Accounting cycle Fill-in-the-blanks quiz
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Question: 1
After a correct analysis of business transaction, it is first recorded in a
.
Question: 2
A journal is also known as
.
Question: 3
Business transactions are recorded in journal in
order.
Question: 4
Transactions relating to a single item are classified and grouped by posting them from journal to
accounts.
Question: 5
The transfer of entries from journal to ledger accounts is typically known as
.
Question: 6
A journal is prepared on the concept of
system.
Question: 7
starts with the analysis of business transaction.
Question: 8
Under
system of accounting, each transaction affects at least
accounts.
Question: 9
The left hand side of a ledger account is known as
side.
Question: 10
The
hand side of a ledger account is known as credit side.
Question: 11
is a list of all account titles and their balances and is prepared at the end of certain period.
Question: 12
The
trial balance can be directly used to prepare some financial statements such as income statements and balance sheet.
Question: 13
The left hand side of a T-account is known as
side and the right hand side is known as
side.
Question: 14
The collection or group of accounts maintained by a business is collectively known as
.
Question: 15
A trial balance that is prepared after taking into account all the adjusting entries is known as
.
Question: 16
A financial statement that shows the operating results of a business by comparing revenues and expenses relating to a particular period is known as
.
Question: 17
The income statement shows a
if revenues earned exceed expenses incurred during the period.
Question: 18
The undistributed portion of net income earned by a company is known as
.
Question: 19
A financial statement that shows the changes in the amount of retained earnings of a company is known as
.
Question: 20
The amount of retained earnings increases when company earns
and decreases when company declares
.
Question: 21
Retained earnings at the end of a period = Retained earnings at the beginning of the period +
-
Question: 22
Retained earnings at the end of the period = Retained earnings at the beginning of the period -
- dividends declared.
Question: 23
is a financial statement that helps in evaluating the financial position of a business enterprize.
Question: 24
are the obligations of a business to parties other than owner(s).
Question: 25
In a sole proprietorship form of business,
is the obligation of a business to its owner.
Question: 26
The term owner's equity is often replaced by the term
equity in a corporate form of business (i.e., public and private limited companies).
Question: 27
For balance sheet purpose, the assets are usually classified into
and
assets.
Question: 28
Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, and inventories are examples of
assets.
Question: 29
The assets that continue providing benefit for a long period of time (usually more than one year) are known as
assets.
Question: 30
Building, plant and machinery, vehicles, long term investments and intangible assets like goodwill, patent, copy copyrights are examples of
assets.
Question: 31
entries are jounrnal entries that close all temporary accounts at the end of an accounting period.
Question: 32
Revenue, expense, dividend, and income summary accounts are
accounts.
Question: 33
accounts are accounts that continue to exist after current accounting period.
Question: 34
All balance sheet accounts are examples of
accounts.
Question: 35
In a corporate form of business, all temporary accounts are closed to
account.
Question: 36
The dividend is not a business expense, its balance is therefore not transferred to the
account.
Question: 37
The income summary account is closed to retained earnings account by debiting
account and crediting
account.
Question: 38
The dividends account is closed to retained earnings account by debiting
account and crediting
account.
Question: 39
The preparation of post-closing trial balance is the
step of accounting cycle.
Question: 40
The post-closing trial balance consists of only
accounts because all temporary accounts are closed by making
entries.
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