3) UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
Property, plant, and equipment (also known as plant assets) should be recorded on a company's
financial statements at ___ (historical cost or fair market value). Property, plant, and equipment
___(may, may not) be increased to fair value after it's originally recorded on a company's books.
- CORRECT ANSWER -1. historical cost
2. may not
What is another name for plant, property, and equipment? - CORRECT ANSWER -Plant
assets
A capital expenditure will increase a company's ____ (total assets, total liabilities, total revenues
or total expenses) while revenue expenditures will increase a company's ____ (total assets, total
liabilities, total revenues or total expenses). An example of a capital expenditure is _____. An
example of a revenue expenditure is______. - CORRECT ANSWER -1. total assets
2. total expenses
3. Truck, Equipment, Land, or Building
4. Oil change of a truck, window washing, Lawn mowing, or painting a room
To capitalize an expenditure means to record the expenditure as a(n): - CORRECT
ANSWER -asset
A capital expenditure when incurred will ___ a company's net income. - CORRECT
ANSWER -NOT AFFECT
A revenue expenditure when incurred will ___ a company's net income. - CORRECT
ANSWER -DECREASE
, What are the primary types of expenditures that would be included in the cost of land? -
CORRECT ANSWER -1. purchase price
2. closing costs - EX: attorney's fees
3. real estate commissions
4. property taxes - from previous years
Land ____ depreciated - CORRECT ANSWER -IS NOT
Land improvements are: - CORRECT ANSWER -a land addition that has a limited life
longer than one year.
Examples of land improvements are: - CORRECT ANSWER -Driveways, parking lots,
some types of landscaping, or sidewalks
Land improvements ____ depreciated because they have ___ lives. - CORRECT
ANSWER -1. ARE
2. Limited
What are the primary types of expenditures that would be included in the cost of buildings if the
building is purchased? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. purchase price
2. closing costs - EX: attorney's fees
3. real estate commissions
What are the primary types of expenditures that would be included in the cost of buildings if the
building is constructed? - CORRECT ANSWER -1. architects' fees
2. contract price
3. building permits
4. excavation prices
5. capitalized interests