Exam 3: Adjusting Accounts and Preparing Financial Statements

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Match the following types of adjustments (a though d)with the transactions.
Used to record revenue earned for which cash has not been received.
Accrued expense
Used to record wages owed, but not yet paid.
Unearned revenue
Used to record expiration or use of prepaid insurance.
Accrued revenue
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Used to record revenue earned for which cash has not been received.
Accrued expense
Used to record wages owed, but not yet paid.
Unearned revenue
Used to record expiration or use of prepaid insurance.
Accrued revenue
Used to record revenue earned for which cash was received in advance.
Prepaid expense
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If a company mistakenly forgot to record depreciation on office equipment at the end of an accounting period, the financial statements prepared at that time would show:

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A company performs 20 days of work on a 30-day contract before the end of the year. The total contract is valued at $6,000, with payment received in advance. The $6,000 cash receipt was initially recorded as Unearned Revenue. The required adjusting entry includes a $4,000 debit to Unearned Revenue.

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On April 1, a company paid the $1,350 premium on a three-year insurance policy with benefits beginning on that date. What amount of the insurance expense will be reported on the annual income statement for the year ended December 31?

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Which of the following does not require an adjusting entry at year-end?

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An annual reporting period consisting of any twelve consecutive months is known as:

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Adjusting entries are made after the preparation of financial statements.

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Prior to recording adjusting entries on December 31, a company's Office Supplies account had an $780 debit balance. A physical count of the supplies showed $425 of unused supplies available as of December 31. Prepare the required adjusting entry.

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Profit margin is defined as:

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Under the alternative method for recording prepaid expenses, which is the correct set of journal entries? A) Initial Entry Adjusting Entry Prepaid Insurance Cash Insurance Expense Prepaid Insurance B) Initial Entry Adjusting Entry Prepaid Insurance Insurance Expense Cash Prepaid Insurance C) Initial Entry Adjusting Entry Prepaid Insurance Prepaid Insurance Cash Insurance Expense D) Initial Entry Adjusting Entry Insurance Expense Prepaid Insurance Cash Insurance Expense E) Initial Entry Adjusting Entry Cash Prepaid Insurance Insurance Expense Insurance Expense

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All plant assets, including land, are depreciated.

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Match the appropriate definition with the following terms.
A balance sheet that lists items vertically in the order of assets, liabilities and equity.
Unadjusted trial balance
A listing of accounts and balances prepared after adjustments are recorded and posted to the ledger.
Accounting period
Items paid for in advance of receiving their benefits; recorded as an asset when purchased and expensed when used.
Accrued expenses
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A balance sheet that lists items vertically in the order of assets, liabilities and equity.
Unadjusted trial balance
A listing of accounts and balances prepared after adjustments are recorded and posted to the ledger.
Accounting period
Items paid for in advance of receiving their benefits; recorded as an asset when purchased and expensed when used.
Accrued expenses
Any length of time that an organization's activities are divided into and reported by financial statements.
Adjusting entry
Costs that are incurred in a period but are both unpaid and unrecorded, requiring an adjustment at the end of the period.
Natural business year
A listing of accounts and balances prepared after external transactions are recorded but before adjustments are recorded.
Profit margin
A useful measure of a company's operating results determined by dividing net income by net sales.
Report form balance sheet
A 12-month period, used by companies with seasonal variation, that ends when a company's sales activities are at their lowest point.
Prepaid expenses
A journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to reflect a transaction or event that is not yet recorded; affects one or more income statement account and one or more balance sheet account, but never cash.
Contra account
An account linked with another account and having an opposite normal balance.
Adjusted trial balance
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Which of the following statements related to U.S. GAAP and IFRS is incorrect?

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A company pays its employees $4,000 each Friday, which amounts to $800 per day for the five-day workweek that begins on Monday. If the monthly accounting period ends on Thursday and the employees worked through Thursday, the amount of salaries earned but unpaid at the end of the accounting period is:

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The adjusting entry to record the salaries earned due to employees for services provided but unpaid at the end of the accounting period affects the accounts in which of the following ways?

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List the three-steps of the adjusting process.

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A fiscal year refers to an organization's accounting period that spans twelve consecutive months or 52 weeks.

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

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A company made no adjusting entry for accrued and unpaid employee wages of $28,000 on December 31. This oversight would:

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The balances in Sanchez Accounting Services' office supplies account on February 1 and February 28 were $1,200 and $375, respectively. If the office supplies expense for the month is $1,900, what amount of office supplies was purchased during February?

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