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Chapter 02
Reporting Investing and Financing Results on the Balance Sheet
True / False Questions
1. A transaction is an exchange or event that directly affects the assets, liabilities, or
stockholders' equity of a company.
True False
2. A transaction can cause only one account on the balance sheet to change.
True False
3. If a company uses $100 million in cash to pay off debt, its stockholders' equity will rise
$100 million.
True False
4. General Motors (GM) signs a new labor agreement that its workers will receive a 5% wage
increase next year. This is considered a transaction that affects GM's financial statements in
the current year.
True False
5. All of a company's business activities have a direct economic effect on the company.
True False
6. If total assets increase, then either liabilities or stockholders' equity also must increase.
True False
7. Company X issues $40 million in new stock for cash. This does not affect stockholders'
equity because as new shares are sold the value of existing shares falls.
True False
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8. Transactions are analyzed from the point of view of the company, not the company's
owners.
True False
9. You are pleasantly surprised to discover that a popular actress appears on The Tonight
Show wearing your company's jeans. Later, your company's sales increase by $500,000 as a
result. When the actress appeared on TV, you would have recorded an asset because the TV
appearance was expected to bring future economic benefits to your company.
True False
10. If the total dollar value of credits to an account exceeds the total dollar value of debits to
that account, the ending balance of the account will be a debit balance.
True False
11. A company signed an agreement to rent store space from another company. This is an
example of a recordable transaction.
True False
12. Retained earnings is the cumulative earnings of a company which have not been
distributed to owners.
True False
13. An internal accounting report called a Trial Balance checks whether recorded debits equal
recorded credits.
True False
14. The journal is a chronological record of transactions using a debit/credit framework.
True False
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15. The ledger consists of all of the accounts used by a business.
True False
16. A business is obliged to repay debt and equity financing.
True False
17. The list of names and reference numbers that the company will use when accounting for
transactions is called the Chart of Accounts.
True False
18. Journal entries show the effects of transactions on the elements of the accounting
equation, as well as the amount of the account balances.
True False
19. The acquisition of equipment in an exchange for a company's stock would increase the
current ratio of the company.
the accounts in this transaction is classified as current.
True False
20. The current ratio can be used to evaluate a company's ability to pay liabilities in the short-
term, and in general, a lower ratio means better ability to pay.
True False
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