Acct 2102 Midterm 1 Study Guide Test Format: Multiple choice questions (42 @ 6.25 points each). Total possible points are 262.5 Maximum grade is 250! The extra points are to compensate for any weakness in the main test instrument and misunderstanding in the question wording. Students need to bring their own scantron. Do not mark your scantron until you have selected your FINAL answer. Eraser marks confuse the scantron grading machine. All adverse consequences of eraser marks and mismarks
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Abstract: Creative accounting is a practice of accounting following the certain rules of it‚ but it is fluctuated from the basic spirit of those rules. Creative accounting is the ‘colorful’ representation of a company’s assets‚ liabilities and income. It is basically done to attract investors. The example of ‘the half glass of water’ maybe pulled to explain the idea. If a glass is filled with water to its half volume‚ then instead of saying ‘it is half empty’‚ the creative accountants prefer
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online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/bse.395 ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING: AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF BUSINESS STRATEGY Mehenna Yakhou*1 and Vernon P. Dorweiler2 1 2 Georgia College and State University‚ USA Michigan Technological University‚ USA Environmental accounting is on an expansion path. With increasing social focus on the environment‚ accounting fills an expectation role‚ to measure environmental performance. The status of environmental awareness
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acceptable quality level (AQL) the defect rate at which total quality costs are minimised account classification method (or account analysis) the process in which managers use their judgement to classify costs as fixed‚ variable or semivariable costs accounting rate of return (or simple rate of return‚ rate of return on assets‚ unadjusted rate of return or return on investment (ROI)) the average annual profit from a project‚ divided by the initial investment accumulation factor the value of (1 r)n used
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Multiple Choice (80%) 1. Which of the following is not a category of financial statement ratios? a. Financial leverage. b. Liquidity. c. Profitability. d. Prospectus. 2. An individual interested in making a judgment about the profitability of a company should: a. review the trend of working capital for several years. b. calculate the company’s ROI for the most recent year. c. review the trend of the company’s ROI for several years. d. compare the company’s ROI for the most recent year
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21. Generally accepted accounting principles c. derive their credibility and authority from general recognition and acceptance by the accounting profession. 22. A soundly developed conceptual framework of concepts and objectives should d. all of these. 23. Which of the following (a-c) are not true concerning a conceptual framework in account-ing? c. It should be based on fundamental truths that are derived from the laws of nature. S24. Which of the following is not a benefit associated
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"All my loving I will send to you. All my loving‚ darling I’ll be true." who doesn’t or at least isn’t familiar with these lyrics? All My Loving was composed by Paul McCartney‚ member of one of the most influential rock bands of all times‚ The Beatles." During the week of April 4‚ 1964‚ the Beatles held the first five slots on the Billboard Singles chart. They went on to sell more than a billion records and a compilation of the Beatles Number One hits‚ hit Number One in 35 countries and went on to
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Accounting Convergence: Advantages and Disadvantages Winston Churchill once said that “there is nothing wrong with change‚ if it is in the right direction” (Thinkexist.com) . Today‚ the accounting profession and standards in the United States is facing one of the biggest changes it has seen in a long time: the convergence of its Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Is this a step in the right direction for the United States
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ACCT TEST 1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a corporation? a. Corporations are organized as a separate legal taxable entity. b. Ownership is divided into shares of stock. c. Corporations experience an ease in obtaining large amounts of resources by issuing stock. d. A corporation’s resources are limited to its individual owners’ resources. e. Corporations make up 20% of all businesses. 2. An entity that is organized according to state or federal statutes
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Advanced Accounting Assignment Week 7 1. Which of the following combinations correctly describes the relationship between foreign currency transactions‚ exchange rate changes‚ and foreign exchange gains and losses? Answer: c. Import purchase‚ Depreciates and Gain 3. On October 1‚ 2013‚ Mud Co.‚ a U.S. company‚ purchased parts from Terra‚ a Portuguese company‚ with payment due on December 1‚ 2013. If Mud’s 2013 operating income included no foreign exchange gain or loss‚ the transaction could
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