FAR THEORY - PPE Flashcards
A characteristic of a fixed asset is that it is
a. a long-term investment
b. intangible
c. held for sale in the ordinary course of the business
d. used in the operations of a business
d. used in the operations of a business
Which of the following should be included in the acquisition cost of a piece of equipment?
a. transportation costs
b. testing costs before placing the equipment into production
c. installation costs
d. all are correct
d. all are correct
Which of the following is included in the cost of land?
a. outdoor parking lot lighting attached to the land
b. fences on the land
c. brokerage commission
d. cost of paving a parking lot
c. brokerage commission
Accumulated Depreciation
a. is used to show the amount of cost expiration of natural resources
b. is a contra asset account
c. is used to show the amount of cost expiration of intangibles
d. is the same as Depreciation Expense
b. is a contra asset account
Expenditures that add to the utility of fixed assets for more than one accounting period are
a. current expenditures
b. capital expenditures
c. revenue expenditures
d. committed expenditures
b. capital expenditures
A capital expenditure results in a debit to
a. a liability account
b. an asset account
c. an expense account
d. a capital account
b. an asset account
Which of the below is an example of capital expenditure?
a. replacing an engine in a company car
b. tune-up for a company truck
c. cleaning the carpet in the front
room
d. replacing all burned-out light bulbs in the factory
a. replacing an engine in a company car
In a lease contract, the party who legally owns the asset is the
a. lessor
b. banker
c. operator
d. lessee
The journal entry for recording an operating lease payment would
a. debit an expense and credit Cash
b. debit the fixed asset and credit Cash
c. be a memo entry only
d. debit a liability and credit Cash
a. debit an expense and credit Cash
What two criteria must be met when determining whether to record an asset as a fixed asset?
a. Must be long-lived and must productively use the asset.
b. It must be an investment and must be long-lived.
c. It must be a tangible asset and must be an investment.
d. It must be long-lived and must be a tangible asset.
a. Must be long-lived and must productively use the asset.
Factors contributing to a decline in
the usefulness of a fixed asset may be divided into the following
two categories
a. residual and salvage
b. functional and residual
c. physical and functional
d. salvage and functional
c. physical and functional
A fixed asset’s estimated value at the time it is to be retired from service is called
a. residual value
b. book value
c. carrying value
d. market value
a. residual value
All of the below are needed for the calculation of depreciation except
a. estimated life
b. residual value
c. cost
d. book value
d. book value
The method of determining depreciation that yields successive reductions in the periodic depreciation charge over the estimated life of the asset is
a. declining-balance
b. straight-line
c. time-valuation
d. units-of-production
a. declining-balance
When the amount of use of a fixed asset varies from year to year, the method of determining depreciation expense that best matches allocation of cost with revenue is
a. MACRS
c. straight-line
b. declining-balance
d. units-of-production
d. units-of-production