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Accounting  First Semester Test Review December 2015 - Chapters 1-11



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

A post-closing trial balance verifies the equality of debits and credits in a general ledger after the closing entries are posted.
 

 2. 

After each transaction, the accounting equation must remain in balance.
 

 3. 

A balance sheet reports financial information on a specific date and includes the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity.     
 

 4. 

Payments for advertising, equipment repairs, utilities, and rent are expense transactions.
 

 5. 

The owner’s capital amount reported on a balance sheet is calculated as: capital account balance plus drawing account balance less net income.
 

 6. 

Ownership of a check cannot be transferred.
 

 7. 

An amount written in parenthesis on a financial statement indicates an estimate.
 

 8. 

A check with a blank endorsement can be cashed by anyone who has the check.
 

 9. 

Double lines are ruled across a journal’s amount columns to indicate that the totals have been verified as correct.
 

 10. 

Each transaction changes the balances in at least two accounts.
 

 11. 

When cash is paid for supplies, the supplies account is increased by a debit.
 

 12. 

Cash is increased with a credit.
 

 13. 

A balance sheet has three sections: heading, assets, and liabilities.
 

 14. 

Cash is always proved at the end of the month.
 

 15. 

Increases to liability accounts are recorded on the debit side.
 

 16. 

When items are bought and paid for at a future date, another way to state this is to say these items are bought on account.
 

 17. 

A list of accounts used by a business is a chart of accounts.
 

 18. 

The most common type of withdrawal by an owner from a business is the withdrawal of cash.
 

 19. 

Voided checks should be recorded in the journal.
 

 20. 

An amount recorded on the left side of a T account is a credit.
 

 21. 

Withdrawals are assets taken out of a business for the owner’s personal use.
 

 22. 

Asset accounts increase on the credit side.
 

 23. 

When two asset accounts are changed in a transaction, there must be an increase and a decrease.
 

 24. 

An accounting device used to analyze transactions is a T account.
 

 25. 

A bank requires that the signature of the person authorized to sign checks be on the signature card.
 

 26. 

Each asset account has a normal debit balance.
 

 27. 

The accounting equation is most often stated as:  Assets + Liabilities = Owner’s Equity.
 

 28. 

The formula for calculating net income is: total revenue minus total expenses equals net income.
 

 29. 

The balance of an account increases on the same side as the normal balance side.
 

 30. 

Total assets are the amount the owner has invested in the business.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 31. 

The normal balance side of an asset account is the
a.
debit side.
c.
decrease side.
b.
credit side.
d.
right side.
 

 32. 

Since contra accounts are offsets to their related accounts, contra account normal balances are
a.
debits.
b.
credits.
c.
opposite the normal balances of their related accounts.
d.
the same as the normal balances of their related accounts.
 

 33. 

If any kind of error is made in preparing a check,
a.
a new check should be prepared.
b.
VOID should be written on the check stub.
c.
VOID should be written on the check.
d.
all of the above.
 

 34. 

When cash is paid on account, the amount is recorded in the
a.
Sales Credit column and Cash Debit column.
b.
General Debit column and Cash Credit column.
c.
General Credit column and Cash Debit column.
d.
General Debit column and Accounts Payable Debit column.
 

 35. 

When cash is paid for utilities, the amount is recorded in the
a.
Cash Credit column and General Debit column.
b.
Sales Credit column and General Debit column.
c.
General Credit column and Cash Debit column.
d.
General Credit column and Sales Credit column.
 

 36. 

If an amount is recorded on the side of a T account opposite the normal balance side,
a.
the account balance is increased.
c.
the account balance is unaffected.
b.
the account balance is decreased.
d.
the account balance is correct.
 

 37. 

On each journal page, the month is written
a.
for each entry.
c.
only for the first entry.
b.
on the first line of each column.
d.
none of these.
 

 38. 

The procedure for transferring information from a journal entry to a ledger account is
a.
posting.
c.
file maintenance.
b.
journalizing.
d.
none of these.
 

 39. 

A lost check with a blank endorsement on it can be cashed by
a.
anyone who has the check.
b.
only the person whose name follows the words “Pay to the order of.”
c.
only the person who endorsed the check..
d.
no one.
 

 40. 

When cash is received from sales, the amount is recorded in the
a.
Sales Credit column and Cash Debit column.
b.
Sales Debit column and Cash Credit column.
c.
General Credit column and Cash Debit column.
d.
General Debit column and Cash Credit column.
 

 41. 

The date on a monthly income statement prepared on July 31 is written as
a.
For Month Ended July 31, 20--.
c.
20--, July 31.
b.
July 31, 20--.
d.
none of these.
 

 42. 

An endorsement on the back of a check consisting only of a signature is
a.
a blank endorsement.
c.
a restrictive endorsement.
b.
a special endorsement.
d.
an incorrect endorsement.
 

 43. 

The right side of a T account is the
a.
debit side.
c.
normal balance side.
b.
credit side.
d.
equity side.
 

 44. 

A petty cash fund is always replenished
a.
daily.
c.
at the end of the month.
b.
weekly.
d.
none of these.
 

Matching
 
 
USE HANDOUT: The parts of an income statement are identified on your handout with capital letters.  Decide the location of each of the following items.  Type the letter identifying your choice in the Answer column.
a.
A
i.
I
b.
B
j.
J
c.
C
k.
K
d.
D
l.
L
e.
E
m.
M
f.
F
n.
N
g.
G
o.
O
h.
H
p.
P
 

 45. 

Date of the income statement.
 

 46. 

The amount of net income or net loss.
 

 47. 

Business name.
 

 48. 

Expense account balances.
 

 49. 

Expense account titles.
 

 50. 

Heading of the expense section.
 

 51. 

Heading of the revenue section.
 

 52. 

Net income or net loss component percentage.
 

 53. 

Revenue account title.
 

 54. 

Sales Component percentage.
 

 55. 

Statement name.
 

 56. 

Total amount of revenue.
 

 57. 

Total expenses component percentage.
 

 58. 

Words Net Income or Net Loss.
 

 59. 

Words Total Expenses.
 
 
USE HANDOUT: Identify what column each account would be extended to on the worksheet.  Type the letter identifying your choice in the Answer column.
a.
Balance Sheet Column Debit
c.
Income Statement Column Debit
b.
Balance Sheet Column Credit
d.
Income Statement Column Credit
 

 60. 

Cash
 

 61. 

Petty Cash
 

 62. 

Accounts Receivable - R. Price
 

 63. 

Supplies
 

 64. 

Prepaid Insurance
 

 65. 

Accounts Payable - R. Navarro
 

 66. 

Gary Baldwin, Capital
 

 67. 

Gary Baldwin, Drawing
 

 68. 

Sales
 

 69. 

Advertising Expense
 

 70. 

Insurance Expense
 

 71. 

Miscellaneous Expense
 

 72. 

Rent Expense
 

 73. 

Supplies Expense
 

 74. 

Utilities Expense
 
 
Match the account with their proper balance; Debit or Credit. Type the letter identifying your choice in the Answer column.
a.
Debit
b.
Credit
 

 75. 

Cash
 

 76. 

Petty Cash
 

 77. 

Supplies
 

 78. 

Accounts Payable
 

 79. 

Accounts Receivable
 

 80. 

Sales
 

 81. 

Purchases
 

 82. 

Prepaid Insurance
 

 83. 

Utilities Expense
 

 84. 

Miscellaneous Expense
 

 85. 

Rent Expense
 

 86. 

Sale Returns & Allowances
 

 87. 

Purchase Returns & Allowances
 

 88. 

Sales Tax Payable
 

 89. 

Salary Expense
 
 
Identify which Journal each transaction would be recorded in. Type the letter identifying your choice in the Answer column.
a.
Sales Journal
d.
Cash Payments Journal
b.
Purchases Journal
e.
General Journal
c.
Cash Receipts Journal
 

 90. 

Purchased merchandise on account from Crown Distributing.  Purchase Invoice No. 83.
 

 91. 

Paid cash for advertising. Check No. 292
 

 92. 

Bought store supplies on account. Memorandum No. 52
 

 93. 

Sold merchandise on account to Village Crafts. Sales Invoice No. 76
 

 94. 

Purchases merchandise for cash. Check No. 301
 

 95. 

Recorded cash and credit card sales. Terminal Summary 34
 

 96. 

Returned merchandise to Crown Distributing, Memorandum No. 78
 

 97. 

Received cash on account from Country Crafters.  Receipt No. 90
 

 98. 

Granted credit to Village Crafts for merchandise returned.  Credit Memorandum No. 41
 
 
MATCHING
a.
Account Balance
d.
Asset
b.
Accounting
e.
Capital
c.
Accounting Records
 

 99. 

Planning, recording, analyzing, and interpreting financial information.
 

 100. 

Anything of value that is owned.
 

 101. 

The amount in an account.
 

 102. 

Organized summaries of a business’s financial activities.
 

 103. 

The account used to summarize the owner’s equity in the business.
 
 
MATCHING
a.
Account
d.
Accounting System
b.
Account Title
e.
Business Ethics
c.
Accounting Equation
f.
Equities
 

 104. 

The use of ethics in making business decisions.
 

 105. 

An equation showing the relationship between among assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity.
 

 106. 

The name given to an account.
 

 107. 

Financial rights to the assets of a business.
 

 108. 

A planned process for providing financial information that will be useful to management.
 

 109. 

A record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation.
 
 
MATCHING
a.
Ethics
d.
Revenue
b.
Financial Statements
e.
Service Business
c.
Owner’s Equity
f.
Withdrawals
 

 110. 

An increase in owner’s equity resulting from the operations of a business.
 

 111. 

Financial reports that summarize the financial conditions and operations of a business.
 

 112. 

A business that performs an activity for a fee.
 

 113. 

Assets taken out of a business for the owner’s personal use.
 

 114. 

The amount remaining after the value of all liabilities is subtracted from the value of all assets.
 

 115. 

The principles of right and wrong that guide an individual in making decisions.
 
 
MATCHING
a.
Expense
d.
Sale on Account
b.
Liability
e.
Transaction
c.
Proprietorship
 

 116. 

A business owned by one person.
 

 117. 

A business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner’s equity.
 

 118. 

An amount owed by a business.
 

 119. 

A decrease in owner’s equity resulting from the operation of a business.
 

 120. 

A sale for which cash will be received at a later date.
 



 
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