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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. Difference between gross margin and operating expense






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






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






4. Accounts reflect the amount of assets invested by stockholders






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






6. Total liabilities / owner's equity






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






8. The relative importance of an item or event






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






10. Cost of storing goods and preparing them for sale






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






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






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






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






15. Not related to a company's operating activities






16. Current assets - current liabilities = working capital






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






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






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






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






21. Final figure of an income statement






22. 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






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






24. Net income / net sales






25. FASB established standards to facilitate interpretation of accounting information






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Current assets / current liabilities






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






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






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