TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS
1. Retailers and wholesalers are both considered merchandisers.
Ans: T, LO: 1, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Business Economics
2. The steps in the accounting cycle are different for a merchandising company than for a service company.
Ans: F, LO: 1, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
3. Sales minus operating expenses equals gross profit.
Ans: F, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
4. Under a perpetual inventory system, the cost of goods sold is determined each time a sale occurs.
Ans: T, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
5. A periodic inventory system requires a detailed inventory record of inventory items.
Ans: F, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
6. Freight terms of FOB Destination means that the seller pays the freight costs.
Ans: T, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Business Economics
7. Freight costs incurred by the seller on outgoing merchandise are an operating expense to the seller.
Ans: T, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Business Economics
8. Sales revenues are earned during the period cash is collected from the buyer.
Ans: F, LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
9. The Sales Returns and Allowances account and the Sales Discount account are both classified as expense accounts.
Ans: F, LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
10. The revenue recognition principle applies to merchandisers by recognizing sales revenues when the performance obligation is satisfied.
Ans: T, LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
11. Sales Returns and Allowances and Sales Discounts are both designed to encourage customers to pay their accounts promptly.
Ans: F, LO: 3, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Business Economics
12. To grant a customer a sales return, the seller credits Sales Returns and Allowances.
Ans: F, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
13. A company’s unadjusted balance in Inventory will usually not agree with the actual amount of inventory on hand at year-end.
Ans: T, LO: 4, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Business Economics
14. For a merchandising company, all accounts that affect the determination of income are closed to the Income Summary account.
Ans: T, LO: 4, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
15. A merchandising company has different types of adjusting entries than a service company.
Ans: F, LO: 4, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
16. Nonoperating activities exclude revenues and expenses that result from secondary or auxiliary operations.
Ans: F, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
17. Operating expenses are different for merchandising and service enterprises.
Ans: F, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
18. Net sales appears on both the multiple-step and single-step forms of an income statement.
Ans: T, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
19. A multiple-step income statement provides users with more information about a company’s income performance.
Ans: T, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
20. The multiple-step form of income statement is easier to read than the single-step form.
Ans: F, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
21. Inventory is classified as a current asset in a classified balance sheet.
Ans: T, LO: 5, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
22. Gain on sale of equipment and interest expense are reported under other revenues and gains in a multiple-step income statement.
Ans: F, LO: 5, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
23. The gross profit section for a merchandising company appears on both the multiple-step and single-step forms of an income statement.
Ans: F, LO: 5, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
24. In a multiple-step income statement, income from operations excludes other revenues and gains and other expenses and losses.
Ans: T, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
25. A single-step income statement reports all revenues, both operating and other revenues and gains, at the top of the statement.
Ans: T, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
26. If net sales are $800,000 and cost of goods sold is $600,000, the gross profit rate is 25%.
Ans: T, LO: 5, Bloom: AP, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: Analytic, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: Problem Solving, IMA: Reporting
27. Gross profit represents the merchandising profit of a company.
Ans: T, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
28. Gross profit is a measure of the overall profitability of a company.
Ans: F, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
29. Gross profit rate is computed by dividing cost of goods sold by net sales.
Ans: F, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Business Economics
a30. In a worksheet, cost of goods sold will be shown in the trial balance (Dr.), adjusted trial balance (Dr.) and income statement (Dr.) columns.
Ans: T, LO: 6, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
a31. Freight-in is an account that is subtracted from the Purchases account to arrive at cost of goods purchased.
Ans: F, LO: 7, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
a32. Under a periodic inventory system, the acquisition of inventory is charged to the Purchases account.
Ans: T, LO: 7, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
a33. Under a periodic inventory system, freight-in on merchandise purchases should be charged to the Inventory account.
Ans: F, LO: 7, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
a34. Purchase Returns and Allowances and Purchase Discounts are subtracted from Purchases to produce net purchases.
Ans: T, LO: 7, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
35. Inventory is reported as a long-term asset on the balance sheet.
Ans: F, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
36. Under a perpetual inventory system, inventory shrinkage and lost or stolen goods are more readily determined.
Ans: T, LO: 1, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
37. The terms 2/10, n/30 state that a 2% discount is available if the invoice is paid within the first 10 days of the next month.
Ans: F, LO: 2, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Business Economics
38. Sales revenue should be recorded in accordance with the matching principle.
Ans: F, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
39. Sales returns and allowances and sales discounts are subtracted from sales in reporting net sales in the income statement.
Ans: T, LO: 3, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
40. A merchandising company using a perpetual inventory system will usually need to make an adjusting entry to ensure that the recorded inventory agrees with physical inventory count.
Ans: T, LO: 4, Bloom: C, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Industry/Sector Perspective, AICPA FN: Measurement, AICPA PC: None, IMA: FSA
41. If a merchandising company sells land at more than its cost, the gain should be reported in the sales revenue section of the income statement.
Ans: F, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting Place Your Order Here!
42. The major difference between the balance sheets of a service company and a merchandising company is inventory.
Ans: T, LO: 5, Bloom: K, Difficulty: Easy, Min: 1, AACSB: None, AICPA BB: Legal/Regulatory, AICPA FN: Reporting, AICPA PC: None, IMA: Reporting
Answers to True-False Statements
| Item | Ans. | Item | Ans. | Item | Ans. | Item | Ans. | Item | Ans. | Item | Ans. | Item | Ans. |
| 1. | T | 7. | T | 13. | T | 19. | T | 25. | T | a31. | F | 37. | F |
| 2. | F | 8. | F | 14. | T | 20. | F | 26. | T | a32. | T | 38. | F |
| 3. | F | 9. | F | 15. | F | 21. | T | 27. | T | a33. | F | 39. | T |
| 4. | T | 10. | T | 16. | F | 22. | F | 28. | F | a34. | T | 40. | T |
| 5. | F | 11. | F | 17. | F | 23. | F | 29. | F | 35. | F | 41. | F |
| 6. | T | 12. | F | 18. | T | 24. | T | 30. | T | 36. | T | 42. | T |