1. the General Ledger and Reporting System Consists of the ______Involved in ______The General Ledger and ______Reports

1. the General Ledger and Reporting System Consists of the ______Involved in ______The General Ledger and ______Reports

Chapter 14 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The general ledger and reporting system consists of the __________ involved in __________ the general ledger and __________ reports. a) business transactions; updating; processing b) data processing; business transactions for; printing c) information processing; updating; creating d) business transactions; data processing; preparing 2. Which item below is not considered a major input to the general ledger and reporting system? a) summary entries from the major subsystems b) reports from managers c) adjusting entries d) financing and investing activities 3. Who provides the adjusting entries for a well-designed general ledger and reporting system? a) various user departments b) the treasurer's area c) the other major AIS subsystems d) the controller's area 4. The general ledger and reporting system is designed to provide information for which of the following user groups? a) internal users b) external users c) inquiry processing by internal or external users d) all of the above 5. The general ledger system of an organization should be designed to serve the information requirements of both financial and nonfinancial users. This means that the system should a) support producing regular periodic reports. b) support the real-time inquiry needs of all users. c) support producing regular periodic reports and respond to real-time inquiry needs. d) support access by investors and creditors of the organization to general ledger balances. 6. The first activity in the general ledger system is to update the general ledger. Updates come from the various accounting subsystems as well as from the treasurer. How is general ledger updating accomplished by the various accounting subsystems? a) Individual journal entries for each accounting subsystem transaction update the general ledger every 24 hours. b) Summary journal entries that represent the results of all transactions for a certain time period are used to update the general ledger. c) The controller or treasurer must approve accounting subsystem journal entries before any updating may occur. d) Nonroutine transactions are entered into the system by the treasurer's office. 7. When updating the general ledger, sales, purchases, and production are examples of __________ entries, and issuance or retirement of debt and the purchase or sale of investment securities are examples of __________ entries. a) adjusting; controller originated b) accounting subsystem; treasurer originated c) adjusting; special journal d) controller generated; special journal 8. Entries to update the general ledger are often documented by which of the following? a) general journal b) subsidiary journal c) subsidiary ledgers d) journal vouchers 9. In accounting terminology, the form that documents journal entry updates to the general ledger is called a) a trial balance. b) an adjusted trial balance. c) a journal voucher. d) an accounting update memo. 10. Adjusting entries that reflect events that have already occurred but for which no cash flow has taken place and not previously entered into the accounts are called a) accruals. b) deferrals. c) revaluations. d) corrections. 11. The recording of interest earned on an account balance or wages payable is an example of which type of adjusting journal entry? a) accrual entry b) deferral entry c) revaluation entry d) correcting entry 12. The posting of adjusting journal entries is the second activity found in the general ledger system. Adjusting entries fall into several categories. An adjusting entry made at the end of an accounting period that reflects the exchange of cash prior to performance of a related event is called a(n) a) accrual entry. b) deferral entry. c) revaluation entry. d) correcting entry. 13. Depreciation and bad debts expense are examples of which type of adjusting entries? a) deferrals b) accruals c) revaluations d) estimates 14. Adjusting entries that are made to reflect differences between the actual and recorded value of an asset or a change in accounting principle are called a) reconciliations. b) revaluations. c) estimates. d) accruals. 15. Adjusting entries that are made to counteract the effects of errors found in the general ledger are called a) accruals. b) corrections. c) deferrals. d) estimates. 16. Corrections are entries made to correct errors found in __________. a) all journals. b) special journals. c) the general ledger. d) the financial statements. 17. Immediately after the adjusting entries are completed, the next step in the general ledger and reporting system is to prepare a) an adjusted trial balance. b) a closing entry. c) a worksheet. d) the statement of cash flows. 18. There are four basic activities performed in the general ledger and reporting system. Several of these activities represent the basic steps in the accounting cycle. In what step is the adjusted trial balance prepared? a) update the general ledger b) post adjusting entries c) prepare financial statements d) produce managerial reports 19. The preparation of financial statements is the third activity in the general ledger system. To properly complete the accounting cycle, financial statements are prepared in a certain sequence. Which statement is prepared last in the sequence? a) the adjusted trial balance b) the income statement c) the balance sheet d) the statement of cash flows 20. A listing of journal vouchers by numerical sequence, account number, or date is an example of a) a general ledger control report. b) a budget report. c) a batch to be processed. d) responsibility accounting. 21. The final activity in the general ledger and reporting system is the production of various managerial reports. The report that shows planned cash inflows and outflows for each project is the a) journal voucher list. b) statement of cash flows. c) operating budget. d) capital expenditures budget. 22. Various budgets can be produced for planning and evaluating performance within an organization. The operating budget a) compares estimated cash flows from operations with planned expenditures. b) shows cash inflows and outflows for each project. c) depicts planned revenues and expenditures for each organizational unit. d) is used for the purchase and retirement of property, plant, and equipment. 23. Budgets and performance reports should be developed on the basis of a) responsibility accounting. b) generally accepted accounting principles. c) financial accounting standards. d) managerial accounting standards. 24. Cost center reports compare actual versus budget regarding __________ costs. a) controllable b) noncontrollable c) fixed d) variable 25. Sales departments are most likely to be evaluated as ______ centers a) cost b) profit c) investment d) revenue 26. Departments that mostly provide services to other units and charge those units for services rendered should be viewed as __________ centers. a) cost b) profit c) investment d) revenue 27. Variances for variable costs will be misleading when the planned output differs from budgeted output. A solution to this problem would be a) calling all costs fixed. b) to use flexible budgeting. c) better prediction of output. d) to eliminate the budgeting process. 28. Most budgets compare a standard budget amount to actual amounts that reflect the true performance of the organization. The budget standard is often a fixed target; however, given that these amounts are static, the budget does not account for unforeseen changes in the operating environment. A solution to this type of problem is to use a(n) a) operating budget. b) capital expenditures budget. c) cash flow budget. d) flexible budget. 29. Concerning the reporting environment, which of the following statements is not true? a) Many companies can submit required financial and tax fillings electronically to the SEC and IRS. b) Management reports are usually developed in spreadsheets and disseminated either through e-mail or by posting on the company intranet. c) For many companies, the electronic dissemination of reports containing financial information has been an efficient process for some time. d) Many companies post their financial statements on their corporate web sites. 30. Concerning XBRL, which of the following statements is not true? a) XBRL is a variant of XML. b) XBRL is specifically designed for use in communicating the content of financial data. c) XBRL creates unique tags for each data item. d) XBRL's adoption means accountants and systems professionals must know how to write XBRL code to take advantage of its benefits. 31. The benefits of XBRL include: a) XBRL enables organizations to publish financial information only once, using standard XBRL tags. b) XBRL tagged information is interpretable and doesn't need to be re-entered by users. c) Both are benefits of XBRL d) Neither are benefits of XBRL 32. Communications technology and the Internet can be used to reduce the time and costs involved in disseminating financial statement information. Users of such financial information still struggle in that many recipients have different information delivery requirements and may have to manually reenter the information into their own decision analysis tools. The ideal solution to solve these problems and efficiently transmit financial information via the Internet is to use a) HTML code. b) XML. c) the pdf file format. d) XBRL. 33. Which of the following would be an effective control for achieving the general control objectives in the general ledger and reporting system? a) using well-designed documents and records b) online data entry with the use of appropriate edit checks c) prenumbering documents and accounting for the sequence numbers d) All of the above are appropriate. 34. A type of edit check that would ensure that entries are made to existing general ledger accounts is called a(n) __________ check. a) validity b) existence c) closed loop verification d) field 35. Journal entries made by either the treasurer or controller should be subject to input edit and processing controls. A check that can be made to ensure that the amount field in a journal entry contains only numeric data is called a __________.

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