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Accounting Chapter 4 Test

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

 1. 

Examples of source documents include checks, sales invoices, memorandums, and letters.
 

 2. 

The source document for all cash payments is a sales invoice.
 

 3. 

A receipt is the source document for cash received from transactions other than sales.
 

 4. 

A calculator tape is the source document for daily cash sales.
 

 5. 

The source document used when supplies are bought on account is a memorandum.
 

 6. 

The source document used when supplies bought on account are paid for is a check.
 

 7. 

The journal columns used to record receiving cash from sales are cash debit and sales credit.
 

 8. 

The source document sales invoice is abbreviated as SI in a journal entry.
 

 9. 

The journal columns used to record paying cash for rent are general debit and cash credit.
 

 10. 

The journal columns used to record paying cash to the owner for personal use are general debit and cash credit.
 

 11. 

To correct an error in a journal, simply erase the incorrect item and write the correct item in the same place.
 

 12. 

Recording transactions in a journal is journalizing.
 

 13. 

A journal amount column headed with an account title is a special amount column.
 

 14. 

Transactions are recorded in a journal in chronological order.
 

 15. 

Double-entry accounting assures that the debits equal credits.
 

 16. 

A check is a business form ordering a bank to pay cash from a bank account.
 

 17. 

The source document for cash payment transactions is a check.
 

 18. 

A business form giving written acknowledgement for cash received is a receipt.
 

 19. 

Before a transaction is recorded in a journal, it is analyzed into its debit and credit parts.
 

 20. 

The year and the month are written only once on a journal page.
 

 21. 

The day of the month is written on each journal page only for the first entry.
 

 22. 

A journal page is proved by verifying that the total debits equal the total credits.
 

 23. 

Double lines are ruled across a journal's amount columns to indicate that the totals have been verified as correct.
 

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

 24. 

The recording of debit and credit parts of a transaction is ____.
a.
checking equality
c.
single-entry accounting
b.
double-entry accounting
d.
transaction analysis
 

 25. 

Preparing source documents for each transaction is an application of the accounting concept ____.
a.
Business Entity
c.
Objective Evidence
b.
Unit of Measurement
d.
Going Concern
 

 26. 

A business form ordering a bank to pay cash from a bank account is ____.
a.
a check
c.
a receipt
b.
a memorandum
d.
all of the above
 

 27. 

A journal entry includes ____.
a.
the debit part of a transaction recorded under one date and credit part recorded under a later date
b.
the debit and credit parts of a transaction recorded in one place
c.
more debits than credits
d.
none of the above
 

 28. 

On each journal page, the year is written ____.
a.
for each entry
c.
only for the first entry
b.
on the first line of each column
d.
none of the above
 

 29. 

On each journal page, the month is written ____.
a.
for each entry
c.
only for the first entry
b.
on the first line of each column
d.
none of the above
 

 30. 

The entry to record receipt of cash from the owner as an investment is ____.
a.
debit Capital, credit Cash
c.
debit Cash, credit Accounts Payable
b.
debit Cash, credit Capital
d.
none of the above
 

 31. 

The account debited when cash is paid for supplies is ____.
a.
Supplies
c.
Supplies Expense
b.
Cash
d.
none of the above
 

 32. 

When cash is paid for insurance, ____.
a.
the Prepaid Insurance account is decreased
b.
the Prepaid Insurance account is credited
c.
the balance of the Prepaid Insurance account is increased
d.
none of the above
 

 33. 

When supplies are bought on account, the account debited is ____.
a.
Cash
c.
Accounts Payable
b.
Supplies
d.
none of the above
 

 34. 

A single line ruled across the journal's amount columns indicates ____.
a.
the date is the last day of the month
c.
a cash sales transaction is to be recorded
b.
the totals have been verified as correct
d.
none of the above
 

 35. 

At the end of a month, even if the journal page is not filled, ____.
a.
cash is paid to the owner for personal use
c.
the journal page is proved and ruled
b.
cash is paid on account for a liability
d.
none of the above
 



 
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