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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Income-expenses






2. The cost the the biz of the goods it sells






3. The amount borrowed - or the principal. Interest-bearing notes show the present value as the face amount






4. Debts owned to people outside the company






5. The dollar amount written on the face of the note






6. Economic resources that the business plans to use in the future to make money






7. The natural period of time before a certain business activities tend to repeat -usually one year






8. The cost of living while away from home of business






9. Calc cash flow from opeations that does not start with NI - but does show cash-in cash-out cat. `






10. A financial statement analysis technique in which one number is assigned 100% and all other numbers are expressed as a percentage of the first number. In balance sheets. the key number is total assets. In income statements - the key # is sales.






11. Where cash came from and where it went - Cash flow from operations - cash flow from investing activities - cash flow from financing activities - calculation of (1) net cash flow - and (2) cash - end of period






12. Money is 'expensed' if it is gone forever - if there remains no useful assert as a result of the spending. THe opposite of capitalized. `






13. The cost of business airplane fairs - trains and long-distance buses






14. The financial report that shows the result of biz operations over a period of time






15. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






16. The inventory method that increases the inventory account with every purchase and lowers the inventory with every sale.






17. Assets that help a business or person make money






18. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






19. Method of journalizing and posting accounts at the same time by recording transac vertically in columns






20. The 12 month period a business used to report the results of its operatons






21. A tool to keep track of the ops and downs in account. The ups go on one side of the T and the downs go on the other






22. Usual method - starts with NI and uses the changes in the A&L accounts to adjust NI into cash flow from operations






23. Recorded the cost as an asset






24. An account that gets subtracted from its related account. Contra accounts always get reported as negative numbers.






25. The contra-asset account that accumulates all the depreciation of long-lived assets over the years






26. The inventory system that averages the cost of all items in inventory and assigns that averaged cost the the items sold.






27. Money is 'expensed' if it is gone forever - if there remains no useful asset as a result of the spending. The opposite is CAPITALIZED






28. The financial report that shows the result of business operations over a period of time






29. To sell a note to a bank that subtracts a discount - giving the seller the proceeds`






30. A note with an interest rate written on the face - whose face amount is the present value






31. Asset has not been sold but a gain or loss has occurred






32. The amount borrowed plus the interest up to a maturity date






33. Contra-asset account that accumulates all the deprec of long lived assets over the years






34. Income - Expenses = Net Income






35. A financial statement that calculates an end-of-period balance of the owner's equity account






36. Outsders to whom the business owes money






37. That porition of the business the owner gets to keep after paying all creditors






38. The amount of the historical cost of an asset that gets allocated over the useful life of the asset






39. The cost to the business of the goods that it sells






40. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






41. A supply of items a business has on hand






42. Debts that must be paid within one year or one operating cycle - whichever is longer






43. A word that means a subtraction has occured






44. The inventory method that keeps track of merchandise costs in various purchases and contra-purchases accounts and then computes cost of goods sold on the income statement. Inventory on the books is adjusted only at year-end.






45. Modified accelerated cost recovery syste - for which IRS tables tell the rate by which to multiply an assets historical cost






46. Non-operating exp or revenues come from transactions that are not part of normal biz operations






47. The interest rate written on the face of a note






48. A depr method that results in higher depr exp in an assets early years






49. When numbers are 'netted' they combine so that the negative numbers get subtracted from the positive numbers






50. A place on the financial books to keep track of financial info that the owners want to know