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Accounting II Study Guide Chpt 18



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

 1. 

The amount of information a business needs and can afford varies with the business's size and complexity.
 

 2. 

Only one type of accounting system can be used to record, summarize, and report a business's financial information.
 

 3. 

An organization with the legal rights of a person and which may be owned by many persons is a corporation.
 

 4. 

A corporation can own property but cannot incur liabilities in its own name.
 

 5. 

A corporation cannot enter into contracts.
 

 6. 

Total shares of ownership in a corporation is called capital stock.
 

 7. 

A purchases journal is used for cash purchases only.
 

 8. 

Recording purchases at the amount paid for them is an application of the accounting concept Objective Evidence.
 

 9. 

The amount on each line of a purchases journal is posted as a credit to the named vendor account in the accounts payable ledger.
 

 10. 

When several journals are used, an abbreviation is used in the Post. Ref. column of a ledger to show the journal from which the posting is made.
 

 11. 

Generally, prices listed in catalogs are the manufacturers' suggested retail prices.
 

 12. 

A reduction in the list price granted to customers is a cash discount.
 

 13. 

Trade discounts normally are recorded in the purchases discount account.
 

 14. 

Purchases Discount is increased by a credit entry.
 

 15. 

To keep a petty cash fund at a constant amount, differences are recorded at the end of a fiscal period as well as other times when the petty cash fund is replenished.
 

 16. 

If the actual petty cash on hand is $53.00 but the records show that $55.00 should be on hand, the petty cash fund is said to be over.
 

 17. 

An entry in the Accounts Payable Debit column of a cash payments journal does not affect the vendor named in the Account Title column.
 

 18. 

A journal with two amount columns in which all kinds of entries can be recorded is a general journal.
 

 19. 

A form prepared by the customer showing the price deduction taken by the customer for returns and allowances is a credit memorandum.
 

 20. 

Purchases Returns and Allowances is a contra account to Cost of Merchandise.
 

 21. 

All transactions recorded in a purchases journal increase the balance of a vendor account.
 

 22. 

Purchases on account are recorded in a purchases journal at list price.
 

 23. 

When purchases are recorded at their cost, including any related shipping costs and taxes, the Historical Cost accounting concept is being applied.
 

 24. 

The monthly total of a purchases journal is posted as a credit to Purchases.
 

 25. 

All transactions recorded in a purchases journal increase the balance of the purchases account.
 

 26. 

The monthly total of the General Debit column of a cash payments journal is posted to the general ledger.
 

 27. 

When a cash payments journal is used, all payments of cash are recorded in it.
 

 28. 

The terms of sale l/10, n/30 mean that the customer may deduct 1 percent of the invoice amount if payment is made within 30 days of the invoice date.
 

 29. 

The terms of sale 2/15, n/30 mean that 2 percent of the invoice amount may be deducted if paid within 15 days of the invoice date or the total invoice amount must be paid within 30 days.
 

 30. 

Purchases discounts are subtracted from the purchases journal total.
 

 31. 

Each amount in the Accounts Payable Debit column of a cash payments journal is posted individually to the general ledger account Accounts Payable.
 

 32. 

Each amount in the Accounts Payable Debit column of a cash payments journal is posted individually to the account named in the Account Title column.
 

 33. 

The source document for a purchases return is a check.
 

 34. 

The amount recorded in the Debit column of a general journal for a purchases return must be posted to two different accounts.
 

 35. 

A contra purchases account has a normal credit balance.
 

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

 36. 

Reporting financial information for a specific period of time is an application of the accounting concept ____.
a.
Accounting Period Cycle
c.
Objective Evidence
b.
Going Concern
d.
Historical Cost
 

 37. 

Each unit of ownership in a corporation is ____.
a.
a share of stock
c.
a trade discount
b.
capital stock
d.
none of the above
 

 38. 

Total shares of ownership in a corporation is ____.
a.
a share of stock
c.
a trade discount
b.
capital stock
d.
none of the above
 

 39. 

A corporation has separate capital accounts for the stock issued and ____.
a.
plant assets
c.
drawings
b.
current liabilities
d.
earnings kept in the business
 

 40. 

Keeping information in a corporation's accounting system separate from the personal records of the owners is an application of the accounting concept ____.
a.
Going Concern
c.
Unit of Measurement
b.
Objective Evidence
d.
Business Entity
 

 41. 

Recording purchases at their cost is an application of the accounting concept ____.
a.
Accounting Period Cycle
c.
Objective Evidence
b.
Going Concern
d.
Historical Cost
 

 42. 

The amount on each line of a purchases journal is posted as a ____.
a.
debit to the purchases account in the general ledger
b.
debit to the accounts payable account in the general ledger
c.
credit to the cash account in the general ledger
d.
credit to the vendor account in the accounts payable ledger
 

 43. 

A special journal used to record only cash payment transactions is ____.
a.
a cash payments journal
c.
a cash receipts journal
b.
a purchases journal
d.
none of the above
 

 44. 

Most cash payments are for ____.
a.
expenses
c.
payments to vendors
b.
cash purchases
d.
all of these
 

 45. 

A reduction in the list price granted to a customer is a ____.
a.
trade discount
c.
list price
b.
trade price
d.
cash discount
 

 46. 

A deduction that a vendor allows on the invoice amount to encourage prompt payment is a ____.
a.
trade discount
c.
list price
b.
trade price
d.
cash discount
 

 47. 

If merchandise is purchased for $1,000.00 on August 1, with terms of sale of 2/10, n/30, the amount due to the vendor on August 9 is ____.
a.
$1,000.00
c.
$980.00
b.
$990.00
d.
$20.00
 

 48. 

Since contra accounts are offsets to their related accounts, contra account normal balances are ____.
a.
debits
b.
credits
c.
opposite the normal balances of their related accounts
d.
the same as the normal balances of their related accounts
 

 49. 

To replenish a $300.00 petty cash fund, if the petty cash custodian had receipts totaling $224.00 and cash of $74.00 in the petty cash box, one part of the journal entry is a ____.
a.
debit to Cash Short and Over for $2.00
c.
debit to Petty Cash for $224.00
b.
credit to Cash for $224.00
d.
credit to Cash Short and Over for $2.00
 

 50. 

To replenish a $200.00 petty cash fund, if the petty cash custodian had receipts totaling $168.00 and cash of $35.00 in the petty cash box, one part of the journal entry is a ____.
a.
debit to Cash for $168.00
c.
credit to Cash for $165.00
b.
debit to Petty Cash for $168.00