Questions from College Accounting


Q: What is a contra-asset?

What is a contra-asset?

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Q: What is the useful life of an asset?

What is the useful life of an asset?

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Q: Identify the source of the information needed to prepare the income statement

Identify the source of the information needed to prepare the income statement.

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Q: What is the book value of an asset?

What is the book value of an asset?

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Q: Describe two approaches to listing the expenses in the income statement.

Describe two approaches to listing the expenses in the income statement.

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Q: Explain the matching principle.

Explain the matching principle.

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Q: If additional investments were made during the year, what information in

If additional investments were made during the year, what information in addition to the work sheet would be needed to prepare the statement of owner’s equity?

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Q: Describe a plant asset.

Describe a plant asset.

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Q: What is a permanent account? On which financial statement are permanent

What is a permanent account? On which financial statement are permanent accounts reported?

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Q: When lower-of-cost-or-market is assigned

When lower-of-cost-or-market is assigned to the items that comprise the ending merchandise inventory, what does “cost” mean? What does “market” mean?

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