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Chpt 4 Study Guide



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Recording transactions in a journal is journalizing.
 

 2. 

A transaction recorded in a journal is not considered a permanent record.
 

 3. 

Information for each transaction recorded in a journal is an entry.
 

 4. 

When services are sold on account, the accounts receivable account is decreased.
 

 5. 

Transactions are recorded in a journal in chronological order.
 

 6. 

Double-entry accounting assures that debits equal credits.
 

 7. 

Each transaction is described by a source document that proves that the transaction did occur.
 

 8. 

A check is a business form ordering a bank to pay cash from a bank account.
 

 9. 

The source document for cash payments is a check.
 

 10. 

A calculator tape is the source document for daily cash sales transactions.
 

 11. 

A business form giving written acknowledgement for cash received is a receipt.
 

 12. 

A receipt is the source document for cash received from transactions other than sales.
 

 13. 

The kind of journal a business uses depends on the type of industry the business is in.
 

 14. 

Before a transaction is recorded in a general journal, it is analyzed into its debit and credit parts.
 

 15. 

The year and the month are written only once on a general journal page.
 

 16. 

The day of the month is written on each general journal page only for the first entry.
 

 17. 

The title of the account debited in a general journal entry is indented.
 

 18. 

Debits must equal credits for each entry in a general journal.
 

 19. 

The source document number is a cross reference from the journal to the source document.
 

 20. 

When there is only one blank line remaining at the bottom of a general journal page, the debit part of the next entry is journalized on the one blank line and the remainder of the entry is journalized on the next journal page.
 

 21. 

Transactions are recorded in a journal in one place and in order by date.
 

 22. 

For each transaction in a journal, both debit and credit parts are recorded.
 

 23. 

Examples of source documents include checks, sales invoices, memorandums, and letters.
 

 24. 

The source document for cash payments is a sales invoice.
 

 25. 

The Objective Evidence accounting concept requires that there be proof that a transaction did occur.
 

 26. 

A calculator tape is not the source document for daily sales.
 

 27. 

A check is an example of a source document when items are paid in cash.
 

 28. 

Journal entries have three parts: date, debit part, and credit part.
 

 29. 

The abbreviation for the source document sales invoice is SI.
 

 30. 

The source document used when supplies are bought on account is a memorandum.
 

 31. 

The source document used when supplies bought on account are paid for is a check.
 

 32. 

The abbreviation for the source document calculator tape is CT.
 

 33. 

Decreases in the owner's capital account are recorded as credits.
 

 34. 

Businesses usually wait until the end of a week to journalize the week's transactions.
 

 35. 

The year is written only once on a general journal page.
 

 36. 

The month is written for each transaction on a general journal page.
 

 37. 

A general journal page is complete when there is insufficient space to record any more entries.
 

 38. 

Each general journal entry requires at least two lines.
 

 39. 

In correcting an error in accounting work, simply draw a line through the incorrect item and write the correct item above the canceled item.
 

 40. 

Dollars and cents signs and decimal points are not used when writing amounts on ruled accounting pages.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 41. 

The recording of debit and credit parts of a transaction is ____.
a.
double-entry accounting
c.
accounting
b.
single-entry accounting
d.
none of the above
 

 42. 

Preparing a source document for each transaction is an application of the accounting concept ____.
a.
Business Entity
c.
Objective Evidence
b.
Unit of Measurement
d.
Going Concern
 

 43. 

A business form ordering a bank to pay cash from a bank account is ____.
a.
a check
c.
a receipt
b.
a memorandum
d.
all of the above
 

 44. 

A general journal entry includes ____.
a.
the debit and credit parts of a transaction
b.
the date, debit, and credit parts of a transaction
c.
the date, debit, credit, and source document
d.
none of the above
 

 45. 

On each general journal page, the year is written ____.
a.
for each entry
c.
only for the first entry
b.
on the first line of each column
d.
none of the above
 

 46. 

On each general journal page, the month is written ____.
a.
for each entry
c.
only for the first entry
b.
on the first line of each column
d.
none of the above
 

 47. 

The entry to record receipt of cash from the owner as an investment is ____.
a.
debit Capital, credit Cash
c.
debit Cash, credit Accounts Payable
b.
debit Cash, credit Capital
d.
none of the above
 

 48. 

The account debited when cash is paid for supplies is ____.
a.
Supplies
c.
Supplies Expense
b.
Cash
d.
none of the above
 

 49. 

When cash is paid for insurance, ____.
a.
the prepaid insurance account is decreased
b.
the prepaid insurance account is credited
c.
the balance of the prepaid insurance account is increased
d.
none of the above
 

 50. 

When supplies are bought on account, the account debited is ____.
a.
Cash
c.
Capital
b.
Supplies
d.
none of the above
 

 51. 

The source document for a payment of cash for the electric bill is ____.
a.
a receipt
c.
a memorandum
b.
a check
d.
all of the above
 

 52. 

If there is only one blank line remaining on a journal page, ____.
a.
the next journal entry is split
c.
a new page is started
b.
a new account is opened
d.
none of the above
 

 53. 

If an error is discovered in a general journal entry, ____.
a.
cancel the error by drawing a neat line through the error
b.
correct the entry by writing the correct item above the canceled error
c.
do not erase the incorrect item
d.
all of the above
 

 54. 

Words in accounting are ____.
a.
written in full when space permits
c.
printed rather than written
b.
abbreviated wherever possible
d.
none of the above
 

 55. 

Dollar and cents signs and decimal points are ____.
a.
used when writing amounts on ruled accounting paper
b.
not used when writing amounts on ruled accounting paper
c.
used when recording amounts in a general journal
d.
all of the above
 



 
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