WSU ACCOUNTING 230 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
2026 UPDATE.
Accounting Equation - ANS Assets = Liabilities + Equity
Assets - ANS Money and other valuables belonging to an individual or business.
Liabilities - ANS Debts that you owe
Stockholders' Equity - ANS The owners' claim to assets.
Common Stock and Retained Earnings
Dividends - ANS Earnings distributed to stockholders
Financing Activities - ANS Includes cash transactions resulting from the external financing of a
business.
Creditors that loan money.
Operating Activities - ANS Transactions related to the primary operations of the company;
providing products to customers, utilities, taxes, advertising, wages, rent, and maintenance.
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, Investing Activities - ANS Purchase and sale of long-term investments; land, buildings,
equipment, and machinery.
Retained Earnings Calculation - ANS Revenue - Expenses - Dividends
Expanded Accounting Equation - ANS Assets=Liabilities + Revenues - Expenses - Dividends
Components of Income Statement - ANS Revenue - Expenses = Net Income
Components of Statement of Stockholder's Equity - ANS Common Stock + Retained Earnings
(Net Income - Dividends)
Components of the Balance Sheet - ANS Assets=Liabilities +Stockholders Equity
Assets on the left.
Liabilities on the right.
SE on the right.
Components of Statement of Cash Flows - ANS Cash from operating, investing, and financing
activities
Examples of Asset Accounts - ANS - Cash
- Accounts Receivable
- Notes Receivable
- Supplies
- Inventory
- Buildings
- Land
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
2026 UPDATE.
Accounting Equation - ANS Assets = Liabilities + Equity
Assets - ANS Money and other valuables belonging to an individual or business.
Liabilities - ANS Debts that you owe
Stockholders' Equity - ANS The owners' claim to assets.
Common Stock and Retained Earnings
Dividends - ANS Earnings distributed to stockholders
Financing Activities - ANS Includes cash transactions resulting from the external financing of a
business.
Creditors that loan money.
Operating Activities - ANS Transactions related to the primary operations of the company;
providing products to customers, utilities, taxes, advertising, wages, rent, and maintenance.
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, Investing Activities - ANS Purchase and sale of long-term investments; land, buildings,
equipment, and machinery.
Retained Earnings Calculation - ANS Revenue - Expenses - Dividends
Expanded Accounting Equation - ANS Assets=Liabilities + Revenues - Expenses - Dividends
Components of Income Statement - ANS Revenue - Expenses = Net Income
Components of Statement of Stockholder's Equity - ANS Common Stock + Retained Earnings
(Net Income - Dividends)
Components of the Balance Sheet - ANS Assets=Liabilities +Stockholders Equity
Assets on the left.
Liabilities on the right.
SE on the right.
Components of Statement of Cash Flows - ANS Cash from operating, investing, and financing
activities
Examples of Asset Accounts - ANS - Cash
- Accounts Receivable
- Notes Receivable
- Supplies
- Inventory
- Buildings
- Land
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