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






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






3. The interest rate written on the face of a note






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The inventory method that increases the inventory account with every purchase and lowers the inventory with every sale.






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






15. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






16. The financial report that shows the result of business operations over a period of time






17. The cost to the business of the goods that it sells






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The amount borrowed plus the interest up to a maturity date






26. 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






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






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






29. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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






32. The official list of all business accounts






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






34. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






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






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






38. Outsders to whom the business owes money






39. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






41. Income-expenses






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






43. Recorded the cost as an asset






44. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






45. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






47. Modified accelerated cost recovery syste - for which IRS tables tell the rate by which to multiply an assets historical cost






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






49. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






50. 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.