Chapter 2 Accounting Quiz

Any event that has a financial impact on the business & can be measured reliably is a :

transaction

notes payable, accounts payable, taxes payable & salaries payable are examples of:

liabilities

the rules for recording accounting transactions include all of the following except:

both sides of the accounting the equation must be affected

when services are performed on account

accounts receivables is increased

a company received cash in exchange for issuing stock. This transaction increased assets &:

increased equity

when a business purchases land on account:

both assets & liabilities are increased

which of the following transactions will increase stockholders equity:

the company issues common stock to new shareholders

which of the following transactions will increase one asset & decrease another asset?

the purchase of equipment for cash

a company performed services for a customer for cash. This transaction increased assets &:

increased revenues

When cash is paid for utilities:

stockholders equity is decreased

a company performs services for a client on account. When the company receives cash from the customer one later:

an asset account is increased

when a company pays an amount it owes a creditor

assets are decreased & liabilities are decreased

the payment of salaries to employees would:

decrease net income & decrease assets

Muddle company performs a service for one of its customers & immediately collects the cash. This transaction will:

have no effect on liabilites

Purchasing supplies on account would:

increase total assets & increase total liabilites

if a company buys inventory on account:

account payable would increase

receiving a payment from a customer on account:

has no effect on total assets

which of the following transactions would decrease an asset & decrease stockholders equity?

the declaration & payment of a dividend to the stockholders

performing services on account:

increase both net income & stock holders equity

cash dividends paid to stockholders will:

decrease assets & decrease stockholders equity

to compute ending retained earnings on the statement of retained earnings:

net ince