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Accounting midterm review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the primary purpose of accounting?

a)

To entertain customers

b)

To measure and communicate financial information

c)

To advertise products

d)

To prepare tax returns only

2.

Which of the following is an example of an asset?

a)

Accounts Payable

b)

Salaries Expense

c)

Cash

d)

Owner’s Capital

3.

Who is an internal user of accounting information?

a)

Investors

b)

Creditors

c)

Managers

d)

Government agencies

4.

What is the accounting equation?

a)

Assets = Equity – Liabilities

b)

Assets + Liabilities = Equity

c)

Assets = Liabilities × Equity

d)

Assets = Liabilities + Owner’s Equity

5.

If liabilities increase and assets stay the same, what must happen?

a)

Equity increases

b)

Equity decreases

c)

Assets decrease

d)

Nothing changes

6.

Debits always appear on the ______ side of a T-account.

a)

Right

b)

Left

c)

Top

d)

Bottom

7.

A credit increases which type of account?

a)

Assets

b)

Expenses

c)

Owner’s Capital

d)

Dividends/Withdrawals

8.

Which account normally has a debit balance?

a)

Cash

b)

Accounts Payable

c)

Revenue

d)

Owner’s Capital

9.

What is the normal balance of an expense account?

a)

Debit

b)

Credit

c)

Either

d)

Neither

10.

What is the normal balance of Accounts Payable?

a)

Debit

b)

Credit

c)

None

d)

Varies

11.

Which is an example of a liability?

a)

Prepaid Rent

b)

Accounts Receivable

c)

Supplies

d)

Accounts Payable

12.

Owner invests cash — what happens?

a)

Assets ↓, Equity ↓

b)

Assets ↑, Equity ↑

c)

Liabilities ↑, Assets ↓

d)

Equity ↓, Liabilities ↑

13.

Paying cash for rent expense affects the equation how?

a)

Assets ↓, Expenses ↑

b)

Liabilities ↑, Assets ↓

c)

Equity ↑, Assets ↑

d)

Equity unchanged

14.

Buying supplies on account increases:

a)

Assets and Liabilities

b)

Assets and Equity

c)

Liabilities only

d)

Expenses only

15.

In a journal entry, which line is written first?

a)

Credit

b)

Date

c)

Debit

d)

Explanation

16.

When journalizing, the credit is:

a)

Written first

b)

Written second and indented

c)

Always a decrease

d)

Never affects liabilities

17.

A debit to Cash means what?

a)

Cash increases

b)

Cash decreases

c)

Cash becomes a liability

d)

Cash is credited

18.

Revenue is increased by:

a)

Debit

b)

Credit

c)

Either

d)

Neither

19.

Posting means:

a)

Recording in the journal

b)

Updating T-accounts

c)

Adding up totals

d)

Preparing financial statements

20.

Which transaction increases assets and decreases assets at the same time?

a)

Paying cash for utilities

b)

Purchasing supplies on account

c)

Receiving cash from owner

d)

Paying off accounts payable

21.

Receiving cash on account means:

a)

Debit A/P

b)

Credit Cash

c)

Debit Cash, Credit A/R

d)

No entry

22.

A T-account’s right side is always:

a)

A debit

b)

An asset

c)

A credit

d)

A liability

23.

Which of the following requires a credit to Cash?

a)

Received cash for services

b)

Paid utilities

c)

Owner invested cash

d)

Received cash on account

24.

Unearned Revenue is a…

a)

Revenue

b)

Asset

c)

Liability

d)

Expense

25.

Paying off Accounts Payable requires:

a)

Debit A/P, Credit Cash

b)

Debit Cash, Credit A/P

c)

Debit A/P, Credit Supplies

d)

Debit Revenue, Credit Cash

26.

What is this?

a)

Balance Sheet

b)

Income Statement (Profit and Loss Statement)

c)

ProForma

d)

Statement of Cash Flow

27.

What is this?

a)

Balance Sheet

b)

Income Statement

c)

ProForma

d)

Profit and Loss Statement

28.

.A financial statement that reports assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity on a specific date.

a)

profit and loss statement

b)

cash flow

c)

balance sheet

d)

income statement

29.
Any amounts owed by a business and reported on the balance sheet are referred to as ________________.
a)
assets
b)
liabilities
c)
profit
d)
expenses