QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The Accounting Principle - Answers You can't mix business and personal assets or expenses.
Accounting Equation - Answers Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity
or
Assets - Liabilities = Owner's Equity
Expanded Accounting Equation - Answers Assets = Liabilities + Equity + Revenue - Expenses -
Dividends
The Five Account Types - Answers Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue, Expenses
Normal balance of the five account types - Answers Assets- Normal Dr balance
Expenses- Normal Dr balance
Dividends- Normal Dr balance
Equity- Normal Cr balance
Revenue- Normal Cr balance
General Journal - Answers A list of transactions organized chronologically
Posting to the Ledger - Answers transfer transactions entered in the journal to the general
ledger and categorize transactions by account
Accounting Cycle - Answers a collective process of identifying, analyzing, and recording the
accounting events of a company
Steps in the Accounting Cycle - Answers 1. Collect, analyze, and post transactions to the
Journal
2. Post transactions to the ledger
3. Prepare an unadjusted trial balance
4. Prepare adjusting entries at period end
5. Prepare an adjusted trial balance
6. Prepare financial statements
Accounting adjustments - Answers A business transaction that has not yet been included in the
accounting records.