Strayer ACC 556 Midterm Part 1
Question 1
Source documents can provide evidence that a transaction has occurred
Question 2
Expense recognition is tied to revenue recognition.
Question 3
To obtain maximum benefit from a bank reconciliation, the reconciliation should be prepared by the employee authorized to sign checks.
Question 4
An aging of accounts receivable schedule is based on the premise that the longer the period an account remains unpaid, the greater the probability that it will
eventually, be collected.
Question 5
A concentration of credit risk is a threat of nonpayment from a single customer or class of customers that could adversely affect the financial health of the company.
Question 6
Which of the following is not a common way that managers use the balance sheet?
Question 7
Financing activities include the purchase or sale of long-lived assets or the purchase or sale of investment securities.
Question 8
Bathlinks Corporation has a debt to assets ratio of 73%. This tells the user of Bathlinks’s financial statements that
Question 9
Owners of business firms are the only people who need accounting information.
Question 10
Marvin Services Corporation had the following accounts and balances:
If the balance of the Buildings account was $45,000 and the equipment was sold for $21,000, what would be the total of stockholders’ equity?
Question 11
Consistent use of the same accounting principles and methods is necessary for meaningful analysis of trends within a company.
Question 12
Requiring employees to take vacations is a weakness in the system of internal controls because it does not promote operational efficiency.
Question 13
Solvency ratios measure the short-term ability of the company to pay its maturing obligations.
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Question 14
The best definition of assets is the
Question 15
The partnership form of business organization
Question 16
Goods that have been purchased FOB destination but are in transit, should be excluded from a physical count of goods by the buyer.
Question 17
Management may choose any inventory costing method it desires as long as the cost flow assumption chosen is consistent with the physical movement of goods in the company.
Question 18
Which of the following would not be classified as a long-term liability?
Question 19
The economic resources that are owned by a business are called stockholders’ equity.
Question 20
An advantage of using the periodic inventory system is that it requires less record keeping than the perpetual inventory system.
Question 21
The revenue recognition principle dictates that revenue be recognized in the accounting period in which the performance obligation is satisfied.
Question 22
Lankston Company began the year by issuing $90,000 of common stock for cash. The company recorded revenues of $825,000, expenses of $720,000, and
paid dividends of $45,000. What was Lankston’s net income for the year?
Question 23
The multiple-step income statement is considered more useful than the single-step income statement because it highlights the components of net income.
Question 24
Use the following data to calculate the current ratio.
Carne Auto Supplies
Balance Sheet
December 31, 2014
Cash $ 35,000 Accounts payable $ 65,000
Accounts receivable 50,000 Salaries and wages payable 10,000
Inventory 70,000 Mortgage payable 90,000
Prepaid insurance 40,000 Total liabilities $165,000
Stock investments 80,000
Land 95,000
Buildings $100,000 Common stock $120,000
Less: Accumulated Retained earnings 250,000
depreciation (30,000) 85,000 Total stockholders’ equity $370,000
Trademarks 70,000 Total liabilities and
Total assets $535,000 stockholders’ equity $535
Question 25
Which of the following is the least likely consideration that management uses when deciding whether to pay a dividend?
