Accounting chap 1,2,3 and final review quiz
Which is an advantage of corporations relative to partnerships and sole proprietorships?
Lower taxes
Harder to transfer ownership
Reduced legal liability for investors
Most common form of organization
Which of the following is an example of a financing activity?
Issuing shares of common stock
Selling goods on account
Buying delivery equipment
Buying inventory
Stockholder equity represents
Claims of creditors
Claims of employees
The difference between revenues and expenses
Claims of owners
Which statement presents information as of a specific point in time?
Income statement
Balance sheet
Statement of cash flow
Retained earnings statement
Which of the following is not considered a current asset on a classifies balance sheet?
Accounts receivable
Trademark
Prepaid rent
Inventory
Which of the following is considered property, plant and equipment on a classified balance sheet?
Supplies
Investment in intel corporation stock
Land
Copyright
Current liabilities are $10,000, long-term liabilities are $20,000, common stock is $50,000, and retained earnings totals $70,000. Total stockholders’ equity is
150,000
140,000
120,000
70,000
Which of the following is considered a current liability on a classified balance sheet?
Bonds payable
Pension liability
Mortgage payable
Salaries payable
If a company performs services for a customer and receives cash for the services, then:
Assets increases and liabilities decrease
Assets increase and stockholders equity increases
Assets decrease and liabilities increase
Assets increase and liabilities increase
Which of the following is the correct sequence of events?
Analyze a transaction; record it in the ledger; record it in the journal.
Analyze a transaction; record it in the journal; record it in the ledger.
Record a transaction in the journal, analyze the transaction; record it in the ledger.
None of the above
If a company pays its employees their weekly salaries, then the journal entry requires a:
Debit to Unearned Revenue and a credit to Cash
Debit to Retained Earnings and a credit to Cash.
Debit to Cash and a credit to Salaries Expense
Debit to Salaries Expense and a credit to Cash.
The entire group of accounts maintained by a company is referred to collectively as the
Ledger
Journal
Register
T-accounts
The primary purpose of a trail balance is to
Get a total of all accounts with a debit balance
Get a total of all accounts with a credit balance
Prove the mathematical equality of debits and credits after posting
Provide a list of all accounts used by a company
Which one of these statements about the accrual basis of accounting is false?
Companies record events that change their financial statements in the period in which events occur, even if cash was not exchanged
Companies recognize revenue in the period in which it is earned
This basis is in accord with generally accepted accounting principles
Companies record revenue only when they receive cash, and record expense only when they pay out cash
Each of the following is a major type (or category) of adjusting entry except
Prepaid expenses
Accrued revenues
Accrued expenses
Earned expenses
Colleen Mooney earned a salary of $600 for the last week of September. She will be paid on October 1. The adjusting entry for Colleen’s employer at September 30 is
No entry is required
Debit Salaries and Wages Expense, $600 and Credit Salaries and Wages Payable, $600
Debit Salaries and Wages Expense, $600 and Credit Cash, $600
Debit Salaries and Wages Payable, $600 and Credit Cash, $600
Which account will have a zero balance after a company has journalized and poster closing entries?
Service revenue
Supplies
Prepaid insurance
Accumulated depreciation
Adjustments for unearned revenues
Decrease liabilities and increase revenues
Increase liabilities and increase revenues
Increase assets and increase revenues
Decrease revenues and increase assets
All of the following are required steps in the accounting cycle except
Journalizing and posting closing entries
Preparing an adjusted trial balance
Preparing a post-closing trial balance
Reversing entries
Which of the following items does not result in an adjustment in the inventory account under a perpetual system?
A purchase of merchandise
A return of merchandise inventory to the supplier
Payment of freight cost for goods received from a supplier
Payment of freight costs for goods shipped to a customer
A company makes a credit sale of $750 on June 13, terms 2/10, n/30, on which it grants a return of $50 on June 16. What amount is received as payment in full on June 23?
$700
$686
$685
$650
If beginning inventory is $60,000, cost of goods purchased is $380,000, and ending inventory is $50,000, what is cost of goods sold under a periodic system?
390,000
370,000
330,000
420,000
The multiple-step income statement for a merchandising company shows each of these features except
Gross profit
Cost of goods sold
A sales revenue section
All of these are present
If goods are shipped FOB destination, then which of the following parties includes in its inventory of goods while they are in transit?
Shipping company
Buyer
Seller
Both the buyer and the seller include the goods in their inventory
What is the value of ending inventory using first-in, first-out (FIFO)?
1,000
1,726
2,400
5,177
What is the value of ending inventory using last-in, first-out (LIFO)?
1,000
1,726
2,400
5,177
What is cost of goods sold using average cost?
1,000
1,726
2,400
5,177
In a bank reconciliation, deposits in transit are
Deducted from the book balance
Added to the book balance
Added to the bank balance
Deducted from the bank balance
In a bank reconciliation, outstanding checks are:
Deducted from the book balance
Added to the book balance
Added to the bank balance
Deducted from the bank balance
To record the adjusting entry for an NSF check received back by the bank, a company would
Debit cash
Debit accounts receivable
Credit accounts receivable
Debit miscellaneous expense
The function that pertains to keeping the activities of the enterprise on track is
Planning
Directing
Controlling
Accounting
For a manufacturing company, which of the following is an example of a period cost rather than a product cost?
Depreciation on factory equipment
Wages of salesperson
Wages of machine operator
Insurance on factory equipment
For the year, Mahatma Company has cost of goods manufactured $325,000, beginning finished goods inventory $150,000, and ending finished goods inventory $175,000. The cost of goods sold is
275,000
300,000
325,000
350,000
The salary of a plant manager would be considered a... Product cost.........period cost
Yes, yes
Yes, no
No, yes
No, no
Cost that vary in total directly and proportionately with changes in the activity level are
Variable cost
Fixed cost
Mixed cost
Semi-variable costs
The contribution margin ratio increases when
Fixed cost increase
Fixed cost decreased
Variable costs as a percentage of sales decrease
Variable costs as a percentage of sales increase
Dolce Company is planning to sell 400,000 hammers for $1.50 per unit. The contribution margin ratio is 20%. If Dolce will break even at this level of sales, what are the fixed costs?
120,000
280,000
400,000
480,000
At the break-even point, fixed costs are
Less than the contribution margin
Equal to the contribution margin
More than the contribution margin
Indeterminate of the contribution margin
1) Livingston Co. Has fixed costs of $60,000 and a contribution margin ration of 30%. How much in dollar sales does Livingston Co. Need to have to break-even?
0
60,000
180,000
200,000
The Turlington Company has 12,000 units in beginning finished goods. If sales are expected to be 60,000 units for the year and Turlington desires ending finished goods of 15,000 units, how many units must Turlington produce?
57,000
60,000
63,000
75,000
In the Campbell Company required production for June is 44,000 units. To make one unit of finished product, three pounds of direct material Z are required. Actual beginning and desired ending inventories of direct material Z are 100,000 and 110,000 pounds, respectively. How many pounds of direct material Z must be purchased?
126,000
132,000
136,000
142,000
For better management acceptance, the flow of input date for budgeting should begin with the
Accounting department
Top management
Lower level of management
Budget committee
The starting point in preparing the master budget is the
Cash budget
Budgeted income statement
Direct materials budget
Sales budget
Katie, age 29, is single. Katie is a teacher at a local elementary school and earned a salary of $42,000 in 2015. Her other income consisted of $78 in interest on her savings account and a $100 capital gain on the sale of one of her investments. Her itemized deductions are $7,000. Compute Katie’s taxable income for the year?
31,178
31,228
38,178
35,178
Katie, age 29, is single. Katie is a teacher at a local elementary school and earned a salary of $42,000 in 2015. Her other income consisted of $78 in interest on her savings account and a $100 capital gain on the sale of one of her investments. Her itemized deductions are $6,000. Compute Katie’s taxable income for the year?
32,178
31,878
38,178
36,178
Kim’s husband died in 2014, assuming she has dependent children, what is the most advantageous filing status that she is eligible for in 2015?
Single
Head of household
Qualifying widow
Married filing jointly
Which of the following items is taxable?
Gifts
Inheritance
Life insurance proceeds
Alimony (received)
Which items is not a deduction in computing adjusted gross income?
Alimony payments (paid)
Life insurance proceeds
Moving expenses
IRA contributions
What amount would a single individual over 65 uses as their standard deduction?
6,300
7,500
7,850
9,250
What is the start deduction amount for a taxpayer filing as head of household?
4,000
6,300
9,250
12,600
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