Chapter 1 Practice - True or False & Multiple Choice: Take Notes On Class Discussion
Chapter 1 Practice - True or False & Multiple Choice: Take Notes On Class Discussion
Chapter 1 Practice - True or False & Multiple Choice: Take Notes On Class Discussion
2. Stockholders' equity is the difference between a company’s assets and its liabilities.
3. A company owes $200,000 on a bank loan. It will be reported by the company as Notes Payable.
4. Accounts Payable, Notes Payable, and Salaries and Wages Payable are examples of liabilities.
6. Revenue is reported on the income statement only if cash was received at the point of sale.
7. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles require companies to distribute their earnings to stockholders.
9. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the government agency that has primary responsibility
for setting accounting standards in the U.S.
10.The main goal of an accounting system is to capture information about a business so that it can be reported to
decision makers.
multiple choice
1. Financing that individuals or institutions have provided to a corporation is:
A) always classified as a liability.
B) classified as a liability when provided by creditors and as stockholders' equity when provided by owners.
C) always classified as equity.
D) classified as a stockholders' equity when provided by creditors and a liability when provided by owners.
8. Alpha sold $2,000 of services to Beta on credit. Beta promised to pay for it next month. Alpha will report a
$2,000:
A) Accounts Receivable.
B) Account Payable.
C) increase in Cash, since Beta is sure to pay next month.
D) net loss.
9. Alpha sold $2,000 of services to Beta on credit. Beta promised to pay for it next month. Beta will report a
$2,000:
A) Account Payable.
B) Accounts Receivable.
C) Decrease in Cash, since it plans to pay for sure next month.
D) Net income.
10. Ace Electronics sold $5,000 of goods to customers of which $3,000 has been collected. Ace Electronics
should report revenues of:
A) $5,000.
B) $3,000.
C) $2,000.
D) $0.