Exam 2: Accounting for Transactions

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Land and buildings are generally recorded in the same ledger account.

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On December 3, the Matador Company paid $5,400 cash in salaries to office personnel. Prepare the general journal entry to record this transaction.

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_________________ identify and describe transactions and events and provide objective evidence and amounts for recording.

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A company failed to post a $50 debit to the Office Supplies account. The effect of this error will be that:

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_______________ is the process of transferring journal entry information to the ledger.

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If a company provides services to a customer on credit, the service provider company should credit Accounts Receivable.

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A company that finances a relatively large portion of its assets with liabilities is said to have a high degree of financial leverage.

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Match the following terms and definitions
Balance column account
An increase in an asset, dividend, and expense account and a decrease in a liability, common stock, and revenue account; recorded on the left side of a T-account.
Debt ratio
A written promise to pay a definite sum of money on a specified future date.
Account balance
A file containing all accounts of a company and their balances.
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Balance column account
An increase in an asset, dividend, and expense account and a decrease in a liability, common stock, and revenue account; recorded on the left side of a T-account.
Debt ratio
A written promise to pay a definite sum of money on a specified future date.
Account balance
A file containing all accounts of a company and their balances.
Chart of accounts
A complete record of all transactions in one place that shows debits and credits for each transaction.
Ledger
The ratio of total liabilities to total assets; used to reflect the risk associated with the company's debts.
Journal
A list of all accounts used by a company and the identification number assigned to each account.
Note payable
A list of accounts and their balances at a point in time; the total debit balances should equal the total credit balances.
Trial balance
A decrease in an asset, dividend, and expense account and an increase in a liability, common stock, and revenue account; recorded on the right side of a T-account.
Credit
The difference between total debits and total credits for an account including the beginning balance.
Debit
An account with debit and credit columns for recording entries and a third column for showing the balance of the account after each entry.
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Explain the difference between a general ledger and a chart of accounts.

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Misa Chien and Jennifer Green founded Nom Nom Truck. What are some accounting challenges they faced when starting their business?

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A ledger is:

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When a company provides services for which cash will not be received until some future date, the company should record unearned revenue for the amount charged to the customer.

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A ___________________ is a record containing all accounts for a company along with their balances.

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The journal is known as the book of final entry because financial statements are prepared from it.

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A transaction that decreases an asset account and increases a liability account must also affect one or more other accounts.

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The following accounts appear on either the income statement (IS) or balance sheet (BS). In the space provided next to each account write the letters IS or BS that identify the statement on which the account appears. The following accounts appear on either the income statement (IS) or balance sheet (BS). In the space provided next to each account write the letters IS or BS that identify the statement on which the account appears.

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Which of the following items would appear on the income statement? Common stock……$120,000 Accounts payable…...$25,000 Cash……………….$116,640 Accounts receivable..$22,450 Supplies………… $ 1,500 Office equipment…...$23,300 Prepaid rent……....$ 3,200 Unearned revenue….$ 4,152 Service revenue..... $ 20,000 Utilities expense…....$ 422 Retained earnings...$ 30,000 Shaving equipment…$31,640

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A debit entry is always favorable.

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Krenz Car Care, which is owned and operated by Karl Krenz, began business as a corporation in September of the current year. Karl, a master mechanic, had no experience with keeping a set of books. As a result, Karl entered all of September's transactions directly to the ledger accounts. When he tried to locate a particular entry he found it to be confusing and time consuming. He has hired you to improve his accounting procedures. The accounts in his general ledger are as follows: Krenz Car Care, which is owned and operated by Karl Krenz, began business as a corporation in September of the current year. Karl, a master mechanic, had no experience with keeping a set of books. As a result, Karl entered all of September's transactions directly to the ledger accounts. When he tried to locate a particular entry he found it to be confusing and time consuming. He has hired you to improve his accounting procedures. The accounts in his general ledger are as follows:            Prepare the general journal entries, in chronological order (a) through (e), from the T-account entries shown. Include a brief description of the probable nature of each transaction. Krenz Car Care, which is owned and operated by Karl Krenz, began business as a corporation in September of the current year. Karl, a master mechanic, had no experience with keeping a set of books. As a result, Karl entered all of September's transactions directly to the ledger accounts. When he tried to locate a particular entry he found it to be confusing and time consuming. He has hired you to improve his accounting procedures. The accounts in his general ledger are as follows:            Prepare the general journal entries, in chronological order (a) through (e), from the T-account entries shown. Include a brief description of the probable nature of each transaction. Krenz Car Care, which is owned and operated by Karl Krenz, began business as a corporation in September of the current year. Karl, a master mechanic, had no experience with keeping a set of books. As a result, Karl entered all of September's transactions directly to the ledger accounts. When he tried to locate a particular entry he found it to be confusing and time consuming. He has hired you to improve his accounting procedures. The accounts in his general ledger are as follows:            Prepare the general journal entries, in chronological order (a) through (e), from the T-account entries shown. Include a brief description of the probable nature of each transaction. Prepare the general journal entries, in chronological order (a) through (e), from the T-account entries shown. Include a brief description of the probable nature of each transaction.

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The Fireside Country Inn is a very popular destination for tourists. The Inn requires guests to make reservations at least two months in advance of their stay. A 20 percent down payment is required at the time the reservation is made. When should this inn recognize room rental revenue?

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