CERTIFICATE EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
◉ What is the accounting formula? Answer: Assets = Liabilities +
Equity
◉ What does DEA/LER stand for? Answer: - Debit
Expenses and Assets
- Credit
Liabilities
Equity
Revenue
◉ What are the 5 steps of the Accounting-Cycle? Answer: 1. Identify
transactions
2.record transactions
3.run reports
4.adjusting entries
5.close the books
,◉ What are the 4 Types of financial statements? Answer: - The
income statement (aka P&L statement: Income, COGS, expenses)
- The balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity)
- The statement of equity
- The statement of cash flow
◉ What are the 4 types of accounting adjustments? Answer: -
Deferrals
- Accruals
- Missing Transactions
- Tax Adjustments
◉ What tasks would a bookkeeper do? Answer: - Handle bank feeds
and reconciles bank accounts, managing accounts
receivable/payable, and record financial transactions
◉ Mary Smith is the owner and operator of Smith Construction. At
the end of the company's accounting period, December 31, 2020,
Smith Construction has assets totaling $760,000 and liabilities
totaling $240,000.
Use the accounting equation to calculate what Mary's Owner Equity
would be as of December 31, 2020. Answer: - $520,000
, ◉ Mike Anderson is the owner and operator of Anderson Consulting.
At the end of 2019, the company's assets totaled $500,000 and its
liabilities totaled $175,000. Assuming that over the 2020 fiscal year,
assets increased by $120,000 and liabilities increased by $72,000,
use the accounting equation to determine what Mike's Owner's
equity will be as of December 31, 2020? Answer: - $373,000
◉ Maria Garcia owns a software consulting firm. At the beginning of
2019, her firm had assets of $800,000 and liabilities of $185,000.
Assuming that assets decreased by $52,000 and liabilities increased
by $24,000 during 2020, use the accounting equation to calculate
equity at the end of 2020. Answer: - $539,000
◉ The accounting equation can be defined as: Answer: - Assets =
Liability + Equity
◉ What the company owns or controls and expects to gain value
from is defined as: Answer: - An Asset
◉ What the company owes to others is defined as: Answer: - L
iabilities
◉ The owner's stake in the company is defined as: Answer: - Equity