ADM 4342M Accounting Theory Mid-Term Exam February 4‚ 2009 Instructor: B. La Rochelle‚ Ph.D.‚ C.A. Duration: 2 hours Value: 25% of your final grade Note to students: This is a closed-book exam‚ containing 3 questions‚ worth 30 marks in total. Apart from sundry writing materials (pens‚ pencils and the like)‚ no examination aids are permitted NAME: __________________________________________ STUDENT #: ________________________ Statement of Academic Integrity The School
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Chapter 1 Significance of Accounting Information Systems and the Accountant’s Role MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Which of the following is not accounting information? A. Total direct/indirect labor hours B. Delivery equipment cost C. Computer training schedule D. Next year’s sales budget C 2. In what terms can accounting information be expressed? A. Units‚ percentages‚ and money B. Money‚ ratios‚ and text C. Money‚ percentages‚ and text D. Units‚ percentages‚ and text A 3. Which of the following
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Accounting Standards Board‚ the ‘accounting standards’ give form and shape to financial information provided by listed companies and other entities in achieving the fundamental objective of promoting the integrity‚ competence and transparency of the accountancy profession for the benefit of users‚ preparers‚ and auditors of financial data. Thus‚ the importance and relevance of accounting regulation cannot be over-emphasized. Accounting standards have several advantages. It enables investors to assess
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Introduction In this assignment I will review the statement in question 3‚ ‘accounting only has one role which is to satisfy user needs’. I will research into what accounting actually is‚ what its role is‚ who are it users and how it is relevant to its users. I will also use various books‚ articles‚ lecture notes and a wide range of Internet sources to enable me to critically evaluate this statement. Accounting can be defined as the summarising‚ measuring and communication of financial transactions
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References: [1] Ballantine‚ J. and Larres‚ P. M. (2009). Accounting undergraduates’ perceptions of cooperative learning as a model for enhancing their interpersonal and communication skills to interface successfully with professional accountancy education and training. Accounting Education: An International Journal 18 (4-5)‚ pp.387-402. [2] Ballantine‚ J. and Larres P. M. (2007). Final year accounting undergraduates’ attitudes to group assessment and the role of learning logs. Accounting
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Accounting historians have attempted to relate their knowledge of the variety of accounting practices at various points of time‚ and in various places. It is to wider questions of the role of accounting in reflecting and shaping not only business and management practice‚ but also economic and social organization more generally. Finley’s classic ¡§The Ancient Economy¡¨ ‚ which analyzed the embedded-ness of ancient economic activity in the social structure‚ and in the status concerns of the free citizens
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RETENTION POLICY To raise the University’s academic standards‚ the University Academic Council has deemed it necessary to provide for each college a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) which students must maintain. GUIDELINES FOR SCHOLASTIC DELINQUENCY I. Warning A student who‚ in any given semester‚ obtains failing grades or a mark of “D” in 25 percent (25%) to 49 percent (49%) of the total number of academic units enrolled in‚ shall be warned by the Dean to improve his grades and shall
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Auditor Independence: An Impossible Dream In recent months there has been much discussion about the independence of CPA auditors; the leadership of the AICPA‚ the Auditing Standards Board‚ the Public Oversight Board‚ the Independence Standards Board‚ and most recently the proposed independence rules promulgated by the SEC have all attempted to clarify and strengthen auditor independence. Several newspaper and magazine articles have also addressed the issue. In my opinion‚ all the efforts to
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Accounting research paper—technology impactions With development of economics‚ people have been thinking about how they could increase the efficiency of working. Technology is one of the ways people figured out. It is the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life‚ society‚ and the environment‚ drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts‚ engineering‚ applied science‚ and pure science. Before the development of modern technology
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For professional accountants CIMA CODE OF ETHICS October 2010 CIMA CODE OF ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS CIMA PREFACE As Chartered Management Accountants CIMA members (and registered students) throughout the world have a duty to observe the highest standards of conduct and integrity‚ and to uphold the good standing and reputation of the profession. They must also refrain from any conduct which might discredit the profession. Members and registered students must have regard to these
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