Accounting Theory and Analysis
14th Edition
Test Bank
All Chapters test bank are included
Richard G. Schroeder
Myrtle W. Clark
University of Kentucky
Jack M. Cathey
, Chapter 1
Multiple Choice:
1. Which of the following bodies has the ultimate authority to issue accounting pronouncements in
the United States?
a. Securities and Exchange Commission
b. Financial Accounting Standards Board
c. International Accounting Standards Committee
d. Internal Revenue Service
Answer a
2. What historical evidence of the business operations of the private estate of Apollonius was
discovered early in the 20th century?
a. The Iliad
b. Plato's Republic
c. The Zenon papyri
d. Pacioli’s work, Summa de Arithmetica Geometria Proportioni et Proportionalita,
Answer c
3. Who has been given credit or developing the double-entry system of bookkeeping?
a. Francis Wheat
b. Fra Luca Pacioli
c. A. C. Littleton
d. William Paton
Answer b
4. Which organization was responsible for issuing Accounting Research Bulletins?
a. The Committee on Accounting Procedure
b. The Accounting Principles board
c. The Financial Accounting Standards Board
d. The Securities and Exchange Commission
Answer a
5. Which of the following pronouncements were issued by the Accounting Principles Board?
a. Accounting Research Bulletins
b. APB Opinions
c. Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts
d. Accounting Standards Updates