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PEREGRINE EXAM GUIDE UPDATED 2025 2026
WITH ALL NEW QUESTIONS AND EXACTLY
RIGHT ANSWERS | A+ QUALITY GUARANTEE
What is a general ledger? - ANSWER: A general ledger account is an account or
record used to sort, store and summarize a company's transactions.
asset accounts such as Cash, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Investments, Land,
and Equipment
liability accounts including Notes Payable, Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses
Payable, and Customer Deposits
stockholders' equity accounts such as Common Stock, Retained Earnings, Treasury
Stock, and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
What is the difference between accounts payable and accounts receivable? -
ANSWER: Accounts payable is a current liability account in which a company
records the amounts it owes to suppliers or vendors for goods or services that it
received on credit.
Accounts receivable is a current asset account in which a company records the
amounts it has a right to collect from customers who received goods or services on
credit.
What is the cost of goods sold? - ANSWER: The cost of goods sold is the cost of
the products that a retailer, distributor, or manufacturer has sold.
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What is owner's equity? - ANSWER: Owner's equity is one of the three main
sections of a sole proprietorship's balance sheet and one of the components of the
accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity.
What is principles of accounting? - ANSWER: Principles of accounting can also
refer to the basic or fundamental accounting principles: cost principles, matching
principles, full disclosure principles, materiality principles, going concern
principles, economic entity principles, and so on. In this context, principles of
accounting refers to the broad underlying concepts which guide accountants when
preparing financial statements.
What is equity? - ANSWER: Equity can indicate an ownership interest in a
business, such as stockholders' equity or owner's equity.
Equity can mean an owner's interest in a personal asset. For example, the owner of
a $200,000 house that has a mortgage loan of $75,000 is said to have $125,000 of
equity in the house.
What is meant by reconciling an account? - ANSWER: Reconciling an account is
likely to mean proving or documenting that an account balance is correct.
What is included in cash and cash equivalents? - ANSWER: In accounting, a
company's cash includes the following:
currency and coins
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checks received from customers but not yet deposited
checking accounts
petty cash
Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments with a maturity date that
was 3 months or less at the time of purchase.
money market accounts
U.S. Treasury Bills
commercial paper
What is the difference between an implicit cost and an explicit cost? - ANSWER:
An implicit cost is present but it is not initially shown or reported as a separate
cost.
An explicit cost is a cost that is present and it is clearly shown or reported as a
separate cost.
What is the difference between stocks and bonds? - ANSWER: Stocks, or shares
of capital stock, represent an ownership interest in a corporation. Every corporation
has common stock.
Bonds are a form of long-term debt in which the issuing corporation promises to
pay the principal amount at a specified maturity date.
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AN INCREASE TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS WILL
INCREASE OWNERS' EQUITY? - ANSWER: Client Fees
IN TIMES OF RISING PRICES, THE INVENTORY COST METHOD THAT
WILL YIELD THE LOWEST NET INCOME IS: - ANSWER: LIFO (LIFO is the
acronym for last-in, first-out, which is a cost flow assumption often used by U.S.
corporations in moving costs from inventory to the cost of goods sold.
Example: Assume that a corporation uses LIFO and has three units of a product in
its inventory. Due to its supplier raising its prices, the corporation purchased the
items at different costs and in the following sequence: $40, $44, and $46. The
corporation ships the oldest item (the one purchased for $40) to a customer at a
selling price of $60. However, under the LIFO cost flow assumption the company
reports its cost of goods sold at $46 (the latest cost) and reports a gross profit of
$14. (The costs of $40 and $44 remain in inventory.)
When a business erroneously records expenses as assets, it has violated the
measurement issue of - ANSWER: classification
A dividend will reduce which of the following accounts? - ANSWER: Retained
Earnings
Lying by omission involves intentionally - ANSWER: withholding material facts.
PEREGRINE EXAM GUIDE UPDATED 2025 2026
WITH ALL NEW QUESTIONS AND EXACTLY
RIGHT ANSWERS | A+ QUALITY GUARANTEE
What is a general ledger? - ANSWER: A general ledger account is an account or
record used to sort, store and summarize a company's transactions.
asset accounts such as Cash, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, Investments, Land,
and Equipment
liability accounts including Notes Payable, Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses
Payable, and Customer Deposits
stockholders' equity accounts such as Common Stock, Retained Earnings, Treasury
Stock, and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
What is the difference between accounts payable and accounts receivable? -
ANSWER: Accounts payable is a current liability account in which a company
records the amounts it owes to suppliers or vendors for goods or services that it
received on credit.
Accounts receivable is a current asset account in which a company records the
amounts it has a right to collect from customers who received goods or services on
credit.
What is the cost of goods sold? - ANSWER: The cost of goods sold is the cost of
the products that a retailer, distributor, or manufacturer has sold.
,2|Page
What is owner's equity? - ANSWER: Owner's equity is one of the three main
sections of a sole proprietorship's balance sheet and one of the components of the
accounting equation: Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity.
What is principles of accounting? - ANSWER: Principles of accounting can also
refer to the basic or fundamental accounting principles: cost principles, matching
principles, full disclosure principles, materiality principles, going concern
principles, economic entity principles, and so on. In this context, principles of
accounting refers to the broad underlying concepts which guide accountants when
preparing financial statements.
What is equity? - ANSWER: Equity can indicate an ownership interest in a
business, such as stockholders' equity or owner's equity.
Equity can mean an owner's interest in a personal asset. For example, the owner of
a $200,000 house that has a mortgage loan of $75,000 is said to have $125,000 of
equity in the house.
What is meant by reconciling an account? - ANSWER: Reconciling an account is
likely to mean proving or documenting that an account balance is correct.
What is included in cash and cash equivalents? - ANSWER: In accounting, a
company's cash includes the following:
currency and coins
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checks received from customers but not yet deposited
checking accounts
petty cash
Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments with a maturity date that
was 3 months or less at the time of purchase.
money market accounts
U.S. Treasury Bills
commercial paper
What is the difference between an implicit cost and an explicit cost? - ANSWER:
An implicit cost is present but it is not initially shown or reported as a separate
cost.
An explicit cost is a cost that is present and it is clearly shown or reported as a
separate cost.
What is the difference between stocks and bonds? - ANSWER: Stocks, or shares
of capital stock, represent an ownership interest in a corporation. Every corporation
has common stock.
Bonds are a form of long-term debt in which the issuing corporation promises to
pay the principal amount at a specified maturity date.
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AN INCREASE TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS WILL
INCREASE OWNERS' EQUITY? - ANSWER: Client Fees
IN TIMES OF RISING PRICES, THE INVENTORY COST METHOD THAT
WILL YIELD THE LOWEST NET INCOME IS: - ANSWER: LIFO (LIFO is the
acronym for last-in, first-out, which is a cost flow assumption often used by U.S.
corporations in moving costs from inventory to the cost of goods sold.
Example: Assume that a corporation uses LIFO and has three units of a product in
its inventory. Due to its supplier raising its prices, the corporation purchased the
items at different costs and in the following sequence: $40, $44, and $46. The
corporation ships the oldest item (the one purchased for $40) to a customer at a
selling price of $60. However, under the LIFO cost flow assumption the company
reports its cost of goods sold at $46 (the latest cost) and reports a gross profit of
$14. (The costs of $40 and $44 remain in inventory.)
When a business erroneously records expenses as assets, it has violated the
measurement issue of - ANSWER: classification
A dividend will reduce which of the following accounts? - ANSWER: Retained
Earnings
Lying by omission involves intentionally - ANSWER: withholding material facts.
