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ACCOUNTING FOR BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
True /False Questions 1.The first step in the processing of a transaction is to analyze the transaction and source documents.
Answer: True
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Learning Objective: 02-C1
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2.Preparation of a trial balance is the first step in processing a financial transaction.
Answer: False
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3.Source documents identify and describe transactions and events entering the accounting process.
Answer: True
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Answer: True
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5.An account is a record of increases and decreases in a specific asset, liability, equity, revenue, or expense item.
Answer: True
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Learning Objective: 02-C2
Topic: The Account and Its Analysis
6.A customer’s promise to pay on credit is classified as an account payable by the seller.
Answer: False
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Topic: The Account and Its Analysis
7.Dividends paid to stockholders are a business expense.
Answer: False
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Answer: False
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9.Unearned revenues are classified as liabilities.
Answer: True
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10.Dividends distributed to stockholders should be treated as an expense of the business.
Answer: False
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Topic: The Account and Its Analysis
11.When a company provides services for which cash will not be received until some future date, the company should record the amount billed as accounts receivable.
Answer: True
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Answer: True
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13.Expenses always decrease equity.
Answer: True
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14.Revenues always increase equity.
Answer: True
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Topic: The Account and Its Analysis
15.Stockholder investments always decrease equity.