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Fundamentals of Financial Accounting, 8th Edition by Fred Phillips
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Chapter 01 8e Phillips
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1) Creditors.are.owners.of.a.corporation.
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2) All.corporations.acquire.financing.by.issuing.stock.on.public.stock.exchanges.
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3) You.paid.$10,000.to.buy.1%.of.the.stock.in.a.corporation.that.is.now.bankrupt..The.company.owes.
$10.million.dollars.to.its.creditors..As.a.result.of.the.bankruptcy,.you.are.responsible.for.paying.$1
00,000.(or.$10.million.×.1%).of.the.amount.owed.to.the.creditors.
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4) Cash.paid.for.wages.is.an.example.of.an.operating.activity.on.the.statement.of.cash.flows.
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5) Borrowing.money.from.a.bank.is.a.financing.activity.on.the.statement.of.cash.flows.
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6) The.daily.business.activities.involved.in.running.a.business,.such.as.buying.supplies.and.payi
ng.salaries.and.wages,.are.classified.as.operating.activities.on.the.statement.of.cash.flows.
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7) Stockholders'.equity.is.the.difference.between.a.company's.assets.and.its.liabilities.
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,8) A.company.owes.$200,000.on.a.bank.loan..It.will.be.reported.by.the.company.as.Accounts.Payab
le.
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9) The.amounts.reported.on.financial.statements.are.sometimes.rounded.to.the.nearest.thousand.or.m
illion.
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10) Accounts.Payable,.Notes.Payable,.and.Salaries.and.Wages.Payable.are.examples.of.liab
ilities.
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11) Dividends.are.subtracted.from.revenues.on.the.income.statement.
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12) If.a.company.reports.net.income.on.the.income.statement,.then.the.statement.of.cash.flows.will.r
eport.the.same.amount.as.cash.flows.from.operating.activities.for.the.period.
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13) Revenue.is.reported.on.the.income.statement.only.if.cash.was.received.at.the.point.of.sale.
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14) Generally.Accepted.Accounting.Principles.(GAAP).require.profitable.companies.to.dis
tribute.some.of.their.earnings.to.their.stockholders.
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,15) Common.Stock.is.reported.as.an.asset.on.the.balance.sheet.
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16) Investors.are.mainly.interested.in.the.profitability.of.a.company.
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17) A.stock.that.does.not.pay.a.dividend.is.an.undesirable.investment.
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18) To.ensure.that.companies.produce.useful.information,.it.must.have.two.fundamental.cha
racteristics:.reliability.and.understandability.
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19) The.Securities.and.Exchange.Commission.(SEC).is.the.government.agency.that.has.primary.resp
onsibility.for.setting.accounting.standards.in.the.U.S.
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20) The.Sarbanes-
Oxley.Act.(SOX).requires.top.management.of.companies.to.sign.a.report.certifying.that.the.f
inancial.statements.are.free.of.error.
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21) Companies.must.use.a.December.31st.year-end.for.all.financial.statements.
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