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CHAPTER 1: Introduction to accounting and financial reporting for governmental and not-for-
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profit organizations
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CHAPTER 2: Overview of financial reporting for state and local governments
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CHAPTER 3: Modified accrual accounting: Including the role of fund balances and budgetary authority
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CHAPTER 4: Accounting for the general and special revenue funds
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CHAPTER 5: Accounting for other governmental fund types: capital projects, debt service, and permanent
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CHAPTER 6: Proprietary Funds
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CHAPTER 7: Fiduciary Funds
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CHAPTER 8: Government-wide statements, capital assets, long-term debt
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CHAPTER 9: Advanced topics for state and local governments
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CHAPTER 10: Accounting for private not-for-profit organizations
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CHAPTER 11: College and university accounting
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CHAPTER 12: Accounting for hospitals and other health care providers
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CHAPTER 13: Auditing, tax-exempt organizations, and evaluating performance
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CHAPTER 14: Financial reporting by the federal government
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2) Fund accounting exists primarily to provide assurance that resources are used accordi
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3) The Financial Accounting Standards Board sets financial reporting standards for pr
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4) FASAB, GASB, and FASB standards are set forth primarily in documents called statements.
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5) FASAB, GASB, and FASB reporting standards are set forth primarily in documents
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called concept statements.
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6) The FASAB was established to recommend accounting and financial reporting standard
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9) An organization is presumed to be governmental if it has the ability to issue directly d
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ebt that is exempt from federal taxes.
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10) The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Stand
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ards Board are parallel bodies under the oversight of the Financial Accounting Fou
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11) The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board requires less extensive reports than
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does the FASB or GASB.
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12) The FASAB requires more financial statements than are typically required of state and
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,TABLE OF CONTENT
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CHAPTER 1: Introduction to accounting and financial reporting for governmental and not-for-
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profit organizations
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CHAPTER 2: Overview of financial reporting for state and local governments
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CHAPTER 3: Modified accrual accounting: Including the role of fund balances and budgetary authority
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CHAPTER 4: Accounting for the general and special revenue funds
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CHAPTER 5: Accounting for other governmental fund types: capital projects, debt service, and permanent
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CHAPTER 6: Proprietary Funds
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CHAPTER 7: Fiduciary Funds
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CHAPTER 8: Government-wide statements, capital assets, long-term debt
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CHAPTER 9: Advanced topics for state and local governments
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CHAPTER 10: Accounting for private not-for-profit organizations
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CHAPTER 11: College and university accounting
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CHAPTER 12: Accounting for hospitals and other health care providers
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CHAPTER 13: Auditing, tax-exempt organizations, and evaluating performance
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CHAPTER 14: Financial reporting by the federal government
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1) The Governmental Accounting Standards Board sets financial reporting standards fo
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r all units of government: federal, state, and local.
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2) Fund accounting exists primarily to provide assurance that resources are used accordi
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ng to legal or donor restrictions.
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3) The Financial Accounting Standards Board sets financial reporting standards for pr
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ofit- seeking businesses and nongovernmental, not-for-profit organizations.
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4) FASAB, GASB, and FASB standards are set forth primarily in documents called statements.
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5) FASAB, GASB, and FASB reporting standards are set forth primarily in documents
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called concept statements.
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6) The FASAB was established to recommend accounting and financial reporting standard
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, 7) The GASB does not require supplementary information to be reported with its financ
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ial statements even if it is essential to establish appropriate context for the financial s
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8) The Financial Accounting Standards Board sets financial reporting standards for private
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9) An organization is presumed to be governmental if it has the ability to issue directly d
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ebt that is exempt from federal taxes.
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10) The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Stand
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ards Board are parallel bodies under the oversight of the Financial Accounting Fou
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ndation.
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11) The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board requires less extensive reports than
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does the FASB or GASB.
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12) The FASAB requires more financial statements than are typically required of state and
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