True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or
false.
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A common length of time for a fiscal period is one month.
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2.
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A departmental statement of gross profit provides a manager with information
about revenue and costs for each department.
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3.
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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.
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Gross profit is the amount of revenue from sales plus the cost of goods
sold.
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A schedule of accounts receivable lists vendor accounts, account balances, and
total amount due all vendors.
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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.
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7.
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Plant assets increase in value over the passage of time.
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8.
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A journal entry should not be split between two pages because the debit and
credit parts of the entry cannot be seen together.
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9.
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Net income increases the capital stock of a corporation as shown on the
statement of stockholders' equity.
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10.
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A departmental statement of gross profit provides a manager with information
about revenue, costs, and expenses for each department.
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Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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10.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Earnings distributed to stockholders are called ____.
A. | capital stock | C. | distributed earnings | B. | dividends | D. | retained
earnings |
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14.
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An interim departmental statement of gross profit is usually prepared
____.
A. | daily | C. | monthly | B. | weekly | D. | yearly |
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15.
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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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