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Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Which principle specifies that cost or expenses should be recorded at the same time as the revenue to which they correspond? a. Prudence principle b. Matching principle c. Going concern principle d. Consistency principle ANSWER: B Easy POINTS: 0/1 REF: page 156 2. Which measurement basis is most commonly used by enterprises to prepare the financial statements because it is the one that requires the fewest hypotheses? a. Historical cost b. Realizable value c. Replacement cost d. Present value ANSWER: A Easy POINTS: 0/1 REF: page 169 3. A business owes a supplier 500 CU and simultaneously has a claim on that very supplier for the same amount. What should be reported in the balance sheet? a. Nothing. b. Only a balance of 500 CU on the liability side (corresponding to the debt to the supplier). c. Only a balance of 500 CU on the asset side (corresponding to the claim on the supplier). d. A balance of 500 CU on the asset side and a balance of 500 on the liability side. ANSWER: D Easy POINTS: 0/1 REF: page 160 4. Transactions and other events are accounted for and presented in accordance with: a. Their legal form. b. Their materiality. c. Their substance and economic reality. d. Their tax impact. ANSWER: C Name: Score: 0 / 10 points (0%) Chapter 5 Accounting principles and endofperiod adjustments

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Multiple ChoiceIdentify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 

      1. Which principle specifies that cost or expenses should be recorded at the same time asthe revenue to which they correspond?a. Prudence principleb. Matching principlec. Going concern principled. Consistency principle     

ANSWER: BEasy

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 156 

      2. Which measurement basis is most commonly used by enterprises to prepare the financialstatements because it is the one that requires the fewest hypotheses?a. Historical costb. Realizable valuec. Replacement costd. Present value     

ANSWER: AEasy

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 169 

      3. A business owes a supplier 500 CU and simultaneously has a claim on that very supplierfor the same amount. What should be reported in the balance sheet?a. Nothing.b. Only a balance of 500 CU on the liability side (corresponding to the debt to the

supplier).c. Only a balance of 500 CU on the asset side (corresponding to the claim on the

supplier).d. A balance of 500 CU on the asset side and a balance of 500 on the liability side.

ANSWER: DEasy

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 160 

      4. Transactions and other events are accounted for and presented in accordance with:a. Their legal form.b. Their materiality.c. Their substance and economic reality.d. Their tax impact.     

ANSWER: C

Name: Score: 0 / 10 points (0%)

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EasyPOINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 160 

      5. Which of the following statements is not consistent with the fact that valuation must bemade on a prudent basis?a. Only profits concretely and definitively earned on the balance sheet date may be

included.b. If necessary, the creation of excessive provisions or the deliberate overstatement

of assets is allowed.c. Account must be taken of all foreseeable liabilities and potential losses arising

in the course of the financial year concerned or of a previous one, even if suchliabilities or losses become apparent only between the date of the balance sheetand the date on which it is drawn up.

d. Account must be taken of all depreciation whether the result of the financialyear is a loss or a profit.     

ANSWER: BEasy

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 161 

      6. When will the end­of­period entries be carried out?a. Every time the books are closedb. Every time an entry is recordedc. When the business is liquidatedd. Every time a major event is recognized

ANSWER: AModerate

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 164 

      7. When do revenues affect net income?a. In the period during which they are earnedb. In the period in which their cash equivalent is collectedc. Both a and bd. Neither a nor b     

ANSWER: AEasy

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 165 

      8. Interest revenue on a loan granted to an employee becomes due on the anniversary ofthe loan, 31 March. The annual interest on the loan is 120 CU. How much is recorded inthe income statement as of 31 December?a. 0b. 30c. 60d. 90     

ANSWER: DEasy

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  pages 165, 166

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REF:  pages 165, 166

       9. What effect does the end­of­period entry recognizing periodic depreciation have on the

basic accounting equation?a. Decrease in assets, decrease in liabilitiesb. Decrease in assets, increase in shareholders’ equityc. Decrease in assets, increase in liabilitiesd. Decrease in assets, decrease in shareholders’ equity     

ANSWER: DModerate

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 168 

     10. The opening balance sheet for each financial year must correspond to the closingbalance sheet for the preceding financial year.a. Trueb. False     

ANSWER: AEasy

POINTS:  0 / 1REF:  page 178