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Accounting Principles Online Quiz

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Which of the following accounts would be included on an Income Statement?

  1. Owner's Capital

  2. Owner's Withdrawals

  3. Earned Revenue

  4. Unearned Revenue


Correct Option: C

Which of the following accounts would NOT be on a balance sheet?

  1. Rent Expense

  2. Land

  3. Notes Payable

  4. Unearned Revenue


Correct Option: A

What does PR stand for on the General Journal columns?

  1. Practice Referencing

  2. Posting Reference

  3. Prepaid Receivables

  4. Preparer's Reference


Correct Option: B

Which of the following are liabilities?

  1. Payables and Receivables

  2. Prepaid and Accrued

  3. Withdrawals and Expenses

  4. Unearned and Payables


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is NOT an example of a source document?

  1. Purchase Orders

  2. General Journal

  3. Bills from suppliers

  4. Bank Statements


Correct Option: B

Which financial statement takes Net Income taken directly from the Income Statement?

  1. Statement of Owner's Equity

  2. Balance Sheet

  3. Trial Balance

  4. Income Statement


Correct Option: A

Revenue the business has collected but not earned is: 

  1. Capital

  2. Unearned Revenue

  3. Prepaid Revenue

  4. Accounts Receivable


Correct Option: B

Information from a Trial Balance goes to all of the financial statements EXCEPT:

  1. Income Statement

  2. Statement of Owner's Equity

  3. Balance Sheet

  4. Statement of Cash Flows


Correct Option: D

A business collecting cash for earned revenue impacts all of the following EXCEPT:

  1. Income Statement

  2. Balance Sheet Liabilities

  3. Balance Sheet Assets

  4. Balance Sheet Equity


Correct Option: B

How do you calculate debt ratio?

  1. Total Liabilities x Total Assets

  2. Net Income / Avg. Assets

  3. Net Income / Total Liabilities

  4. Total Liabilities / Total assets


Correct Option: D

What number would indicate lower risk as determined by debt ratio?

  1. Higher number

  2. Lower number


Correct Option: B

Who's primarily responsible for setting GAAP?

  1. SEC

  2. CPA

  3. CEOs

  4. FASB


Correct Option: D

What does GAAP stand for?

  1. Generally accepted accounting principles

  2. Generally acknowledged accounting  principles

  3. Generic Advice on Accounting Principles

  4. Grand Accounting Affects People


Correct Option: A

What is always true of every journal transaction?

  1. Debits > Credits

  2. Debits = Credits

  3. Debits < Credits

  4. Debits zero out


Correct Option: B

A credit to a Capital account means...

  1. An increase

  2. A decrease


Correct Option: A

A debit to a liability means...

  1. An increase

  2. A decrease


Correct Option: B

A debit to an asset means...

  1. an increase

  2. a decrease


Correct Option: A

Which type of accounts would have the 500 numbers in the chart of accounts?

  1. Assets

  2. Revenues

  3. Liabilities

  4. Owner's Equity


Correct Option: B

Which types of accounts would have the 100 numbers in a chart of account?

  1. Revenues

  2. Owner's Equity

  3. Liabilities

  4. Assets


Correct Option: D

Which is listed first on a trial balance?

  1. Revenues

  2. Expenses

  3. Assets

  4. Liabilities


Correct Option: C

A business borrows money on a note payable. Which of the following happens?

  1. A credit to cash

  2. A credit to capital

  3. A debit to notes expense

  4. A credit to notes payable


Correct Option: D

Making a payment on account would result in...

  1. A debit to accounts payable

  2. A credit to accounts payable

  3. A debit to cash

  4. A debit to accounts receivable


Correct Option: A

An owner investing in his/her business would result in...

  1. A credit to cash

  2. A credit to Capital

  3. A debit to capital

  4. A debit to accounts payable


Correct Option: B

A customer buying on account would result in...

  1. Debit to Accounts Payable

  2. Debit to Accounts Receivable

  3. Debit to Cash

  4. Debit to Service Revenue


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is NOT an account affecting Owner's Equity?

  1. Capital

  2. Revenue

  3. Expenses

  4. Accounts Payable


Correct Option: D

What is a list of all accounts and their balances at a certain date?

  1. Chart of accounts

  2. Account balances

  3. Journal

  4. Trial balance


Correct Option: D

What is the normal balance for Accounts Receivable?

  1. Debit

  2. Credit


Correct Option: A

What is the normal balance for withdrawals?

  1. Debit

  2. Credit


Correct Option: A

What is the normal balance for service revenue?

  1. Debit

  2. Credit


Correct Option: B

What is the normal balance for expenses?

  1. Debit

  2. Credit


Correct Option: A

What is the normal balance for accounts payable?

  1. Debit

  2. Credit


Correct Option: B

What is the normal balance for Capital?

  1. Debit

  2. Credit


Correct Option: B

What is the normal balance for cash?

  1. Debit

  2. Credit


Correct Option: A

Which of the following groups has a normal credit balance?

  1. Assets and liabilities

  2. Liabilities and Withdrawals

  3. Revenues and Capital

  4. Capital and expenses


Correct Option: C

Which of the following groups have a normal debit balance?

  1. Assets and expenses

  2. Assets and liabilities

  3. Liabilities and Owner's Equity

  4. Revenue and expenses


Correct Option: A

A list of all accounts with their account number is...

  1. Trial balance

  2. Chart of accounts

  3. Journal

  4. Balance sheet


Correct Option: B

The process of copying transactions from the journal to the ledger is called what?

  1. Journalizing

  2. Proofing

  3. Posting

  4. Using Excel


Correct Option: C

Accountants FIRST record transactions in the...

  1. Trial balance

  2. T-account

  3. Ledger

  4. Journal


Correct Option: D

After recording a transaction, data is then posted to what?

  1. A journal

  2. A ledger

  3. Post Account

  4. Trial balance


Correct Option: B

Which is a book (or printout) holding all the accounts?

  1. Chart of Accounts

  2. Journal

  3. Ledger

  4. Trial balance


Correct Option: C

Which is a chronological record of transactions?

  1. An account

  2. A journal

  3. A ledger

  4. A trial balance


Correct Option: B

A detailed record of changes of assets, liabilities, or owner's equity is known as...

  1. An account

  2. A journal

  3. A ledger

  4. A trial balance


Correct Option: A

A credit in accounting means...

  1. An increase

  2. A decrease

  3. Left

  4. Right


Correct Option: D

Recording the dual effects of transactions in accounting is also called...

  1. Single entry accounting

  2. Dual entry accounting

  3. Compound entry accounting

  4. Debit/Credit accounting


Correct Option: B

A debit in accounting means...

  1. An increase

  2. A decrease

  3. Left

  4. Right


Correct Option: C
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