ACC 556 Week 1 Assignment Help | Strayer University

ACC 556 Week 1 Assignment Help | Strayer University 


Practice Question 01

Sole proprietorships and partnerships generally receive more favorable tax treatment than corporations.

Partnerships generally receive more favorable tax treatment than sole proprietorships and corporations.

 

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Practice Question 02

Creditorship is not a form of business organization.

Which is not one of the three forms of business organization?

 

 

o   Sole proprietorship

o   Partnership

o   Corporation

o   Creditor ship

 

 

Practice Question 03

 Correct! Stockholders of corporation are not personally liable for debts of the business.

Which is an advantage of corporations relative to partnerships and sole proprietorships?

 

 

o   Harder to transfer ownership.

o   Increased difficulty of raising funds.

o   Most common form of organization.

o   Reduced legal liability for investors.

 

 

Practice Question 04

 Correct! The stock ownership of corporations enables easy transfer of ownership through sale, gift, or trading of the stock.

Easy transfer of ownership is a characteristic of which form of business organization?

 

o   Sole proprietorship.

o   Partnership.

o   Corporation.

o   All of the answer choices are correct.

 

 

Practice Question 05

Owners are personally liable for all debts of the business in both sole proprietorships and partnerships.

In which forms of business organization are the owners personally liable for all the debts of the business?

 

 

o   Sole proprietorships and corporations.

o   Sole proprietorships and partnerships.

o   Partnership and corporation.

o   All of the answer choices are correct.

 

 

Practice Question 06

 Because sole proprietorships have the ability to report business entity gains on their personal income tax returns, both sole proprietorships and partnerships have a tax advantage over the corporation.

 

 

o   The sole proprietorship form of business organization

o   Combines the records of the business with the personal records of the owner.

o   Is classified as a separate legal entity.

o   Must have at least two owners in most states.

o   Generally receives favourable tax treatment relative to a corporation.

 

 

Practice Question 06

Because sole proprietorships have the ability to report business entity gains on their personal income tax returns, both sole proprietorships and partnerships have a tax advantage over the corporation.

o   The sole proprietorship form of business organization

o   Combines the records of the business with the personal records of the owner.

o   Is classified as a separate legal entity.

o   Must have at least two owners in most states.

o   Generally receives favorable tax treatment relative to a corporation.

 

 

Practice Question 07

 All three are separate accounting entities. Only corporations are separate legal entities.

Which forms of business organization are considered to be separate accounting entities?

 

 

o   Only corporations

o   Sole proprietorships, corporations, and partnerships

o   Sole proprietorships and partnerships only

o   Partnerships and corporations only

 

Practice Question 08

Since stockholders are not normally officers, directors, or managers of the company, they are considered external users of accounting information.

Internal users of accounting information include a company's stockholders.

 

 

o   True

o   False

 

 

Practice Question 09

 Many items are important to internal users of accounting data. The requirement for valid information is not limited to product price, product profitability, or availability of cash.

To which of the following questions will internal users want answers?

 

 

o   What selling price for our product will maximize the company’s net income?

o   Which product line is most profitable?

o   Is cash sufficient to pay dividends to stockholders?

o   All of the answer choices are correct.

 

 

 

Practice Question 10

Since the CFO is within the organization and has access to information not released to the public, he or she is an internal user of accounting data.

Which of the following is not an external user of accounting data?

 

 

o   Customers

o   Chief Financial Officer

o   Labor unions

o   Economic planners

 

 

 

Practice Question 11

Regulatory authorities are considered external users.

Which statement about users of accounting information is incorrect?

 

 

o   Management is considered an internal user.

o   Taxing authorities are considered external users.

o   Present creditors are considered external users.

o   Regulatory authorities are considered internal users.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practice Question 12

SOX was created to reduce unethical corporate behavior and decrease the likelihood of future corporate scandals. It did not address tax rates.

Which of the following did not result from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?

 

 

o   Top management must now certify the accuracy of financial information.

o   Penalties for fraudulent activity increased.

o   Auditors cannot provide non-audit services to the same client.

o   Tax rates on corporations increased.

 

 

Practice Question 13

The accounting information system identifies, records, and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users.

Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of accounting information?

 

o   Electronic collection and organization of vast amounts of financial information.

o   A means of collecting information.

o   The interconnected network of subsystems necessary to operate a business.

o   The information system that identifies, records, and communicates the economic events of an organization to interested users.

 

 

Practice Question 14

Top management must certify the financial statements for their company. This is intended to reduce unethical corporate behavior.

Which of the following is required as a result of SOX?

 

 

o   Companies that go bankrupt must repay shareholders for loss investments.

o   Public companies must present audited financial statements.

o   Top management must certify the financial statements for their company.

o   All shareholders now have an oversight role of the company’s financial activities.

 

 

Practice Question 15

Since interest expense is the cost of obtaining operating capital, it is properly classified as an expense under operating activities.

Interest expense is classified under operating activities on the statement of cash flows.

 

o   True

o   False

 

Practice Question 16

Since paying interest and receiving interest revenue are usually part of the everyday operations of the company, they are operating activities.

Paying interest expense and receiving interest revenue are examples of

 

 

o   Operating activities.

o   Delivery activities.

o   Financing activities.

o   Investing activities.

 

 

 

 

Practice Question 17

The payment of dividends is an example of a financing activity because it is a return on investment to the stockholders.

The payment of dividends is an example of a(n)

 

 

o   Operating activity.

o   Delivery activity.

o   Financing activity.

o   Investing activity.

 

 

Practice Question 18

Advertising is a type of operating activties.

Which of the following is not one of the three primary business activities?

 

o   Investing

o   Advertising

o   Financing

o   Operating

 

 

Practice Question 19

Issuing shares of common stock is an a financing activity.

Which of the following is an example of a financing activity?

o   Buying delivery equipment

o   Selling goods on account

o   Buying inventory

o   Issuing shares of common stock

 

Practice Question 20

Assets are the resources owned by the business.

Resources owned by a business are referred to as

 

o   Revenues.

o   Stockholders’ equity.

o   Liabilities.

o   Assets.

 

 

Practice Question 21

Since paying salaries is usually part of the everyday operations of the company, it is part of operating activities.

In terms of the principal types of business activities, paying salaries expense is an example of

 

o   Investing activities.

o   Advertising activities.

o   Operating activities.

o   Financing activities.

 

 

 

 

Practice Question 22

Cost of goods sold is an expense of the period.

What kind of classification is cost of goods sold?

 

o   Asset

o   Expense

o   Liability

o   Revenue

 

 

Practice Question 23

Dividends paid are shown on the retained earnings statement and the statement of cash flows because it relates to ownership rather than operations.

Which of the following would not appear on the income statement?

 

 

o   Dividends paid

o   Service revenue

o   Interest expense

o   Net income

 

 

Practice Question 24

Service revenue is reported on the income statement, not on the retained earnings statement.

Which of the following would not appear on the retained earnings statement?

 

o   Service revenue

o   Dividends

o   Net income

o   Beginning retained earnings balance

 

 

 

 

 

Practice Question 25

 When a company earns more revenue than the related costs, it will report net income during a time period.

Net income will result during a time period when

 

o   Revenues exceed expenses.

o   Assets exceed liabilities.

o   Assets exceed revenues.

o   Expenses exceed revenues.

 

 

 

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