Chapter 1: Quiz

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1.Which of the following managers need to have a basic knowledge of accounting?
 a)The chief financial officer
 b)The vice-president for Human Resource Management
 c)Production staff
 d)All managers
 e)None of the above.


2.Important uses for accounting information include _______________.
 a)score-keeping
 b)attention directing
 c)decision support
 d)(a) & (b), but not (c)
 e)(a), (b) & (c)


3.Because investors entrust their resources to professional managers, they need accounting for purposes of _______________.
 a)scorekeeping
 b)attention directing
 c)decision support
 d)(a) & (b), but not (c)
 e)(a), (b) & (c)


4.Budgets are a key feature of _______________.
 a)scorekeeping
 b)planning
 c)control
 d)all of the above
 e)(b) & (c), but not (a)


5.Do good decisions lead to good outcomes?
 a)No, the world is too random to predict anything.
 b)Not always, but there is a strong likelihood.
 c)Yes, always.
 d)It depends on the weather.
 e)None of the above.


6.Financial accounting is concerned with _______________.
 a)reporting to external users, such as shareholders
 b)reporting to internal users, such as managers
 c)reporting to the Statistics Office of the Federal Government
 d)personal financial planning
 e)none of the above


7.Management accounting is concerned with _______________.
 a)reporting to external users, such as shareholders
 b)reporting to internal users, such as managers
 c)reporting to the Statistics Office of the Federal Government
 d)personal financial planning
 e)none of the above


8.The role of the auditor of a company is _______________.
 a)to identify fraud
 b)to prosecute criminal managers
 c)to attest that the financial statements were prepared fairly and truly
 d)to calculate the tax liability
 e)none of the above


9.Issuing shares and borrowing money is part of the ______________ function.
 a)financial accounting
 b)management accounting
 c)personal financial planning
 d)finance
 e)none of the above


10.Using accounting for decision support within the organization requires _______________.
 a)general purpose financial reports such as the income statement and the balance sheet
 b)specialized reports
 c)budgets
 d)personal financial planning
 e)none of the above