Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
Q

are reports
that summarize important
financial accounting information
about your company or business.

A

Financial statements

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2
Q

three main types of
financial statements

A
  1. balance sheet,
  2. income statement, and
  3. statement of cash flows.
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3
Q

the statement
of financial condition or
financial position that gives the
user information about the
condition of the business
enterprise as of a given period.

A

Balance sheet

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4
Q

this word means that the
statement contains cumulative
figures from the start of the
business commercial operation up
to the present statement data.

A

“as of”

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5
Q

List of assets, liabilities, and equity
accounts.

A

balance sheet

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6
Q

Assets – Liabilities = ??

A

Net worth or equity

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7
Q

the statement
of the results of operation.

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Income statement

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8
Q

It is the statement that gives
information to the users the idea
whether the business enterprise
makes profit or losses for a
period of time.

A

Income statement

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9
Q

also called “Statement of financial performance”

A

Income statement

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10
Q

Also called “Statement of Profit and Loss”

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Income statement

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11
Q

this word means that
the statement contains figures
that transpired only during the
period of the statement date.

A

“for a period”

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12
Q

Total income – Total expenses =
???

A

Net profit or loss

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13
Q

The
statement that gives information to
the users about the cash sources
and the cash uses of the business
enterprise during a given period of
time.

A

Statement of Cash Flow

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14
Q

also called “Movement of cash balance”

A

Statement of Cash flow

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15
Q

How much actual cash and cash
equivalents entered and left the
company during a given period of
time

A

Statement of Cash Flow

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16
Q

What is the objective of
financial accounting?

A

Quantitative

17
Q

the attributes
that make the information useful to
others.

A

Qualitative characteristics

18
Q

what are the Fundamental qualitative characteristics

A

a.1 Relevance (R)
a.2 Faithful Representation (FR)

19
Q

Enhancing Qualitative
characteristics

A

b.1 Comparability
b.2 Verifiability
b.3 Timeliness
b.4 Understandability

20
Q

capable of making
a difference in the decision made
by users, influences the
economic decisions of users by
helping them to evaluate, past,
present, or future events or
confirming, or correcting, their
past evaluations.

A

Relevance

21
Q

can be used as input to processes
employed by users to predict
future outcomes.

A

Predicted value

22
Q

provides
feedback about (confirms or
changes) previous evaluation.

A

confirmatory value

23
Q

To be
useful, financial information must
not only represent relevant
phenomena, but it must also
faithfully represent the phenomena
that it purports to represent.

A

Faithful representation

24
Q

includes all information
necessary for a user to
understand the event or
information being presented,
including all necessary
descriptions and explanations.

A

completeness

25
Q

presentation
is one without bias.

A

neutrality

26
Q

no errors or omissions

A

Freedom from error

27
Q

Means that different
knowledgeable and independent
observers could reach
consensus, although not
necessarily complete agreement,
that a particular depiction is a
faithful representation

A

Verifiability

28
Q

It enables the
users to identify and understand
similarities in, and differences
among, items.

A

Comparability

29
Q

Means
classifying, characterizing, and
presenting information clearly
and concisely.

A

Understandability

30
Q

Means having
information available to
decision-makers in time to be
capable of influencing their
decisions.

A

Timelines

31
Q

measurement of financial
position

A

assets, liabilities

32
Q

measurement of performance

A

income, expense

33
Q

process of
incorporating in the balance
sheet or income statement an
item that meets the definition of
an element and satisfies the
criteria for recognition.

A

recognition

34
Q

process of determining
the monetary amounts at which
the elements of financial
statements are to be recognized
and carried in the balance sheet
and income statement.

A

Measurement

35
Q

gives us the
following guidelines in the
presentation of financial
statements.

A

PAS