Chapter 1- Accounting In Action

Question 1

An area of public accounting ranging from development of accounting and computer systems to support services for marketing project and merger and acquisition activities

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Management consulting

Question 2

The amount by which revenues exceed expenses

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Net income

Question 3

International accounting standards set by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

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The increases in assets or decreases in liabilities resulting from the sale of goods or the performance of services in the normal course of business

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Revenues

Question 5

A business owned by two or more persons associated as partners

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Partnership

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In accounting standard-setting body that issue standards adopted by many countries outside of the United States

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International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

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Something of value owned by an entity; economic resources that are owned by the business and used in the business hopefully to produce a profit.

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Assets

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Law passed by Congress intended to reduce unethical corporate behavior

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

Question 9

The amount by which expenses exceed revenues

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Net loss

Question 10

An area of accounting in which the counter offers expert service to the general public

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Public accounting

Question 11

Assets = liabilities + common stock + revenues - expenses - dividends

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Expanded accounting equation

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An assumption that requires that the activities of the entity be kept separate and distinct from the activities of its owner and all other economic entities

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Economic entity assumption

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Financial information that is capable of making a difference in a decision

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Relevance

Question 14

The information system that identifies, records, and communicates the economic event of an organization to interested users

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Accounting

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A part of accounting that involves only the recording of economic events

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Bookkeeping

Question 16

The economic events have a business that are recorded by accountants

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Transactions

Question 17

In accounting principles that states that companies should record assets at their cost

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Historical cost principle

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The use of software and statistics to draw inferences from data

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Data analytics

Question 19

A financial statement that summarizes the changes in retained earnings for a specific period of time

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Retained earnings statement

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Common standards that indicate how to report economic events

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Generally excepted accounting principles (GAAP)

Question 21

An accounting principle stating that assets and liabilities should be reported at fair value (The price received to sell an asset or settle a liability)

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Fair value principle

Question 22

The ownership claim on the corporations total assets

Common stock and retained earnings

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Stockholders equity

Question 23

A business organized as a separate legal entity understate corporation law, having ownership divided into transferable shares of stock

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Corporation

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An area of accounting that uses accounting, auditing, and investigative skills to conduct investigations into theft and fraud

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Forensic accounting

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A business owned by one person

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Proprietorship

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An area of accounting within a company that involve such activities as cost accounting, budgeting, design and support of accounting information systems, and tax planning and preparation

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Private (managerial) accounting

Question 27

A financial statement that summarizes information about the cash inflows (receipts) and cash (outflow’s) payment for a specific period of time

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Statement of cash flows

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Examination of financial statement by certified public accountant in order to express an opinion as to how accurately the financial statements present the companies results and financial position

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Auditing

Question 29

The cost of assets consumed or services used in the process of generating revenue

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Expenses

Question 30

A financial statement that reports the assets, liabilities, and stockholders equity at a specific date. Proves the accounting equation is still in balance.

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Balance sheet

Question 31

The system of collecting in processing transaction data and communicating financial information to decision-makers

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Accounting information system

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Assets = liabilities + stockholders equity

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Basic accounting equation

Question 33

In the area of public accounting involving tax advice, tax planning, preparing tax returns, and representing client before governmental agencies

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Taxation

Question 34

A financial statement that Presents the revenues and expenses and resulting net income or net loss of a company for a specific period of time.

Revenues-expenses= net income (net loss)

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Income statement

Question 35

An assumption stating that only transactionsthat can be expressed in terms of money are recorded.

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Monetary unit assumption

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Debts and obligations of the company. (What the company owes)

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Liabilities

Question 37

A private organization that establishes generally excepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States

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Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

Question 38

The field of accounting that provides economic and financial information for investors, creditors, and other external users

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Financial accounting

Question 39

Numbers and descriptions match foot really existed or happened-they are factual

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Faithful representation

Question 40

The field of accounting that provides internal reports to help users make decisions about their companies

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Managerial accounting

Question 41

A governmental agency that overseas US financial markets and accounting standard-setting bodies

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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All items (assets) should be recorded and reported at their cost. Assets are not adjusted to their market value in future years.

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Cost principle

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What is owned (assets) must equal what is owed to creditors (liabilities) and to owners (stockholders’ equity); applies to all economic entities.

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Accounting concept

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An accountants way of communicating the financial information of a company to the interested users.

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Financial statements

Question 45

Revenues-expenses=net income (net loss)

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Income statement

Question 46

Summarizes the changes in retained earnings over a specific period of time.

Beginning retained earnings + net income (or - net loss) - dividends = ending retained earnings

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Retained earnings statement

Question 47

Reports the assets, liabilities and stockholders equity of a company at a specific date. Proves that the accounting equation is still in balance.

Assets = liabilities-stockholders’ equity

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Balance sheet

Question 48

Standards of conduct by which ones actions are judged as right or wrong, fair or unfair, honest or dishonest.

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Ethics