88) Determine the beginning assets of a business having ending liabilities of $4,000, the liabilities
decreased by $1,500 during the year, an ending owner’s equity of $10,700, additional investments of
$2,000, withdrawals of $15,600, and after closing the revenues and expenses the Income Summary
account has a credit balance of $6,800.
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5.3 Learning Objective 5-3
1) The final step in the accounting cycle is:
A) preparing the post-closing trial balance.
B) preparing the financial statements.
C) journalizing the closing entries.
D) journalizing the adjusting entries.
2) Which of the following sequence of actions describes the proper order in the accounting cycle?
A) Journalize, post, close, prepare financial statements, adjust, and analyze transactions
B) Prepare financial statements, journalize, post, adjust, analyze transactions, close
C) Analyze transactions, journalize, post, adjust, prepare financial statements, close
D) Post, close, prepare financial statements, adjust, analyze transactions, and journalize
3) In the normal accounting cycle the:
A) financial statements are prepared after the adjusting entries are posted.
B) financial statements are prepared before the adjusting entries are posted.
C) adjusting and closing entries are journalized before the financial statements are prepared.
D) post-closing trial balance is prepared before the closing entries are posted.