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CLEP Financial Accounting Vocab

Subjects : clep, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Asset has not been sold but a gain or loss has occurred






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






3. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






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






6. Income-expenses






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. The dollar amount written on the face of the note






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






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






11. Income - Expenses = Net Income






12. 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






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






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






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






16. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






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






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






20. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






23. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






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






26. Assets that help a business or person make money






27. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






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






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






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






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






33. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






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






36. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






38. Outsders to whom the business owes money






39. The official list of all business accounts






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. A word that means a subtraction has occured






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






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






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






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






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






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