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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. An account that gets subtracted from an asset account






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Outsders to whom the business owes money






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






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






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






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






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






15. A supply of items a business has on hand






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






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






18. 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






19. The official list of all business accounts






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Accounts that explain why assets went up from operations






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






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






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






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






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






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. Assets that can be used to pay current liabilities






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






35. Income - Expenses = Net Income






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






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






38. A word that means a subtraction has occured






39. Recorded the cost as an asset






40. Assets that help a business or person make money






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






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






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






44. Debts owned to people outside the company






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






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






47. Accounts that explain why assets went down from operations






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






49. Income-expenses






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