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Financial Accounting Topic 1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following does NOT define accounting?

a)

Summarising

b)

Classifying

c)

Making decision

d)

Recording

2.

Bookkeeping does not involve one of the following steps. Which one is it?

a)

Interpreting

b)

Identifying

c)

Recording

d)

Measuring

3.
  1. All the following statements about users of accounting information are correct EXCEPT

a)
  1. Taxing authorities are considered as external users.

b)
  1. Present creditors are considered as external users.

c)
  1. Management is considered as an internal user.

d)
  1. Potential investors are considered as internal users.

4.

Which of the following correctly states the liabilities of the business entities.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.
  1. Differentiate sole proprietorship, partnership and limited company in terms of capital, management and liability of members.

4 lines
6.
  1. Differentiate between accounting and bookkeeping.

4 lines
7.
  1. Explain briefly the four stages of accounting.

4 lines
8.
  1. State two internal users and two external users of accounting information and also state their purpose for using the information.

4 lines
9.
  1. State two types of journals and two types of ledgers.

4 lines
10.
  1. Accounting is part of the bookkeeping process.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.
  1. The partnership and sole proprietorship have limited liability.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.
  1. Shareholders contribute capital to the business.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.
  1. The local authority is an internal user of accounting information.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.
  1. The accounting process excludes recording non-quantifiable economic events.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE