AFM 123/ARBUS 102: MODULE 2 - INTRODUCTION TO
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What are the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)? - Answers - Generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are a set of principles
When is revenue recognized? - Answers -
How does the matching concept more accurately determine the net income of a
business? - Answers -
What are the qualities that accounting information is expected to have? What are the
limitations on the disclosure of useful accounting information? - Answers -
What are assets? - Answers -
To what do the terms liability and equity refer? - Answers -
Explain the term financial transaction. Include an example of a financial transaction as
part of your explanation. - Answers -
Identify the three forms of business organization. - Answers -
What is the business entity concept of accounting? Why is it important? - Answers -
What is the general purpose of financial statements? Name the four financial
statements. - Answers -
Each financial statement has a title that consists of the name of the financial statement,
the name of the business, and a date line. How is the date line on each of the four
financial statements the same or different? - Answers -
What is the purpose of an income statement? A balance sheet? How do they
interrelate? - Answers -
Define the terms revenue and expense. - Answers -
What is net income? What information does it convey? - Answers -
What is the purpose of a statement of changes in equity? A statement of cash flows? -
Answers -
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What are the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)? - Answers - Generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are a set of principles
When is revenue recognized? - Answers -
How does the matching concept more accurately determine the net income of a
business? - Answers -
What are the qualities that accounting information is expected to have? What are the
limitations on the disclosure of useful accounting information? - Answers -
What are assets? - Answers -
To what do the terms liability and equity refer? - Answers -
Explain the term financial transaction. Include an example of a financial transaction as
part of your explanation. - Answers -
Identify the three forms of business organization. - Answers -
What is the business entity concept of accounting? Why is it important? - Answers -
What is the general purpose of financial statements? Name the four financial
statements. - Answers -
Each financial statement has a title that consists of the name of the financial statement,
the name of the business, and a date line. How is the date line on each of the four
financial statements the same or different? - Answers -
What is the purpose of an income statement? A balance sheet? How do they
interrelate? - Answers -
Define the terms revenue and expense. - Answers -
What is net income? What information does it convey? - Answers -
What is the purpose of a statement of changes in equity? A statement of cash flows? -
Answers -