Leases
Stock-based compensation
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Twitter trivia
100

Which of the following is not a type of lease:

A) Operating

B) Convertible

C) Capital/Finance

B) Convertible

100

Which Accounting Standards Codification is followed for Stock-based compensation?

A) 720

B) 718

C) 805

B) 718

100

Which Accounting Standards Codification is followed for Business Combinations?

A) 805

B) 810

C) 703

A) 805

100

Who is Twitter's CEO?

A) Jack Dorsey

B) Ned Segal

C) Fai Cheung

A) Jack Dorsey

200

The effective date for the new lease accounting guidance ASC 842 is:

A) 1/1/2019

B) 12/31/2018

C) 12/31/2019

A) 1/1/2019

200

What is not a required input when using the Black Scholes Formula to determine the FV of stock option awards:

A) Number of awards

B) Expected term

C) Volatility

A) Number of awards

200

When reviewing contracts, which of the following does NOT require Technical Accounting's review:

A) A contract that contains a lease

B) A contract that includes a service over 2 years

C) A contract that contains a vendor relationship

B) A contract includes a service over 2 years

200

What date did Twitter IPO?

A) 11/30/2013

B) 11/17/2013

C) 11/7/2013

C) 11/7/2013

300

Under the new lease accounting guidance ASC 842, what amounts are recognized on the balance sheet:

A) Future minimum lease payments

B) Future minimum lease payments, including payments for renewal periods

C) PV of future minimum lease payments

C) PV of future minimum lease payments

300

Over what period is the cost of share-based payments recognized:

A) Period from first vest date to last vest date

B) Period of time over which an employee must provide service to earn the award

C) None of the above

B) Period of time over which an employee must provide service to earn the award

300

At what point does a company need to re-assess the functional currency of an entity:

A) When total revenue of the entity exceeds 10% of consolidated revenue

B) When there are significant changes in economic facts and circumstances

C) When the entity has positive cash flows

B) When there are significant changes in economic facts and circumstances

300

According to Wikipedia, as of July 2018, who's tweet has the most re-tweets?

A) Ellen Degeneres

B) Barack Obama

C) Carter Wilkerson

C) Carter Wilkerson

400

 Which of the following is not a sufficient criterion for a lessee to classify a lease as a capital lease?

A) The lessee has the option of acquiring the asset during or at the end of the lease term at a bargain price.

B) The lease term is greater than two-thirds of the economic life of the asset.

C) The present value of the minimum lease payments is at least 90% of the fair value of the leased asset.

B) The lease term is greater than two-thirds of the economic life of the asset.

400

A Type II modification involves a change in vesting condition from:

A) Probable to probable

B) Improbable to probable

C) Probable to improbable

C) Probable to improbable

400

In determining the appropriate accounting for the acquisition of a business, any excess of the purchase price over the FV of assets acquired and liabilities assumed gets allocated to:

A) Intangibles

B) Deferred tax asset

C) Goodwill

C) Goodwill

400

Which one of the following was an alternative name for Twitter, suggested by one of its co-founders?

A) Spotlight

B) Friendstalker

C) Soapbox

B) Friendstalker (source: NY Times)

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