This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Accounting > Financial Reporting > Financial Reporting – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Financial Reporting Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the balance sheet in financial reporting show? A) A company's revenues and expenses over a specific period. B) A company's debts and liabilities at a specific point in time. C) The number of employees in the organization. D) The company's social media followers and engagement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A company's debts and liabilities at a specific point in time. 2. The adjusting entry to record an accrued expense results in which of the following types of accounts being debited and credited? A) Asset/Revenue. B) Asset/Liability. C) Expense/Asset. D) Expense/Liability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expense/Liability. 3. Brown Corporation had average days of sales outstanding of 19 days in themost recent fiscal year. Brown wants to improve its credit policies and collectionpractices and decrease its collection period in the next fiscal year to matchthe industry average of 15 days. Credit sales in the most recent fiscal year were$ 300 million, and Brown expects credit sales to increase to $ 390 million in thenext fiscal year. To achieve Brown's goal of decreasing the collection period, thechange in the average accounts receivable balance that must occur is closest to: A) +$ 0.41 million. B) -$ 0.41 million. C) -$ 1.22 million. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) +$ 0.41 million. 4. What is not a type of company is: A) Private company. B) Service Company. C) Trading Company. D) Industrial company. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Private company. 5. Which of the following is any reporting period shorter than a full year (fiscal or calendar) and can encompass monthly, quarterly, or half-year statements? A) Calendar year. B) Fixed year. C) Fiscal year. D) Interim period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interim period. 6. The following is not a function of the financial reporting conceptual framework A) Serves as a guide for standard setters in preparing new standards. B) As a guide for companies in preparing accounting policies in the event that there are no applicable standards. C) As a source of additional explanation of a standard. D) As a guide in preparing accounting policies in terms of standards that conflict with the conceptual framework. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a guide in preparing accounting policies in terms of standards that conflict with the conceptual framework. 7. All businesses use the same system, which follows established accounting guidelines called "generally accepted accounting principles" A) GAAP. B) Financial Statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GAAP. 8. A company receives advance payments from customers that are immediatelytaxable but will not be recognized for accounting purposes until the companyfulfills its obligation. The company will most likely record: A) A deferred tax asset. B) A deferred tax liability. C) No deferred tax asset or liability. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A deferred tax asset. 9. Investors study the company's ROI trends = confirmatory value A) Correct. B) Salah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salah. 10. A set of interrelated concepts that determine the function, scope and objectives of accounting and financial reporting. In Australia, the SAC (Statement of Accounting Concepts) represents the constitution for financial reporting. A) Thinking Framework. B) Conceptual framework. C) Framework. D) Shadow Skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceptual framework. 11. Represent advance payments made for expenses which have not yet been incurred, used, utilized or consumed. A) Accrued Expenses. B) Unearned Expenses. C) Prepaid Expenses. D) Accounts Expense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepaid Expenses. 12. What group that was created last November 1991? A) ASC. B) IASB. C) IFAC. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 13. The obligation of the contractor to sell the contractor's share of oil for domestic needs at a price below market price, is defined as: A) FTP. B) Cost Recovery. C) DMO. D) DMO fee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DMO. 14. Sales revenue should be recognised when goods and services have been supplied; costs are incurred when goods and services have been received.Which accounting concept governs the above? A) The business entity concept. B) The materiality concept. C) The accruals concept. D) The duality concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The accruals concept. 15. Anaya, Samuel, and Grace are studying for their business exam. They come across a question:'What financial statement provides information about a company's sources of income and expenses?' Can you help them answer this? A) Balance Sheet. B) Statement of Financial Position. C) Cash Flow Statement. D) Statement of Income. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Statement of Income. 16. Which of the following accounts will not be closed to a profit and loss summary account? A) Services revenue. B) Depreciation Expense. C) Dividend. D) Accumulated Depreciation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accumulated Depreciation. 17. The ..... of an asset is the estimated amount that an entity would currently obtain from disposal of the asset, after deducting the estimated costs of disposal, if the asset were already of the age and in the condition expected at the end of its useful life. A) Residual value. B) Value in use. C) Carrying value. D) Depreciable value. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Residual value. 18. The two accounting assumptions are:1st assumption:your business operates as a separate entity from your personal finances 2nd assumption:your financial reports always cover a specific period of time A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Arthur, Kiara, and Thomas are studying for their finance exam. They are discussing about a financial statement that provides information about a company's cash inflows and outflows. Can you tell them which statement it is? A) Balance Sheet. B) Statement of Financial Position. C) Cash Flow Statement. D) Statement of Income. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cash Flow Statement. 20. Anything of value that the business owns ex:cash, equipment, buildings A) Assets. B) Current Assets. C) Accounts Receivable. D) Fixed Assets. 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