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Accounting plays a vital role in the decision-making process. Which action is the first step in the decision-making process? -Correct Answer Identify the issue. 1 / 1 The money that a company needs to buy its land, pay its employees, and buy its supplies is called capital. What are the potentia...

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and Answers Graded A 2025
Accounting plays a vital role in the decision-making process. Which action is the first
step in the decision-making process? -Correct Answer ✔Identify the issue.

1/1
The money that a company needs to buy its land, pay its employees, and buy its
supplies is called capital. What are the potential sources of capital for a business? -
Correct Answer ✔Investors, creditors, and retained business earnings
Investors, creditors, and retained business earnings are all common sources of capital
for a business.

Which primary area of accounting generates reports for internal users? -Correct Answer
✔Management accounting generates reports for internal users, such as budgets and
cost analyses.

Which group uses financial information to evaluate whether a company will be able to
repay a loan? -Correct Answer ✔Lenders

Which of the primary financial statements reports the resources, obligations, and
owner's equity of a company? -Correct Answer ✔The balance sheet reports the
resources of a company (the assets), the company's obligations (the liabilities), and the
owners' equity, which represents the difference between what is owned (assets) and
what is owed (liabilities).

What is the role of the IASB in regulating accounting standards? -Correct Answer
✔Establish international accounting standards
The IASB establishes worldwide accounting standards. The IASB is a private
organization based in London. Currently, the IASB does not have legal authority to set
accounting standards for U.S. companies, although the SEC does allow the use of IASB
standards for non-U.S. companies with shares traded on U.S. stock exchanges. The
IASB is a standalone organization (overseen by a Board of Trustees); it is not under the
jurisdiction of the SEC, the European Union, the United Nations, or any other
governmental body. The IASB members represent a broad business constituency
including auditors, corporate accountants, analysts, and even accounting professors.

What group of people make up the FASB? -Correct Answer ✔People from a variety of
business-related backgrounds

What is the role of the GASB in setting accounting standards? -Correct Answer ✔The
GASB is a private-sector organization that establishes accounting and financial
reporting standards for U.S. state and local governments.


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In what way do accountants have an economic incentive to conduct themselves
ethically? -Correct Answer ✔The value of the information produced by accountants is
related to the confidence that users have in the reliability of that information.

How is it possible for an accountant to intentionally deceive financial statement users
and yet still technically be in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP)? -Correct Answer ✔There is flexibility inherent in the assumptions underlying
the preparation of financial statements.

Your boss approaches you with a concerning letter from the IRS and asks you to
explain the role of the IRS in regulating accounting standards. Based on the role of the
IRS, what could be the problem detailed in the letter? -Correct Answer ✔The company
has not filed its taxes in accordance with the law.

Anika is considering investing in a tech company that is known for developing smart
home appliances. Before investing, Anika first wants to ensure that the company's past
financial performance has been satisfactory and that the company manages its cash
flows well. What type of accounting information would provide this evidence for Anika? -
Correct Answer ✔Financial reports

Alliah Company just released its public accounting data for 20X9. Which user of
accounting information will monitor this data to ensure that the company is providing
sufficient information for investors? -Correct Answer ✔Government agencies

A new product line manager approaches the accounting department in order to
understand the past performance of the product line he has been asked to manage in
the future. Which role of accounting involves obtaining and using financial information to
determine the financial health and performance of a business or product line? -Correct
Answer ✔Evaluation

What is the correct summary sequence in the accounting cycle? -Correct Answer
✔Analyze, Record, Summarize, Prepare

Business documents, such as a sales invoice, a purchase order, or a check stub, are an
important part of the accounting process. From an accounting cycle standpoint, what is
purpose of business documents? -Correct Answer ✔To confirm that a transaction has
occurred

What is the purpose of the financial accounting cycle? -Correct Answer ✔To turn
transactions into financial statements and provide useful financial information for
decision makers

What is a transaction in accounting? -Correct Answer ✔An interaction in which two
parties exchange something of value


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In the context of the financial accounting cycle, what is the definition of an account? -
Correct Answer ✔A specific accounting record that provides an efficient way to
categorize similar types of transactions

What is an arm's-length transaction? -Correct Answer ✔An exchange between two
independent parties

Which event represents a transaction recorded as part of the financial accounting
cycle? -Correct Answer ✔The sale of a product for cash or on account

A company sells a product to a customer on account. Which part(s) of the accounting
equation does this particular transaction change? -Correct Answer ✔Both assets and
owners' equity

What is an example of an internal transaction? -Correct Answer ✔An employee is
transferred from one department to another.

What is the effect of borrowing money from the bank for the next accounting period on
the company's books? -Correct Answer ✔Cash (an asset) and a liability account both
increase.

One activity most businesses have in common is the acquisition of resources. Which
example is an external transaction where a business is acquiring a resource? -Correct
Answer ✔Purchasing new equipment from a manufacturer

Which statement describes the role of ethics in accounting? -Correct Answer
✔Accountants have a moral incentive to conduct themselves ethically.

Which statement below describes why you should study accounting? -Correct Answer
✔At some point in my career, I will need to use accounting information to make
business decisions.

How do revenues and expenses fit into the accounting equation? -Correct Answer
✔Revenues minus expenses equals net income, which is part of owners' equity.

What is the name of the account that shows the distribution of net income (earnings) to
the owners of a business? -Correct Answer ✔Dividends

A transaction involving the payment of dividends to the owners reduces which part of
the accounting equation? -Correct Answer ✔Owners' equity




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