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PRE-ASSESSMENT: ACCOUNTING FOR DECISION MAKERS
(PVAC)
Attempt #1 C213 Pre-Assessment_Accounting for Decision Makers Insights | Actual Latest
Status: Passed 2026 Test | Verified Solutions
1. What does accounting focus on?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
The impact a business's activities have on its relationships with customers
The impact a business's activities have on the environment
The impact a business's activities have on its public image
The impact a business's activities have on its overall nancial performance
2. Which report summarizes cash collections and cash expenditures from operating, investing, and nancing
activities over a period of time?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Cash receipts and disbursements sheet
Cash ow schedule
Summary of cash receipts
Statement of cash ows
3. Which users would have a primary concern with an organization’s ability to provide healthcare bene ts?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Competitors
Employees
Vendors
Suppliers
4. Which bene t does a corporation gain by following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)?
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YOUR
ANSWER ANSWER
A decrease in its income tax obligations
A decrease in the amount of net income it reports
An increase in its comparability to other companies
An increase in the amount of assets it reports
5. Which body regulates a certi ed public accounting rm’s audit practices when the rm is auditing a large
publicly traded company?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Another certi ed public accounting (CPA) rm
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
6. What has had the most signi cant impact on accounting practices?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Certi cation requirements
New product innovations
Information technology
Mobile computing
7. What two items of information are revealed on the balance sheet?
Choose 2 answers
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Ownership
Debt
Expenses
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YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Revenues
Costs
8. Which term is de ned as the residual interest in the net assets of a company?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Operating income
Liabilities
Revenues
Owners’ equity
9. A corporation has total liabilities of $300 million, total owners’ equity of $100 million, and current assets of
$50 million.
What is the value of the rm's long-term assets?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
$250 million
$350 million
$400 million
$450 million
10. Which situation should result in revenue recognition on the income statement for the year ending 12/31/14 i
the rm is using accrual-basis accounting?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
In 2014, a company enters into a contract whereby it agrees to provide
services to a customer next year (2015).
In 2014, a company collects cash from a customer for services it will
provide next year (2015).
In 2014, a company provides services to a customer for which cash will be
collected the next year (2015).
In 2014, a company collects cash from a customer for services it provided
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WGU KNOWLEDGE CENTER
PRE-ASSESSMENT: ACCOUNTING FOR DECISION MAKERS
(PVAC)
Attempt #1 C213 Pre-Assessment_Accounting for Decision Makers Insights | Actual Latest
Status: Passed 2026 Test | Verified Solutions
1. What does accounting focus on?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
The impact a business's activities have on its relationships with customers
The impact a business's activities have on the environment
The impact a business's activities have on its public image
The impact a business's activities have on its overall nancial performance
2. Which report summarizes cash collections and cash expenditures from operating, investing, and nancing
activities over a period of time?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Cash receipts and disbursements sheet
Cash ow schedule
Summary of cash receipts
Statement of cash ows
3. Which users would have a primary concern with an organization’s ability to provide healthcare bene ts?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Competitors
Employees
Vendors
Suppliers
4. Which bene t does a corporation gain by following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)?
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YOUR
ANSWER ANSWER
A decrease in its income tax obligations
A decrease in the amount of net income it reports
An increase in its comparability to other companies
An increase in the amount of assets it reports
5. Which body regulates a certi ed public accounting rm’s audit practices when the rm is auditing a large
publicly traded company?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Another certi ed public accounting (CPA) rm
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
6. What has had the most signi cant impact on accounting practices?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Certi cation requirements
New product innovations
Information technology
Mobile computing
7. What two items of information are revealed on the balance sheet?
Choose 2 answers
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Ownership
Debt
Expenses
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YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Revenues
Costs
8. Which term is de ned as the residual interest in the net assets of a company?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Operating income
Liabilities
Revenues
Owners’ equity
9. A corporation has total liabilities of $300 million, total owners’ equity of $100 million, and current assets of
$50 million.
What is the value of the rm's long-term assets?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
$250 million
$350 million
$400 million
$450 million
10. Which situation should result in revenue recognition on the income statement for the year ending 12/31/14 i
the rm is using accrual-basis accounting?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
In 2014, a company enters into a contract whereby it agrees to provide
services to a customer next year (2015).
In 2014, a company collects cash from a customer for services it will
provide next year (2015).
In 2014, a company provides services to a customer for which cash will be
collected the next year (2015).
In 2014, a company collects cash from a customer for services it provided
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