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Oracle Vocab

Subjects : oracle, it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Land - improvements to land - buildings - building improvements - vehicles - machinery - equipment - works of art and historical treasures - infrastructure - and all other tangible or intangible assets that are used in operations and that have initia






2. A fund used to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources that are legally restricted to expendiutres for a specified purpose.






3. A classification of cost that is assigned to each expenditure items. Expenditure types are grouped into cost groups ( expenditure categories) and revenue groups ( revenue categories).






4. Accounts for the County's financial resources except those required to be accounted for in another fund.






5. An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered






6. Includes the all elements of cost for the production of a good or service - including direct - indirect - and overhead costs. Full cost includes raw costs - plus all apllicable burden costs for raw labor.






7. A separate fund established to account for services that are supported primarly by service charges. They are similar to private business enterprise - where the costs of providing goods or services to the general public or to customer departments on a






8. The electronic process of mainaining an itemized list of current inventory.






9. Accounts for the financingof goods and services provided by one department or agency to other departments or agency on a cost-reimbursement basis.






10. Classificaiton used to account for a government's ongoing organizatons and activities that are similar to those often found in the private sector -






11. Those elements of cost necessary in the production of an article or the performance of a service but no an integral part of the finished product or service - such as rent - heat - light - supplies - management - supervision - etc.






12. Accounts for the proceeds of specific revenue sources ( except pension trust and major capital projects) that are legally restricted to expenditures for specific purposes.






13. A payment of money or other assets from one governmental unit to another - from a governmental unit to a not-for-profit agency - or from a not-for-profit agency to a government. Often earmarked for a specific purpose or program.






14. Are established by the Board of Supervisors and include Airports - Wastewater Management and Transit Enterprise Funds - County Sanitation Districts and various Internal Service Funds ( General Services Fleet Maintenance - Facilities Management and Do






15. The of the cost of a fixed asset - other than a wasting asset - charged as an expense during a particular period. The cost of a fixed asses less any salvage value is prorated over the estimated service life of such an asset - and each period is charg






16. Those expenses which can be charged directly as a part of the cost of a product or service - or of a department or operating unit - as distiquished from overhead and other indirect costs which most be prorated among several products or services - dep






17. Funds ensure that available resources are controlled and spent in accordance with organizational spending - service delivery decision and finance- related legar and contractual provisions.






18. An Inventory carried on accounting records as an asset whose stock items are valued at their unit cost times their quantity on hand - and the stock value is not expensed to a final user account until the material is issued to that user.






19. A document received from a supplier that lists amounts owed to the supplier for purchased good or services.






20. An expenditure object within the budget for all standard costs of daily operations - including such terms as office supplies - contractual services - and travel.






21. Contributions or gifts of cash or other assets from another government or agency to be used or expended for a specified purpose - activity or facility.






22. Enterprise Funds - Internal Service Fund






23. Annual principal and interest payments that local government owes on borrowed money.






24. Assets - which are intended to be held or used for an extended periof of time - such as land - buildings - structures - machinery - furniture - and other equipment. Any piece of equipment costing $5 -000 or more must be purchased as a fixed asset.






25. Is a written record for goods or services provided or request for payment. A summarized list of charges and other information that is recorded in Account Receivalbe - can be printed - and can be sent to a customer to request payment or reimbursement.






26. One of two classes of projects to be used by the County. Capital projects capture costs ( including depreciation) and revenue associated with the construction or acquisition of infrastructure ( i.e. road improvements bridges - etc) - buildings - othe






27. Appropriations and estimated revenue or an annual spending plan that is adopted by the Board of Supervisors( or the Board acting as the Board of Directors) pursuant to the Goverment Code - which balances revenues and expenditures.






28. The amount of direct and indirect costs that would be reduced or eliminated if a service currently provided by County staff were to be provided by contract. These costs are typically include all direct and variable costs - as well as any portions of






29. The major fund in most government unit - the General Fund accounts for all activities not accounted for in other funds. Most functions such as Public Safety or Health Services and Human Resources are accounted for in the General Fund.






30. The estimated cost amounts at completion of a project. Cost budget amounts can be summary or detail - and ca be burdened or unburdened.






31. General - Special Revenue Funds - Capital Project Funds - Debt Service Funds






32. Items stocked in an inventory and controlled by tracking the quantity and value of each item. Typically - each item is considered an 'asset' until it is issued or adjusted ( expensed) out of the inventory. The value of the item is equal to the curren






33. The financial plan in terms of the costs of activities to be undertaken to achieve specific goals and objectives - which form a department's operational components.






34. Accounts for assets held by government in a trustee capacity for public employement retirement systems.






35. A fund used to account for the financing of good or services provided by one department to other departments of the County - or to other governmental units - on a cost-reimbursement basis.






36. A fund used to account for assets held by a government in a trustee capacity for individuals - private organizations - other governments and/or other funds.






37. Trust Fund and Agency Funds






38. A grant - subsidy - revenue agreement - revenue contract - or specific funding which is allocated to an organization for a specific purpose(s) and can be used to fund one or more projects - An award is usually billed or invoiced to a Customer ( i.e.






39. A spending plan for improvements to or acquisition of land - facilities - and infrastructure. The capital budget balances revenues and expenditures - specifies the sources of revenues - and lists each project or acquisition.






40. An object of value owned by a corporation or business. Assets are entered in Oracle Projects as non-labor resources.






41. A unit with budgetary control and/or management responsibilities for financial transactions. Represents the 'cost center'qualifier segment required in Oracle and is at the trasactional level of input( child).






42. Use of an appropriation to purchse goods and services necessary to carry out the responsibilities of a department or organization. Expenditures are decreases in net financial resources.






43. The budget amounts for a project at the first successful Baselining of the project.






44. The amount of revenue expected to accrue or to be collected during a fiscal year.






45. A promise to repay borrowed money on a particular date - often ten or twenty years in the future; most bonds involve a promise to pay a specified dollar amount of interest at predetermined intervals. Bonds are a mechanism used to obtain long-term fin






46. A budget Format prescribed by the State Controller. Refers to account and sub-account detail typically provided by revenue source - and objects of expenditures based on the types of goods or services(salaries & benefits - services & supplies - other






47. Financial resources recieved from taxes - fees - and other charges - federal or State government - excluding interfund transfers fund balance - or debt issuance proceeds.






48. The types of invoices- Standard - Credit memo - Debit memo - Expense Report - Prepayment - Mixed.






49. A special fund created to provide centralized budgeting for the accumulation and expenditures of funds for the capital needs of the County.






50. The version of the Operations Plan that is formally approved and implemented by the Board of Supervisors after the proposed Operational Plan has gone through a process of Change Letters - public hearing - and deliberations.