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