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Financial Reporting And Analysis

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Debts that fall due more than 1 year in the future or beyond the normal operating cycle






2. Tangible long-term assets used in a business day to day operations






3. Expenses incurred in running a business other than the cost of goods sold






4. Information presented in such a way that decision makers can recognize similarities - differences - and trends over different periods






5. The relative importance of an item or event






6. Current assets - current liabilities = working capital






7. Accountants prepare financial statements in accordance with practices that are intended to make the information understandable






8. Cash refunds - credit on account - and discounts from selling prices made to customers who have received defective products or products that are otherwise unsatisfactory






9. The difference between net sales and the cost of goods sold






10. Assets usually long term that are not used in normal business operations and management does not plan to convert to cash within the next year






11. When a choice between 2 equally acceptable procedures - choose the one least like to overstate assets or income






12. Net income / net sales






13. Total cash sales and total credit sales during an accounting period






14. Final figure of an income statement






15. Amount a merchandiser paid for the merchandise it sold during an accounting period






16. Obligations that must be satisfied within 1 year or within normal operating cycle






17. Not related to a company's operating activities






18. Net sales / (average total assets/2)






19. Cash and other asset that a company can reasonably expect to covert to cash. sell - or consumer within 1 year






20. The expense for federal - state - and local taxes on corporate income






21. Expenses for accounting - personal - credit checking - collections - and other expenses that apply to insure expenses






22. FASB established standards to facilitate interpretation of accounting information






23. Net income / (average total assets/2)






24. Gross proceeds from sales less sales returns and allowance and any discounts allowed






25. Requires all financial statements presents all information relevant to users understanding of statements






26. Accounts reflect the amount of assets invested by stockholders






27. The average time it needs to go from spending cash to receiving cash






28. Cost of storing goods and preparing them for sale






29. Represents the stockholder's claim to the assets that are earned from operations and reinvested in corporate operations






30. Net income / (average owner's equity/2)






31. Difference between gross margin and operating expense






32. Once a company adopted an accounting procedure - it must use it from one period to the next






33. Benefit gained from providing information should be greater than the cost of providing it






34. Current assets / current liabilities






35. Total liabilities / owner's equity