Financial and Managerial Accounting the basis for business decisions 19th
edition by Jan Williams, Susan Haka, Mark Bettner, Joseph Carcello
Answers are at the end of each chapter
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Managerial accounting information is designed primarily to assist investors and creditors
in deciding how to allocate scarce resources.
true
false
2) Information provided to decision makers in an organization is comprised only of the
accounting information generated by the organization’s information system.
true
false
3) All internal control systems need to be monitored.
true
false
4) A data analytics system is the integrated management of core business processes that an
organization can use to collect, store, manage, and interpret data across a wide range of
business activities.
true
false
5) Management accounting information is oriented toward the future while financial
accounting information is historical in nature. true false
,6) Return on investment is the same as return of investment.
true
false
7) The IRS tax return is one of the primary financial statements.
true
false
8) External users of accounting information have a financial interest in an entity but are not
involved with the day-to-day operations of the enterprise.
true
false
9) The tailoring of an accounting report to meet the needs of a specific decision maker is
more characteristic of financial accounting reports than of management accounting
reports.
true
false
10) The annual financial statements of large corporations such as Microsoft or PepsiCo need
not be audited by independent certified public accountants, since these companies
maintain large accounting departments as part of their organizations. true
false
11) The statement of financial position and the income statement are one and the same.
true
false
12) Investors are individuals and other enterprises that have provided equity to the reporting
enterprise.
, true
false
13) A statement of cash flows depicts the way profits have changed during a designated
period.
true
false
14) Management accounting refers to the preparation and use of accounting information
designed to meet the needs of decision makers outside the business organization.
true
false
15) The content of management accounting reports needs to be presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
true
false
16) One purpose of generally accepted accounting principles is to make accounting
information prepared by different companies more comparable.
true
false
17) An accounting practice can become a "generally accepted accounting principle" through
widespread use, even if the practice is not mentioned in the official pronouncements of
the accounting standard-setting organizations. true
false
18) The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is responsible for creating and
promoting International Financial Reporting Standards.
true
false 19)
Today, the most
authoritative source of
generally accepted
accounting principles is
, the American
Accounting
Association.
true
false
20) The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has the legal authority over
publicly held corporations to enforce compliance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
true
false
21) The Securities and Exchange Commission is instrumental in the development of
financial accounting standards.
true
false
22) Financial accounting standards issued by the FASBare considered generally accepted
accounting principles.
true
false
23) Generally accepted accounting principles were established by the American Accounting
Association in 1934 and are updated annually by Congress.
true
false
24) The CPA examination is administered by the General Accounting Office of the
U.S.Government.
true
false
25) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act places responsibility on CEOsand CFOs of companies to certify
the fairness of a company's financial statements. The Act also created the Public