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Bookkeeping

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 47 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 record of all transactions for that day (used on pegbord system)






2. Properties of value owned by a business






3. AKA pegboard system






4. Debts - financial obligations for which one is responsible






5. W4


6. The bank has 'certified' with a date and signature to indicate that the check is good for the amount for which it is written.






7. 1. Write legibly 2. Black ink 3. Align columns 4. Double check math 5. Decimal points placed correctly 6. Characters should fit in spaces 7. Information should be current






8. Voucher - cashiers - personal - certified and travelers.






9. AKA encounter form or charge slip. A copy of the encounter form is given to the patient after seeing the provider. Identifies the procedures performed - diagnosis - charges and when to return.






10. An accounts receivable formula that measures the speed in which outstanding accounts are paid. (outstanding accounts receivable/average monthly gross income)






11. Lists items and charges for goods ans services already received






12. Superbill - patient ledger and day sheet






13. Date - Name/add - Signature & name should match - Amount - Made out to the correct place/person






14. Accounts receivable.






15. Money owed to a business






16. AKA write it once system. Is the most commonly used manual medical accounts receivable system






17. Accounts payable






18. Money the business owes






19. Practice office program. An accounting system used in medical practices.






20. Column. Increases or decreases to patient accounts not due to charges incurred or payments received.






21. National provider identifier






22. Patient account record. Record of all transactions on a patients account.






23. Received on account






24. Check endorsed by its payee to another party who becomes the holder in due course. Most places do not accept third party checks.






25. The % of outstanding debt collected. (Gross income/The amount that could have been collected) The goal is 90% (SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING DEBT COLLECTED)






26. A system of monitoring the financial status of a business.






27. Costs that fluctuate according to the demands of the business. (ex: salary - supplies - cost of treating patients - blood draw supplies - etc.)






28. Determines exemptions or withholding allowances






29. Cost that does not vary in total as the number of patients vary






30. A formula that measures the SPEED by which outstanding accounts are paid






31. A type of check with a stub attached that can be used to indicate invoice dates - services provided and so on. Payroll checks are written on voucher checks.






32. Purchase order






33. Available in most banks and are convenient ans safer to use than cash when traveling.


34. Daily recording of accounts or transactions of a business.






35. Shows you What was delivered against a purchase order






36. The system of recording transactions having two fundamental aspects - one involving the receiving of a benefit and the other to giving the benefit - in the same set of books.






37. What you earned before deductions






38. A sum kept in the office for unexpected - minor - or routine expenses. (ex postage due mail or coffee supplies)






39. Summary of all deductions - gross pay - net pay etc for the previous tax year. Must be sent out to employees no later than Jan 31 of each year.






40. Take home pay after all deductions






41. Like an invoice. Totaling items ordered - number ordered and cost. (Becky's definition.. not the best as This is not an invoice - but is an order for goods and/or services)






42. Amount owed. Total when all accounting is done.






43. A decline in the value of assets. A method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life.






44. Itemized statement of assets - liabilities and equity. A statement of financial condition.






45. Accounts receivable






46. Reduces the balance owed






47. To be paid column