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Peachtree Accounting

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 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. If you choose ______ posting - you must post the journals before the General Ledger will be updated.






2. When you use _________ posting - transactions update the General Ledger when they are saved.






3. Information about your vendors is entered through the _________ _________ window.






4. Highest number of accounting periods Peachtree will allow.






5. Lists all Help options available in the program. The various topics are categorized in the Contents and Index options.






6. ___________ Options are not available in __________. (use software abbreviation)






7. If you want to change the account segmentation later - you can do so in _______ ________ _______ on the _______ ________ tab






8. Peachtree allows __________ fiscal years to be open at a time. (spell out the answer)






9. Peachtree recommends using ________ posting.






10. This button is available on most Peachtree windows. Help topics relating to the current window appear when you click the button.






11. PPA (and above) allows you to track _________. (use software abbreviation)






12. The chart of accounts can be divided into departments. When printing certain reports - you can filter or mask the information that appears. In the window below - the "NU" in account 57000-NU is an example of an __________ _________.






13. General Ledger defaults are/aren't available in Peachtree First Accounting.


14. Peachtree allows the use of both numbers and characters in an ___________.






15. The _________ __________ records income when cash is received and expenses when they are paid.






16. In the General Ledger Defaults on the tab __________ ___________ - you can create or change segments for your chart of accounts ID.






17. These appear when you pass the cursor over buttons in the toolbars. They tell you what the button is for.






18. All companies to be consolidated must have the same _______ _______ ________ - as well as the same __________ ___________.






19. After the company is created - you can change the current period at any time by selecting Tasks>System>_________________ from the menu bar.






20. ________ are not available in Peachtree First Accounting.






21. Once the new company has been created - you can select this menu selection at any time to review or update the information entered on this window.






22. Guides you through entering the company address - telephone numbers - tax ID numbers - and business type.






23. You can/cannot change Accounting Methods once New Company Setup is complete.






24. The _______ ________ records income (not cash) when it is earned and expenses when they are incurred - that is - when your vendors bill you not necessarily when you pay them.






25. To access the default information window for the General Ledger - select ______ Default - Information - General Ledger






26. The _________ _________ is an account in your General Ledger used by Peachtree to store rounding differences on Financial Statements.






27. The total length of the account number - including separators - can be up to ___ characters - and Peachtree will display the structure of the ID on the right side of the window.






28. The _______ ________ records income (not cash) when it is earned and expenses when they are incurred - that is - when your vendors bill you not necessarily when you pay them.






29. The posting method can be changed at any time by selecting ________ _________ from the Maintain menu.






30. ____________ __________ monitors the products received from vendors and the money paid to vendors.






31. All companies to be consolidated must have the same _______ _______ ________ - as well as the same __________ ___________.






32. If you want to change the account segmentation later - you can do so in _______ ________ _______ on the _______ ________ tab






33. Lists all Help options available in the program. The various topics are categorized in the Contents and Index options.






34. You cannot change _________ once New Company Setup is complete.






35. These appear when you pass the cursor over buttons in the toolbars. They tell you what the button is for.






36. When you use _________ posting - transactions update the General Ledger when they are saved.






37. The total length of the account number - including separators - can be up to ___ characters - and Peachtree will display the structure of the ID on the right side of the window.






38. You cannot change _________ once New Company Setup is complete.






39. This button is available on most Peachtree windows. Help topics relating to the current window appear when you click the button.






40. Displays Help topics relating to the current window.






41. PPA offers you the ________ feature - which allows you to segment your chart of accounts and filter reports using drop-down selection lists rather than the masking method using the asterisk. (use software abbreviation )






42. ________________ field is not available in PFA. (use software abbreviation)






43. You can/cannot change Accounting Methods once New Company Setup is complete.






44. At the end of the second fiscal year - you ________ the first fiscal year to make the next fiscal year available.






45. Typically - the _________ ___________ account is for the Rounding Account.






46. Displays Help topics relating to the current window.






47. In the Vendor Defaults menu - Peachtree allows you to customize up to _____ additional fields for maintaining information on your vendors.(spell out your answer)






48. Trial Balance: Shows the result of the Assets - Expenses column minus the Liabilities - Equity - Income column. This value should be zero before you click OK. If this value is non-zero - the amount shown will post to a _________ __________ __________






49. Highest number of accounting periods Peachtree will allow.






50. The _________ __________ records income when cash is received and expenses when they are paid.