Question 1

The General Ledger system represents the primary data base in the AIS.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Enterprise-application software is used primarily for journal entries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Source documents are a group of components that collect and process raw financial data into timely, accurate, relevant, and cost-effective information to meet the purposes of internal and external users.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Outdoors Unlimited has the following transactions. For each transaction, indicate the appropriate journal.
(a) Sales Journal
(b) Purchases Journeal
(c) Cash Receipts Journal
(d) Cash Disbursements Journal
(e) General Journal

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(1) d (2) ...

Question 5

Individual transactions in the Sales Journal are regularly posted to customer accounts in the Accounts Payable ledger.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 6

An Accounts Receivable ledger is

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A)   A subsidiary ledger that contains an account for each credit customer
B)   A list of the balances of all the accounts in the Accounts Receivable ledger that is added to show the total amount of accounts receivable outstanding
C)   A book of original entry that is designed and used for recording only a specified type of transaction
D)   The ledger that contains the financial statement accounts of a business
E)   A subsidiary ledger that contains a separate account for each party that grants credit on account to the entityF) A) and E)
G) B) and E) A

Question 7

When a Sales Journal's sales amount column is totalled at the end of the month, the total is

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A)   Debited to Sales and credited to Accounts Receivable
B)   Debited to Accounts Receivable and credited to Cash
C)   Debited to Cash and credited to Accounts Receivable
D)   Debited to Accounts Receivable and credited to Sales
E)   Debited to Cash and credited to SalesF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Two common subsidiary ledgers are cash receipts and cash disbursements.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

List the five subsystems within a management information system (MIS).

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1. Sales and marketi...

Question 10

Special journals include

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A)   Sales journal
B)   Cash receipts journal
C)   Purchases journal
D)   Cash disbursements journal
E)   All of theseF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

The General Journal is used for

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A)   Recording adjusting entries
B)   Posting transactions to special journals
C)   Accumulating debits and credits
D)   Collecting detailed listings of amounts
E)   Recording both adjusting entries and posting transactions to special journalsF) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 12

Discuss the differences in the special journals for a perpetual versus a periodic inventory system.

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Under the perpetual inventory system, th...

Question 13

The basic components of an accounting system include

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A)   Source documents
B)   Input devices
C)   Information processors
D)   Information storage
E)   All of theseF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

A schedule of accounts receivable is a listing of all creditor accounts and account balances.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 15

The difference in the Sales Journal between the perpetual and periodic systems is the column to record cost of goods sold and inventory amounts for each sale.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Sales Journal and Cash Receipts Journal may have GST payable and PST payable columns added to them to facilitate recording.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A columnar journal is a journal with only one column.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A list of the balances of all the accounts in the Accounts Receivable Ledger that is added to show the total of accounts receivable outstanding is called a

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A)   Schedule of accounts payable
B)   Controlling account
C)   Schedule of accounts receivable
D)   Subsidiary ledger
E)   Special journalF) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 19

After posting is completed, there may be an error if

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A)   The sum of the customer account balances does not equal the total in the sales journal
B)   The sum of the accounts receivable ledger does not equal the balance in the sales account
C)   The sum of the customer account balances does not equal the accounts receivable controlling account balance
D)   The balance in the sales journal does not equal the accounts receivable controlling account balance
E)   The sum of the accounts receivable ledger does not equal the balance in the sales journalF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

The following transactions were completed by Augsburg Company during the month of May. The company uses a perpetual inventory system.
  Prepare a multi-column Purchases Journal for Augsburg and record the appropriate transactions. Complete the process and prepare a schedule of accounts payable.

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The answer of The following transactions were completed by Augsburg...

Exam 11: Accounting Information Systems

The General Ledger system represents the primary data base in the AIS.

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Enterprise-application software is used primarily for journal entries.

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Source documents are a group of components that collect and process raw financial data into timely, accurate, relevant, and cost-effective information to meet the purposes of internal and external users.

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Outdoors Unlimited has the following transactions. For each transaction, indicate the appropriate journal. (a) Sales Journal (b) Purchases Journeal (c) Cash Receipts Journal (d) Cash Disbursements Journal (e) General Journal

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Individual transactions in the Sales Journal are regularly posted to customer accounts in the Accounts Payable ledger.

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An Accounts Receivable ledger is

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When a Sales Journal's sales amount column is totalled at the end of the month, the total is

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Two common subsidiary ledgers are cash receipts and cash disbursements.

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List the five subsystems within a management information system (MIS).

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Special journals include

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The General Journal is used for

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Discuss the differences in the special journals for a perpetual versus a periodic inventory system.

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The basic components of an accounting system include

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A schedule of accounts receivable is a listing of all creditor accounts and account balances.

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The difference in the Sales Journal between the perpetual and periodic systems is the column to record cost of goods sold and inventory amounts for each sale.

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The Sales Journal and Cash Receipts Journal may have GST payable and PST payable columns added to them to facilitate recording.

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A columnar journal is a journal with only one column.

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A list of the balances of all the accounts in the Accounts Receivable Ledger that is added to show the total of accounts receivable outstanding is called a

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After posting is completed, there may be an error if

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The following transactions were completed by Augsburg Company during the month of May. The company uses a perpetual inventory system. Prepare a multi-column Purchases Journal for Augsburg and record the appropriate transactions. Complete the process and prepare a schedule of accounts payable.

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