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






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






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






4. Outsders to whom the business owes money






5. 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






6. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






8. A word that means a subtraction has occured






9. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Income-expenses






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






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






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






20. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






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






24. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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






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






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






29. Asset has not been sold but a gain or loss has occurred






30. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Recorded the cost as an asset






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






37. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






39. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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