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  • October 6, 2023
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,CHAPTER 1: THE DEMAND FOR AND SUPPLY OF FINANCIAL
ACCOUNTING INFORMATION
1. A problem arising from equal information is called information asymmetry.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.1 - LO: 1.1
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

2. The demand for relevant and reliable financial information stems from the needs of the internal and external
stakeholders.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.1 - LO: 1.1
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

3. The mission of the Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient
markets, and assist in the formation of capital.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.2 - LO: 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering




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,Chapter 1: The Demand for and Supply of Financial Accounting Information
4. The SEC uses its authority to establish accounting standards, while also enforcing regulations on companies,
exchanges, and investors.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.2 - LO: 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

5. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) began in 1973 after the AICPA phased out the Accounting
Principles Board (APB).
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.3 - LO: 1.3
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

6. FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force assists and advises the FASB by identifying and addressing timely but more
narrow and specific standard setting issues.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.3 - LO: 1.3
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering




© 2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in
whole or in part.

, Chapter 1: The Demand for and Supply of Financial Accounting Information
7. The Codification is set up as a system of levels starting with sections, topics, and subtopics.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.4 - LO: 1.4
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

8. The Codification was established to assist in reducing the time necessary to research an accounting issue and improve
the ability to utilize accounting information that conforms with GAAP.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.4 - LO: 1.4
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering

9. The convergence project between the IASB and GAAP was initiated in 2002 when the two boards entered into the
“Northward Agreement”.
a. True
b. False

ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: ACCT.WHAL.16.1.5 - LO: 1.5
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking - BUSPROG: Analytic
LOCAL STANDARDS: United States - OH - Default City - AICPA: FN-Decision Modeling
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remembering




© 2016 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in
whole or in part.

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