FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING INFORMATION FOR DECISIONS
11TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: INTRODUCING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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1) Accounting is an information and measurement system that identifies, records, and
communicates an organization's business activities.
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ANSWER: TRUE
2) Accounting includes the analysis and interpretation of information.
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ANSWER: TRUE
3) Financial accounting focuses on the needs of external users, who get accounting
information from general-purpose financial statements.
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ANSWER: TRUE
,4) Internal users of accounting information do not directly manage the organization and
have limited access to its accounting information.
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ANSWER: FALSE
5) Auditors verify the effectiveness of internal controls.
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ANSWER: TRUE
6) External auditors examine financial statements to verify that they are prepared
according to generally accepted accounting principles.
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ANSWER: TRUE
7) External users include lenders, shareholders, customers, and regulators.
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ANSWER: TRUE
8) Internal users include lenders, shareholders, brokers and nonexecutive employees.
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ANSWER: TRUE
,9) Opportunities in accounting include auditing, consulting, market research, and tax
planning.
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ANSWER: TRUE
10) The fraud triangle shows that three factors that push a person to commit fraud are
opportunity, pressure, and rationalization.
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ANSWER: TRUE
11) Internal controls are procedures to protect assets, ensure reliable accounting,
promote efficiency, and uphold company policies.
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ANSWER: TRUE
12) A partnership is a business owned by two or more people.
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ANSWER: TRUE
13) Owners of a corporation are called shareholders or stockholders.
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ANSWER: TRUE
, 14) In a partnership, the owners are called stockholders.
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ANSWER: FALSE
15) The balance sheet shows a company's net income or loss over a period of time.
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ANSWER: FALSE
16) The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is given the task of setting
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) from the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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ANSWER: TRUE
17) The business entity assumption means that accounting information presumes that
the business will continue operating instead of being closed or sold.
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ANSWER: FALSE
18) GAAP wants information to have relevance and faithful representation.
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ANSWER: TRUE