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Accounting Chapter 2 Test

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

A balance sheet may be prepared on any date.
 

 2. 

A revenue transaction decreases the sum of the balances on the left side of an accounting equation.
 

 3. 

A transaction for the sale of goods or services results in an increase in owner's equity.
 

 4. 

A transaction is a normal business activity that changes assets, liabilities, or owner's equity.
 

 5. 

A transaction that increases accounts receivable and increases owner's equity is a sale on account.
 

 6. 

A withdrawal is a transaction that decreases cash and decreases owner's equity.
 

 7. 

Accounts Receivable is a liability account.
 

 8. 

An expense is a decrease in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business.
 

 9. 

An owner may withdraw only cash from a business; other assets must remain in the business at all times for the accounting equation to be in balance.
 

 10. 

Cash is increased by expenses.
 

 11. 

Owner's equity accounts are presented above liability accounts on the balance sheet.
 

 12. 

Payments for advertising, equipment repairs, utilities, and rent are expense transactions.
 

 13. 

Regardless of when payment is made when services are sold, the revenue should be recorded at the time of the sale.
 

 14. 

The accounting equation must remain in balance after the changes caused by a transaction have been recorded!
 

 15. 

The heading of a balance sheet contains the name of the business, name of the report, and date of the report.
 

 16. 

When a company makes a sale of $300.00, assets and owner's equity increase by $300.00.
 

 17. 

When a company makes payments for advertising and charitable contributions, the company is paying expenses.
 

 18. 

When a company receives cash from a customer for a prior sale, the transaction decreases the cash account balance and increases the accounts receivable balance.
 

 19. 

When an owner withdraws cash from the business, the transaction affects both assets and owner's equity.
 

 20. 

When cash is paid for expenses, the business has less cash; therefore, the asset account Cash is decreased and the owner's equity account is increased!
 

 21. 

When cash is paid to the owner for personal use, assets decrease and owner's equity decreases.
 

 22. 

When cash is received for services performed, the asset account Cash is increased and the owner's equity account is decreased!
 

 23. 

Withdrawals are assets taken out of a business for the owner's personal use.
 

 24. 

Revenue from a sale on account should be recorded when the payment is received!
 

 25. 

When a company makes a sale of $300.00, Cash and Accounts Receivable increase by $300.00.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 26. 

A business paid cash: for rent, $700.00; to owner for personal use, $200.00; and for equipment repair, $50.00. Expenses from the operation of the business decreased owner's equity by ____.
a.
$250.00
c.
$950.00
b.
$750.00
d.
none of the above
 

 27. 

A business prepares a balance sheet to report information about ____.
a.
expenses incurred during a given period of time
b.
revenue received during a given period of time
c.
he business's assets, liabilities, and owner's equity
d.
profit the business has made for the year
 

 28. 

A transaction that increases accounts receivable and increases owner's equity is ____.
a.
revenue
c.
expense
b.
withdrawal
d.
none of the above
 

 29. 

A transaction that increases cash and decreases owner's equity is ____.
a.
revenue
c.
expense
b.
withdrawal
d.
none of the above
 

 30. 

A transaction to pay for goods and services needed to operate a business results in a decrease in ____.
a.
owner's equity
c.
liabilities
b.
revenue
d.
expenses
 

 31. 

An established business should rarely experience a decrease in ____.
a.
cash
c.
owner's equity
b.
expenses
d.
liabilities
 

 32. 

Cash is increased by ____.
a.
withdrawals
c.
revenue
b.
expenses
d.
none of the above
 

 33. 

If a business paid cash for repairs to equipment, this would ____.
a.
increase owner's equity
c.
decrease owner's equity
b.
increase liabilities
d.
decrease liabilities
 

 34. 

If a business received $2,000.00 from sales, this would ____.
a.
increase assets and increase owner's equity
b.
increase assets and decrease liabilities
c.
increase liabilities and decrease owner's equity
d.
decrease assets and decrease owner's equity
 

 35. 

If cash is paid for advertising, ____.
a.
two assets are changed
c.
an asset and owner's equity are changed
b.
an asset and a liability are changed
d.
two liabilities are changed
 

 36. 

Recording an expense transaction in an accounting equation causes liabilities to ____.
a.
remain unchanged
c.
decrease
b.
increase
d.
none of the above
 

 37. 

Two transactions that decrease owner's equity are ____.
a.
expenses and withdrawals
c.
withdrawals and liabilities
b.
expenses and investments
d.
liabilities and expenses
 

 38. 

When cash is paid for an expense, ____.
a.
assets increase; owner's equity increases
b.
assets decrease; owner's equity decreases
c.
assets decrease; owner's equity increases
d.
none of the above
 

 39. 

When cash is received from sales, ____.
a.
assets increase; owner's equity decreases
b.
assets increase; owner's equity increases
c.
assets decrease; owner's equity decreases
d.
none of the above
 

 40. 

When the owner withdraws cash for personal use, ____.
a.
liabilities increase and assets decrease
b.
assets decrease and owner's equity increases
c.
assets decrease and owner's equity decreases
d.
liabilities decrease and assets decrease
 

 41. 

A transaction for the sale of goods or services results in ____.
a.
an increase in owner's equity
c.
an increase in liabilities
b.
a decrease in owner's equity
d.
a decrease in liabilities
 

 42. 

An increase in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business is ____.
a.
an expense
c.
revenue
b.
a withdrawal
d.
none of the above
 

 43. 

After recording a revenue transaction in the accounting equation, the left and right sides of the equation should be ____.
a.
unequal
c.
decreased
b.
unchanged
d.
increased
 

 44. 

A decrease in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business is ____.
a.
a withdrawal
c.
revenue
b.
an expense
d.
none of the above
 

 45. 

Assets taken out of the business for the owner's personal use are ____.
a.
withdrawals
c.
revenue
b.
expenses
d.
entries
 

 46. 

The asset most commonly withdrawn by business owners is ____.
a.
insurance
c.
cash
b.
supplies
d.
contributions
 

 47. 

A cash payment for an expense would not include ____.
a.
rent
c.
utilities
b.
withdrawals
d.
equipment repair
 

 48. 

The accounts shown on the left side of a balance sheet include ____.
a.
prepaid insurance
c.
advertising
b.
rent
d.
liabilities
 

 49. 

The total of the balances of the accounts on the left and right sides of a balance sheet should ____.
a.
be different
c.
equal owner's equity
b.
be equal
d.
equal cash.
 

 50. 

The items shown on the right side of a balance sheet include ____.
a.
capital and assets
c.
liabilities and owner's equity
b.
assets and owner's equity
d.
assets and liabilities
 



 
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