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Cae15 Chap16 Theories
Cae15 Chap16 Theories
Cae15 Chap16 Theories
2. Which statement regarding accrual basis versus cash basis of accounting is true?
a. The cash basis is appropriate for smaller entities.
b. The cash basis is less useful in predicting the timing and amount of future cash flows of an
entity.
c. Application of the cash basis results in an income statement reporting revenue and expenses.
d. The cash basis requires a complete set of double entry records.
8. Under accrual accounting, which of the following does not describe a deferral?
a. Deferral of revenue occurs when cash is received and recognized in financial income.
b. Deferral typically results in the recognition of a liability or prepaid expense.
c. Cash collected in advance of services being rendered.
d. Cash paid up front for a one-year insurance policy.
11. The premium on a three-year insurance policy expiring on December 31, 2022 was paid in total on
January 1, 2020. If the entity has six-month operating cycle, then on December 31, 2020 the prepaid
insurance reported as current asset would be for
a. 6 months
b. 12 months
c. 18 months
d. 24 months
12. The premium on a three-year insurance policy expiring on December 31, 2022 was paid in total on
January 1, 2020. The original payment was initially debited to a prepaid asset account. The
appropriate adjusting entry had been recorded on December 31, 2020. The balance in the prepaid
asset account on December 31, 2020 should be
a. Zero
b. The same as it would have been if the original payment had been debited initially to an
expense account
c. The same as the original payment
d. Higher than if the original payment had been debited initially to an expense account
13. The premium on a three-year insurance policy expiring on December 31, 2022 was paid in total on
January 1, 2020. If the original payment was recorded as prepaid assets, how would total assets and
shareholders’’ equity be affected during 2020?
a. Total assets would decrease and shareholders’ equity
b. Both total assets and shareholders’ equity would decrease
c. Both total assets and shareholders’ equity would increase
d. Neither total assets nor shareholders’ equity would change
14. The premium on a four-year insurance policy expiring on December 31, 2023 was paid in total on
January 1, 2020. If the original payment was recorded as a prepaid asset, the balance in the prepaid
asset account on December 31, 2020 would be
a. Lower than the balance on December 31, 2020
b. Lower than the balance on December 31, 2022
c. The same as balance on December 31, 2022
d. The same as the original payment
15. At the beginning of the current year, an entity signed a 5-year contract enabling it to use a patented
manufacturing process beginning in the current year. A royalty is payable for each product produced,
subject to a minimum annual fee. Any royalties in excess of the minimum will be paid annually. On
the contract date, the entity prepaid a sum equal to two years’ minimum annual fees. In the current
year, only minimum annual fees were incurred. The royalty prepayment shall be reported in the
current year-end financial statement as
a. An expense only
b. A current asset and an expense
c. A current asset and a noncurrent asset
d. A noncurrent asset
Chapter 16: Error Correction
4. At the middle of the year, an entity paid for insurance premium for the current year and debited the
amount to prepaid insurance. At year-end, the bookkeeper forgot to record the amount expired. In
the financial statements prepared at year-end, the omission
a. Overstates owners’ equity
b. Understates assets
c. Understates net income
d. Overstates liabilities
5. If at the end of current reporting period, an entity erroneously excluded some goods from ending
inventory and also erroneously did not record the purchase of these goods, these errors would cause
a. The ending inventory to be overstated
b. The retained earnings to be understated
c. No effect on net income, working capital and retained earnings
d. Net income to be understated
8. Which would result if the current year’s ending inventory is understated in the cost of goods sold
calculation?
a. Cost of goods sold would be overstated
b. Total assets would be overstated
c. Net income would be overstated
d. Retained earnings would be overstated
9. If the beginning inventory in the current year was overstated, the income for the current year would
be
a. Understated and assets are correctly stated
b. Understated and assets are overstated
c. Overstated and assets are overstated
d. Understated and assets are understated
10. Which of the following would cause income to be overstated in the period of occurrence?
a. Overestimating bad debt expense
b. Understating beginning inventory
c. Overstated purchases
d. Understated ending inventory
11. Failure to record the expired amount of prepaid rent expense would not
a. Understate expense
b. Overstate net income
c. Overstate owners’ equity
d. Understate liabilities
12. Failure to record accrued salaries at the end of an accounting period results in
a. Overstated retained earnings
b. Overstated assets
c. Overstated revenue
d. Understated retained earnings
13. Failure to record depreciation at the end of an accounting period results in
a. Understated income
b. Understated assets
c. Overstated expense
d. Overstated assets
1. Which of the following shareholder rights most commonly enhances in an issue of preference
shares?
a. The right to vote for the board of directors
b. The right to maintain one’s proportional interest
c. The right to receive a full cash dividend before dividends are paid to other classes of share
capital
d. The right to vote on major corporate issue
2. Preference shares participate ratably with the ordinary shareholders in any profit distribution
beyond the prescribed preference rate
a. Cumulative feature
b. Participating feature
c. Callable feature
d. Redeemable feature
3. Which feature of preference share would most likely be opposed by ordinary shareholders?
a. Convertible
b. Callable
c. Redeemable
d. Participating
3. When an entity issues both consolidated and separate financial statements, the EPS information is
required
a. For both sets of financial statements
b. In neither set of financial statements
c. Only for consolidated financial statements
d. Only for separate financial statements
5. Earnings per share shall be reported for all of the following except
a. Continuing operations
b. Discontinued operations
c. Net income
d. Gross income
6. In computing basic earnings per share, of the preference shares are cumulative, the amount that
should be deducted as an adjustment to the numerator is the
a. Preference dividends in arrears
b. Preference dividends paid during the year
c. Annual preference dividend
d. Annual ordinary dividend
7. In computing basic earnings per share, the amount of preference dividends on noncumulative
preference shares should be
a. Deducted from net income whether declared or not
b. Deducted from net income only when declared
c. Added to the net income only when declared
d. Ignored
8. In computing basic earnings per share, the full amount of the required preference dividends on
cumulative preference shares for the period should be
a. Ignored
b. Deducted from net income only when declared
c. Deducted from net income whether declared or not
d. Added to net income whether declared or not
9. In computing basic loss per share, the annual preference dividend on cumulative preference shares
should be
a. Ignored
b. Deducted from the net loss whether declared or not
c. Added to the net loss whether declared or not
d. Added to the net loss only when declared
10. In the computation of weighted average number of shares when there is a share split, the additional
shares are
a. Weighted by the number of days outstanding
b. Weighted by the number of months outstanding
c. Considered outstanding at the beginning of the year
d. Considered outstanding at the beginning of the earliest year reported
11. Earnings per share information is calculated before accounting for which of the following?
a. Preference dividend for the period
b. Ordinary dividend
c. Taxation
d. Minority interest
14. If a bonus issue occurs between the year-end and the date that the financial statements are
authorized
a. The EPS both for the current and the previous year are adjusted
b. The EPS for the current year only is adjusted
c. No adjustment is made to EPS
d. Diluted EPS only is adjusted
15. If a new issue of shares for cash is made between the year-end and the date that the financial
statements are authorized
a. The EPS both for the current and the previous year are adjusted
b. The EPS for the current year only is adjusted
c. No adjustment is made to EPS
d. Diluted EPS only is adjusted
16. The weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period for all periods should be
adjusted for
a. Any change in the number of ordinary shares without a change in resources
b. Any prior period adjustment
c. Ant new issue of shares for cash
d. Any convertible instruments settled in cash
17. Ordinary shares issued as part of a business combination are included in the EPS calculation from
a. The beginning of the accounting period
b. The date of acquisition
c. The end of the accounting period
d. The midpoint of the accounting year
18. Shares issued to settle a liability are included in the EPS calculated from
a. Date of the contract for services
b. Halfway through the rendering of services
c. The completion of service
d. The settlement date
19. Shares to be issued upon the conversion of a mandatorily convertible instrument are included in the
calculation of basic earnings per share from
a. The date of the contract for the share’s
b. Halfway through the period
c. The date of conversion
d. The issue of the share certificate
20. Under IFRS, where ordinary shares are issued but not fully paid, the ordinary shares are treated in
EPS
a. In the same way as fully paid ordinary shares
b. As a fraction of an ordinary share to the extent that the subscribed shares are entitled to
participate in dividends
c. In the same way as warrants or options
d. Are ignored
Chapter 20: Diluted Earnings per Share
1. The calculation of diluted EPS assumes that share options were exercised and that the proceeded
were used to
a. Buy ordinary shares as an investment
b. Retire preference shares
c. Buy treasury shares
d. Increase net income
3. When applying the treasury share method for diluted EPS, the market price of the ordinary share
used for the assumed acquisition of treasury shares is the
a. Market price at the end of the year
b. Average market price during the year
c. Market price at the beginning of the year
d. Average market price over a two-year period
4. In applying the treasury share method of computing diluted earnings per share, when is it
appropriate to use the average market price of ordinary share during the year as the assumed
repurchase price?
a. Always
b. When the average market price is higher than the exercise price
c. Never
d. When the average market price is lower than the exercise price
5. Under the treasury share method, the number of potential ordinary shares is equal to
a. Option shares
b. Option share minus assumed treasury shares
c. Assumed treasury shares
d. Option share actually issued during the year
6. All of the following must be disclosed in relation to earnings per share, except
a. Forecast earnings per share for the following year
b. Instruments that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future but not included
in the diluted EPS because they are antidilutive in the current period
c. The weighted average number of ordinary shares used
d. The earnings figure used in calculating EPS
7. Dilution of EPS is defined as
a. Decrease in earnings per share when any financial instrument is converted to any form of share
capital
b. Decrease in share capital
c. Decrease in earnings per share when convertible instruments are converted to ordinary shares
d. Decrease in earnings per share when share capital is converted to debt capital
9. In calculating where the potential ordinary shares are dilutive, the income figure used as the control
number is
a. Net income including discontinued operations
b. Income from continuing operations
c. Income before tax including discontinued operations
d. Retained earnings for the year after dividends
10. The nature of diluted earnings per share involving adjustment for share options can be describe as
a. Historical because earnings are historical
b. Historical because it indicates an entity’s valuation
c. Proforma because it indicates potential changes in number of shares
d. Proforma because it indicates potential changes in earnings
14. In calculating diluted earnings per share, which of the following should not be considered?
a. The weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding
b. The amount of dividends declared on cumulative preference shares
c. The amount of cash dividends declared on ordinary shares
d. The number of ordinary shares resulting from the assumed conversion of bonds payable
outstanding
16. An entity already has calculated the basic earnings per share. In determining diluted earnings per
share, the annual dividend on convertible cumulative preference share which is dilutive should be
a. Added back to the numerator of basic EPS whether declared or not
b. Deducted from the numerator of basic EPS only if declared
c. Added back to the numerator of basic EPS only if declared
d. Deducted from the numerator of basic EPS whether declared or not
17. In determining diluted earnings per share, dividends on nonconvertible cumulative preference
shares should be
a. Disregarded
b. Added back to net income whether declared or not
c. Deducted from net income only if declared
d. Deducted from net income whether declared or not
18. The “if converted” method of computing earnings per share assumes conversion of convertible
bonds payable at
a. Beginning of the earliest period reported or at time of issuance, if later
b. Beginning of the earliest period reported regardless of time of issuance
c. Middle of the earliest period reported regardless of time of issuance
d. Ending of the earliest period reported regardless of time of issuance
19. In determining diluted earnings per share, interest expense, net of income tax, on dilutive
convertible bond payable should be
a. Added back to weighted average shares outstanding for diluted earnings per share
b. Added back to net income for diluted earnings per share
c. Deducted from net income for diluted earnings per share
d. Deducted from weighted average shares outstanding for diluted earnings per share
20. When dilutive convertible bonds are the only potential ordinary shares
a. Diluted EPS will be greater if the bonds are not actually converted than not converted
b. Diluted EPS will be smaller if the bonds are not actually converted than not converted
c. Diluted EPS will be the same whether or not the bonds are converted
d. The effect of conversion on diluted EPS cannot be determined without additional information
Chapter 22: Hyperinflation
4. An entity that wishes to present information about the effect of changing prices in a
hyperinflationary economy should report this information in
a. The body of the financial statements
b. The notes to financial statements
c. Supplementary schedule
d. Management’s report to shareholder
6. For purposes of adjusting financial statements for the changes in the general price level, monetary
items consist of
a. Assets and liabilities whose amounts are fixed by contract or otherwise in terms of pesos
b. Assets and liabilities which are classified as current
c. Cash and cash equivalents plus all receivables
d. Cash, other assets expected to be converted into cash, and current liabilities
7. All of the following are monetary items, except
a. Accounts payable
b. Accounts receivable
c. Administration costs paid in cash
d. Loan repayable at face value
8. The financial statements of an entity that reports in the currency of a hyperinflationary economy
shall be stated in terms of
a. Historical cost
b. Current cost
c. Fair value
d. Measuring unit current at the end of reporting period
9. The gain of loss on the net monetary position in a hyperinflationary economy shall be included in
a. Profit of loss and separately disclosed
b. Retained earnings
c. Equity
d. Comprehensive income
10. In a hyperinflationary economy, amounts not expressed in the measuring unit current at the end of
reporting period are restated by applying the
a. General price index
b. Specific price index
c. Both the general price index and the specific price index
d. Either the general price index or the specific price index
16. During a period of inflation, an account balance remains constant. With respect to this account, a
purchasing power loss will be recognized if the account is a
a. Monetary asset
b. Monetary liability
c. Nonmonetary asset
d. Nonmonetary liability
17. During a period of inflation, an account balance remains constant. With respect to this account, a
purchasing power gain will be recognized if the account is a
a. Monetary liability
b. Monetary asset
c. Nonmonetary liability
d. Nonmonetary asset
18. During a period of deflation in which a liability account balance remains constant, which of the
following occurs?
a. A purchasing power loss if the item is a nonmonetary liability
b. A purchasing power gain if the item is nonmonetary liability
c. A purchasing power loss if the item is a monetary liability
d. A purchasing power gain if the item is a monetary liability
19. During a period of inflation in which a liability account balance remains constant, which of the
following occurs?
a. A purchasing power loss if the item is a nonmonetary liability
b. A purchasing power gain if the item is a nonmonetary liability
c. A purchasing power loss if the item is a monetary liability
d. A purchasing power gain if the item is a monetary liability
20. During a period of deflation, an entity would have the greatest gain in general purchasing power by
holding
a. Cash
b. Property, plant and equipment
c. Accounts payable
d. Mortgage payable
21. Financial statements that are expressed under a stable monetary unit are
a. Constant peso financial statements
b. Nominal peso financial statements
c. Current cost financial statements
d. Fair value financial statements
22. A general price level statement of financial position is prepared and presented in terms of
a. The general purchasing power of the peso at the latest end of reporting period
b. The general purchasing power of the peso in the base period
c. The average general purchasing power of the peso for the latest reporting period
d. The general purchasing power of the peso at the time the financial statements are issued
23. Which method of reporting attempts to eliminate the effect of the changing value of the peso?
a. Discounted net present value of future cash flows
b. Historical cost restated for change in the general price level
c. Replacement cost
d. Exit value
24. The restatement of historical peso financial statements to reflect the general price level change
results in presenting assets at
a. Lower of cost and net realizable value
b. Fair value
c. Cost adjusted for purchasing power change
d. Current replacement cost
25. Which argument in favor of price level adjusted financial statements is not valid?
a. Price level financial statements use historical cost
b. Price level financial statements compare uniform purchasing power among various periods
c. Price level financial statements measure current value
d. Price level financial statements measure earnings in terms of common peso
Chapter 23: Current cost accounting
2. An entity adjusted its historical cost income statement by applying specific price index to
depreciation, the income statement is prepared according to
a. Fair value accounting
b. Purchasing power accounting
c. Current cost accounting
d. Nominal peso accounting
3. When an entity prepares financial statements on a current cost basis, how is the cost of goods sold
computed?
a. Number of units sold times average current cost
b. Number of units sold times current cost of units at year-end
c. Number of units sold times beginning current cost
d. Beginning inventory at current cost plus cost of goods purchased less ending inventory at current
cost
4. In a period of inflation, an entity discloses income on a current cost basis. Compared to historical
cost income which conditions increases the current cost income?
a. Current cost is the same as historical cost
b. Current cost of land is less than historical cost
c. Current cost of cost of goods sold is less than historical cost
d. Ending net monetary assets are less than beginning
5. Could current cost financial statements report holding gains for goods sold during the period for
which of the following?
a. Goods sold
b. Inventory
c. Goods sold and inventory
d. Neither goods sold nor inventory