Financial Accounting 6th Edition Spiceland Thomas Herrmann Study Guide PDF

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Financial Accounting, 6th Edition
Chapters 1 – 12 Complete
By David Spiceland, Wayne Thomas and Don Herrmann

,TABLE OF CONTENTS




Chapter 1: A Framework for Financial Accounting Chapter 2: The

Accounting Cycle: During the Period Chapter 3: The Accounting Cycle:

End of the Period Chapter 4: Cash and Internal Controls

Chapter 5: Receivables and Sales

Chapter 6: Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold Chapter 7: Long-Term

Assets

Chapter 8: Current Liabilities Chapter 9: Long-

Term Liabilities Chapter 10: Stockholders’ Equity

Chapter 11: Statement of Cash Flows

Chapter 12: Financial Statement Analysis

,Chapter 1 A Framework for Financial Accounting

1) Accounting is a system of maintaining records of a company's operations and communicating
that information to decision makers.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Defining Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.Bloom's:
Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking

2) Accounting information is used by investors to decide whether to invest in a company's stock.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Defining Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.Bloom's:
Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking

3) Accounting information is used by creditors to decide whether to invest in a company's stock.

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Creditors lend money to a company.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Defining Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.Bloom's:
Remember
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking

4) The primary functions of financial accounting are to measure business activities of a
company and to communicate those measurements to internal parties for decision-making
purposes.

Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Financial accounting primarily serves to provide information to external parties.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: Defining Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-01 Describe the two primary functions of financial accounting.Bloom's:
Understand
AACSB: Reflective Thinking
AICPA: BB Critical Thinking

, 5) Financing activities are transactions involving external sources of funding.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial
accountingmeasures. Bloom's: Remember AACSB:
Reflective ThinkingAICPA: FN
Measurement

6) Investing activities include the purchase and sale of long-term resources.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial
accountingmeasures. Bloom's: Remember AACSB:
Reflective ThinkingAICPA: FN
Measurement

7) Operating activities include transactions that relate to the primary operations of the
company.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial
accountingmeasures. Bloom's: Remember AACSB:
Reflective ThinkingAICPA: FN
Measurement

8) A corporation is an entity that is legally separate from its owners.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Measuring Business Activities
Learning Objective: 01-02 Understand the business activities that financial
accountingmeasures. Bloom's: Remember AACSB:
Reflective ThinkingAICPA: BB
Critical Thinking