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1 By signing below, I affirm that I have not and will not provide or accept information about the contents of this exam to or from another student. I understand that if I engage in any form of academic dishonesty, I will receive a grade of F for this course and notation on my transcript. Name ____________________________ Signature ___________________________ Student ID# __________________________ ACCT 315, EXAM 1 Fall 2022 1. There are 8 pages in this exam including this cover sheet. Make sure you have all 8 pages. 2. This is 100 point exam and you have 120 minutes to complete it. Budget your time to maximize your points. 3. Answer all questions and present your work in an orderly fashion. 4. This exam is closed book. 5. You may use a calculator, but do not share calculators. 6. Do not communicate with any other student during the exam. 7. I reserve the right to decrease your exam by 5 points for every minute that you are late in returning the exam. Multiple Choice Questions (36 points) Comprehensive Problems (64 points) Total Points (100 points)
2 Part 1. Multiple Choice Questions (36 points, please circle your answers) 1. Financial accounting is the process of identifying, measuring, analyzing, and communicating financial information needed by management to plan, evaluate, and control a company's operations. A) True B) False 2. Users of financial accounting statements have both coinciding and conflicting needs for information of various types. A) True B) False 3. Which of the following will be of interest to investors in decision making? A) Assessing the company's ability to generate net cash inflows. B) Assessing management's ability to protect and enhance the capital providers' investments. C) Both assessing the company's ability to generate net cash inflows and assessing management's ability to protect and enhance the capital provider's investments. D) Assessing the company's ability to collect debts. 4. Relevance and faithful representation are the two fundamental qualities that make accounting information useful for decision making. A) True B) False 5. The objective of general purpose financial reporting is to provide financial information about a reporting entity to which of the following A) potential equity investors. B) potential lenders. C) present investors. D) All of these answers are correct. 6. What is meant by consistency when discussing financial accounting information? A) Information presented by a company applies the same accounting treatment to similar events, from period to period. B) Information is timely. C) Information is classified, characterized, and presented clearly and concisely. D) Information is verifiable. 7. Which of the following is an ingredient of faithful representation? A) Predictive value B) Materiality
3 C) Neutrality D) Confirmatory value 8. Nominal (temporary) accounts are revenue, expense, and dividend accounts and are periodically closed. A) True B) False 9. In general, debits refer to increases in account balances, and credits refer to decreases. A) True B) False 10. Which of the following is a real (permanent) account? A) Goodwill B) Service Revenue C) Accounts Receivable D) Both Goodwill and Accounts Receivable 11. Stockholders' equity is not affected by all A) cash receipts. B) dividends. C) revenues. D) expenses. 12. Which of the following statements is true about the accrual basis of accounting? A) The timing of cash receipts and disbursements is emphasized. B) A minimal amount of record keeping is required in accrual basis accounting compared to cash basis. C) This method is used less frequently by businesses than the cash method of accounting. D) Revenues are recognized in the period the performance obligation is satisfied, regardless of the time period the cash is received. 13. Companies should report the results of operations of a business component that will be disposed of separately from continuing operations. A) True B) False 14. The income statement reveals A) resources and equities of a firm at a point in time. B) resources and equities of a firm for a period of time. C) net earnings (net income) of a firm at a point in time. D) net earnings (net income) of a firm for a period of time.
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