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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. A debit decreases...
Left side
Side of account where increases are recorded
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Liabilities
2. Payable
Always an asset
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
Always a liability
Increases stockholder equity
3. Credit
Record of Transactions
Right side
Increases stockholder equity
Assets- Liabilities
4. Expense
Assets
Liabilities
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Record of Transactions
5. Journal
Assets
Record of Transactions
Left side
Always a liability
6. A debit increases...
Increases stockholder equity
Always a liability
Assets
Right side
7. A credit increases..
Liabilities
Assets
Always a liability
Left side
8. Ledger
Assets- Liabilities
Liabilities
Grouping of accounts
Assets
9. Net Income
Always an asset
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Increases stockholder equity
Revenues - Expenses
10. Debit
Grouping of accounts
Left side
Always a liability
Always an asset
11. Normal Balance
Side of account where increases are recorded
Left side
Liabilities
Grouping of accounts
12. Owners Equity
Liabilities
Assets- Liabilities
Left side
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
13. Posting
Revenues - Expenses
Increases stockholder equity
Copying data from the journal to the ledger
Side of account where increases are recorded
14. A credit decreases...
Side of account where increases are recorded
Left side
Assets
Assets- Liabilities
15. Receivable
Side of account where increases are recorded
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Always an asset
Left side
16. Revenue
Assets
Cost of operating. Decreases stockholder equity
Increases stockholder equity
Grouping of accounts