ACCOUNTING 211

Accounting 211Share of common stock - correct answer certificates of ownership in a corporation Dividends - correct answer earnings of a corporation distributed to owners Fiscal Year - correct answer a year in the life of a business, does not have to match a calendar year Principal - correct answer amount a loan is made for Interest - correct answer cost of borrowing money Sole Proprietorship - correct answer single owner of a business Parntership - correct answer owned by t...

Accounting 211Accounting Transactions - correct answer -Economic events that require recording in the financial statements -Exchange of assets, liabilities, and stockholders equity Accounting Equation - correct answer Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders' Equity Transaction Analysis - correct answer The process of identifying the specific effects of economic events on the accounting equation Stockholders' Equity - correct answer -Common stock is affected when the company issues new sh...

ACCT 211 - Exam 1 Accounting - correct answer Information and measurement system that identifies, records, and communicates relevant information about a company's business activities. Accounting Equation - correct answer Equality involving a company's assets, liabilities, and equity; Assets = Liabilities + Equity; also called balance sheet equation Assets - correct answer Resources a business owns or controls that are expected to provide current and future benefits to the business. A...

ACCT 211 - Exam 1__________ is called the language of business - correct answer Accounting External users - correct answer Lender, Shareholders, Governments, Consumer Groups, External Auditors, Customers Internal users: - correct answer officers, managers, internal auditors, sales staff, budget officers, controllers GAAP - correct answer Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP aims to make information - correct answer relevant, reliable, comparable Relevant information _____...

ACCT 211 - EXAM 2 - KOSSdays' sales uncollected - correct answer (Accounts receivable/ net sales) x 365 current ratio - correct answer current assets/ current liabilities acid test ratio - correct answer (cash and cash equivs + short term investments + current receivables)/ current liabilities current liabilities - correct answer payables and unearned rev current assets - correct answer cash, short term investments, a/r, notes receivable, inventory, prepaids how many entries do y...

ACCT 211 CH 1-3accounting - correct answer An information and measurement system that identifies, records, and communicates relevant, reliable, and comparable information about an organization's business activities bookkeeping - correct answer The recording of transactions and events, either manually or electronically what is the language of business? - correct answer Accounting external users - correct answer Not directly involved in running the organization, Includes shareholders (in...

ACCT 211: Chapter 1, Financial Accounting Revenue Recognition - correct answer Revenue is recognized and recorded when earned. Matching - correct answer Expenses are recorded in the time period when they are incurred to generate revenues Cost - correct answer Assets are recorded and maintained at their historical costs Asset - correct answer A resource of a business with future value liability - correct answer an obligation of a business which will require the sacrifice of some futu...

Acct 211 chapters 20, 21, 22A major purpose of cost accounting is to - correct answer Measure, record, and report product costs Usually, under- or overapplied overhead is considered to be an adjustment to - correct answer cost of goods sold If manufacturing overhead has a credit balance at the end of the period, then - correct answer overhead has been overapplied When a job is completed and all cost have been accumulated on a job cos sheet, the journal entry that should be mad is - corr...

ACCT 211 Exam 1What is the primary purpose of financial accounting? - correct answer To measure business activities of a company and then communicate them to external parties for decision making purposes. Distinguish between managerial and financial accounting. - correct answer +Managerial-Accounting information that is provided for internal users (Managers). +Financial-Accounting information that is provided for external users. Limited liability. - correct answer Prevents stockholders ...

ACCT 211 Exam 1What is managerial accounting? - correct answer Provides information and analysis to managers inside the organization to assist them in decision making. Financial Accounting vs Managerial Accounting: Primary Users of Reports - correct answer Financial Accounting is external users, stockholders, creditors, and regulators. Managerial Accounting is internal users such as managers and officers. Financial Accounting vs Managerial Accounting: types/frequencies of reports - corr...