1. Cash equivalents such as money market funds and CDs are highly liquid investments that can be
readily converted into cash. They are treated as cash.
2. Operating activities are the ongoing, day-to-day, revenue-generating activities of an organization.
Investing activities involve the sale or purchase of long-term assets. Financing activities stem
from long-term liabilities and equity sources.
6. (1) Compute the change in cash for the period.
(2) Compute the cash flows from operating activities.
(3) Identify the cash flows from investing activities.
7. Accrual accounting allows a firm to recognize revenues before they are collected or to pay for
inputs before they are expensed. This practice creates the possibility of having a negative
operating cash flow while still reporting a positive net income.
8. Accrual accounting allows a firm to collect revenues that were recognized in a prior period and to
15 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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