Test Bank for Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, Eighth Edition
120. For the basic accounting equation to stay in balance, each transaction recorded must
a. affect two or less accounts.
b. affect two or more accounts.
c. always affect exactly two accounts.
d. affect the same number of asset and liability accounts.
121. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Debits increase assets and increase liabilities.
b. Credits decrease assets and decrease liabilities.
c. Credits decrease assets and increase liabilities.
d. Debits increase liabilities and decrease assets.
122. Which pair of the listed accounts follows the rules of debits and credits in relation to
increases and decreases in the same manner?
a. Salaries and Wages Expense and Notes Payable
b. Common Stock and Rent Expense
c. Prepaid Rent and Advertising Expense
d. Service Revenue and Equipment
123. Which pair of the listed accounts follows the rules of debits and credits in relation to
increases and decreases in the opposite manner?
a. Salaries and Wages Expense and Notes Payable
b. Common Stock and Unearned Rent Revenue
c. Prepaid Rent and Advertising Expense
d. Service Revenue and Notes Payable
124. A company that receives money in advance of performing a service
a. debits Cash and credits Unearned Service Revenue.
b. debits Unearned Service Revenue and credits Accounts Payable
c. debits Cash and credits Prepaid Insurance.
d. debits Cash and credits Accounts Receivable.
125. When a company performs a service but has not yet received payment, it
a. debits Service Revenue and credits Accounts Receivable.
b. debits Accounts Receivable and credits Service Revenue.
c. debits Service Revenue and credits Accounts Payable.
d. makes no entry until cash is received.