,CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS
1. A corporation is a business that is legally separate and distinct from its owners.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.03 - Business Forms
ACCT.AICPA.BB.01 - Industry
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
2. The role of accounting is to provide many different users with financial information to make economic decisions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
3. Accounting information users need reports about the economic activities and condition of businesses.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.AICPA.BB.01 - Industry
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
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,Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting and Business
4. Managerial accounting information is used by external and internal users equally.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.ACBSP.APC.25 - Managerial Characteristics/Terminology
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
5. Senior executives cannot be criminally prosecuted for the wrong doings they commit on behalf of the
companies where they work.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.AICPA.BB.03 - Legal
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Ethics
6. Financial accounting provides information to all users, while the main focus for managerial accounting is to
provide information to the management.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
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, Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting and Business
7. Proper ethical conduct implies that you only consider what's in your best interest.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.02 - GAAP
ACCT.AICPA.BB.03 - Legal
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Ethics
8. Some of the major fraudulent acts by senior executives started as what they considered to be small ethical lapses
which grew out of control.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.02 - GAAP
ACCT.AICPA.BB.03 - Legal
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Ethics
9. A business is an organization in which basic resources or inputs, like materials and labor, are assembled
and processed to provide outputs in the form of goods or services to customers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.03 - Business Forms
ACCT.AICPA.BB.01 - Industry
ACCT.AICPA.BB.06 - Resource Management
BUSPROG: Analytic
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1. A corporation is a business that is legally separate and distinct from its owners.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.03 - Business Forms
ACCT.AICPA.BB.01 - Industry
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
2. The role of accounting is to provide many different users with financial information to make economic decisions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
3. Accounting information users need reports about the economic activities and condition of businesses.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.AICPA.BB.01 - Industry
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
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,Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting and Business
4. Managerial accounting information is used by external and internal users equally.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.ACBSP.APC.25 - Managerial Characteristics/Terminology
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
5. Senior executives cannot be criminally prosecuted for the wrong doings they commit on behalf of the
companies where they work.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.AICPA.BB.03 - Legal
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Ethics
6. Financial accounting provides information to all users, while the main focus for managerial accounting is to
provide information to the management.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.01 - Purpose
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Analytic
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, Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting and Business
7. Proper ethical conduct implies that you only consider what's in your best interest.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.02 - GAAP
ACCT.AICPA.BB.03 - Legal
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Ethics
8. Some of the major fraudulent acts by senior executives started as what they considered to be small ethical lapses
which grew out of control.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.02 - GAAP
ACCT.AICPA.BB.03 - Legal
ACCT.AICPA.FN.03 - Measurement
BUSPROG: Ethics
9. A business is an organization in which basic resources or inputs, like materials and labor, are assembled
and processed to provide outputs in the form of goods or services to customers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
DIFFICULTY: Easy
Bloom’s: Remembering
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WARD.16.01-01 - 01-01
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: ACCT.ACBSP.APC.03 - Business Forms
ACCT.AICPA.BB.01 - Industry
ACCT.AICPA.BB.06 - Resource Management
BUSPROG: Analytic
© 2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.