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1. True. Virtually every organization and person in our society uses accounting information. Busin
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esses, investors, creditors, government agencies, and not-for-
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profit organizations must use accounting information to operate effectively.
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LO 1, BT: K, Difficulty: Easy, TOT: 2 min., AACSB: None, AICPA FC: Reporting, IMA: Reporting
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2. Accounting is the process of identifying, recording, and communicating the economic events
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of an organization to interested users of the information. The first activity of the accounting pro
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cess is to identify economic events that are relevant to a particular business. Once identified a
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nd measured, the events are recorded to provide a history of the financial activities of the org
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anization. Recording consists of keeping a chronological diary of these measured events in an
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orderly and systematic manner. The information is communicated through the preparation and
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distribution of accounting reports, the most common of which are called financial state
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ments.A vital element in the communication process is the accountant’s ability and responsibilit
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y to analyze and interpret the reported information.
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LO 1, BT: K, Difficulty: Easy, TOT: 2 min., AACSB: None, AICPA FC: Reporting, IMA: Reporting
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3. (a) Internal users are those who plan, organize, and run the business and therefore are officer
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s and other decision makers.
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(b) To assist management, accounting provides internal reports. Examples include financial c
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omparisons of operating alternatives, projections of income from new sales campaigns,
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and forecasts of cash needs for the next year.
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LO 1, BT: K, Difficulty: Easy, TOT: 2 min., AACSB: None, AICPA FC: Reporting, IMA: Reporting
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4. (a) Investors (owners) use accounting information to make decisions to buy, hold, or sell stock.
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(b) Creditors use accounting information to evaluate the risks of granting credit or lending money.
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LO 1, BT: K, Difficulty: Easy, TOT: 2 min., AACSB: None, AICPA FC: Reporting, IMA: Reporting
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5. False. Bookkeeping usually involves only the recording of economic events and therefore is ju
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st one part of the entire accounting process. Accounting, on the other hand, involves the entire
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process of identifying, recording, and communicating economic events.
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LO 1, BT: C, Difficulty: Easy, TOT: 2 min., AACSB: None, AICPA FC: Reporting, IMA: Reporting
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6. Harper Travel Agency should report the land at $85,000 on its December 31, 2022 balance
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sheet. This is true not only at the time the land is purchased, but also over the time the land i
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s held. In determining which measurement principle to use (historical cost or fair value) compa
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nies weigh the factual nature of cost figures versus the relevance of fair value. In general, com
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panies use historical cost. Only in situations where assets are actively traded do companies a
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pply the fair value principle.
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LO 2, BT: C, Difficulty: Easy, TOT: 2 min., AACSB: None, AICPA FC: Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation
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7. The monetary unit assumption requires that only transaction data capable of being expressed i
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n terms of money be included in the accounting records. This assumption enables accounting
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to quantify (measure) economic events.
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LO 2, BT: K, Difficulty: Easy, TOT: 2 min., AACSB: None, AICPA FC: Measurement, Analysis and Interpretation IMA:
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