Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133799569
Author: Robert J. Freeman, Craig D. Shoulders, Dwayne N. McSwain, Robert B. Scott
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.6E
Which of the following statements is false? A fund
- a. is an entity for which financial statements can be prepared.
- b. has a self-encompassing, self-balancing
accounting equation. - c. is used to account for a subset of an organization’s resources that is to be used for a specific purpose or to achieve a particular objective.
- d. is an accounting entity that is used for one year only. Each year a new set of funds must be established.
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3. Which of the following accounts appears on both the interim and year-end balance
sheets of the General Fund?
a) Revenues.
b) Reserve for encumbrances.
c) Encumbrances.
d) Appropriations.
4. Which of the following would be considered a general capital asset?
a) A vehicle purchased from general fund revenues.
b) A vehicle purchased and maintained by an enterprise fund.
c) A computer purchased from revenues of an internal service fund and used by the
supplies department.
d) Real estate purchased with the assets of a pension trust fund.
5. A machine is sold for S500. It had originally been purchased for $8,000 using GF
It is fully depreciated. Gain on sale of equipment account should be
revenues.
recorded in the General fund journal as:
a) Debit in 500$.
b) Credit in 500$.
c) Credit in 7500$.
d) Gain on sale of equipment account will not recorded in general fund journal.
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3. Which of the following accounts appears on both the interim and year-end balance
sheets of the General Fund?
a) Revenues.
b) Reserve for encumbrances.
c) Encumbrances.
d) Appropriations.
4. Which of the following would be considered a general capital asset?
a) A vehicle purchased from general fund revenues.
b) A vehicle purchased and maintained by an enterprise fund.
c) A computer purchased from revenues of an internal service fund and used by the
supplies department.
d) Real estate purchased with the assets of a pension trust fund.
5. A machine is sold for $500. It had originally been purchased for $8,000 using GF
It is fully depreciated. Gain on sale of equipment account
revenues.
should be
recorded in the General fund journal as:
a) Debit in 500S.
b) Credit in 500$.
c) Credit in 7500S.
d) Gain on sale of equipment account will not recorded in general fund journal.
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Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (11th Edition)
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