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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The dollar amount written on the face of the note






2. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






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






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






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






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






8. Assets that help a business or person make money






9. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. When money is changed into another asset that helps the business make money






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






30. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






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






33. The official list of all business accounts






34. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






39. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






46. Money that the owner takes from the business or money in the business account that the owner spends on personal bills.






47. Recorded the cost as an asset






48. The financial report that shows business assets - liabilities - and the owners equity on a particular day






49. 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






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