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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: Financial Accounting Chapters 1 4 Exam
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EXAM CODE: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING EXAM QUESTIO
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NS-101




EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. Accounting is... It does 3 things
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[Verified Solution]: An information system 1) Measures business activity 2) Processes data into report
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s 3) Communicates results to decision makers
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Q2. Financial Accounting vs Managerial Accounting
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[Verified Solution]: Financial Accounting -Provides information for external decision makers -
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Investors -Creditors -Taxing authorities Managerial Accounting -
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Provides information for internal decision makers -Managers -Individual business owners
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Q3. Audits
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[Verified Solution]: To provide reliable information, the SEC requires companies to have their financi
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al statements audited by independent accountants. An audit is a financial examination. The independent
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accountants then tell whether or not the financial statements give a fair picture of the company's situatio
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n. Enron Corp., for example, was one of the largest companies in the United States before it began repo
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rting misleading data.
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Q4. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
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[Verified Solution]: made it a criminal offense to falsify financial statements. It also created a new wa
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tchdog agency, the Public Companies Accounting Oversight Board, to monitor the work of accountants.
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, Q5. Types of Business Organizations
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[Verified Solution]: 1) Proprietorships - 1 owner -
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life of organization limited by owner's choice/death - owner is personally liable 2) Partnerships -
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2 or more owners - life limited by owner's choice/death -
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partners are personally liable 3) Corporations - owned by stockholders - life is indefinite -
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stockholders not personally liable 4) Limited Liability - owned by members - life is indefinite -
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member are not personally liable
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Q6. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
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[Verified Solution]: Goal: to provide useful information to those making investment and lending decisi
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ons




Q7. List of Accounting Principles
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[Verified Solution]: 1) Entity Concept: a business is separate from its owner 2) Reliability: accounting
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dinformation is accurate and free from bias 3) Cost: assets are recorded at purchase price 4) Going Conc
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ern: assumption that business will continue indefinitely 5) Monetary Unit: in the US amounts are record
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ed in dollars, the dollar is considered a stable unit of measure
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Q8. The Accounting Equation
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[Verified Solution]: Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders' Equity
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Q9. Owners' Equity/Stockholders' Equity
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[Verified Solution]: Owners' claims to the assets of the business In a corporation, it's stockholders' equ
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ity Paid- dd



in capital (represents the amount invested by the owners) = Common stock ... Retained Earnings (amou
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nt earned by the corporation that has not been distributed to the stockholders) = + Net income -
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Dividends
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Q10. Income Statement Equation
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[Verified Solution]: Revenues - Expenses = Income
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Q11. Fair Value vs Historical Value
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[Verified Solution]: Fair value (negative because it's not certain, can be argued) Historical cost (I valu
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e my asset on my balance sheet at the price I got it --
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benefit is accuracy, nobody can argue that price because its certain.)
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