Deck 2: The Pursuit of the Conceptual Framework

Question 1

Under Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No.8,which of the following relates to both relevance and reliability?

A)Timeliness
B)Materiality
C)Predictive value
D)Neutrality

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which early accounting theorist was among the first to express the view that all changes in the value of assets and liabilities should be reflected in the financial statements?

A)A.C.Littleton
B)John Canning
C)William Paton
D)DR Scott

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following organizations published the monograph titled A Tentative Statement of Accounting Principles Affecting Annual Corporate Reports

A)SEC
B)AAA
C)AIA
D)NAA

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Who was the author of Accounting Research Study No.1,The Basic Postulates of Accounting?

A)Robert Sprouse
B)Maurice Moonitz
C)Alvin Jennings\
D)Thomas Hatfield

Question 5

What is meant by consistency when discussing financial accounting information?

A)Information that is measured and reported in a similar fashion across points in time.
B)Information is timely.
C)Information is measured similarly across the industry.
D)Information is verifiable

Question 6

Under Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No.8,the ability through consensus of measures to ensure that information represents what it purports to represent is an example of the concept of

A)Relevance
B)Verifiability
C)Faithful representation
D)Feedback value

Question 7

Under Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No.8,which of the following is an ingredient of the primary quality of relevance?

A)Neutrality
B)Completeness
C)Understandability
D)Verifiability

Question 8

What is the objective of financial reporting?

A)Provide information that is useful to management in making decisions.
B)Provide information that clearly portrays nonfinancial transactions.
C)Provide information about the reporting entity that is useful to present and potential equity investors,lenders,and other creditors.
D)Provide information that excludes claims to the resources.

Question 9

An item is considered material if

A)It doesn't cost a lot of money.
B)It is of a tangible good.
C)It is likely to influence the decision of an investor or creditor.
D)The cost of reporting the item is greater than its benefits

Question 10

What is meant by comparability when discussing financial accounting information?

A)Information has predictive or confirmatory value.
B)Information is reasonably free from error.
C)Information that is measured and reported in a similar fashion across companies.
D)Information is timely.

Question 11

Which of the following is not one of DR Scott's hierarchy of accounting postulates and principles?

A)Orientation postulate.
B)The principles of truth and fairness.
C)The materiality principle
D)The principles of adaptability and consistency.

Question 12

Which of the following is not an approach to accounting theory As categorized by Statement on Accounting Theory and Theory Acceptance?

A)Classical,
B)Neoclassical
C)Decision usefulness
D)Information economics.

Question 13

Under Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No.8,which of the following is an ingredient of the primary quality of faithful representation?

A)Understandability
B)Verifiability
C)Predictive value
D)Materiality

Question 14

Which of the following organizations published the monograph titled A Statement of Accounting Principles?

A)SEC
B)AAA
C)AIA
D)NAA

Question 15

Which of the following is considered a constraint by Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No.8?

A)Cost
B)Conservatism
C)Timeliness
D)Verifiability

Question 16

Under Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No.8,confirmatory value is an ingredient of the primary quality of Relevance Faithful representation

A)No No
B)No Yes
C)Yes Yes
D)Yes .No

Question 17

Under Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No.8,which of the following is not a qualitative characteristic associated with faithful representation?

A)Completeness
B)Free from error
C)Neutrality
D)Predictive value

Question 18

Discuss the contributions of Paton and Canning to the development of accounting theory.

Question 19

Which of the following economists most influenced the views of DR Scott?

A)Thorstein Veblen
B)John Hicks
C)Karl Marx
D)John Smith

Question 20

What is the purpose of Emerging Issues Task Force?

A)Provide interpretation of existing standards.
B)Provide a consensus on how to account for new and unusual financial transactions.
C)Provide interpretive guidance.
D)Provide timely guidance on select issues

Question 21

Discuss the contribution DR Scott to the development of accounting theory.

Question 22

Discuss the qualitative characteristics of accounting information as outlined in SFAC No.8

Question 23

Discuss accounting Research Study No.1.

Question 24

Discuss how the FASB and the IASC acted to improve comparability under the Norwalk Agreement.

Question 25

Discuss the contributions of the works by Sanders Hatfield and More,and Paton and Littleton to accounting theory.

Question 26

Discuss the issue of principles based vs.rule based accounting standards.

Question 27

How did ASOBAT define accounting and what two new ideas arose from this monograph?

Question 28

What two approaches to present value were discussed in SFAS No.7?

Question 29

What were the approaches to accounting theory identified by SATTA?