Commerce Accountancy

Accounting Principles and Practices

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Accounting principles and practices involve the preparation of trial balances, ledgers, and bank reconciliation statements. This area tests your knowledge of fundamental accounting concepts and routine business transactions. It is a core section in commerce exams and various competitive tests.

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Accounting Principles and Practices Questions

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Which of these process is/are not the function of Book Keeping?

  1. Summarising

  2. Interpreting

  3. Communicating

  4. All the three
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Book keeping and accountancy are not to be considered as identical terms. Book keeping is defined as recording and classifying the transaction. Summarizing, interpreting and communicating the financial data is part of accounting.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Accounting is the process of matching _________.

  1. benefits and costs

  2. revenues and costs

  3. cash inflow and outflows

  4. potential and real performances
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Matching concept of accounting defines that all the expenses need to be recorded in the books of account for the same period against which the revenue is recorded in the books. 


If the revenue is recorded in the books of account for the period 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018, in such case, expenses pertaining to the same period should be recorded in the books of account irrespective whether these are actually paid or not.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Which of the following describes the proper sequence of actions in the accounting cycle?

  1. Post, enter, analyse, prepare, close, adjust

  2. Analyse, enter, post, adjust, prepare, close

  3. Prepare, enter, post, adjust, analyse, close

  4. Enter, post, close, prepare, adjust, analyse
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The accounting cycle is a process designed to make financial accounting of business activities easier for business owners.

These steps are: 
(1) analyzing the transactions as they occur; 
(2) recording them in the journals;
(3) posting debits and credits from journal entries to the general ledger; 
(4) adjusting the assets with a trial balance; 
(5) preparing financial statements, and 
(6) closing the temporary accounts.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Accounting is defined as "the __________ of recording, classifying and summarizing in terms of money transactions and events of a financial character and interpreting the results thereof".

  1. art

  2. science

  3. method

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Definition of accounting is:

" Accounting is an art of recording, classifying and summarizing in terms of money transactions and events of a financial character and interpreting the results thereof" 

Accounting definition specifically defines that only monetary transactions should be recorded in the books of account.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Accounting is :
1. An art
2. A science
Select the correct answer from the options given below ___________.

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Partly 1 and Partly 2

  4. 2 but not 1
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Accounting is considered an art because it requires skill and judgment to record and interpret data, and a science because it follows a systematic body of rules and principles.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Accounting involves _________.

  1. decision making for the management easy as financial results can be compared.

  2. the records being put is a systematic pattern so that any point of time they can be used.

  3. the financial information being stored in a meaningful way for taxation purpose

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Accounting plays an important and useful role for the business owner. Main advantages are :

To record all the business transactions in a systematic way so that information can be used as and when required.
Financial statements are prepared on the basis of information recorded in the books of account, so that management can take a decision by comparing the results.
Accounting plays a vital role in giving the information to the taxation authorities to know whether business is following all the rules and laws and paying the tax in timely manner. 

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Most appropriate way of defining accounting will be ___________.

  1. communicating the revenues

  2. communicating the losses of the organization

  3. collection of all the financial data

  4. communicating the financial position of an organization
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The basic function of accounting is to record all the business transactions and classify, summarize and interpret in such a way that financial statements will give the true and fair view of the financial position of the company. 

Financial statements i.e. profit & loss account and balance sheet is the way of communicating the financial position of the organization to all the stake holders. 

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Amit is recording sales transactions in the accounting system so that they can be summarized in a logical manner for the purpose of providing financial information for decision-making. Amit is doing ___________.

  1. management consulting

  2. review

  3. accounting

  4. auditing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To review is to check the work already done/performed.

Management consulting refers to the  providing suggestions/ recommendations to the management to perform the business more effectively.
Auditing is examining.
Amit is doing none of the three but a simple accounting exercise. 

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

Accounting is BEST described as__________.

  1. The use of financial data

  2. The collection of financial data

  3. The collection and use of financial data

  4. The collection and use of financial and non- financial data
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Modern accounting includes both financial data (monetary transactions) and non-financial data (quantitative and qualitative information). Contemporary accounting practices encompass sustainability reporting, ESG metrics, corporate social responsibility data, key performance indicators, and other non-financial information essential for comprehensive business evaluation.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

A chronological record of transaction may be found in _______.

  1. Balance Sheet

  2. Trial Balance

  3. Ledger

  4. Journal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In accounting, a first recording of financial transactions as they occur in time, and  in accounting and bookkeeping called a journal is a record of financial transactions in order by date. A journal is often defined as the book of original entry. Manual systems usually had a variety of journals such as a sales journal, purchases journal, cash receipts journal, cash disbursements journal, and a general journal.so that they can then be used for future reconciling and transfer to other official accounting records such as the general ledger is a journal.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

The debit side of manufacturing Account __________________.

  1. is always equal to its credit side

  2. is always more than its credit side

  3. is always less than its credit side

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The manufacturing account is prepared to determine the cost of production. The debit side includes all production costs, while the credit side includes the cost of finished goods transferred to the trading account. Since there is usually work-in-progress inventory at the end, the debit side is typically greater than the credit side.

Multiple choice commercial applications generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) acccounting cycle meaning, need and objectives of accounting accounting process

________ is concerned with the recording process of accounting.

  1. Ledger

  2. Preparation of profit and loss a/c

  3. Journalising

  4. Balancing and ledger
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The number and kinds of books of accounts kept by any business depends upon its particular need. But there are two major books which must invariably be maintained by every business i.e. journal and ledger. Every transaction is first recorded in the journal which is considered as subsidiary books of account. Journal merely helps the posting of entries in to ledger, that's why it is called as subsidiary books of account.

Multiple choice elements of book keeping and accountancy bill of exchange (trade bill) dishonour of a bill dishonour of bills advantages of bill of exchange

When a bill is discharged, the acceptor debits __________.

  1. Creditor's account

  2. Cash account

  3. Bills payable account

  4. Bills receivable account
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A bill is discharged by payment in due course by or on behalf of the drawee or acceptor.  While preparing the journal entry for discharge of bill Bills payable account is debited and Drawer account is credited.

Multiple choice elements of book keeping and accountancy bill of exchange (trade bill) dishonour of a bill dishonour of bills advantages of bill of exchange

When a bill is drawn by A on B, and before the maturity date, B becomes insolvent then in the books of A it is debited to _____________.

  1. Bills Receivable Account

  2. Bank Account

  3. B's Account

  4. Bank for Collection of Bills
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Insolvent is the person whose assets are not sufficient to pay off his liabilities in full. 

In case of insolvency of the acceptor, the holder would get the proportionate amount of what is due from the bill. 
The journal entry for the transaction should be :-
B's A/c              Dr.

     To Bills receivables A/c