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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Current assets / current liabilities






12. 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






13. The relative importance of an item or event






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






15. Cost of storing goods and preparing them for sale






16. FASB established standards to facilitate interpretation of accounting information






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






18. Difference between gross margin and operating expense






19. Current assets - current liabilities = working capital






20. Accounts reflect the amount of assets invested by stockholders






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Not related to a company's operating activities






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






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






32. Net income / net sales






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






34. Total liabilities / owner's equity






35. Final figure of an income statement