The ________ for a given point in time can be calculated using the balance sheet.
The formal definition of accounting is: “The process of identifying, measuring, and communicating economic information.” Informally, accounting is often referred to as:
What is the Language of Business?
________ perform managerial accounting functions.
You can determine the financial position of a company from:
What is the balance sheet?
What term describes a business when revenue earned and costs incurred, in a given period are equal?
What is break-even?
Businesses use accounting as a language to communicate financial information to three groups of people. Who are these three groups?
What is internal users, external users, and the government.
Which financial statement is the first one prepared by a company, in order to complete all other remaining statements:
What is income statement?
Which of the following will allow a business owner to understand how much money she has put into the business so far?
What is the stateent of owner's equity?
In a manufacturing operation parts used to produce the finished product are considered:
What is a variable cost?
Fixed costs divided by contribution margin per unit is:
What is the break-even point?
Information needed by external entities in order to evaluate business performance is provided by:
When a company makes a decision to purchase a component part instead of manufacturing it in house, that decision is based primarily on ________ ________ information.
What is managerial accounting?
The accounting equation represents the relationship between owner’s equity, liabilities, and:
What is the assets of a business?
Which of the following allows a manager to understand why the business has had record sales, yet is having a hard time paying the bills each month:
What is the statement of cash flows?
Details for account balances found on one of the four accounting statements may be found on another of the four statements. This is known as:
What is inter-connectivity?
The heart of all financial accounting is the accounting equation, which is represented as:
What is assets = liabilities + owner’s equity?
The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, require companies to prepare the following four financial statements:
What is income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flows, and statement of owner’s equity?
Contribution Margin covers fixed expenses at:
What is break-even?
Contribution margin per unit divided by sales price per unit is:
What is contribution margin ratio?
Which ratio emphasizes assets that can be quickly and reliably turned into cash?
What is acid-test (Quick) ratio?
Why are accounting statements prepared in a prescribed order?
What is because the figures calculated on prior statements are inputs to subsequent statements?
When break-even units are 5000, and fixed costs are $100,000, what is the per unit contribution margin?
What is $20?
The Sabian company manufactures drums and sells them to colleges for marching bands. This last quarter, Sabian sold $500,000 with fixed costs of $150,000 and a contribution margin of $150,000. What were Sabian’s variable costs for the quarter?
What is $350,000?
Given a contribution margin of $20, if 10,000 units are produced at a cost of $400,000 what is the sales revenue in USD?
What is $600,000?
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was instituted to:
What is protect investors from the possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations?