5.

Advertising costs incurred shall be deferred to provide

an appropriate expense in each period for

a. Interim reporting
b. Year-end reporting
c.' Interim reporting and year-end reporting
d. Neither interim reporting nor year-end reporting
6. Due to a decline in market price in the second quarter,
an entity incurred an inventory loss: The market price is
expected to return to previous level by the end of the
year. At the end of the year, the decline had not
reversed. should the loss be reported in the
interim income statement?

a. Ratably over the second, third and fourth quarters

b. Ratably over the third and fourth quarters
c. In the second quarter
d. In the fourth quarter
7. Conceptually, interim financial statements can be
described as emphasizing

a. Timeliness- over reliability

b. Reliability over relevance
c. Relevance over comparability
d. Comparability over neutrality

8. Interim financial reporting should be viewed

a. As a special type of reporting that need not follow
Ihternational Financial Reporting Standards.

b. As useful only if activity is evenly spread

throughout the year so that estimates are
unnecessary.
As reporting for an integral part of an annual period.
d. As reporting for a separate accounting period.