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Weygandt, Paul D Kimmel, Jill E Mitchel
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CHAPTER 1 g
Accounting in Action g g
ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE g g
Brief A
Learning Objectives g g Questions Exercises g Do It!
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1. Identify the activities g g 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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and users associated
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2. Explain the building blocks 6, 7, 8, 9,
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of accounting: ethics, 10
principles, and
assumptions.
3. State the accounting g g 11, 12, 13, g 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 3 5
equation, and define g g 14.
its components. g 22
4. Analyze the effects g g 15, 16, 18 6, 7, 8, 9 4 6, 7, 8 1A, 2A, 4A,
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business transactions on g 5A
the accounting equation.
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5. g Describe the four financial g g g 17, 19, g 10, 11 g 5 8, 9, 10,
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statements and how they
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areprepared.
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16, 17, 18
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, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS g g
1. True. Virtually every organization and person in our society uses accounting information.
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Businesses, investors, creditors, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations
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must use accounting information to operate effectively.
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LO g g 1, g g BT: g g K, g g Difficulty: g g Easy, g g TOT: g g 2 g g min., g g AACSB: g g None, g g AICPA g g FC: g g Reporting, g g IMA: g g Reporting
2. Accounting is the process of identifying, recording, and communicating the g g g g g g g g g
economic events of an organization to interested users of the information. The first activity of the
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accounting process is to identify economic events that are relevant to a
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particular business. Once identified and measured, the events are recorded to
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provide a history of the financial activities of the organization. Recording consists
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of keeping a chronological diary of these measured events in an orderly and systematic manner.
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The information is communicated through the preparation and distribution of
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accounting reports,
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statements. A vital element in the communication process is the accountant’s ability and
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responsibility to analyze and interpret the reported information.
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LO g g 1, g g BT: g g K, g g Difficulty: g g Easy, g g TOT: g g 2 g g min., g g AACSB: g g None, g g AICPA g g FC: g g Reporting, g g IMA: g g Reporting
3. (a) Internal users are those who plan, organize, and run the business and therefore are
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officers and other decision makers.
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(b) To assist management, accounting provides internal reports. Examples include
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financial comparisons of operating alternatives, projections of
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new sales campaigns, and forecasts of cash needs for the next year.
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LO g g 1, g g BT: g g K, g g Difficulty: g g Easy, g g TOT: g g 2 g g min., g g AACSB: g g None, g g AICPA g g FC: g g Reporting, g g IMA: g g Reporting
(a) Investors (owners) use accounting information to make decisions to buy, hold, or
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sell g
stock.
(b) Creditors use accounting information to evaluate the risks of granting credit or lending money.
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LO g g 1, g g BT: g g K, g g Difficulty: g g Easy, g g TOT: g g 2 g g min., g g AACSB: g g None, g g AICPA g g FC: g g Reporting, g g IMA: g g Reporting
5. False. Bookkeeping usually involves only the recording of economic events and
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therefore is just one part of the entire accounting process. Accounting, on the
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other
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communicating economic events.
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LO g g 1, g g BT: g g C, g g Difficulty: g g Easy, g g TOT: g g 2 g g min., g g AACSB: g g None, g g AICPA g g FC: g g Reporting, g g IMA: g g Reporting
6. Harper Travel Agency should report the land at $85,000 on its December 31,
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2022 balance sheet. This is true not only at the time the land is purchased,
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but also over the time the land is held. In determining which measurement principle to
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use (historical cost or fair value) companies weigh the factual nature of cost
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figures versus the relevance of fair value. In general, companies use historical
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cost. Only in situations where assets are actively traded do
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the fair value principle.
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LO 2, BT: C, Difficulty: Easy, TOT: 2 min., AACSB: None, AICPA FC: Measurement, g Analysis and
Interpretation IMA: Reporting
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7. The monetary unit assumption requires that only transaction data capable of being
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expressed in terms of money be included in the accounting records. This assumption
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enables accounting to quantify (measure) economic events.
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LO g 2, g BT: g K, g Difficulty: g Easy, g TOT: g 2 g min., g AACSB: g None, g AICPA g FC: g Measurement,
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