COMPLETE Test Bank for Accounting for
Governmental & Nonprofit Entities, 19th Edition
by Jacqueline L. Reck, Suzanne Lowensohn
All-inclusive Chapters 1-17| EXPERT VERIFIED
EXAM Q&As
ALL ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF EACH
CHAPTER
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, Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting and Financial Reporting for Government and Not-
for-Profit Entities
1) Explain the essential differences between general purpose and special purpose governments and
give several examples of each.
2) Identify and explain the characteristics that distinguish governments and not-for-profit entities
from business entities.
3) GASB and FASB standards are concerned only with external financial reporting; whereas,
FASAB standards are concerned with both internal and external financial reporting. Do you agree
with this statement? Why or why not?
4) Why should persons interested in reading financial reports of governments and not-for- profit
entities be familiar with standards set by the GASB and the FASB?
5) Explain in your own words why accountability is the cornerstone of all financial reporting in
government.
6) In your own words state the primary needs the GASB believes external users have for financial
reports of state and local governments. For contrast, state the uses the FASB believes external users
have for the financial reports of not-for-profit organizations.
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, 7) Describe the difference between a comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) and GASB
general purpose external financial reporting for state and local governments.
8) Identify and briefly explain the four sections of the performance and accountability report (PAR)
that the Office of Management and Budget requires major federal departments and agencies to
prepare.
9) Explain the concepts of fiscal and operational accountability and the basis of accounting used to
capture each concept.
10) Describe the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). What are the sections of the report
and which components of the organization should it include? Is a CAFR required?
11) The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is assigned responsibility for setting accounting
and financial reporting standards for which of the following?
A) Governments such as federal agencies, states, cities, counties, villages, and townships.
B) State and local government entities and governmentally-related units and agencies, such as
utilities, authorities, hospitals, and colleges and universities.
C) Not-for-profit organizations.
D) State and local governments and all not-for-profit organizations.
12) Which of the following bodies has been established to recommend accounting and financial
reporting standards for the federal government?
A) Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
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B) Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
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, C) Federal Accounting Foundation (FAF).
D) Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB).
13) The Financial Accounting Standards Board has the responsibility for setting accounting and
financial reporting standards for which of the following?
A) All not-for-profit organizations that are nongovernmental and business entities.
B) All not-for-profit organizations and business entities.
C) All not-for-profit organizations.
D) Special purpose governments with a business purpose.
14) You are trying to decide if an entity you are reviewing is a government or a not-for- profit.
Which of the following would indicate it is a government rather than a not-for-profit entity?
A) Absence of profit motive.
B) A primary source of revenues is taxes.
C) Resource providers do not expect benefits proportional to the resources provided.
D) Absence of a defined ownership interest that can be sold, transferred, or redeemed.
15) Which of the following is identified by the GASB as the "cornerstone" of all financial reporting
in government?
A) Decision usefulness.
B) Stewardship.
C) Accountability.
D) Interperiod equity.
16) Which of the following organizations issue standards that focus on both internal and external
financial reporting?
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A) Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board.
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Governmental & Nonprofit Entities, 19th Edition
by Jacqueline L. Reck, Suzanne Lowensohn
All-inclusive Chapters 1-17| EXPERT VERIFIED
EXAM Q&As
ALL ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF EACH
CHAPTER
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, Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting and Financial Reporting for Government and Not-
for-Profit Entities
1) Explain the essential differences between general purpose and special purpose governments and
give several examples of each.
2) Identify and explain the characteristics that distinguish governments and not-for-profit entities
from business entities.
3) GASB and FASB standards are concerned only with external financial reporting; whereas,
FASAB standards are concerned with both internal and external financial reporting. Do you agree
with this statement? Why or why not?
4) Why should persons interested in reading financial reports of governments and not-for- profit
entities be familiar with standards set by the GASB and the FASB?
5) Explain in your own words why accountability is the cornerstone of all financial reporting in
government.
6) In your own words state the primary needs the GASB believes external users have for financial
reports of state and local governments. For contrast, state the uses the FASB believes external users
have for the financial reports of not-for-profit organizations.
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, 7) Describe the difference between a comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) and GASB
general purpose external financial reporting for state and local governments.
8) Identify and briefly explain the four sections of the performance and accountability report (PAR)
that the Office of Management and Budget requires major federal departments and agencies to
prepare.
9) Explain the concepts of fiscal and operational accountability and the basis of accounting used to
capture each concept.
10) Describe the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). What are the sections of the report
and which components of the organization should it include? Is a CAFR required?
11) The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is assigned responsibility for setting accounting
and financial reporting standards for which of the following?
A) Governments such as federal agencies, states, cities, counties, villages, and townships.
B) State and local government entities and governmentally-related units and agencies, such as
utilities, authorities, hospitals, and colleges and universities.
C) Not-for-profit organizations.
D) State and local governments and all not-for-profit organizations.
12) Which of the following bodies has been established to recommend accounting and financial
reporting standards for the federal government?
A) Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
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B) Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
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, C) Federal Accounting Foundation (FAF).
D) Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB).
13) The Financial Accounting Standards Board has the responsibility for setting accounting and
financial reporting standards for which of the following?
A) All not-for-profit organizations that are nongovernmental and business entities.
B) All not-for-profit organizations and business entities.
C) All not-for-profit organizations.
D) Special purpose governments with a business purpose.
14) You are trying to decide if an entity you are reviewing is a government or a not-for- profit.
Which of the following would indicate it is a government rather than a not-for-profit entity?
A) Absence of profit motive.
B) A primary source of revenues is taxes.
C) Resource providers do not expect benefits proportional to the resources provided.
D) Absence of a defined ownership interest that can be sold, transferred, or redeemed.
15) Which of the following is identified by the GASB as the "cornerstone" of all financial reporting
in government?
A) Decision usefulness.
B) Stewardship.
C) Accountability.
D) Interperiod equity.
16) Which of the following organizations issue standards that focus on both internal and external
financial reporting?
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A) Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board.
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