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Accounting
Financial accounting Conceptual foundations Income statement and statement of retained earnings Balance sheet Statement of cash flows
Managerial accounting Cost concepts Product costing systems Activities-based costing Cost, volume, and profit analysis Budgeting (except capital budgeting covered under finance) Standard costing Nonroutine decision making
International accounting*
1. Which of the following is NOT an element of manufacturing overhead?
a. 1 Factory employee’s salary
b. 0 Depreciation on the factory
c. 0 Plant manager’s salary
d. 0 Factory repairperson’s wages
2. What accounts are NOT classified in the current assets section of the balance sheet?
a. 0 Cash
b. 1 Accounts payable
c. 0 Security deposits
d. 0 Inventory
3. The starting point of a master budget is the preparation of the
a. 0 cash budget.
b. 1 sales budget.
c. 0 production budget.
d. 0 budgeted balance sheet.
4. What amounts are not included in Gross Margin?
a. 1 Operating expenses
b. 0 Sales
c. 0 Cost of goods sold
d. 0 Commissions paid
5. At what rate is the income statement converted for US $ comparison?
a. 0 Month end
b. 0 First day of the month rate
c. 1 Average rate
d. 0 It is not appropriate to convert to US $
6. Which list below best describes the major services performed by public accountants?
a. 0 Bookkeeping, mergers, and budgets
b. 0 Employee training, auditing, and bookkeeping
c. 1 Auditing, taxation, management consulting