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Accounting 2 Chapter 4

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

A common length of time for a fiscal period is one month.
 

 2. 

A departmental statement of gross profit provides a manager with information about revenue and costs for each department.
 

 3. 

The Accounting Period Cycle concept states that changes in financial information are reported for a specific period of time in the form of financial statements.
 

 4. 

Gross profit is the amount of revenue from sales plus the cost of goods sold.
 

 5. 

A schedule of accounts receivable lists vendor accounts, account balances, and total amount due all vendors.
 

 6. 

Estimated uncollectible accounts expense for a period is $1,500. Since the percentage of sales on account that are expected to become uncollectible is 1%, total sales on account must equal $15,000.
 

 7. 

Plant assets increase in value over the passage of time.
 

 8. 

A journal entry should not be split between two pages because the debit and credit parts of the entry cannot be seen together.
 

 9. 

Net income increases the capital stock of a corporation as shown on the statement of stockholders' equity.
 

 10. 

A departmental statement of gross profit provides a manager with information about revenue, costs, and expenses for each department.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

A trial balance prepared after the closing entries are posted is a(n) ____.
A.
closing trial balance
C.
opening trial balance
B.
post-closing trial balance
D.
balance sheet trial balance
 

 2. 

A merchandise inventory determined by keeping a continuous record of increases, decreases, and balance on hand is a(n) ____.
A.
estimated inventory
C.
periodic inventory
B.
running inventory
D.
perpetual inventory
 

 3. 

A financial statement that shows changes in a corporation's ownership for a fiscal period is the ____.
A.
balance sheet
C.
statement of stockholders' equity
B.
income statement
D.
trial balance
 

 4. 

A list of vendor accounts, account balances, and total amount due all vendors is a ____.
A.
schedule of accounts receivable
C.
customer ledger
B.
schedule of accounts payable
D.
vendor ledger
 

 5. 

A columnar accounting form used to summarize the general ledger information needed to prepare financial statements is a(n) ____.
A.
balance sheet
C.
trial balance
B.
ledger sheet
D.
work sheet
 

 6. 

An amount earned by a corporation and not yet distributed to stockholders is called ____.
A.
capital stock
C.
retained earnings
B.
dividends
D.
undivided earnings
 

 7. 

The percentage relationship between one financial statement item and the total that includes that item is a(n) ____.
A.
ratio
C.
component percentage
B.
constant percentage
D.
declining percentage
 

 8. 

The portion of a plant asset's cost that is transferred to an expense account in each fiscal period during a plant asset's useful life is ____.
A.
accumulated depreciation
C.
plant asset expense
B.
depreciation expense
D.
salvage value
 

 9. 

Estimating inventory by using the previous year's percentage of gross profit on operations is known as the ____.
A.
gross profit method of estimating an inventory
B.
retail method of estimating an inventory
C.
percentage of gross profit inventory
D.
historical method of estimating an inventory
 

 10. 

Journal entries used to prepare temporary accounts for a new fiscal period are ____.
A.
adjusting entries
C.
general journal entries
B.
closing entries
D.
updating entries
 

 11. 

A financial statement showing the revenue and expense for a fiscal period is the ____.
A.
balance sheet
C.
statement of stockholders' equity
B.
income statement
D.
trial balance
 

 12. 

A proof of the equality of debits and credits in a general ledger is a ____.
A.
balance sheet
C.
trial balance
B.
ledger balance
D.
work sheet
 

 13. 

Earnings distributed to stockholders are called ____.
A.
capital stock
C.
distributed earnings
B.
dividends
D.
retained earnings
 

 14. 

An interim departmental statement of gross profit is usually prepared ____.
A.
daily
C.
monthly
B.
weekly
D.
yearly
 

 15. 

Completing end-of-fiscal-period work is an application of which accounting concept?
A.
Accounting Period Cycle
C.
Materiality
B.
Business Entity
D.
Historical Cost
 



 
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