ACCY 201 CHAPTER 4 AND 5 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is gross profit? - Answer- what you are making on selling the goods before other
expenses
What is credit period? - Answer- time before full payment due
What is SOX - Answer- Sarbanes Oxley Act - a United States federal law that set new
or expanded requirements for all U.S. public company boards, management and public
accounting firms.
What is discount period - Answer- time to get discount by paying fast
What are control accounts - Answer- summery of subsidiary
What is a subsidiary ledger - Answer- detail of each individual account
What is a physical inventory - Answer- count taken of inventory at least once per year
under both methods
What are accounts for shrinkage - Answer- theft, damage,
Merchandise Inventory - Answer- All goods a company owns and holds for sale
What are goods in transit? - Answer- Purchased goods not yet received.
Sold goods not yet delivered.
What is FOB shipping point - Answer- Buyer owns
What is FOB destination - Answer- seller owns
What is goods on consignment - Answer- Consignor
consignee
What is a consignor? - Answer- owner of goods
What is a consignee - Answer- selling agent
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is gross profit? - Answer- what you are making on selling the goods before other
expenses
What is credit period? - Answer- time before full payment due
What is SOX - Answer- Sarbanes Oxley Act - a United States federal law that set new
or expanded requirements for all U.S. public company boards, management and public
accounting firms.
What is discount period - Answer- time to get discount by paying fast
What are control accounts - Answer- summery of subsidiary
What is a subsidiary ledger - Answer- detail of each individual account
What is a physical inventory - Answer- count taken of inventory at least once per year
under both methods
What are accounts for shrinkage - Answer- theft, damage,
Merchandise Inventory - Answer- All goods a company owns and holds for sale
What are goods in transit? - Answer- Purchased goods not yet received.
Sold goods not yet delivered.
What is FOB shipping point - Answer- Buyer owns
What is FOB destination - Answer- seller owns
What is goods on consignment - Answer- Consignor
consignee
What is a consignor? - Answer- owner of goods
What is a consignee - Answer- selling agent