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The Use of Funds in Government Accounting

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Chapter 2: The Use of Funds in Governmental Accounting

Multiple Choice

1. To what does basis of accounting refer? a. whether an entity is trying to measure the excess of inflows over outflows b. how much cash an entity received in a particular reporting period c. the timing of recognition of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenditures/expenses in financial statements d. the ownership of the assets, liabilities, and equities reported in a balance sheet

Answer: c

2. Governmental accounting normally does not a. use separate funds to account for various activities b. incorporate budgetary accounts into the accounting system c. measure the amount of profit earned during a fiscal year d. focus …show more content…

a. business-type activities of government that are financed by user charges b. sales taxes collected by a state on behalf of counties within the state c. property taxes to be used to provide basic government services d. donations that must be kept intact, but whose income must be used to beautify parks

Answer: c

13. Which of the following terms best describes the types of assets accounted for in governmental-type funds? a. any resource that can be used to provide service to the citizenry b. current financial resources and capital resources c. current assets and movable fixed assets d. current financial resources

Answer: d

14. Which of the following activities is the most likely to be accounted for in a General Fund? a. payment of salaries of police and firefighters b. construction of a new school building c. accumulation of resources to pay pension benefits to employees d. accumulation of resources required by law to be used only to beautify parks

Answer: a

15. Which of the following types of liabilities is least likely to appear in the balance sheet of a governmental-type fund? a. amounts owed to suppliers of goods and services b. amounts owed to bondholders over the entire 20-year life of a debt c. amounts owed to other funds d. amounts owed to employees for services performed before an

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