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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Gross proceeds from sales less sales returns and allowance and any discounts allowed






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






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






4. 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






5. Accounts reflect the amount of assets invested by stockholders






6. Current assets / current liabilities






7. Difference between gross margin and operating expense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Final figure of an income statement






17. Not related to a company's operating activities






18. Total liabilities / owner's equity






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






20. Cost of storing goods and preparing them for sale






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






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






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






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






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






26. Debts that fall due more than 1 year in the future or beyond the normal operating cycle






27. FASB established standards to facilitate interpretation of accounting information






28. Net income / net sales






29. Current assets - current liabilities = working capital






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






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






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






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






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






35. The relative importance of an item or event