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Test Bank Financial Accounting, 5th Edition By Spiceland 2024 / Complete Guide A+ Chapter 1 A Framework for Financial Accounting 1) Accounting is a system of maintaining records of a company's operations and communicating that information to decision makers. Answer: TRUE Difficulty: 1 Easy T...

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,Financial Accounting, 5e (Spiceland)
Chapter 1 A Framework for Financial Accounting

1) Accounting is a system of maintaining records of a company's operations and communicating
that information to decision makers.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Defining Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking

2) Accounting information is used by investors to decide whether to invest in a company's stock.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Defining Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking

3) Accounting information is used by creditors to decide whether to invest in a company's stock.

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Creditors lend money to a company.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Defining Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking

4) The primary functions of financial accounting are to measure business activities of a company
and to communicate those measurements to internal parties for decision-making purposes.

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Financial accounting primarily serves to provide information to external parties.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Defining Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking

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,5) Financing activities are transactions involving external sources of funding.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement

6) Investing activities include the purchase and sale of long-term resources.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement

7) Operating activities include transactions that relate to the primary operations of the company.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement

8) A corporation is an entity that is legally separate from its owners.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking




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, 9) Cash, inventory for sale to customers, supplies, and buildings are examples of liabilities.

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: These are examples of assets.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement

10) Amounts owed to suppliers, employees, the government in the form of taxes, and utility
companies are examples of liabilities.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement

11) If total assets of a company equal $12,000 and total stockholders' equity equals $4,000, then
total liabilities equal $8,000.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Apply
AACSB: Knowledge Application
AICPA: FN Measurement




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