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Section 1: The Accounting Environment & Financial Statements
1. What is the primary objective of financial reporting?
ANSWER ✓ To provide financial information about the reporting entity that is useful to
existing and potential investors, lenders, and other creditors in making decisions about
providing resources to the entity.
2. What are the two fundamental qualitative characteristics of useful financial
information?
ANSWER ✓ Relevance and Faithful Representation.
3. Under the 2026/2027 syllabus, which organization currently has the authority to
set accounting standards for public companies in the United States?
ANSWER ✓ The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
4. What is the purpose of the FASB's Conceptual Framework?
ANSWER ✓ It is a coherent system of interrelated objectives and fundamentals that
leads to consistent standards and prescribes the nature, function, and limits of financial
accounting and reporting.
5. What is the difference between a "public" and a "private" entity under the
FASB's standard-setting structure?
ANSWER ✓ Public entities are required to follow FASB standards as issued, while private
companies may elect to follow the Private Company Council (PCC) alternatives for
certain standards to reduce complexity and cost.
, 6. What is meant by "going concern" assumption?
ANSWER ✓ The assumption that an entity will continue to operate indefinitely, allowing
for the deferral of certain costs (like depreciation) rather than liquidating assets at fire-
sale values.
7. According to the new revenue recognition standard (ASC 606), what is the core
principle?
ANSWER ✓ An entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or
services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity
expects to be entitled.
8. What are the five steps in the revenue recognition model (ASC 606)?
ANSWER ✓
1. Identify the contract with a customer.
2. Identify the performance obligations in the contract.
3. Determine the transaction price.
4. Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations.
5. Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
9. What is the difference between a "performance obligation" satisfied over time
vs. at a point in time?
ANSWER ✓ A performance obligation is satisfied over time if the customer consumes
the benefit as the entity performs, the asset is created for the customer, or the asset has
no alternative use and the entity has a right to payment. Otherwise, it is satisfied at a
point in time (e.g., sale of a finished good).
Section 2: Balance Sheet & Disclosures
10. How are assets generally classified on a classified balance sheet?
ANSWER ✓ Current assets and noncurrent assets (including long-term investments,
property, plant, and equipment (PP&E), intangible assets, and other assets).
11. What defines a "current asset"?
ANSWER ✓ Cash and other assets that are reasonably expected to be converted to
cash, sold, or consumed within one year or the operating cycle, whichever is longer.