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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The cost to the business of the goods that it sells






2. An income account that explains the increase in business assets as a result of selling goods






3. A depr method that results in higher depr exp in an assets early years






4. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






5. Outsders to whom the business owes money






6. Non-operating exp or revenues come from transactions that are not part of normal biz operations






7. Debts that must be paid within one year or one operating cycle - whichever is longer






8. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






9. To sell a note to a bank that subtracts a discount - giving the seller the proceeds`






10. Income - Expenses = Net Income






11. When numbers are 'netted' they combine so that the negative numbers get subtracted from the positive numbers






12. Method of journalizing and posting accounts at the same time by recording transac vertically in columns






13. A word that means a subtraction has occured






14. Money is 'expensed' if it is gone forever - if there remains no useful assert as a result of the spending. THe opposite of capitalized. `






15. The amount of long-lived assets used up during operations






16. The dollar amount written on the face of the note






17. An account that gets subtracted from its related account. Contra accounts always get reported as negative numbers.






18. The cost the the biz of the goods it sells






19. Contra-asset account that accumulates all the deprec of long lived assets over the years






20. A supply of items a business has on hand






21. Money that the owner takes from the business or money in the business account that the owner spends on personal bills.






22. Economic resources that the business plans to use in the future to make money






23. A tool to keep track of the ops and downs in account. The ups go on one side of the T and the downs go on the other






24. The natural period of time before a certain business activities tend to repeat -usually one year






25. A note with an interest rate written on the face - whose face amount is the present value






26. A financial statement that calculates an end-of-period balance of the owner's equity account






27. A financial statement analysis technique in which one number is assigned 100% and all other numbers are expressed as a percentage of the first number. In balance sheets. the key number is total assets. In income statements - the key # is sales.






28. That porition of the business the owner gets to keep after paying all creditors






29. The cost of living while away from home of business






30. Debts owned to people outside the company






31. The financial report that shows business assets - liabilities - and the owners equity on a particular day






32. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






33. Income-expenses






34. When money is changed into another asset that helps the business make money






35. A place on the financial books to keep track of financial info that the owners want to know






36. The inventory method that keeps track of merchandise costs in various purchases and contra-purchases accounts and then computes cost of goods sold on the income statement. Inventory on the books is adjusted only at year-end.






37. Assets that help a business or person make money






38. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






39. Usual method - starts with NI and uses the changes in the A&L accounts to adjust NI into cash flow from operations






40. The official list of all business accounts






41. Where cash came from and where it went - Cash flow from operations - cash flow from investing activities - cash flow from financing activities - calculation of (1) net cash flow - and (2) cash - end of period






42. The inventory system that averages the cost of all items in inventory and assigns that averaged cost the the items sold.






43. The contra-asset account that accumulates all the depreciation of long-lived assets over the years






44. Calc cash flow from opeations that does not start with NI - but does show cash-in cash-out cat. `






45. The cost of business airplane fairs - trains and long-distance buses






46. Money is 'expensed' if it is gone forever - if there remains no useful asset as a result of the spending. The opposite is CAPITALIZED






47. The financial report that shows the result of biz operations over a period of time






48. The amount borrowed - or the principal. Interest-bearing notes show the present value as the face amount






49. The 12 month period a business used to report the results of its operatons






50. The amount of the historical cost of an asset that gets allocated over the useful life of the asset