Accounting: Transaction Analysis Quiz
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What is the primary purpose of an ordinary share in a company?

  • Increase liabilities
  • Decrease assets
  • Impact revenue
  • Reflect ownership interest (correct)
  • When Ray and Barbara Neal invest €15,000 cash in their business, which financial statement items are affected?

  • Increase in assets and equity (correct)
  • No impact on financial statements
  • Increase in assets and decrease in equity
  • Decrease in assets and increase in liabilities
  • What effect does the purchase of computer equipment for €7,000 cash have on the accounting equation of Softbyte SA?

  • Increase in assets and decrease in equity (correct)
  • Decrease in assets and equity
  • No impact on the accounting equation
  • Increase in liabilities and equity
  • What does a decrease in accounts payable signify in the context of financial transactions?

    <p>Increase in liabilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following transactions is most likely to result in a decrease in dividends?

    <p>Payment of dividends to shareholders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the receipt of cash from customers impact the financial statements of a company?

    <p>Increase in equity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the effect of the payment of the Accounts Payable on Softbyte SA's financial statements?

    <p>Decreased Cash and Decreased Accounts Payable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the receipt of cash on account impact Softbyte SA's financial statements?

    <p>Increased Cash and Increased Accounts Receivable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect does paying dividends have on a company's financial statements?

    <p>Decreases Assets and Decreases Equity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When Softbyte SA paid its Programming News bill, what happened to its Accounts Payable?

    <p>Decreased</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the impact of the receipt of cash from customers on Softbyte SA's equity?

    <p>Increased Equity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does recording a decrease in Retained Earnings affect a company's financial statements?

    <p>Reduces Assets and Decreases Equity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is true about dividends according to the text?

    <p>Dividends decrease retained earnings but do not affect stockholders’ equity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are expenses like salaries and rent typically classified on the financial statements?

    <p>As expenses that decrease stockholders’ equity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect does a decrease in expenses such as utilities have on the accounting equation?

    <p>Decreases assets and decreases stockholders’ equity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When a company receives cash from issuing new shares of stock, how does this transaction impact the accounting equation?

    <p>Decreases liabilities and increases stockholders’ equity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do revenues affect the stockholders' equity in the accounting equation?

    <p>Increase stockholders’ equity but have no effect on liabilities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a company pays dividends to shareholders, what is the impact on the accounting equation?

    <p>Decreases assets and decreases stockholders’ equity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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