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1. Identify the forms of business organization and the uses of accounting information. A
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sole proprietorship is a business owned by one person. A partnership is a business owned
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by two or more people associated as partners. A corporation is a separate legal entity for
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which evidence of ownership is provided by shares of stock. Internal users are managers
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who need accounting information to plan, organize, and run business operations. The
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primary external users are investors and creditors. Investors (stockholders) use accounting
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information to decide whether to buy, hold, or sell shares of a company‘s stock. Creditors
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(suppliers and bankers) use accounting information to assess the risk of granting credit or
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loaning money to a business. Other groups who have an indirect interest in a business are
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taxing authorities, customers, labor unions, and regulatory agencies.
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2. Explain the three principal types of business activity. Financing activities involve
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collecting the necessary funds to support the business. Investing activities involve acquiring
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the resources necessary to run the business. Operating activities involve putting the
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resources of the business into action to generate a profit.
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3. Describe the four financial statements and how they are prepared. An income statement
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presents the revenues and expenses of a company for a specific period of time. A retained
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earnings statement summarizes the changes in retained earnings that have occurred for a
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specific period of time. A balance sheet reports the assets, liabilities, and stockholders‘
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equity of a business at a specific date. A statement of cash flows summarizes information
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concerning the cash inflows (receipts) and outflows (payments) for a specific period of time.
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Assets are resources owned by a business. Liabilities are the debts and obligations of the
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business. Liabilities represent claims of creditors on the assets of the business.
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Stockholders‘ equity represents the claims of owners on the assets of the business.
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Stockholders‘ equity is subdivided into two parts: common stock and retained earnings. The
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basic accounting equation is Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders‘ Equity. Within the annual
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report, the management discussion and analysis provides management‘s interpretation of
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the company‘s results and financial position as well as a discussion of plans for the future.
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Notes to the financial statements provide additional explanation or detail to make the
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financial statements more informative. The auditor‘s report expresses an opinion as to
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whether the financial statements present fairly the company‘s results of operations and
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financial position.
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*4. Explain the career opportunities in accounting. Accounting offers many different jobs in
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fields such as public and private accounting, governmental, and forensic accounting.
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Accounting is a popular major because there are many different types of jobs, with unlimited
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potential for career advancement
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Difficulties:
Easy: 143 n
Medium: 101 n
Hard: 12 n
Question List by Section n n n
Business Organization and Accounting Information Uses:
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Forms of Business Organization; 47, 48, 202, 246
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Sole Proprietorship: 5, 44, 49, 58, 59
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Partnership: 1, 4, 46, 56 n n n n
Corporation: 2, 3, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 233, 245 n n n n n n n n n n n
Hybrid Forms of Organization: 60, 61 n n n n n
Users and Uses of Financial Information: 6, 7, 11, 74, 87
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Internal Users: 62, 63, 64, 75, 77, 82, 234n n n n n n n n
External Users: 8, 9, 10, 12, 65, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89
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Data Analytics: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 235, 236
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Ethics in Financial Reporting: 71, 72, 73, 237, 255
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nThe Three Types of Business Activity: 97
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Financing Activities: 13, 15, 18, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 102, 109, 117, 118, 119, 238
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Investing Activities: 14, 16, 98, 99, 115, 116
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Operating Activities: 17, 19, 20, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113,
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The Four Financial Statements:
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Income Statement: 21, 22, 23, 24,127, 128, 132, 133, 134, 138, 142, 143
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Retained Earnings Statement: 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131, 135, 137, 139, 140,
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141, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 154, 164, 169, 178, 181, 252
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Balance Sheet: 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 136, 151, 152, 153, 163, 165, 166, 168,
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170, 173, 177, 179, 180, 182, 185, 186, 187, 188, 199, 200, 201, 207, 208, 213, 214, 215, 216,
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217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 225, 229, 239, 240, 241, 253
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Statement of Cash Flows: 26, 121, 171, 174, 183, 242, 249
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Interrelationships of Statements: 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 167, 175, 176, 184,
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250, 251, 256
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Elements of an Annual Report: 36, 41, 192, 196, 197
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Management Discussion and Analysis: 40, 191 n n n n n
Notes to the Financial Statements: 37, 42, 190, 193, 194, 198, 254
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Auditor‘s Report: 38, 39, 195 n n n n
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, A Further Look at Financial Statements
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TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS n
1. A business organized as a separate
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nstockholders is a partnership. n n n
Ans: n F, n LO: n 1, n Section: n Business n Organization nand n Accounting n Information nUses, n Subsection: n Partnership, n Bloom: n K, n Difficulty: n Easy, n Min: n 1,
n AACSB: n Knowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
2. Corporate stockholders have no personal liability for the debts of the corporation.
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Ans: nT, nLO: n1, n Section: nBusiness n Organization nand n Accounting n Information nUses, nSubsection: nCorporation, n Bloom: nK, n Difficulty: n Easy, n Min: n 1,
n AACSB: n Knowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
3. The liability of corporate stockholders is limited to the amount of their investment.
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Ans: nT, nLO: n1, n Section: nBusiness n Organization nand n Accounting n Information nUses, nSubsection: nCorporation, n Bloom: nK, n Difficulty: n Easy, n Min: n 1,
n AACSB: n Knowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
4. The majority of U.S. business is transacted by partnerships.
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Ans: n F, n LO: n 1, n Bloom: n K, n Section: n Business n Organization nand n Accounting n Information nUses, n Subsection: n Partnership, n Difficulty: n Easy, n Min: n 1,
n AACSB: n Knowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
5. Sole proprietorships in the United States generate more revenue than the other two
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forms of business enterprise.
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Ans: n F, n LO: n 1, n Section: n Business n Organization n and n Accounting n Information n Uses, n Subsection: n Sole n Proprietorship, n Bloom: n K, n Difficulty:
n Easy, n Min: n 1, n AACSB: nKnowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
6. Owners of business firms are the only people who need accounting information.
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Ans: n F, n LO: n 1, n Section: n Business n Organization n and n Accounting n Information n Uses, n Subsection: n Users n and n Uses n of n Financial
n Information, n Bloom: n K, n Difficulty: nEasy, nMin: n1, nAACSB: nKnowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone,
nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
7. Some users of accounting information are internal to the company while others
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nare external.
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Ans: n T, n LO: n 1, n Section: n Business n Organization n and n Accounting n Information n Uses, n Subsection: n Users n and n Uses n of n Financial
n Information, n Bloom: n K, n Difficulty: nEasy, nMin: n1, nAACSB: nKnowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone,
nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
8. Management of a business n n n n enterprise n is n the n major n external n user n of
naccounting information. n
Ans: nF, nLO: n1, nSection: nBusiness nOrganization nand nAccounting nInformation nUses, nSubsection: nExternal nUsers, nBloom: nK, nDifficulty: nEasy, nMin: n1, nAACSB:
n Knowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
9. External users of accounting information include managers who plan, organize, and run a
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business.
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Ans: nF, nLO: n1, nSection: nBusiness nOrganization nand nAccounting nInformation nUses, nSubsection: nExternal nUsers, nBloom: nK, nDifficulty: nEasy, nMin: n1, nAACSB:
n Knowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
10. The accounting information needs and questions of external users vary considerably.
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Ans: nT, nLO: n1, nSection: nBusiness nOrganization nand nAccounting nInformation nUses, nSubsection: nExternal nUsers, nBloom: nK, nDifficulty: nEasy, nMin: n1, nAACSB:
n Knowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
11. Accounting communicates financial information about a business to both internal
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nand external users.
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Ans: n T, n LO: n 1, n Section: n Business n Organization n and n Accounting n Information n Uses, n Subsection: n Users n and n Uses n of n Financial
n Information, n Bloom: n K, n Difficulty: nEasy, nMin: n1, nAACSB: nKnowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone,
nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
12. Two primary external users of accounting information are investors and creditors.
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Ans: nT, nLO: n1, nSection: nBusiness nOrganization nand nAccounting nInformation nUses, nSubsection: nExternal nUsers, nBloom: nK, nDifficulty: nEasy, nMin: n1, nAACSB:
n Knowledge, nAICPA nBC: nNone, nAICPA nAC: nReporting, nAICPA nPC: nNone, nIMA: nReporting nand nControl
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13. Financing activities for corporations include borrowing money and selling shares of their
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