Acct. 303 Exam 1 with complete solutions
2024/2025
The FASB - ANSWER-Is a private body that helps set accounting standards in the
US
Confirmatory Value is an ingredient of the primary quality of - ANSWER-
Relevance
Predictive value is an ingredient of - ANSWER-Relevance
According the FASB's conceptual framework, comprehensive income includes -
ANSWER-Operating Income
Predictive value - ANSWER-information is useful in predicting the future
Relevance - ANSWER-Pertinent to the decision at hand
timeliness - ANSWER-information is available prior to the decision
distribution to owners - ANSWER-decreases in equity resulting from transfers to
owners
confirmatory value - ANSWER-information confirms or corrects prior
expectations
understandability - ANSWER-users link the information in the context of the
decision being made
gain - ANSWER-results if an asset is sold for more than its book value
, faithful representation - ANSWER-agreement between a measure and the
phenomenon it purports to represent-- numbers and descriptions match what
really happened
comprehensive income - ANSWER-the change in equity from non-owner
transactions AOCI
materiality - ANSWER-concerns the relative size and importance of an item and
its effect on decisions
comparability - ANSWER-important for making inter-firm comparisons, info that is
measure and reported in a similar manner for different companies
neutrality - ANSWER-the absence of bias-- a company cannot select information
to favor one set of interested parties over another
recognition - ANSWER-the process of admitting information into financial
statements
consistency - ANSWER-applying the same accounting practices over time
cost effectiveness - ANSWER-requires consideration of the costs and value of
information
verifiability - ANSWER-implies consensus among different measures,
independent measures using the same methods obtain similar results
source documents - ANSWER-used to identify and process external transactions
transaction analysis - ANSWER-determine the dual effect on the accounting
equation
journal - ANSWER-records the dual effect of a transaction in debit/credit form
posting - ANSWER-Transferring balances from the general journal to the ledger
(t-account)
unadjusted trial balance - ANSWER-list of accounts & their balances before
recording adjusting entries
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