Accounting Fields Identification Quiz

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What field of accounting deals with recording transactions and preparing financial statements according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles?

  • Financial accounting (correct)
  • Cost accounting
  • Tax accounting
  • Management accounting

Which field of accounting is primarily used internally in the manufacturing industry to assess a company's operations?

  • Forensic accounting
  • Management accounting (correct)
  • Tax accounting
  • Financial accounting

What is the main focus of tax accounting?

  • Reducing taxes legally (correct)
  • Recording transactions
  • Assessing manufacturing operations
  • Preparing financial statements

Who is considered the inventor of accounting in ancient times?

<p>Luca Pacioli (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which stakeholders are interested in a business's income performance to make investment decisions?

<p>Shareholders (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'A business has a separate legal entity apart from its owners' is a principle known as:

<p>Entity concept (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What principle states that income should be recognized as soon as a product has been sold or services have been rendered?

<p>Revenue recognition principle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which financial statement provides information on the net worth of a business?

<p>Balance Sheet (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are liabilities that need to be paid within a short period of time known as in accounting?

<p>Current liabilities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following represents the equity of creditors in a financial statement?

<p>Liabilities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of business buys products with the intention of converting and selling them as new or different products?

<p>Manufacturing business (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

(True or False) In a partnership, all partners share in the distribution of profits but not in the distribution of losses.

<p>False (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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