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Description: This 2025 update of MGT 8803 Exam 1 contains
verified financial accounting questions and answers. Topics
include balance sheets, cash flows, and managerial decision
analysis for Georgia Tech’s MBA program.
Keywords: MGT 8803 Georgia Tech Financial Accounting MBA
Exam Balance Sheets Managerial Accounting
1. What is the primary purpose of Financial Accounting?
A) To provide information to internal managers for decision-making.
B) To generate reports for tax authorities only.
C) To provide financial information to external parties, such as investors and creditors.
D) To track daily operational efficiency.
2. The balance sheet is a financial statement that presents a company's financial position:
A) Over a specific period of time.
B) At a specific point in time.
C) Only for the current year.
D) Only for internal use.
3. Which of the following is the correct accounting equation?
A) Assets = Liabilities - Stockholders' Equity
B) Assets + Liabilities = Stockholders' Equity
C) Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders' Equity
D) Assets = Stockholders' Equity - Liabilities
4. Selling goods to a customer on credit would immediately:
A) Increase cash and increase revenue.
,B) Decrease inventory and increase revenue.
C) Increase accounts receivable and increase revenue.
D) Increase cash and decrease accounts receivable.
5. Which of the following is a current asset?
A) Patent
B) Factory building
C) Inventory
D) Land held for future use
6. The principle that requires expenses to be recorded in the same period as the revenues
they helped to generate is the:
A) Cost Principle.
B) Matching Principle.
C) Revenue Recognition Principle.
D) Going Concern Principle.
7. A company's obligation to transfer resources to a supplier in the future for goods or
services already received is a(n):
A) Account Receivable.
B) Account Payable.
C) Accrued Revenue.
D) Prepaid Expense.
8. Which financial statement reports a company's revenues and expenses?
A) Balance Sheet
B) Statement of Cash Flows
C) Statement of Stockholders' Equity
D) Income Statement
9. Net Income is calculated as:
A) Assets - Liabilities
B) Cash Inflows - Cash Outflows
C) Revenues - Expenses
D) Stockholders' Equity - Dividends
10. The cost of an asset that is allocated to expense over its useful life is called:
A) Amortization (for intangible assets).
B) Depletion (for natural resources).
, C) Depreciation (for tangible assets).
D) All of the above.
11. Which of the following is an example of an adjusting entry?
A) Recording the purchase of equipment for cash.
B) Recording the payment of a dividend.
C) Recording depreciation expense for the period.
D) Recording the issuance of common stock.
12. The "bottom line" of an income statement is:
A) Gross Profit.
B) Operating Income.
C) Net Income.
D) Revenue.
13. If a company has a high debt-to-equity ratio, it indicates:
A) Low financial risk.
B) High reliance on debt financing.
C) High profitability.
D) Strong liquidity.
14. Unearned Revenue is classified on the balance sheet as a(n):
A) Asset.
B) Liability.
C) Revenue.
D) Expense.
15. The statement of cash flows is divided into which three main activities?
A) Operating, Investing, and Financing.
B) Operating, Investing, and Financing.
C) Sales, Production, and Administration.
D) Current, Long-term, and Equity.
16. Cash collected from customers would be found in which section of the Statement of Cash
Flows?
A) Operating Activities
B) Investing Activities
C) Financing Activities
D) Revenue Activities