Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions
John Wild
9th Edition
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,Table of Contents
1. Introducing Financial Statements
2. Financial Statements and the Accounting System
3. Adjusting Accounts for Financial Statements
4. Reporting and Analyzing Merchandising Operations
5. Reporting and Analyzing Inventories
6. Reporting and Analyzing Cash, Fraud, and Internal Control
7. Reporting and Analyzing Receivables
8. Reporting and Analyzing Long‐Term Assets
9. Reporting and Analyzing Current Liabilities
10. Reporting and Analyzing Long‐Term Liabilities
11. Reporting and Analyzing Equity
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12. Reporting and Analyzing Cash Flows
13. Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements
Appendix A: Financial Statement Information
Appendix B: Time Value of Money
Appendix C: Investments
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,Financial Accounting, 9e (Wild)
Chapter 1 Introducing Financial Statements
1) Accounting is an information and measurement system that identifies, records, and
communicates relevant, reliable, and comparable information about an organization's business
activities.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Importance of Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-C1 Explain the purpose and importance of accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
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AICPA: BB Industry; FN Decision Making
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2) Recordkeeping, or bookkeeping, is the recording of transactions and events, either manually
or electronically.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Importance of Accounting
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Learning Objective: 01-C1 Explain the purpose and importance of accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
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AICPA: BB Industry; FN Decision Making
3) Accounting is an information and measurement system that identifies, records, and
communicates information about an organization's business activities.
Answer: TRUE
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Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Importance of Accounting
Learning Objective: 01-C1 Explain the purpose and importance of accounting.
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Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Communication
AICPA: BB Industry; FN Decision Making
, 4) Financial accounting serves external users by providing them with general-purpose financial
statements.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Users of Accounting Information
Learning Objective: 01-C2 Identify users and uses of, and opportunities in, accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Communication
AICPA: BB Industry; FN Decision Making
5) External users of accounting information do not directly run the organization and have limited
access to its accounting information.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
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Topic: Users of Accounting Information
Learning Objective: 01-C2 Identify users and uses of, and opportunities in, accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
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AICPA: BB Industry; FN Decision Making
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6) The primary objective of managerial accounting is to provide general purpose financial
statements to help external users analyze and interpret an organization's activities.
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Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Users of Accounting Information
Learning Objective: 01-C2 Identify users and uses of, and opportunities in, accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Communication
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AICPA: BB Industry; FN Decision Making
7) External auditors examine financial statements to verify that they are prepared according to
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generally accepted accounting principles.
Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Users of Accounting Information
Learning Objective: 01-C2 Identify users and uses of, and opportunities in, accounting.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Communication
AICPA: BB Industry; FN Decision Making