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If a company is highly leveraged, this means that it has relatively low risk of not being able to repay its debt.

A) True
B) False

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The difference between total debits and total credits for an account, including any beginning balance is the _______________________.

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An asset created by prepayment of an expense is:


A) Recorded as a debit to an unearned revenue account.
B) Recorded as a debit to a prepaid expense account.
C) Recorded as a credit to an unearned revenue account.
D) Recorded as a credit to a prepaid expense account.
E) Not recorded in the accounting records until the earnings process is complete.

F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

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A collection of all accounts and their balances used by a business is called a:


A) Journal.
B) Book of original entry.
C) General Journal.
D) Balance column journal.
E) Ledger.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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A balance column ledger account is:


A) An account entered on the balance sheet.
B) An account with debit and credit columns for posting entries and another column for showing the balance of the account after each entry is posted.
C) Another name for the withdrawals account.
D) An account used to record the transfers of assets from a business to its owner.
E) A simple form of account that is widely used in accounting to illustrate the debits and credits required in recording a transaction.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

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The account used to record the transfers of assets from a business to its owner is:


A) A revenue account.
B) The owner's withdrawals account.
C) The owner's capital account.
D) An expense account.
E) A liability account.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

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The balances for the accounts of Mike's Maintenance Co. for the year ended December 31 are shown below. Each account shown had a normal balance. Calculate the correct balance for Cash and prepare a trial balance. The balances for the accounts of Mike's Maintenance Co. for the year ended December 31 are shown below. Each account shown had a normal balance. Calculate the correct balance for Cash and prepare a trial balance.

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The following transactions occurred during July: 1. Received $900 cash for services provided to a customer during July. 2) Received $2,200 cash investment from Barbara Hanson, the owner of the business. 3) Received $750 from a customer in partial payment of his account receivable which arose from sales in June. 4) Provided services to a customer on credit, $375. 5) Borrowed $6,000 from the bank by signing a promissory note. 6) Received $1,250 cash from a customer for services to be rendered next year. What was the amount of revenue for July?


A) $900.
B) $1,275.
C) $2,525.
D) $3,275.
E) $11,100.

F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

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Explain the recording and posting processes.

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All of the following are asset accounts except:


A) Accounts Receivable.
B) Buildings.
C) Supplies expense.
D) Cash.
E) Prepaid insurance.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Krenz Car Care, owned and operated by Karl Krenz, began business in September of the current year. Karl, a master mechanic, had no experience with keeping a set of books. As a result, Karl entered all of September's transactions directly to the ledger accounts. When he tried to locate a particular entry he found it confusing and time consuming. He has hired you to improve his accounting procedures. The accounts in his General Ledger follow: Prepare the general journal entries, in chronological order (a) through (e), from the T-account entries shown. Include a brief description of the probable nature of each transaction. Krenz Car Care, owned and operated by Karl Krenz, began business in September of the current year. Karl, a master mechanic, had no experience with keeping a set of books. As a result, Karl entered all of September's transactions directly to the ledger accounts. When he tried to locate a particular entry he found it confusing and time consuming. He has hired you to improve his accounting procedures. The accounts in his General Ledger follow: Prepare the general journal entries, in chronological order (a) through (e), from the T-account entries shown. Include a brief description of the probable nature of each transaction.       Krenz Car Care, owned and operated by Karl Krenz, began business in September of the current year. Karl, a master mechanic, had no experience with keeping a set of books. As a result, Karl entered all of September's transactions directly to the ledger accounts. When he tried to locate a particular entry he found it confusing and time consuming. He has hired you to improve his accounting procedures. The accounts in his General Ledger follow: Prepare the general journal entries, in chronological order (a) through (e), from the T-account entries shown. Include a brief description of the probable nature of each transaction.       Krenz Car Care, owned and operated by Karl Krenz, began business in September of the current year. Karl, a master mechanic, had no experience with keeping a set of books. As a result, Karl entered all of September's transactions directly to the ledger accounts. When he tried to locate a particular entry he found it confusing and time consuming. He has hired you to improve his accounting procedures. The accounts in his General Ledger follow: Prepare the general journal entries, in chronological order (a) through (e), from the T-account entries shown. Include a brief description of the probable nature of each transaction.

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If Tim Jones, the owner of Jones Hardware proprietorship, uses cash of the business to purchase a family automobile, the business should record this use of cash with an entry to:


A) Debit Salary Expense and credit Cash.
B) Debit Tim Jones, Salary and credit Cash.
C) Debit Cash and credit Tim Jones, Withdrawals.
D) Debit Tim Jones, Withdrawals and credit Cash.
E) Debit Automobiles and credit Cash.

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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While in the process of posting from the journal to the ledger a company failed to post a $500 debit to the Office Supplies account. The effect of this error will be that:


A) The Office Supplies account balance will be overstated.
B) The trial balance will not balance.
C) The error will overstate the debits listed in the journal.
D) The total debits in the trial balance will be larger than the total credits.
E) The error will overstate the credits listed in the journal.

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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A list of all accounts and the identification number assigned to each account used by a company is called a:


A) Source document.
B) Journal.
C) Trial balance.
D) Chart of accounts.
E) General Journal.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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If a company purchases land paying cash, the journal entry to record this transaction will include a debit to Cash.

A) True
B) False

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_________________ identify and describe transactions and events and provide objective evidence and amounts for recording.

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Hamilton Industries has liabilities of $105 million and total assets of $350 million. Its debt ratio is 40.0%.

A) True
B) False

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A journal gives a complete record of each transaction in one place, and shows the debits and credits for each transaction.

A) True
B) False

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Andrea Conaway opened Wonderland Photography on January 1 of the current year. During January, the following transactions occurred and were recorded in the company's books: Conaway invested $13,500 cash in the business. 2) Conaway contributed $20,000 of photography equipment to the business. 3) The company paid $2,100 cash for an insurance policy covering the next 24 months. 4) The company received $5,700 cash for services provided during January. 5) The company purchased $6,200 of office equipment on credit. 6) The company provided $2,750 of services to customers on account. 7) The company paid cash of $1,500 for monthly rent. 8) The company paid $3,100 on the office equipment purchased in transaction #5 above. 9) Paid $275 cash for January utilities. Based on this information, the balance in the cash account at the end of January would be:


A) $41,450.
B) $12,225.
C) $18,700.
D) $15,250.
E) $13,500.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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On December 3, the Matador Company paid $5,400 cash in salaries to office personnel. Prepare the general journal entry to record this transaction.

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