue
Owner's Equity
Liabilities
Assets
Investments and earnings of the business decreases the Owner's Equity
True
False
Expenses and withdrawals of the business increases the Owner's Equity
True
False
Assets = (a) + Owner's Equity
is a word used to described the transaction, which is generally accepted and understood by the general user of financial statement.
Account title
Chart of account
Cash
Sales
is a list of accounts used by a company to define each class of items of which money or its equivalent that is spent or received.
Account title
Chart of account
Cash
Sales
The earnings of the business through selling of goods and services.
Expenses
Assets
Revenue
Equity
The users of financial statement to check on the paying capacity of their debtors.
Investors
Lenders or Creditors
Government
Budget Officer
The user of financial statement to examine and inspect the correctness of the payment of taxes.
Government - BIR
Potential Investor
Creditor
Owner-Manager
The book of original entry
General Journal
General Ledger
An accounting principle states that a bookkeeper should record the transactions at the amount that have actually paid for.
Entity concept
Objectivity principle
Cost principle
Materiality
The account represents the rental payments of the business.
Prepayments
Rental expense
Utilities expense
Purchases
Expenses arising from electricity, water, and telephone expenses.
Prepayments
Rental expense
Utilities expense
Purchases
A revenue account for merchandising business that is used in selling merchandise.
Professional fees
Interest income
Service income
Sales
The cost of promotion and advertising the products or services of the business.
Insurance expense
Advertising expense
Salaries and wages expense
Office supplies expense
