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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






6. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






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






10. 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






11. Assets that help a business or person make money






12. Debts owned to people outside the company






13. Income-expenses






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






33. The official list of all business accounts






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






35. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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






38. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






40. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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