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Accounting 101 - Bookkeeping

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Accounting 101  Bookkeeping game quiz
"Includes some of the things I've learned in my first six weeks of Accounting and Finance."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What is the normal balance for an expense account?
    Debit
    Contraliability
    Credit
    None of these


2. The act of transferring the information from the General Journal to the General Ledger is called what?
    Transferring
    Posting
    Journalizing
    Pasting


3. What does the accounting acronym G.A.A.P. stand for?
    Answer: (Four Words)


4. The abbreviations for debit and credit (Dr. and Cr.) come from what language, and mean what?
    Greek, debitor and creditor
    Greek, debere and credere
    Latin, debere and credere
    Latin, debitor and creditor


5. True or False? To "debit" an account means to add to it.
    True
    False


6. What kind of balance sheet makes distinctions between current and capital assets?
    Keynesian
    Normal
    Classified
    Gregarian


7. How do you get the Current Ratio?
    divide current assets by current liabilities
    divide capital assets by current liabilities
    divide current liabilities by current assets
    divide long-term liabilities by current assets


8. True or False? If a mistake is made in a journal entry, two correcting entries are required to fix it.
    True
    False


9. When we talk about accounting, what kind of job do we mean?
    Bookkeeping and auditing.
    Bookkeeping only.
    Bookkeeping and consulting.
    All of bookkeeping, auditing, consulting, and more.


10. Which part of the G.A.A.P. is "the assumption that economic events can be identified with a particular unit of accountability"?
    Going concern assumption
    Economic entity assumption
    Monetary unit assumption
    Double-entry assumption


11. Which form of accounting states that transactions are to be recorded in the period that they occur?
    Transaction basis of accounting
    Cash basis of accounting
    Accrual basis of accounting
    Economic basis of accounting


12. Usually, what asset account in a company's ledger is the most liquid?
    Answer: (One Word)


13. Which kind of accountant would you go to to have prepare your income tax documentation, public or private?
    Answer: (One Word - Public or Private)


14. What does the certification CA stand for (in Canada)?
    Answer: (Two Words)


15. When you have yet to bill a customer for services rendered and have not received the money in the same financial period that the service was performed, then the transaction is recorded as a(n) ________ (assume accrual basis of accounting)?
    prepaid expense
    unearned revenue
    accrued revenue
    accrued expense


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