Test Bank for Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, Fifth Edition
117. In preparing a bank reconciliation, outstanding checks are
a. added to the balance per bank.
b. deducted from the balance per books.
c. added to the balance per books.
d. deducted from the balance per bank.
118. If a check correctly written and paid by the bank for $628 is incorrectly recorded on the
company’s books for $682, the appropriate treatment on the bank reconciliation would be
to
a. add $54 to the book’s balance.
b. subtract $54 from the book’s balance.
c. deduct $54 from the bank’s balance.
d. deduct $628 from the book’s balance.
119. A check written by the company for $167 is incorrectly recorded by a company as $176.
On the bank reconciliation, the $9 error should be
a. added to the balance per books.
b. deducted from the balance per books.
c. added to the balance per bank.
d. deducted from the balance per bank.
120. For which of the following errors should the appropriate amount be added to the balance
per bank on a bank reconciliation?
a. Check for $63 recorded as $36.
b. Deposit of $600 recorded by bank as $60.
c. A returned $300 check recorded by bank as $30.
d. Check for $75 recorded as $57.
121. For which of the following errors should the appropriate amount be subtracted from the
balance per bank on a bank reconciliation?
a. Check for $63 recorded as $36.
b. Deposit of $600 recorded by bank as $60.
c. A returned $300 check recorded by bank as $30.
d. Check for $75 recorded as $57.
122. For which of the following errors should the appropriate amount be added to the balance
per books on a bank reconciliation?
a. Check written for $63, but recorded as $36.
b. Deposit of $600 recorded by bank as $60.
c. A returned $300 check recorded by bank as $30.
d. Check written for $57, but recorded as $75.