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Test Bank for Financial Accounting 5th Edition by David Spiceland, All Chapters.
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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.
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Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Defining Accounting
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Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking
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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
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Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking
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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
,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
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Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Remember
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement
7) Operating activities include transactions that relate to the primary operations of the company.
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Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Remember
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AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement
8) A corporation is an entity that is legally separate from its owners.
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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
,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.
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Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
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measures.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement
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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
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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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, 12) If total liabilities of a company equal $16,000 and total stockholders' equity equals $9,000,
then total assets equal $7,000.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Total assets = Total liabilities ($16,000) + Total stockholders' equity ($9,000) =
$25,000.
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
13) The accounting equation shows that a company's resources equal creditors' and owners'
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claims to those resources.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 2 Medium
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Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
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AICPA: FN Measurement
14) The costs related to rent, utilities, and salaries in the current reporting period are examples of
liabilities.
Answer: FALSE
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Explanation: These are examples of expenses.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial accounting
measures.
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Bloom's: Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: FN Measurement
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