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Accounting Chapter 7

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Opening an account in a ledger involves writing the account title and the account number on the account form.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Every posting requires the year, month, and day to be entered in the Date column of the ledger account for every transaction.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Every amount posted will either increase or decrease the balance of a ledger account.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The notation “G3 or J3” in the Posting Reference column of a ledger account indicates the data was posted from general journal page 3.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A credit posting to the Office Equipment account will result in an increase to that account.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

An error in posting may cause:

a)

income to be overstated or understate in the income statement

b)

a business to pay too much to a vendor

c)

cash on hand to be less than the balance in the cash amount

d)

all of the answers are correct

7.

When preparing a trial balance, which of the following would not be considered a procedure?

a)

check to see if both columns are equal

b)

double rule (line) both columns

c)

write the general ledger account names in the work sheet account name column

d)

all of these are correct procedures

8.

What is the purpose of a trial balance?

a)

to prove the cash in bank account has the correct balance

b)

to correct any errors in the general journal

c)

to prove the ledger debit and credit balance are equal

d)

to prove that amounts were correctly posted from the journal

9.

When the beginning a new page for a General Ledger account, placing a check mark in the Post. Ref column indicates that

a)

you verified the balance is correct

b)

the amount entered is not being posted from a journal

c)

you verified all the lines from the previous page were filled

d)

that the account is ready to be posted

10.

When posting in the general ledger, the balance of the account should always be on what side?

a)

credit

b)

debit

c)

normal balance side

d)

both the debit and credit depending on balance (negative or positive)

11.

Which of the following is NOT included on the heading for the Trial Balance sheet?

a)

account number

b)

company name

c)

words "Trial Balance"

d)

date

12.

If you were to write $190 as either $19 or $1,900, this mistake would be called a(n)_______.

a)

correcting entry

b)

slide error

c)

posting

d)

transposition error

13.

Errors discovered after posting has taken place require a(n) ____.

a)

ledger

b)

general ledger

c)

correcting entry

d)

posting

14.

Transferring data from the journal to the ledger is called _______.

a)

posting

b)

ledger

c)

ledger account form

d)

correcting entry

15.

A periodic report prepared by a business to test the equality of total debits and total credits in the ledger is called a(n) _____.

a)

ledger

b)

posting

c)

proving the ledger

d)

trial balance

16.

If you meant to write $27 but wrote $72, this mistake is called a(n)____.

a)

slide error

b)

transposition error

17.

Whether accounts are kept manually in a special file or electronically on magnetic disks or tapes, the ledger is often called a(n)____.

a)

general ledger

b)

ledger

c)

posting

d)

proving the ledger

18.

The accounting stationery used to record financial information about specific accounts is a(n) _______.

a)

posting

b)

ledger account form

c)

ledger

d)

general ledger

19.

Adding all the debit balances and all the credit balances and then comparing the two totals to see whether they are equal is called ________.

a)

ledger

b)

proving the ledger

c)

ledger account form

d)

posting

20.

The accounts used by a business can be kept on pages or cards, which are kept together in a book or file called a(n)______.

a)

general ledger

b)

ledger

c)

posting

d)

ledger account form