Question Description
I need an explanation for this Accounting question to help me study.
For each of the following accounts, select the letter that
represents the best category for each item.
A letter can be used more than once or not at all.
a. Current
Asset
b. Long-term
Investment g. Paid-in Capital
c. Plant Asset h. Retained
Earnings
d. Intangible
Asset i. Revenue
e. Current
Liability j. Expense
f. Long-term
Liability k. “Other
Revenue or Expense”
__a____ (ex.) Cash
_______ 1. Accumulated Depreciation
_______ 2. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
_______ 3. Common Stock
_______ 4. Discount on Bonds Payable
_______ 5. Interest Payable
_______ 6. Interest Revenue
_______ 7. Loss on Sale of Investment
_______ 8. Payroll Tax Expense
_______ 9. Prepaid Insurance
_____10. Unearned Rent Revenue
Exercise #2
For each of the following questions, write the name of one
financial statement that will supply the answer. Question Financial
Statement that Will Supply the Answer
Which Financial Statement would you find the answer?
1. How much cash does a company have?
2. What are a company’s total revenues?
3. What was the amount of dividends declared?
4. How many shares of common stock has a corporation issued?
5. What is a company’s net income?
6. How much does a company owe to its creditors?
7. What kind of expenses does the company have?
8. Does the company have preferred stock?
9. What is the current ratio?
10. What inventory method does the company use?
Exercise #3 10 points
The adjusted trial balance columns for William Company are
as follows on Dec 31, 2014.
(A) Prepare an income
statement, and a classified balance sheet, Dec 31, 2014.
(B) Prepare the closing entries.
(C) Calculate Gross Profit Rate and Profit Margin.
Debit Credit
101 Cash 17,800
112 Accounts
Receivable 14,400
126 Supplies 2,300
130 Prepaid
Insurance 4,400
151 Equipment 46,000
152 Accumulated
Depreciation-Equip 18,000
200 Notes Payable 20,000 (Note:
$5,000 of the notes payable become due in 2015.)
201 Accounts
Payable 8,000
212 Salaries and
Wages Payable 2,600
230 Interest
Payable 1,000
311 Common Stock 15,000
320 Retained
Earnings 9,800
332 Dividends 12,000
400 Service
Revenue 86,200
610 Advertising
Expense 10,000
631 Supplies
Expense 3,700
711 Depreciation
Expense 6,000
722 Insurance
Expense 4,000
726 Salaries and
Wages Expense 39,000
905 Interest
Expense 1,000
Totals 160,600 160,600
Exercise #4
On January 1, 2014, Magnus Corporation had 60,000 shares of
$1 par value common stock issued and outstanding. During the year, the
following transactions occurred:
Mar. 1 Issued 25,000 shares of common stock for
$550,000.
June 1 Declared
a cash dividend of $2.00 per share to stockholders of record on June 5.
June 30 Paid the $2.00 cash dividend.
Dec. 1 Purchased 5,000 shares of common stock for the
treasury for $22 per share.
Dec. 15 Declared a cash dividend on outstanding shares
of $2.25 per share to stockholders of record on December 31.
Prepare the appropriate journal entries for the transactions
of Magnus Corporation detailed above. Omit Explanations. Please skip a line
between each entry.
Exercise #5 – Mutiple Choice
1. Which of the following is not reported
under additional paid-in capital?
(a) Paid-in capital in excess of par value.
(b) Treasury Stock
(c) Paid-in capital in excess of stated
value.
(d) Paid-in capital from treasury stock.
2. Determine net income for the period if
beginning stockholders’ equity is $19,000, dividends declared amount to $7,000,
ending stockholders’ equity is $37,000, and the corporation issued $1,000 of
common stock.
a. $10,000.00
b. $27,000.00
c. $24,000.00
d. none of the above
3. In preparing a balance sheet, which of
the following statements is true?
a. Current
liabilities are listed alphabetically.
b. Long-term liabilities are listed after
Stockholders’ Equity.
c. Intangible assets are listed in order
of solvency.
d. Current assets are listed in order of
their liquidity.
4. What accounting characteristic, principle,
concept, or constraint allows a corporation to record the purchase of a $10
wastepaper basket that is estimated to last 5 years as an expense in the year
of acquisition?
a.
full disclosure
b.
materiality
c.
reliability
d.
entity
5. A collection of $500 of an account receivable
will cause:
a. cash to be credited for $500.
b. accounts receivable to be credited for
$500.
c. revenues
to be debited for $500.
d. accounts
receivable to be debited for $500.
6. After journalizing and posting the closing
entries,
a. balance sheet accounts have zero
balances.
b. all accounts have zero balances.
c. retained earnings is up-to-date.
d. permanent accounts have zero balances.
7. A company began operations and
purchased $5,000 of supplies. By
year-end, $2,250 was still on hand. The
adjusting entry at year end would include a:
a. debit to Supplies for $5,000
b. credit to Supplies for $2,250
c. credit to Supplies for $2,750
d.
debit to Supplies Expense for
$2,250
8. A company fails to recognize revenue it has
earned but not yet received. The
accounts impacted by this error are:
a. assets and liabilities
b. liabilities and expenses
c. liabilities and revenues
d. assets and revenues
9.
Under the perpetual inventory system, if a purchaser returns goods that
had been purchased on account, the purchaser would:
a. debit inventory and credit accounts
payable. b. debit
accounts payable and credit inventory. c. debit inventory and credit accounts
receivable. d. debit accounts receivable and credit
inventory.
10. If sales revenues are $200,000, cost of goods sold is
$155,000, and operating expenses are $30,000, what is the gross profit?
a. $15,000
b. $45,000
c. $75,000
d. $185,000
11. In a periodic inventory system the quantity of ending
inventory is determined by:
a. subtracting units sold from units
purchased. b. taking a physical inventory count.
c. looking
at the balance in the inventory account.
d. subtracting cost of goods sold from the
beginning inventory balance.
12. Which of the following statements is generally true when
prices are rising?
a. LIFO will result in less taxes than
FIFO.
b. FIFO reports a lower ending inventory
than LIFO.
c. LIFO reports a higher net income than
FIFO.
d. FIFO produces a lower net income than
LIFO.
13. Given the following data, if a periodic inventory system is
used, what is the weighted-average cost of ending inventory rounded to the
nearest whole dollar?
Sales
revenue 100
units at $10 per unit
Beginning
inventory 50 units at $ 8 per unit
Purchases 90 units at $9 per unit
a. $400
b. $346
c. $360
d. $1,210
14. Outstanding checks are checks:
a. not yet paid by the bank.
b. not yet deducted on the books.
c. not yet issued by the payee.
d. that have been paid by the bank.
15. The internal control principle related to having different
persons authorize the purchase of goods and pay for the goods is known as:
a. establishment of responsibility.
b. rotation of duties.
c. independent internal verification.
d. segregation of duties.
16. The balance sheet reports accounts
receivable at:
a. lower-of-cost-or-market.
b. historical cost.
c. cash realizable value.
d. market value.
17. Orion Corp. lends Maxi Inc.
$20,000 on December 1, accepting a four-month, 6% note. Orion’s annual accounting period ends on
December 31. Orion’s adjusting entry
should include a
a.
debit to Note Receivable for $300.
b.
credit to Interest Revenue for $400. c.
debit to Interest Receivable for $100. d.
credit to Interest Revenue for $1,200.
18. A machine that had cost $35,000 has a book value of
$21,000. It is sold for $40,000. The entry to record the sale should include
a:
a. gain of $19,000
b. gain of $26,000
c. loss of $19,000
d. loss of $5,000
19. Which depreciation method generally results in the largest
depreciation expense in the first full year of an asset’s life?
a. straight-line
b. units-of-activity
c. double-declining-balance
d. either straight-line or
double-declining-balance
20. A company borrows $5,000 on November 1,
2008 giving a 10%, 180-day note payable. The adjusting entry on December 31, 2008
would include a:
a. credit to Interest Payable for $83
b. credit to Interest Payable for $167
c. debit to Interest Expense for $250
d. credit to Cash for $83
21. If the market rate of interest is greater
than the contractual rate of interest, bonds will be issued at:
a. face value.
b. a discount.
c. a premium.
d. carrying value.
22. Net pay is equal to:
a. gross pay minus all deductions.
b. all deductions plus all withholdings.
c. take-home pay plus all deductions.
d. payroll tax expense.
23. Treasury shares plus outstanding shares
equal
a. issued
shares.
b. unissued shares.
c. par value.
d. authorized shares.
24. On the payment date, the payment of cash
dividends will
a. decrease stockholders’ equity.
b. increase current liabilities.
c. decrease cash.
d. increase common stock.
25. The Balance Sheet would
disclose the interest owed
a. nowhere on the Balance Sheet.
b. in the Stockholders Section.
c. in the Asset section.
d. in the Liabilities section.
26. When an account becomes uncollectible and
must be written off,
a. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts should
be credited. b. Accounts
Receivable should be credited. c. Bad Debts Expense should be credited. d. Sales should be debited.
27. The collection of an account that had
been previously written off under the allowance method of accounting for
uncollectibles
a. will increase income in the period it
is collected.
b. will decrease income in the period
it is collected.
c. requires a correcting entry for the
period in which the account was written
off.
d. does not affect income in the period it
is collected.
28. A debit balance in the Allowance for
Doubtful Accounts
a. is the normal balance for that account. b. indicates that actual bad debt
write-offs have exceeded previous provision
for bad debts.
c. indicates that actual bad debt
write-offs have been less than what was estimated.
d. cannot occur if the percentage of sales
method of estimating bad debts is used.
29. The sale of receivables by a business
a. indicates that the business is in
financial difficulty. b. is
generally the major revenue item on its income statement. c. is an indication that the business is
owned by a factor. d. can be a quick way to generate cash for
operating needs.
30. Retailers generally consider sales from
the use of national credit card sales such as VISA or Mastercard, as a
a. credit sale.
b. collection of an accounts receivable.
c. cash sale.
d. collection of a note receivable
