WorksheetsAccounting Concepts and Principles 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Under this concept, the business is treated separately from its owners.
Separate entity concept
Historical cost concept
Going concern
Matching principle
Under this concept, the business is assumed to continue to exist for an indefinite period of time.
Separate entity concept
Historical cost concept
Going concern
Matching principle
Under this concept, some costs are initially recognized as assets and recognized only as expenses when the related revenue is recognized.
Separate entity concept
Historical cost concept
Going concern
Matching principle
It is the official accounting standard setting body in the Philippines.
Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Financial Reporting Standards Council
Accounting Standards Council
American Accounting Association
Businesses are required by to law to file tax returns with this government agency
Security and Exchange Commission
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cooperative Development Authority
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Under this concept, assets are initially recorded at their acquisition cost.
Single entity concept
Historical cost concept
Going concern concept
Matching principle
Which of the following are considered enhancing qualitative characteristics?
I. Comparability
II. Verifiability
III. Materiality
IV. Understandability
I only
I, II and IV
I and II
I, II, III and IV
This qualitative characteristic means that financial statements are neither materially misstated nor important information is omitted.
Completeness
Neutrality
Free from Error
None of the above
This qualitative characteristic enables users to make comparisons to identify and understand the similarities in, and the differences among, reported information.
Comparability
Timeliness
Verifiability
Understandability
The accounting standards used in the Philippines are specifically referred to as the
Generally Acceptance Accounting Principles
Philippine Financial Reporting Standards
International Accounting Standards
Philippine Accounting Standardizations
The business owner inappropriately included his personal expenses with the expenses of the business. Which of the following concepts is violated?
Historical cost
Separate entity concept
Accrual concept
Time period
The income of the business during the current year is low. To report profit, the owner deliberately did not recognize depreciation expense. Which of the following qualitative characteristics is violated?
Materiality
Relevance
Faithful representation
Predictive value
Inventories acquired for ₱100,000 are deliberately valued at a selling price of ₱300,000. Which of the following principles is most likely not violated?
Historical cost
Materiality
Faithful representation
Free from error
A business sells goods to a customer who promises to pay for the purchase price next year. The business records the sale this year, when the transaction has occurred, rather than waiting until next year when the sale price is collected. This is an application of which of the following accounting principles?
Accrual basis
Stable monetary unit
Credit principle
Utang concept
Right now, the business owner does not expect that its business will end in the foreseeable future. This accounting assumption is called
Prudence.
Cost-benefit.
Going concern.
Liquidating concern.
A business purchased a small stapler. The stapler is expected to be used for a long period of time. However, the business immediately expensed the cost of the stapler rather than recognizing it as an asset to be depreciated over the stapler’s useful life. The business is invoking which of the following accounting concepts?
Cost-benefit
Accrual basis
Full disclosure
Matching
A business acquired goods that are held for resale. Instead of expensing immediately the cost of the goods, the business initially recognized them as assets. As each good is sold, the business recognizes the cost of the good sold as expense. This is an application of which of the following accounting concepts?
Completeness
Relevance
Full disclosure
Matching
This accounting principle entails trade-offs to be made between the level of detail and the conciseness of information presented in the financial statements, keeping in mind the costs of preparing the information.
Comparability
Relevance
Full disclosure
Matching
This concept requires a business to apply the same accounting policies for like items and retain those accounting policies from period to period.
Consistency
Verifiability
Going concern
Matching
Big companies often round-off peso amounts when presenting financial statements. This practice is acceptable because of which of the following concepts?
Historical cost
Materiality
Faithful representation
Rounding principle
