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8. Accounting information users need reports about the economic activities and condition of businesses.
True False
9. Senior executives cannot be criminally prosecuted for the wrong doings they commit on behalf of the
companies where they work.
True False
10. The primary role of accounting is to determine the amount of taxes a business will be required to pay to
taxing entities.
True False
12. Managerial accounting information is used by external and internal users equally.
True False
13. Financial accounting provides information to all users, while the main focus for managerial accounting is to
provide information to the management.
True False
14. Proper ethical conduct implies that you only consider what's in your best interest.
True False
15. Some of the major fraudulent acts by senior executives started as what they considered to be small ethical
lapses which grew out of control.
True False
16. Two factors that typically lead to ethical violations are relevance and timeliness of accounting information.
True False
17. A business is an organization in where basic resources or inputs, like materials and labor, are assembled and
processed to provide outputs in the form of goods or services to customers.
True False
18. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the authoritative body that has primary responsibility
for developing accounting principles.
True False
19. The cost concept is the basis for entering the exchange price into the accounting records.
True False
20. The unit of measurement concept requires that economic data be recorded in a common unit of
measurement.
True False
21. If a building is appraised for $85,000, offered for sale at $90,000, and the buyer pays $80,000 cash for it, the
buyer would record the building at $85,000.
True False
22. Generally accepted accounting principles regulate how and what financial information is reported by
businesses.
True False
23. The accounting equation can be expressed as Assets - Liabilities = Owner's Equity.
True False
24. The rights or claims to the assets of a business may be subdivided into rights of creditors and rights of
owners.
True False
25. The owner’s rights to the assets rank ahead of the creditors' rights to the assets.
True False
26. If the liabilities owed by a business total $300,000 and owners equity is equal to $300,000, then the assets
also total $300,000.
True False
27. If total assets decreased by $30,000 during a specific period and owner's equity decreased by $35,000
during the same period, the period's change in total liabilities was an $65,000 increase.
True False
28. If total assets increased by $190,000 during a specific period and liabilities decreased by $10,000 during the
same period, the period's change in total owner's equity was a $200,000 increase.
True False
29. If net income for a proprietorship was $50,000, the owner withdrew $20,000 in cash and the owner invested
$10,000 in cash, the capital of the owner increased by $40,000.
True False
30. An account receivable is a claim against a customer arising from a sale on account.
True False
32. Receiving payments on an account receivable increases both equity and assets.
True False
35. Receiving a bill or otherwise being notified that an amount is owed is not recorded until the amount is paid.
True False
37. Expenses are assets that are used up during the process of earning revenue.
True False
38. The excess of revenue over the expenses incurred in earning the revenue is called capital.
True False
39. The principal financial statements of a proprietorship are the income statement, statement of owner's equity,
and the balance sheet.
True False
40. An income statement is a summary of the revenues and expenses of a business as of a specific date.
True False
41. A statement of owner's equity reports the changes in the owner's equity for a period of time.
True False
42. The statement of cash flows consists of three sections: cash flows from operating activities, cash flows from
income activities, and cash flows from equity activities.
True False
43. The financial statements of a proprietorship should include the owner's personal assets and liabilities.
True False
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