ACC 301 - Chapter 4 - Multiple Choice

The income statement information would help in which of the following tasks? a. Evaluate the liquidity of a company. b. Evaluate the solvency of a company c. Estimate future cash flows d. Estimate future financial flexibility

c. Estimate future cash flows

Earnings per share data are required on the face of which of the following financial statements? a. Statement of retained earnings b. Statement of stockholders' equity c. Income statement d. Balance sheet

c. Income statement

A material item which is unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, but not both should be shown in the income statement: Net of Tax, Disclosed Separately a. No No b. Yes Yes c. No Yes d. Yes No

c. No Yes

Where must earnings per share be disclosed in the financial statements to satisfy generally accepted accounting principles? a. On the face of the statement of retained earnings (or, statement of stockholders' equity.) b. In the footnotes to the financial statements. c. On the face of the income statement. d. Either (a) or (c).

c. On the face of the income statement.

Which of the following is an example of managing earnings up? a. Decreasing estimated salvage value of equipment. b. Writing off obsolete inventory. c. Underestimating warranty claims. d. Accruing a contingent liability for an ongoing lawsuit.

c. Underestimating warranty claims.

Which of the following is not an acceptable way of displaying the components of other comprehensive income? a. Combined statement of retained earnings b. Second income statement c. Combined statement of comprehensive income d. As part of the statement of stockholders' equity

a. Combined statement of retained earnings

What might a manager do during the last quarter of a fiscal year if she wanted to decrease current annual net income? a. Delay shipments to customers until after the end of the fiscal year. b. Relax credit policies for customers. c. Pay suppliers all amounts owed. d. Delay purchases from suppliers until after the end of the fiscal year.

a. Delay shipments to customers until after the end of the fiscal year.

Which of the following is not a generally practiced method of presenting the income statement? a. Including prior period adjustments in determining net income b. The single-step income statement c. The consolidated statement of income d. Including gains and losses from discontinued operations of a component of a business in determining net income

a. Including prior period adjustments in determining net income

Under which of the following conditions would material flood damage be considered an extraordinary item for financial reporting purposes? a. Only if floods in the geographical area are unusual in nature and occur infrequently. b. Only if the flood damage is material in amount and could have been reduced by prudent management. c. Under any circumstances as an extraordinary item. d. Flood damage should never be classified as an extraordinary item.

a. Only if floods in the geographical area are unusual in nature and occur infrequently.

How should an unusual event not meeting the criteria for an extraordinary item be disclosed in the financial statements? a. Shown as a separate item in operating revenues or expenses if material and supple-mented by a footnote if deemed appropriate. b. Shown in operating revenues or expenses if material but not shown as a separate item. c. Shown net of income tax after ordinary net earnings but before extraordinary items. d. Shown net of income tax after extraordinary items but before net earnings.

a. Shown as a separate item in operating revenues or expenses if material and supple-mented by a footnote if deemed appropriate.

In order to be classified as an extraordinary item in the income statement, an event or transaction should be a. unusual in nature, infrequent, and material in amount. b. unusual in nature and infrequent, but it need not be material. c. infrequent and material in amount, but it need not be unusual in nature. d. unusual in nature and material, but it need not be infrequent.

a. unusual in nature, infrequent, and material in amount.

Which of the following is not a selling expense? a. Advertising expense b. Office salaries expense c. Freight-out d. Store supplies consumed

b. Office salaries expense

A company is not required to report a per share amount on the face of the income statement for which of the following items? a. Net income b. Prior period adjustment c. Extraordinary item d. Discontinued operations

b. Prior period adjustment

What might a manager do during the last quarter of a fiscal year if she wanted to improve current annual net income? a. Increase research and development activities. b. Relax credit policies for customers. c. Delay shipments to customers until after the end of the fiscal year. d. Delay purchases from suppliers until after the end of the fiscal year.

b. Relax credit policies for customers.

Which of the following is an example of managing earnings down? a. Changing estimated bad debts from 3 percent to 2.5 percent of sales. b. Revising the estimated life of equipment from 10 years to 8 years. c. Not writing off obsolete inventory. d. Reducing research and development expenditures.

b. Revising the estimated life of equipment from 10 years to 8 years.

Which of the following is included in comprehensive income? a. Investments by owners. b. Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities. c. Distributions to owners. d. Changes in accounting principles.

b. Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities.

The occurrence which most likely would have no effect on 2010 net income (assuming that all amounts involved are material) is the a. sale in 2010 of an office building contributed by a stockholder in 1983. b. collection in 2010 of a receivable from a customer whose account was written off in 2009 by a charge to the allowance account. c. settlement based on litigation in 2010 of previously unrecognized damages from a serious accident which occurred in 2008. d. worthlessness determined in 2010 of stock purchased on a speculative basis in 2006.

b. collection in 2010 of a receivable from a customer whose account was written off in 2009 by a charge to the allowance account.

Limitations of the income statement include all of the following except a. items that cannot be measured reliably are not reported. b. only actual amounts are reported in determining net income. c. income measurement involves judgment. d. income numbers are affected by the accounting methods employed.

b. only actual amounts are reported in determining net income.

The accountant for the Lintz Sales Company is preparing the income statement for 2010 and the balance sheet at December 31, 2010. The January 1, 2010 merchandise inventory balance will appear a. only as an asset on the balance sheet. b. only in the cost of goods sold section of the income statement. c. as a deduction in the cost of goods sold section of the income statement and as a current asset on the balance sheet. d. as an addition in the cost of goods sold section of the income statement and as a current asset on the balance sheet.

b. only in the cost of goods sold section of the income statement.

The single-step income statement emphasizes a. the gross profit figure. b. total revenues and total expenses. c. extraordinary items and accounting changes more than these are emphasized in the multiple-step income statement. d. the various components of income from continuing operations.

b. total revenues and total expenses.

Companies use intraperiod tax allocation for all of the following items except a. Discontinued operations. b. Extraordinary items. c. Changes in accounting estimates. d. Income from continuing operations.

c. Changes in accounting estimates.

Which of the following items will not appear in the retained earnings statement? a. Net loss b. Prior period adjustment c. Discontinued operations d. Dividends

c. Discontinued operations

Which of the following is a required disclosure in the income statement when reporting the disposal of a component of the business? a. The gain or loss on disposal should be reported as an extraordinary item. b. Results of operations of a discontinued component should be disclosed immediately below extraordinary items. c. Earnings per share from both continuing operations and net income should be disclosed on the face of the income statement. d. The gain or loss on disposal should not be segregated, but should be reported together with the results of continuing operations.

c. Earnings per share from both continuing operations and net income should be disclosed on the face of the income statement.

When a company discontinues an operation and disposes of the discontinued operation (component), the transaction should be included in the income statement as a gain or loss on disposal reported as a. a prior period adjustment. b. an extraordinary item. c. an amount after continuing operations and before extraordinary items. d. a bulk sale of plant assets included in income from continuing operations.

c. an amount after continuing operations and before extraordinary items.

The occurrence that most likely would have no effect on 2010 net income is the a. sale in 2010 of an office building contributed by a stockholder in 1961. b. collection in 2010 of a dividend from an investment. c. correction of an error in the financial statements of a prior period discovered subsequent to their issuance. d. stock purchased in 1996 deemed worthless in 2010.

c. correction of an error in the financial statements of a prior period discovered subsequent to their issuance.

Earnings per share should always be shown separately for a. net income and gross margin. b. net income and pretax income. c. income before extraordinary items. d. extraordinary items and prior period adjustments.

c. income before extraordinary items.

Comprehensive income includes all of the following except a. dividend revenue. b. losses on disposal of assets. c. investments by owners. d. unrealized holding gains.

c. investments by owners.

The major elements of the income statement are a. revenue, cost of goods sold, selling expenses, and general expense. b. operating section, nonoperating section, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and cumulative effect. c. revenues, expenses, gains, and losses. d. all of these.

c. revenues, expenses, gains, and losses.

The approach most companies use to provide information related to the components of other comprehensive income is a a. second separate income statement. b. combined income statement of comprehensive income. c. separate column in the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. d. footnote disclosure.

c. separate column in the statement of changes in stockholders' equity.

Which of the following is a change in accounting principle? a. A change in the estimated service life of machinery b. A change from FIFO to LIFO c. A change from straight-line to double-declining-balance d. A change from FIFO to LIFO and a change from straight-line to double-declining- balance

d. A change from FIFO to LIFO and a change from straight-line to double-declining- balance

Which of the following earnings per share figures must be disclosed on the face of the income statement? a. EPS on income from continuing operations. b. The effect on EPS from operations of a discontinued division, net of taxes. c. The effect on EPS from an extraordinary item, net of taxes. d. All of the above.

d. All of the above

Which of the following is an acceptable method of presenting the income statement? a. A single-step income statement b. A multiple-step income statement c. A consolidated statement of income d. All of these

d. All of these

Which disclosure method do most companies use to display the components of other comprehensive income? a. Combined statement of retained earnings b. Second income statement c. Combined statement of comprehensive income d. As part of the statement of stockholders' equity

d. As part of the statement of stockholders' equity

Which of the following items would be reported net of tax on the face of the income statement? a. Prior period adjustment b. Unusual gain c. Cumulative effect of a change in an accounting principle d. Discontinued operations

d. Discontinued operations

Which of the following earnings per share figures must be disclosed on the face of the income statement? a. EPS for income before taxes. b. The effect on EPS from unusual items. c. EPS for gross profit. d. EPS for income from continuing operations.

d. EPS for income from continuing operations.

Which of these is generally an example of an extraordinary item? a. Loss incurred because of a strike by employees. b. Write-off of deferred marketing costs believed to have no future benefit. c. Gain resulting from the devaluation of the U.S. dollar. d. Gain resulting from the state exercising its right of eminent domain on a piece of land used as a parking lot.

d. Gain resulting from the state exercising its right of eminent domain on a piece of land used as a parking lot.

Which of the following is an advantage of the single-step income statement over the multiple-step income statement? a. It reports gross profit for the year. b. Expenses are classified by function. c. It matches costs and expenses with related revenues. d. It does not imply that one type of revenue or expense has priority over another.

d. It does not imply that one type of revenue or expense has priority over another.

Which of the following is true about intraperiod tax allocation? a. It arises because certain revenue and expense items appear in the income statement either before or after they are included in the tax return. b. It is required for extraordinary items and cumulative effect of accounting changes but not for prior period adjustments. c. Its purpose is to allocate income tax expense evenly over a number of accounting periods. d. Its purpose is to relate the income tax expense to the items which affect the amount of tax.

d. Its purpose is to relate the income tax expense to the items which affect the amount of tax.

Which of the following is never classified as an extraordinary item? a. Losses from a major casualty. b. Losses from an expropriation of assets. c. Gain on a sale of the only security investment a company has ever owned. d. Losses from exchange or translation of foreign currencies.

d. Losses from exchange or translation of foreign currencies.

Which one of the following types of losses is excluded from the determination of net income in income statements? a. Material losses resulting from transactions in the company's investments account. b. Material losses resulting from unusual sales of assets not acquired for resale. c. Material losses resulting from the write-off of intangibles. d. Material losses resulting from correction of errors related to prior periods.

d. Material losses resulting from correction of errors related to prior periods.

A correction of an error in prior periods' income will be reported: In the income statement, Net of tax a. Yes Yes b. No No c. Yes No d. No Yes

d. No Yes

Classification as an extraordinary item on the income statement would be appropriate for the a. gain or loss on disposal of a component of the business. b. substantial write-off of obsolete inventories. c. loss from a strike. d. none of these.

d. none of these

Which of the following items would be reported at its gross amount on the face of the income statement? a. Extraordinary loss b. Prior period adjustment c. Cumulative effect of a change in an accounting principle d. Unusual gain

d. Unusual gain

Which of the following would represent the least likely use of an income statement prepared for a business enterprise? a. Use by customers to determine a company's ability to provide needed goods and services. b. Use by labor unions to examine earnings closely as a basis for salary discussions. c. Use by government agencies to formulate tax and economic policy. d. Use by investors interested in the financial position of the entity.

d. Use by investors interested in the financial position of the entity.

Watts Corporation made a very large arithmetical error in the preparation of its year-end financial statements by improper placement of a decimal point in the calculation of depreciation. The error caused the net income to be reported at almost double the proper amount. Correction of the error when discovered in the next year should be treated as a. an increase in depreciation expense for the year in which the error is discovered. b. a component of income for the year in which the error is discovered, but separately listed on the income statement and fully explained in a note to the financial statements. c. an extraordinary item for the year in which the error was made. d. a prior period adjustment.

d. a prior period adjustment.

Income taxes are allocated to a. extraordinary items. b. discontinued operations. c. prior period adjustments. d. all of these.

d. all of these

Information in the income statement helps users to a. evaluate the past performance of the enterprise. b. provide a basis for predicting future performance. c. help assess the risk or uncertainty of achieving future cash flows. d. all of these.

d. all of these

An item that should be classified as an extraordinary item is a. write-off of goodwill. b. gains from transactions involving foreign currencies. c. losses from moving a plant to another city. d. gains from a company selling the only investment it has ever owned.

d. gains from a company selling the only investment it has ever owned.

The income statement reveals a. resources and equities of a firm at a point in time. b. resources and equities of a firm for a period of time. c. net earnings (net income) of a firm at a point in time. d. net earnings (net income) of a firm for a period of time.

d. net earnings (net income) of a firm for a period of time.