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1 | | Which of the following is not considered a highly liquid asset? |
| | A) | Cash in the company checking account. |
| | B) | Cash in the company savings account. |
| | C) | Currency and coins. |
| | D) | Inventory held for sale to customers. |
| | E) | A customer's check dated today which will be deposited in the company's checking account. |
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2 | | At any given point in time, the sum of the actual cash in the petty cash fund and the filled-in Petty Cash Receipts in the petty cash box should be equal to: |
| | A) | The balance of the actual cash in the petty cash box. |
| | B) | The sum of the Petty Cash Receipts that are in the petty cash box. |
| | C) | The value of the petty cash fund as shown in the balance sheet. |
| | D) | The sum of the original cash in the petty cash box minus the amount of actual cash at the present time. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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3 | | At the end of the current accounting period, the petty cash fund has $300 of cash and $700 of Petty Cash receipts. The total of the petty fund is $1,000. The company's materiality threshold is $250. If the petty cash fund is not replenished at the end of the accounting period, the accounting principle that has most likely been violated is the: |
| | A) | Going-concern principle. |
| | B) | Historical cost principle. |
| | C) | Monetary unit principle. |
| | D) | Entity principle. |
| | E) | Matching principle. |
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4 | | What effect does a Debit Memo issued by the bank have on our checking account with the bank? |
| | A) | To the bank, our account is an asset so a Debit Memo will increase the account. |
| | B) | To the bank, our account is an asset so a Debit Memo will decrease the account. |
| | C) | To the bank, our account is a liability so a Debit memo will increase the account. |
| | D) | To the bank, our account is a liability so a Debit Memo will decrease the account. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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5 | | Which of the following events would require that the Petty Cash account be credited? |
| | A) | The Petty Cash account is being increased. |
| | B) | The Petty Cash account is being decreased. |
| | C) | The Petty Cash fund is short by $3.50. |
| | D) | The Petty Cash fund is over by $4.50. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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6 | | Which of the following statements is false if the petty cash fund is not replenished at the end of the accounting period? |
| | A) | Net income will be overstated or net loss will be understated. |
| | B) | Liabilities will be overstated on the balance sheet. |
| | C) | The cash for the firm will be overstated. |
| | D) | The expenses will be understated. |
| | E) | The income statement and the balance sheet will not be correct. |
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7 | | To increase the petty cash fund for a department requires a journal entry that will do which of the following? |
| | A) | Debit Cash and credit Petty Cash. |
| | B) | Debit Petty Cash and credit Cash. |
| | C) | Debit Miscellaneous Expense and credit Cash. |
| | D) | Debit Accounts Receivable and credit Petty Cash. |
| | E) | Debit Accounts Payable and credit Petty Cash. |
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8 | | The bookkeeper incorrectly recorded a bank deposit as $840, but the bank recorded the deposit at its correct amount of $420. How will this error be treated on the bank reconciliation? |
| | A) | Addition per bank statement balance. |
| | B) | Deduction per book balance of cash. |
| | C) | Addition per book balance of cash. |
| | D) | Deduction per bank statement balance. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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9 | | What is the proper treatment on the bank reconciliation for interest paid by the bank to the depositor? |
| | A) | Added to the book balance. |
| | B) | Deducted from the book balance. |
| | C) | Added to the bank balance. |
| | D) | Deducted from the bank balance. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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10 | | What is the journal entry for a customer's NSF check that is returned with the bank statement? |
| | A) | Debit Accounts Receivable and credit Cash. |
| | B) | Debit Revenue and credit Cash. |
| | C) | Debit NSF Expense and credit Cash. |
| | D) | Debit Cash and credit Accounts Receivable. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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11 | | Making sure assets are protected from various types of losses is a description of which of the following principles of internal control? |
| | A) | Responsibilities should be clearly established. |
| | B) | Adequate records should be maintained. |
| | C) | Assets should be insured and employees bonded. |
| | D) | Recordkeeping and custody should be combined. |
| | E) | Mechanical devices should be used whenever practicable. |
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12 | | At the end of the day, the clerk (who works at the cash register): (1) counts the money in the cash drawer, (2) records the amount of the count, (3) forwards a record of the count and the cash to the company cashier. This procedure does which of the following? |
| | A) | Adheres to internal control principles. |
| | B) | Provides adequate internal control over cash. |
| | C) | Separates recordkeeping and the custody of assets. |
| | D) | Follows the broad principle of internal control of insuring assets. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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13 | | Management's ability to monitor and control business operations is greatly improved with a computerized accounting system because of all but which one of the following? |
| | A) | Computers provide more rapid access to information. |
| | B) | Computers allow data to be presented in many different reports and formats. |
| | C) | Computers provide access to large quantities of information. |
| | D) | Data entry errors are always discovered in the early stages. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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14 | | The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requires: |
| | A) | Auditors of public issuers are overseen by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. |
| | B) | Auditors of public issuers must evaluate their clients' internal controls. |
| | C) | Auditors of public issuers must render an opinion on their clients' internal controls. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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15 | | Alpha Company reports current accounts receivable of $356,000 and net sales of $2,143,000. Its days' sales uncollected is: |
| | A) | 43 days. |
| | B) | 61 days. |
| | C) | 97 days. |
| | D) | 56 days. |
| | E) | None of the above. |
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