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Accounting Debit Credit Rules
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business-skills
Instructions:
Answer 16 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Debit
Always an asset
Grouping of accounts
Assets- Liabilities
Left side
2. Credit
Left side
Right side
Liabilities
Record of Transactions
3. Posting
Assets
Side of account where increases are recorded
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
4. Revenue
Side of account where increases are recorded
Liabilities
Increases stockholder equity
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
5. A debit decreases...
Increases stockholder equity
Always an asset
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
Liabilities
6. Net Income
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Revenues - Expenses
Assets
Record of Transactions
7. Owners Equity
Assets- Liabilities
Assets
Assets
Record of Transactions
8. A debit increases...
Always an asset
Assets
Always a liability
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
9. Expense
Assets
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Grouping of accounts
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
10. Receivable
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Side of account where increases are recorded
Right side
Always an asset
11. Ledger
Side of account where increases are recorded
Liabilities
Grouping of accounts
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
12. Journal
Liabilities
Side of account where increases are recorded
Increases stockholder equity
Record of Transactions
13. A credit decreases...
Always an asset
Assets
Revenues - Expenses
Increases stockholder equity
14. Normal Balance
Always a liability
Side of account where increases are recorded
Assets
Record of Transactions
15. Payable
Assets
Record of Transactions
Liabilities
Always a liability
16. A credit increases..
Liabilities
Right side
Assets
Always a liability