Multiple Choice Question 49
Which of the following is an advantage of corporations relative to partnerships and sole
proprietorships?
Harder to transfer ownership.
Lower taxes.
Most common form of organization.
Reduced legal liability for investors.
Multiple Choice Question 64
The group of users of accounting information charged with achieving the goals of the business is
its
creditors.
investors.
managers.
auditors.
Multiple Choice Question 110
Which of the following financial statements is concerned with the company at a point in time?
Balance sheet.
Income statement.
Retained Earnings statement.
Statement of cash flows.
Multiple Choice Question 112
An income statement
presents the revenues and expenses for a specific period of time.
summarizes the changes in retained earnings for a specific period of time.
reports the assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity at a specific date.
reports the changes in assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity over a period of time.
Multiple Choice Question 118
The most important information needed to determine if companies can pay their current
obligations is the
projected net income for next year.
net income for this year.
relationship between current assets and current liabilities.
relationship between short-term and long-term liabilities.
Multiple Choice Question 124
A liquidity ratio measures the
income or operating success of a company over a period of time.
percentage of total financing provided by creditors.
ability of a company to survive over a long period of time.
short-term ability of a company to pay its maturing obligations and to meet
unexpected needs for cash.
Multiple Choice Question 165
The convention of consistency refers to consistent use of accounting principles
throughout the accounting periods.
within industries.
among accounting periods.
among firms.
Multiple Choice Question 90
Horizontal analysis is also known as
vertical analysis.
trend analysis.
common size analysis.
linear analysis
Multiple Choice Question 92
Horizontal analysis is a technique for evaluating a series of financial statement data over a
period of time
that has been arranged from the highest number to the lowest number.
to determine the amount and/or percentage increase or decrease that has taken
place.
to determine which items are in error.
that has been arranged from the lowest number to the highest number.
Multiple Choice Question 111
Vertical analysis is a technique that expresses each item in a financial statement
as a percent of the item in the previous year.
in dollars and cents.
as a percent of a base amount.
starting with the highest value down to the lowest value.
Multiple Choice Question 41
Process costing is used when
production is aimed at filling a specific customer order.
costs are to be assigned to specific jobs.
the production process is continuous.
dissimilar products are involved.
Multiple Choice Question 43
An important feature of a job order cost system is that each job
has its own distinguishing characteristics.
must be similar to previous jobs completed.
