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A01 Introduction To Accounting
A01 Introduction To Accounting
A01 Introduction To Accounting
A01J Assignment 4
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Prepare in proper form journal entries for the following transactions. Omit explanations.
October
Record the following selected transactions for January in a two-column journal, identifying each
entry by letter:
(b) Purchased equipment for $45,000, paying $20,000 in cash and the remainder on credit
Part C
(1) (10 points) From the following items in the income statement columns of the worksheet
of Friend's Tutoring at December 31, prepare the closing entries without explanation,
assuming that a $1,000 withdrawal was made during the period.
Income Statement
2,000 3,450
$3,450 $3,450
(2) (5 points each for a possible total of 20 points) A summary of selected ledger accounts
appear below for S. Ball for the current calendar year.
Answer the following questions.
A01J Assignment 4
ASSIGNMENT 04
a.
b.
c.
d.
The following is a list of accounts and their balances for Benson Company for the month ended June
30, 20xx. Prepare a trial balance in good form.
The following transactions occurred during June for Campus Cycle Shop. Record the transactions
below in the T accounts. Place the letter of the transaction next to the entry. Foot and calculate the
ending balances of the T accounts where appropriate.
a. Tyler invested $6,500 in the bike service from his personal savings account.
Prepare in proper form journal entries for the following transactions. Omit explanations.
October
Record the following selected transactions for January in a two-column journal, identifying each
entry by letter:
(b) Purchased equipment for $45,000, paying $20,000 in cash and the remainder on credit
Part C
(1) (10 points) From the following items in the income statement columns of the worksheet of
Friend's Tutoring at December 31, prepare the closing entries without explanation, assuming that a
$1,000 withdrawal was made during the period.
Income Statement
2,000 3,450
$3,450 $3,450
(2) (5 points each for a possible total of 20 points) A summary of selected ledger accounts
appear below for S. Ball for the current calendar year.
Answer the following questions.
Question 2
Which is an advantage of a sole proprietorship form of business?
A. There is limited personal risk.
B. The business can continue indefinitely.
C. The owner makes all the decisions.
D. All of these answers are correct.
Question 3
A corporation __________.
A. can continue indefinitely
B. is owned by stockholders
C. has limited risk to stockholders
D. All of these answers are correct.
Question 4
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed to __________.
A. prevent fraud at public companies
B. replace all of the old accounting procedures with new ones
C. improve the accuracy of the company's financial reporting
D. Both A and C are correct.
Question 5
The purchase of supplies for cash would affect which account category?
A. assets
B. liabilities
C. capital
D. expense
Question 6
The type of business organization that can continue indefinitely is known as a __________.
A. sole proprietorship
B. partnership
C. corporation
D. None of the above answers are correct.
Question 7
Bonnie's Baskets purchases $4,000 worth of office equipment on account. This causes
A. Cash and Capital to decrease.
B. Office Equipment and Accounts Payable to increase.
C. Office Equipment to decrease and Accounts Payable to increase.
D. Accounts Payable to increase and Capital to decrease.
Question 8
Logan's Motor Sports buys $30,000 of equipment on credit. Which of the following is a true
statement?
A. Total assets increase.
B. Total assets are unchanged.
C. Total liabilities decrease.
D. Total liabilities are unchanged.
Question 9
Katie's Vegetarian Restaurant, with total assets of $90,000, borrows $15,000 from the bank. Which of
the following is a true statement upon borrowing the money?
A. Total assets are now $105,000.
B. Total assets are now $80,000.
C. Total assets are now $15,000.
D. Total assets are now $75,000.
Question 10
The claims of creditors against the assets are __________.
A. expenses
B. revenues
C. liabilities
D. owner's equity
Question 11
Bob purchased a new computer for the company on account. The transaction will __________.
A. increase Computer; increase Capital
B. decrease Cash; increase Accounts Payable
C. decrease Cash; increase Computer
D. increase Computer; increase Accounts Payable
Question 12
If total assets are $30,000 and total liabilities are $18,000, Capital must equal __________.
A. $12,000
B. $28,000
C. $8,000
D. $20,000
Question 13
A partnership is a business that is __________.
A. easy to form
B. ends with the death of a partner
C. owned by more than one person
D. All of these answers are correct.
Question 14
The balance sheet contains __________.
A. liabilities, expenses and capital
B. assets, liabilities and revenues
C. expenses, assets and cash
D. assets, liabilities and owner's equity
Question 15
A legal firm would be considered a __________.
A. merchandise company
B. manufacturer
C. service company
D. None of the above answers are correct.
Question 16
Which of the following is a characteristic of a sole proprietorship?
A. business owned by more than one person
B. easy to form
C. each stockholder acts as an owner of the company
D. can continue indefinitely
Question 17
If total liabilities are $1,000 and total assets are $8,000, owner's equity must be __________.
A. $7,000
B. $3,000
C. $10,000
D. $13,000
Question 18
A purchase of a vehicle for cash would have what effect on the accounting equation?
A. Total asset amount remains the same.
B. Total liabilities are overstated.
C. Total owner's equity is overstated.
D. Both A and B are correct.
Question 19
Which of the following is not a type of business organization?
A. corporation
B. partnership
C. sole proprietorship
D. operation
Question 20
Which of the following will be recorded in the owner's equity column as an increase?
A. an exchange of assets
B. the purchase of an asset on credit
C. an investment by the owner
D. a withdrawal by the owner
Question 1 options:
accounts receivable
accounts payable
cash
withdrawal
Question 2 (5 points)
Question 2 options:
Question 3 (5 points)
A company has the following balances in its asset
accounts: Cash, $750; Accounts Receivable, $125;
Equipment, $2,000; Supplies, $875. The amount of the
company's total assets is __________.
Question 3 options:
$875
$1,750
$2,875
$3,750
Question 4 (5 points)
Question 4 options:
a balance sheet
an income statement
Question 5 (5 points)
equipment purchase
a withdrawal
Question 6 (5 points)
Question 6 options:
income statement
balance sheet
Question 7 (5 points)
Question 7 options:
Question 8 (5 points)
Question 8 options:
Question 9 (5 points)
Question 9 options:
balance sheet
income statement
Question 10 (5 points)
A company has $4,500 in its Revenue account at the end
of a period. The Expenses are as follows: Rent, $750;
Utilities, $150; Salaries, $2,400; Insurance, $225. The net
income (loss. for the period is __________.
Question 10 options:
$3,600
($2,100.
$975
($1,425.
Question 11 (5 points)
Question 11 options:
Question 12 (5 points)
Income Statement
Balance Sheet
Question 13 (5 points)
Question 13 options:
balance sheet
income statement
Question 14 (5 points)
Question 14 options:
Question 15 (5 points)
Question 15 options:
an income statement
a balance sheet
Question 16 (5 points)
Question 16 options:
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Question 17 (5 points)
Question 17 options:
the bill is paid
Question 18 (5 points)
Question 18 options:
Question 19 (5 points)
Question 19 options:
an increase in assets
no effect on owner's equity
Question 20 (5 points)
Question 20 options:
$5,850
$7,500
$850
$9,150
Question 3
Jim Walton performed services on credit for $2,450. A debit for this transaction should be recorded to
__________.
A. revenue
B. accounts receivable
C. accounts payable
D. cash
Question 4
The owner invested personal equipment in the business. To record this transaction __________.
A. debit Equipment and credit Accounts Payable
B. debit Accounts Payable and credit Equipment
C. debit Equipment and credit Capital
D. credit Equipment and debit Capital
Question 5
A liability would be credited and an expense debited if __________.
A. the business paid a creditor
B. the business incurred an expense and did not pay the expense immediately
C. the business bought supplies on account
D. the business bought supplies for cash
Question 6
When an owner records a credit for $650 for revenue earned but not yet received, the amount of the
debit should be __________.
A. $325
B. $0
C. $975
D. $650
Question 7
A category that is not in the chart of accounts is __________.
A. assets
B. liabilities
C. cash flows
D. revenue
Question 8
What would be the effect on accounts if the owner withdrew cash?
A. An asset would be debited and an expense credited.
B. Withdrawals would be debited and an asset credited.
C. An asset would be debited and a revenue credited.
D. An asset would be debited and Capital credited.
Question 9
The Accounts Receivable account has total debit postings of $1,900 and credit postings of $1100.
The balance of the account is __________.
A. $800 debit
B. $800 credit
C. $2,600 credit
D. $2,600 debit
Question 10
An asset would be debited and a liability credited if __________.
A. the business bought supplies for cash
B. the business incurred an expense and paid it
C. the business incurred an expense and did not pay for the expense immediately
D. the business bought equipment on account
Question 11
Which of the statements of the rules of debit and credit is true?
A. Decrease accounts receivable with a credit and the normal balance is a credit.
B. Increase accounts payable with a credit and the normal balance is a credit.
C. Increase capital with a debit and the normal balance is a debit.
D. Decrease cash with a debit and the normal balance is a debit.
Question 12
A debit balance is a normal balance for which type of account?
A. accounts payable
B. revenue
C. accounts receivable
D. owner's capital
Question 13
The ledger is __________.
A. a group of accounts that records data from business transactions
B. a tool used to make sure that all accounts have normal balances
C. a chronological record of the day's transactions
D. a tool used to ensure that debits equal credits
Question 14
Accounts Payable had a normal starting balance of $800. There were debit postings of $600 and
credit postings of $300 during the month. The ending balance is __________.
A. $500 credit
B. $1,000 debit
C. $500 debit
D. $1,000 credit
Question 15
A debit increases the balance in all of the following accounts, except __________.
A. cash
B. withdrawals
C. expenses
D. accounts payable
Question 16
Office Supplies had a normal starting balance of $75. There were debit postings of $80 and credit
postings of $60 during the month. The ending balance is __________.
A. $55 debit
B. $55 credit
C. $95 debit
D. $95 credit
Question 17
The right side of any account is the __________.
A. debit side
B. credit side
C. ending balance
D. footings
Question 18
The beginning balance in Cash was $3,500. Additional cash of $2,000 was received. Checks were
written totaling $2,500. The cash balance is __________.
A. $2,000
B. $6,000
C. $4,500
D. $3,000
Question 19
Which of the following types of accounts has a normal credit balance?
A. withdrawals
B. assets
C. expenses
D. revenues
Question 20
The owner of BobCats R Us paid his personal MasterCard bill using a company check. The correct
entry to record the transaction is __________.
A. credit Cash; debit Capital
B. credit Cash; debit Supplies Expense
C. credit Cash; debit Withdrawals
D. credit Cash; debit Accounts Receivable
A list of all the accounts from the ledger with their ending balances is called a __________.
A. normal balance
B. trial balance
C. chart of accounts
D. footing
Question 2
Given the following list of accounts with normal balances, what are the trial balance totals of the
debits and credits?
Cash
$1,100
Accounts Receivable
800
Capital
1,900
Withdrawals
500
Service Fees
1,000
Rent Expense
500
Question 3
A debit to an expense account was posted to a revenue account. This error would cause
__________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be overstated
C. revenue to be understated
Question 4
Question 5
A. Balance Sheet
B. Income Statement
D. Trial Balance
Question 6
Question 7
A debit to a liability account was posted to a revenue account. This error would cause __________.
A. revenues to be understated
B. liabilities to be understated
C. capital to be overstated
Question 8
A credit to an asset account was posted to a revenue account. This error would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. revenue to be overstated
C. expenses to be overstated
Question 9
A. cash
B. fees earned
C. capital
D. accounts payable
Question 10
A withdrawal by the owner was posted to an expense account. This error would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be understated
C. withdrawals to be overstated
D. expenses to be overstated
Question 11
A debit to an asset account was posted to a liability account. This error would cause __________.
A. assets to be understated
B. liabilities to be overstated
C. capital to be overstated
Question 12
Question 13
A. Balance sheet
B. Income statement
D. Trial balance
Question 14
A compound transaction was recorded as follows: debit Equipment, $5,000; debit Cash, $1500; credit
Accounts Payable, $3,500. This error would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. assets to be understated
C. liabilities to be overstated
D. liabilities to be understated
Question 15
A credit to an asset account was posted to a liability account. This error would cause __________.
A. assets to be understated
B. liabilities to be overstated
C. capital to be understated
Question 16
A credit to an asset account was posted to the capital account. This error would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be overstated
C. capital to be understated
Question 17
A credit customer paid $850 toward his accounts receivable. The accountant recorded a credit to the
revenue account. This error would cause __________.
A. revenue to be understated
B. cash to be overstated
D. liabilities to be understated
Question 18
Which of the following errors would cause the trial balance to be out of balance?
Question 19
A credit to a liability account was posted to an expense account. This error would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be overstated
C. expenses to be overstated
A credit to a liability account was posted to an asset account. This error would cause __________.
A. liabilities to be overstated
B. liabilities to be understated
C. revenues to be overstated
D. revenues to be understated
Question 21 of 40
2.5 Points
Which of the following entries records the acquisition of office supplies for cash?
A.
B.
C.
Equipment 5,000
Accounts Payable 5,000
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D.
Equipment 5,000
Accounts Receivable 5,000
Question 22
The process that begins with recording business transactions and includes the completion of the
financial statements is the __________.
A. calendar year
C. fiscal year
D. accounting cycle
Question 23
A debit to an expense account was posted to an asset account. This would cause __________.
A. assets to be understated
B. liabilities to be understated
C. capital to be understated
D. expenses to be understated
Question 24
Question 25
A debit to a liability account was posted to an expense account. This would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be understated
D. expenses to be overstated
Question 26
A debit to a liability account was posted to a revenue account. This would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be overstated
C. capital to be overstated
D. revenue to be overstated
Question 27
The twelve-month period a business chooses for its accounting period is a(n. __________.
A. calendar year
B. accounting period
C. fiscal year
D. accounting cycle
Question 28
Question 29
A debit to the capital account was posted to an expense account. This would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be understated
C. capital to be overstated
D. expense to be understated
Question 30
A credit to an asset account was posted to an expense account. This would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be understated
C. capital to be understated
D. expenses to be overstated
Question 31
Question 32
A credit to an asset account was posted to a revenue account. This would cause __________.
A. assets to be understated
B. liabilities to be understated
C. capital to be understated
D. revenue to be overstated
Question 33
A. used to record the journal and page number the transactions originated
B. used to record the ledger number
D. not used
Question 34
A. cash is received
C. it is incurred
Question 35
A. ledger
B. trial balance
C. balance sheet
D. income statement
Question 36
Which of the following entries would record the payment of a utility bill?
Question 37
A credit to a liability account was posted to an owner's equity account. This would cause __________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. liabilities to be understated
Question 38
A. ledger
B. journal
C. trial balance
D. balance sheet
Question 39 of 40
2.5 Points
Renzi's Volleyball Gym purchased equipment for $1,200. It made a down payment of $600 with
the remainder on account. The journal entry to record this transaction is __________.
A.
Cash 600
Accounts Receivable 600
•
B.
C.
Supplies 1,200
Cash 600
Accounts Payable 600
•
D.
Equipment 1,200
Accounts Payable 600
Cash 600
Question 40
A. multi-level entry
B. multi-step entry
C. compound entry
D. simple entry
If the balance of supplies at the start of the month was $900 and at the end of the month you had
$450 on hand, the adjustment for Supplies would be __________.
A. $450
B. $550
C. $350
D. $900
A. prepare the trial balance, complete adjustments, prepare the adjusted trial balance, extend the
respective totals to the Income Statement and Balance Sheet columns
B. complete the adjustments, prepare the adjusted trial balance, prepare the trial balance, extend
the respective totals to the Income Statement and Balance Sheet columns
C. extend the totals to the Income Statement and Balance Sheet columns, prepare the trial balance,
complete the adjustments, prepare the adjusted trial balance
D. prepare the adjusted trial balance, complete the adjustments, prepare the trial balance, extend
the respective totals to the Income Statement and Balance Sheet columns
Which of the following would cause a liability to be credited and an expense to be debited?
D. purchasing equipment
Question 5 of 402.5 Points
If the adjustment for Supplies used during the period was not made __________.
A. liability
B. expense
C. contra-asset
D. revenue
It's the end of the accounting period and no electric bill has been received (but the expense has been
incurred.; you should record an entry that __________.
The adjustment to record supplies used during the period would be __________.
Which of the following would cause a contra-asset to be credited and an expense debited?
The entry to record the expiration of part of the prepaid rent will __________.
A. decrease total assets and increase total expenses at the end of the month
B. decrease total assets and decrease total expenses at the end of the month
C. increase total assets and increase total expenses at the end of the month
D. increase total assets and decrease total expenses at the end of the month
A. residual value
B. book value
C. depreciation expense
B. help to identify any errors that may have been made during adjustment
At the start of this year 18 months' rent was paid. At the year's end, how will this affect the balance
sheet?
Which of the following would cause total assets to decrease and total expense to increase?
It is the year end, but not the pay period end. How will this affect the balance sheet?
The capital balance amount shown in the balance sheet column of the worksheet represents
__________.
D. the beginning capital plus any investments to capital that occurred during the period
Bringing account balances up to date before preparing financial reports is called __________.
A. posting
B. adjusting
C. journalizing
D. analyzing
If current assets are $60,000 and current liabilities are $50,000, the current ratio is __________.
A. 0.8:1
B. 8.3:1
C. 2.1:1
D. 1.2:1
An account in which the balance is not carried over from one accounting period to the next is called a
__________.
A. permanent account
B. real account
C. temporary account
D. zero account
Which of the following assets would not be classified as property, plant, and equipment?
A. delivery truck
B. copyright
C. land
D. furniture
The balance in the Rent Expense account on the worksheet was $120. The journal entry to close the
Rent Expense account is __________.
ANSWER: D
If current assets are $75,000 and current liabilities are $15,000, the current ratio is __________.
A. 5:1
B. 0.2:1
C. 0.5:1
Which of the following sequence of actions describes the proper order in the accounting cycle?
A. journalize, post, close, prepare financial statements, adjust, and analyze transactions
B. prepare financial statements, journalize, post, adjust, analyze transactions, and close
C. analyze transactions, journalize, post, adjust, prepare financial statements, and close
D. post, close, prepare financial statements, adjust, analyze transactions, and journalize
Of the following accounts, which might appear in the adjusted trial balance, but not in the post-closing
trial balance?
A. income summary
B. owner's capital
C. accounts payable
D. depreciation expense
The income statement debit column of the worksheet showed the following expenses:
ANSWER- A
Scott Company had a current ratio of 2.76:1 in Year 1 and 2.57:1 in Year 2. This change in current
ratio indicates __________.
Which analysis deals with the percentage of changes in certain items over several years?
A. vertical analysis
B. ratio analysis
C. trend analysis
D. common-size statement
A. percentages
B. dollar increases/decreases
Assets that are not expected to provide benefits for a number of accounting periods are called
__________.
A. current assets
B. fixed assets
C. long-term assets
Comparative reports in which each item is expressed as a percentage of a base amount without dollar
amounts are called __________.
B. common-size statements
D. horizontal analysis
B. need not be posted if the financial statements are prepared from the worksheet
A. desk chairs
B. land
C. computer
D. building
A. have been subtracted on the bank records but not the checkbook records
B. have not been presented to the bank for payment and have not been subtracted from the
checkbook
C. have not been presented to the bank for payment but have been subtracted in the checkbook
Question 2
Internal control over a company's assets should include which of the following?
B. All cash receipts will be deposited into the bank the same day they arrive.
Question 3
A. the beginning bank balance of the cash at the start of the month
B. the checks the bank has paid and any deposits received
Question 4
From the bank reconciliation no entry was recorded for deposits in transit. This would cause
__________.
A. assets to be overstated
B. assets to be understated
C. no impact since deposits in transit are already included in the balance per books
Question 5
Scotch Services received a credit memorandum from the bank. During the bank reconciliation they
should __________.
Question 6
The journal entry to reverse the entry of a customer's nonsufficient funds check would include a
__________.
A. debit to Cash
B. credit to Cash
Question 7
Advantages of on-line banking include __________.
A. convenience
B. transaction speed
C. effectiveness
Question 8
The bank statement included bank charges. On the bank reconciliation, the item is __________.
Question 9
The bank charged another company's check against our account, this would be included on the bank
reconciliation as a(n. __________.
Question 10
A nonsufficient funds check was returned to your company. How does the bank treat this on your
bank statement?
Determine the adjusted cash balance per bank for Santa's Packaging on November 30, from the
following information.
$2,350
500
600
1,400
2,650
A. $1,250
B. $1,100
C. $1,550
D. $1,350
Question 12
Which item should be added to the company's book balance during the bank reconciliation?
A. deposit in transit
B. check outstanding
Question 13
Question 14
Calculate, from the following information the adjusted cash balance at the end of April.
$2,000
3,250
45
Deposits in transit
2,500
Outstanding checks
1,500
205
A. $3,000
B. $4,250
C. $4,000
D. $5,500
Question 15
How would outstanding checks be handled when reconciling the ending cash balance per the bank
statement to the correct adjusted cash balance?
A. They would be added to the balance of the bank statement.
Question 16
Which item(s. will require a journal entry to update the balance in the Cash account?
B. bank service charges, note collected by the bank, and deposits in transit
C. bank service charges, note collected by the bank, and error made by Accounting Services
Question 17
Question 18
Which of the following bank reconciliation items would be reflected in a journal entry?
B. outstanding checks
D. deposit in transit
Question 19
Question 20
Company policy for internal control should include all of the following EXCEPT for what?
B. Monthly bank statements should be sent to and reconciled by the same employees who
authorize payments and write checks.
C. The owner (or responsible employee. signs all checks after receiving authorization to pay from
the departments concerned.