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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The cost the the biz of the goods it sells






2. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






20. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






23. 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






24. The official list of all business accounts






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






26. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






28. Income-expenses






29. An income account that explains the increase in business assets as a result of selling goods






30. 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






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






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






33. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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






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






37. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






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






40. A word that means a subtraction has occured






41. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






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






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






46. The amount of long-lived assets used up during operations






47. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






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






50. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations