Question 1

The characteristic of earnings that makes it most useful for decision making is called:

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A)   extraordinary item.
B)   earnings quality.
C)   comprehensive income.
D)   clean opinion.

Question 2

A company is required to report both basic and diluted earnings per share when the:

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A)   company's capital structure includes convertible preferred stock.
B)   company has extraordinary gains and losses.
C)   company has discontinued operations.
D)   company reports both net income and comprehensive income.

Question 3

Which entity requires companies issuing publicly traded stock to have their financial statements audited by an external auditor?

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A)   Securities and Exchange Commission
B)   Internal Revenue Service
C)   Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
D)   Financial Accounting Standards Board

Question 4

Items appear on the income statement in which order?

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A)   Extraordinary items, Discontinued operations, Other revenues and expenses
B)   Discontinued operations, Extraordinary items, Other revenues and expenses
C)   Other revenues and expenses, Discontinued operations, Extraordinary items
D)   Other revenues and expenses, Extraordinary items, Discontinued operations

Question 5

The statement of management's responsibility, issued along with a company's financial statements, indicates all of the following EXCEPT that management:

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A)   is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control.
B)   conducted an assessment of internal control over financial reporting based on the framework established by COSO.
C)   states that the internal controls of the company have been audited by the company's outside auditors.
D)   has hired a new CEO in the current year.

Question 6

Prior-period adjustments are reported on the current year's:

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A)   income statement.
B)   retained earnings statement.
C)   balance sheet.
D)   footnotes of the financial statements.

Question 7

The discontinued operations section of the income statement refers to the:

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A)   loss on products that did not sell.
B)   discontinuance of a product line.
C)   disposal of out of date equipment.
D)   disposal of a segment of a business.

Question 8

The net of foreign-currency transaction gains and losses will appear on the balance sheet.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Prior-period adjustments:

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A)   only decrease retained earnings.
B)   only increase retained earnings.
C)   can either increase or decrease retained earnings.
D)   do not affect retained earnings.

Question 10

On January 1, 2012, Vanderbilt Corporation had 500,000 shares of $1 par value common stock outstanding and 25,000 shares of 5%, $100 par value preferred stock outstanding. There were no stock transactions during the year. Net income for the year was 429,000. Compute the earnings per share (to the third decimal place).

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EPS = (Net income - preferred ...

Question 11

Financial statement fraud does not include the improper recognition of expenses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The ratio that uses weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding in the denominator is the:

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A)   earnings per share.
B)   gross profit percentage.
C)   price-earnings ratio.
D)   current ratio.

Question 13

Prior-period adjustments appear on the statement of retained earnings.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A type of financial statement fraud that is accomplished by shipping more to customers than they ordered, with the expectation that they may return some or all of the items is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   improper shipping recognition.
B)   improper sales recognition.
C)   channel stuffing.
D)   accidental shipping.

Question 15

Roughly half of all financial statement frauds over the past two decades have involved:

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A)   improper expense recognition.
B)   improper revenue recognition.
C)   improper depreciation methods.
D)   bankruptcy.

Question 16

On August 1, Central Computers, Inc. purchased thirty computer chips, on account, from a company located in Taiwan for 500,000 Taiwan dollars. On that date the Taiwan dollar is worth $0.040. On September 1, when the Taiwan dollar was worth $0.038, payment was made. The journal entry to record the payment on September 1 would include a:

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A)   debit to Accounts Payable $19,000.
B)   debit to Foreign-Currency Transaction Loss $1,000.
C)   credit to Foreign-Currency Transaction Gain $1,000.
D)   credit to Cash $20,000.

Question 17

An event or transaction should be considered as an extraordinary item if it is unusual in nature and if it occurs infrequently.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Income tax payable is computed by multiplying income before income taxes per the income statement by the income tax rate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The paragraph in a typical audit report that describes how the audit was performed is the:

Accepted Answer

A)   first paragraph.
B)   second paragraph.
C)   third paragraph.
D)   fourth paragraph.

Question 20

Earnings per share shows how much income a company earned for each share of stock.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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Items appear on the income statement in which order?

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The net of foreign-currency transaction gains and losses will appear on the balance sheet.

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Roughly half of all financial statement frauds over the past two decades have involved:

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The discontinued operations section of the income statement refers to the:

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Financial statement fraud does not include the improper recognition of expenses.

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Roughly half of all financial statement frauds over the past two decades have involved:

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