Financial Accounting Exam 1
Questions And Answers
Accounting - Answer System that collects and processes (analyzes, measures, and
records) financial information about an organization and reports that information to
decision makers.
Accounting entity - Answer Is the organization for with financial data are to be collected.
The four basic statements: - Answer 1. Balance Sheet
2. Income Statement
3. Statement of Retained Earnings
4. Statement of Cash flows
Balance Sheet - Answer Reports the amount of assets, liabilities and stockholders'
equity of an accounting entry at a point in time.
Income Statement - Answer Reports the revenues less the expenses of the accounting
period.
Statement of Retained Earnings - Answer Reports the way that net income and the
distribution of dividends affected the financial position of the company during the
accounting period.
Statement of Cash Flows - Answer Reports inflows and outflows of cash during the
accounting period in the categories of operating, investing, and financing.
Basic Accounting Equation - Answer Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders' Equity
Assets - Answer Are the economic resources owned by the company. Each of these
economic resources is expected to provide future benefits to the firm.
Liabilities - Answer Are the company's debts or obligations. Which will be paid with
assets or services.
Stockholders' Equity (Owners' Equity) - Answer Indicates the amount of financing
provided by owners of the business and earnings. Is the sum of the contribute capital +
the retained earnings.
Accounting Period - Answer Is the time period cover by the financial statements.
, Elements of the Income Statement - Answer Revenues, Expenses and Net Income.
Revenues - Answer Earnings from the sale of goods or services to costumers.
Revenues are reported whether or not have yet been paid for.
Expenses - Answer Represent the dollar amount of resources the entity used to earn
revenue during the period.
Net Income ("the bottom line") - Answer Is the excess of total revenues over total
expenses.
Net Loss - Answer If total expenses exceed total revenues.
Retained Earning Equation - Answer Ending Retained Earnings = (Beginning of
Retained Earnings + Net Income) - Dividends
The Cash Flow Statement Equation - Answer +/- Cash flow from Operating Activities
(CFO)
+/- Cash flow from Investing Activities (CFI)
+/- Cash flow from Financing Activities (CFF)
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Change in Cash
Cash Flow from Operating Activities, and examples - Answer CFO- Are cash flow that
are directly related to earning income. Example, collecting cash from costumers, pay
salaries, pay bills, pay to suppliers.
Cash Flow from Investing Activities, and examples - Answer CFI- Are cash flow related
to the acquisition or sale of the company's productive assets. Example, the purchase of
additional equipment.
Cash Flow from Financing Activities, and examples - Answer CFF- Are cash flow
directly related to the financing of the enterprise itself. Example, the payment of money
to investors and creditors.
Notes - Answer "Footnotes" provide supplemental information about the financial
condition of a company.
GAAP - Answer Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, are the measurement rules
used to develop the information in financial statements.
SEC - Answer Security and Exchange Commission, is the U.S government agency that
determines the financial statements that public companies must provide to stockholders,
and the rules that they must use in producing those statements.
Questions And Answers
Accounting - Answer System that collects and processes (analyzes, measures, and
records) financial information about an organization and reports that information to
decision makers.
Accounting entity - Answer Is the organization for with financial data are to be collected.
The four basic statements: - Answer 1. Balance Sheet
2. Income Statement
3. Statement of Retained Earnings
4. Statement of Cash flows
Balance Sheet - Answer Reports the amount of assets, liabilities and stockholders'
equity of an accounting entry at a point in time.
Income Statement - Answer Reports the revenues less the expenses of the accounting
period.
Statement of Retained Earnings - Answer Reports the way that net income and the
distribution of dividends affected the financial position of the company during the
accounting period.
Statement of Cash Flows - Answer Reports inflows and outflows of cash during the
accounting period in the categories of operating, investing, and financing.
Basic Accounting Equation - Answer Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders' Equity
Assets - Answer Are the economic resources owned by the company. Each of these
economic resources is expected to provide future benefits to the firm.
Liabilities - Answer Are the company's debts or obligations. Which will be paid with
assets or services.
Stockholders' Equity (Owners' Equity) - Answer Indicates the amount of financing
provided by owners of the business and earnings. Is the sum of the contribute capital +
the retained earnings.
Accounting Period - Answer Is the time period cover by the financial statements.
, Elements of the Income Statement - Answer Revenues, Expenses and Net Income.
Revenues - Answer Earnings from the sale of goods or services to costumers.
Revenues are reported whether or not have yet been paid for.
Expenses - Answer Represent the dollar amount of resources the entity used to earn
revenue during the period.
Net Income ("the bottom line") - Answer Is the excess of total revenues over total
expenses.
Net Loss - Answer If total expenses exceed total revenues.
Retained Earning Equation - Answer Ending Retained Earnings = (Beginning of
Retained Earnings + Net Income) - Dividends
The Cash Flow Statement Equation - Answer +/- Cash flow from Operating Activities
(CFO)
+/- Cash flow from Investing Activities (CFI)
+/- Cash flow from Financing Activities (CFF)
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Change in Cash
Cash Flow from Operating Activities, and examples - Answer CFO- Are cash flow that
are directly related to earning income. Example, collecting cash from costumers, pay
salaries, pay bills, pay to suppliers.
Cash Flow from Investing Activities, and examples - Answer CFI- Are cash flow related
to the acquisition or sale of the company's productive assets. Example, the purchase of
additional equipment.
Cash Flow from Financing Activities, and examples - Answer CFF- Are cash flow
directly related to the financing of the enterprise itself. Example, the payment of money
to investors and creditors.
Notes - Answer "Footnotes" provide supplemental information about the financial
condition of a company.
GAAP - Answer Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, are the measurement rules
used to develop the information in financial statements.
SEC - Answer Security and Exchange Commission, is the U.S government agency that
determines the financial statements that public companies must provide to stockholders,
and the rules that they must use in producing those statements.
