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Test Bank for Accounting for
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Governmental & Nonprofit Entities pm pm pm pm




19th Edition by Jacqueline L. Reck, S
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uzanne Lowensohn & Daniel Neely
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Complete Chapters With Verified Q&As| A+ PASS
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Answers at the Back of Each Chapter
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1) Explain the essential differences between general purpose and special purpose governments and gi
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ve several examples of each.
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2) Identify and explain the characteristics that distinguish governments and not-for-
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profit entities from business entities.
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3) GASB and FASB standards are concerned only with external financial reporting; whereas, FAS
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AB standards are concerned with both internal and external financial reporting. Do you agree with
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this statement? Why or why not?
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4) Why should persons interested in reading financial reports of governments and not-for-
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profit entities be familiar with standards set by the GASB and the FASB?
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5) Explain in your own words why accountability is the cornerstone of all financial reporting
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in government.
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,6) In your own words state the primary needs the GASB believes external users have for financial rep
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orts of state and local governments. For contrast, state the uses the FASB believes external users hav
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e for the financial reports of not-for-profit organizations.
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7) Describe the difference between a comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) and GASB gene
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ral purpose external financial reporting for state and local governments.
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8) Identify and briefly explain the four sections of the performance and accountability report (PAR) t
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hat the Office of Management and Budget requires major federal departments and agencies to prepa
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9) Explain the concepts of fiscal and operational accountability and the basis of accounting used
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to capture each concept.
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10) Describe the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). What are the sections of the report a
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nd which components of the organization should it include? Is a CAFR required?
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, 11) The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is assigned responsibility for setting accounting a
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nd financial reporting standards for which of the following?
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A) Governments such as federal agencies, states, cities, counties, villages, and townships.
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B) State and local government entities and governmentally-
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related units and agencies, such as utilities, authorities, hospitals, and colleges and universities.
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C) Not-for-profit organizations. pm




D) State and local governments and all not-for-profit organizations.
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12) Which of the following bodies has been established to recommend accounting and financial reporti
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ng standards for the federal government?
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A) Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
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B) Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). pm pm pm pm




C) Federal Accounting Foundation (FAF).
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D) Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB).
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13) The Financial Accounting Standards Board has the responsibility for setting accounting and financ
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ial reporting standards for which of the following?
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A) All not-for-profit organizations that are nongovernmental and business entities.
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B) All not-for-profit organizations and business entities.
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C) All not-for-profit organizations.
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D) Special purpose governments with a business purpose.
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14) You are trying to decide if an entity you are reviewing is a government or a not-for-
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profit. Which of the following would indicate it is a government rather than a not-for-profit entity?
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A) Absence of profit motive. pm pm pm




B) A primary source of revenues is taxes.
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