WGU C213 ACCOUNTING COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Statement of cash flows. Answer: Which report summarizes cash
collections and cash expenditures from operating, investing, and
financing activities over a period of time?
◉ Employees. Answer: Which users would have a primary concern with
an organization's ability to provide healthcare benefits?
◉ An increase in its compatibility to other companies. Answer: Which
benefit does a corporation gain by following Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAPP)?
◉ The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PACOB).
Answer: Which body regulates a certified public accounting firm's audit
practices when the firm is auditing a large publicly traded company?
◉ Information technology. Answer: What has had the most significant
impact on Accounting practices?
,◉ Ownership and Debt. Answer: What two items of information are
revealed on the balance sheet?
◉ Owners equity. Answer: Which term is defined as the residual in the
net assets of a company?
◉ In 2014, a company provides services to a customer for which cash
will be collected the next year (2015). Answer: Which situation should
result in revenue recognition on the income statement for the year
ending 12/31/14 if the firm is using accrual accounting?
◉ Cash from financing activities. Answer: Which category on the
statement of cash flows summarizes cash receipts and payments to
owners and creditors of the company?
◉ In the notes to financial statements. Answer: Where would an investor
find a summary of a company's significant accounting policies?
◉ The company's financial statements fairly reflect its financial position.
Answer: Which assurance does an external audit report provide for its
readers?
◉ Reliable. Answer: Information that can be verified
◉ Relevant. Answer: Information having to do with the matter at hand
,◉ Material. Answer: Information that is important enough to make a
difference
◉ Conservatism. Answer: Information related to recognizing losses as
they occur
◉ Continual decrease in sales. Answer: What is consistent with a
continual decline in gross profit if the firm's cost of goods sold remains
the same?
◉ Notes payable expected to be paid in 18 months. Answer: Which form
of debt should be reported in the long-term liability category?
◉ Operating expenses &
Ordinary gains and losses. Answer: Which values affect the
measurement of net income?
◉ Gross profit &
Income from operations. Answer: Which items' subtotals are included in
a multi-step income statement?
◉ Cash from investing activities. Answer: What is a common category
in a statement of cash flows?
, ◉ Cash from financing activities. Answer: Which cash flow category
would include "cash received from investors"?
◉ Cash payments for purchase of plant assets. Answer: Which item is an
investing activity?
◉ Increase in cash from investing activities. Answer: What impact does
the sale of equipment have on the statement of cash flows?
◉ The indirect method is more popular among large U.S. companies.
Answer: What is known about the direct and indirect methods of
preparing statements of cash flow?
◉ The inventory department counts and inspects items as received and
forwards the receiving record to accounts payable. Answer: Which
internal control is intended to ensure that a company does not mistakenly
pay a supplier for an invoice that includes more items than were actually
received?
◉ Pressure to meet internal sales goals &
Preparing to qualify for a bank loan. Answer: What are common reasons
for managers to manipulate reported earnings?
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Statement of cash flows. Answer: Which report summarizes cash
collections and cash expenditures from operating, investing, and
financing activities over a period of time?
◉ Employees. Answer: Which users would have a primary concern with
an organization's ability to provide healthcare benefits?
◉ An increase in its compatibility to other companies. Answer: Which
benefit does a corporation gain by following Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAPP)?
◉ The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PACOB).
Answer: Which body regulates a certified public accounting firm's audit
practices when the firm is auditing a large publicly traded company?
◉ Information technology. Answer: What has had the most significant
impact on Accounting practices?
,◉ Ownership and Debt. Answer: What two items of information are
revealed on the balance sheet?
◉ Owners equity. Answer: Which term is defined as the residual in the
net assets of a company?
◉ In 2014, a company provides services to a customer for which cash
will be collected the next year (2015). Answer: Which situation should
result in revenue recognition on the income statement for the year
ending 12/31/14 if the firm is using accrual accounting?
◉ Cash from financing activities. Answer: Which category on the
statement of cash flows summarizes cash receipts and payments to
owners and creditors of the company?
◉ In the notes to financial statements. Answer: Where would an investor
find a summary of a company's significant accounting policies?
◉ The company's financial statements fairly reflect its financial position.
Answer: Which assurance does an external audit report provide for its
readers?
◉ Reliable. Answer: Information that can be verified
◉ Relevant. Answer: Information having to do with the matter at hand
,◉ Material. Answer: Information that is important enough to make a
difference
◉ Conservatism. Answer: Information related to recognizing losses as
they occur
◉ Continual decrease in sales. Answer: What is consistent with a
continual decline in gross profit if the firm's cost of goods sold remains
the same?
◉ Notes payable expected to be paid in 18 months. Answer: Which form
of debt should be reported in the long-term liability category?
◉ Operating expenses &
Ordinary gains and losses. Answer: Which values affect the
measurement of net income?
◉ Gross profit &
Income from operations. Answer: Which items' subtotals are included in
a multi-step income statement?
◉ Cash from investing activities. Answer: What is a common category
in a statement of cash flows?
, ◉ Cash from financing activities. Answer: Which cash flow category
would include "cash received from investors"?
◉ Cash payments for purchase of plant assets. Answer: Which item is an
investing activity?
◉ Increase in cash from investing activities. Answer: What impact does
the sale of equipment have on the statement of cash flows?
◉ The indirect method is more popular among large U.S. companies.
Answer: What is known about the direct and indirect methods of
preparing statements of cash flow?
◉ The inventory department counts and inspects items as received and
forwards the receiving record to accounts payable. Answer: Which
internal control is intended to ensure that a company does not mistakenly
pay a supplier for an invoice that includes more items than were actually
received?
◉ Pressure to meet internal sales goals &
Preparing to qualify for a bank loan. Answer: What are common reasons
for managers to manipulate reported earnings?
