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Principles of an efficient and effective accounting information system include all of the following except


A) cost effectiveness.
B) flexibility.
C) useful output.
D) All of these answer choices are principles.

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A subsidiary ledger frees the general ledger from details of


A) individual balances.
B) external transactions.
C) internal transactions.
D) the control account.

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An (x) below the "Other Accounts" column in a cash receipts journal indicates the


A) total has been posted to the general ledger.
B) total is not posted to the general ledger.
C) column has been footed.
D) column has been cross-footed.

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If a company maintains special journals sales of merchandise on credit should be recorded in a _______________ whereas sales of merchandise for cash should be recorded in the _______________.

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Only transactions that cannot be entered in a _______________ journal are recorded in the _______________ journal.

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Entries in the purchases journal are made


A) from sales invoices.
B) from the general journal.
C) without supporting documentation.
D) from purchase invoices.

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Cross-footing a cash receipts journal means


A) the equality of debits and credits in the journal have been proved.
B) each line of the journal has a horizontal total.
C) the columns of the journal have been cross-referenced.
D) all necessary postings have been completed.

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Maldanado Company has a balance in its Accounts Payable control account of $10500 on January 1 2016. The subsidiary ledger contains three accounts: Smith Company balance $3000; White Company balance $2500 and Marino Company. During January the following payable-related transactions occurred.  Purchases  Payments  Returns  Smith Company $8,500$6,000$−0− White Company 5,2502,5001,500 Marino Company 6,1006,250−0−\begin{array} { l c c c } & \text { Purchases } & \text { Payments } & \text { Returns } \\\hline\text { Smith Company } & \$ 8,500 & \$ 6,000 & \$ - 0 - \\\text { White Company } & 5,250 & 2,500 & 1,500 \\\text { Marino Company } & 6,100 & 6,250 & - 0 -\end{array} Instructions (a) What is the January 1 balance in the Marino Company subsidiary account? (b) What is the January 31 balance in the control account? (c) Compute the balances in the subsidiary accounts at the end of the month. (d) Which January transaction would not be recorded in a special journal?

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Which of the following is not a basic principle of designing and developing an effective accounting information system?


A) Approval by the SEC
B) Usefulness
C) Flexibility
D) Cost effectiveness

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Match the items below

Premises
A general ledger account which summarizes detailed information in a subsidiary ledger.
Benefits of information must exceed the cost of providing it.
The accounting system should accommodate a variety of users.
Software programs that integrate various accounting functions.
Group of accounts with a common characteristic which provides detailed information.
Collects and processes transaction data and communicates financial information.
Integrate all aspects of the organization, including accounting, sales, and manufacturing.
Used to record high volume, similar type transactions.
Transactions are journalized and posted by hand.
A subsidiary ledger that contains individual customer accounts.
Responses
Cost effectiveness
Enterprise resource planning systems
General ledger accounting system
Manual accounting system
Special journals
Subsidiary ledger
Control account
Accounts receivable ledger
Accounting information system
Flexibility

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A general ledger account which summarizes detailed information in a subsidiary ledger.
Benefits of information must exceed the cost of providing it.
The accounting system should accommodate a variety of users.
Software programs that integrate various accounting functions.
Group of accounts with a common characteristic which provides detailed information.
Collects and processes transaction data and communicates financial information.
Integrate all aspects of the organization, including accounting, sales, and manufacturing.
Used to record high volume, similar type transactions.
Transactions are journalized and posted by hand.
A subsidiary ledger that contains individual customer accounts.

On September 30 after all monthly postings had been completed the Accounts Receivable control account in the general ledger had a debit balance of $245000; the Accounts Payable control account had a credit balance of $109000. The October transactions recorded in the special journals are presented below. On September 30 after all monthly postings had been completed the Accounts Receivable control account in the general ledger had a debit balance of $245000; the Accounts Payable control account had a credit balance of $109000. The October transactions recorded in the special journals are presented below.   Instructions Compute the balances of the (1) Accounts Receivable and (2) Accounts Payable control accounts after the monthly postings on October 31. Instructions Compute the balances of the (1) Accounts Receivable and (2) Accounts Payable control accounts after the monthly postings on October 31.

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Postings are made daily to subsidiary ledgers so that


A) employees are kept busy.
B) debits equal credits.
C) individual account information is kept current.
D) the control account will balance to the subsidiary ledger.

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Corona Company uses a sales journal a cash receipts journal and a general journal to record transactions with its customers. Record the following transactions in the appropriate journals. The cost of all merchandise sold was 65% of the sales price. July 2 Sold merchandise for $18000 to M. Jordan on account. Credit terms 1/10 n/30. Sales invoice No. 100. July 5 Received a check for $1300 from K. Bryant in payment of his account. July 8 Sold merchandise to S. O'Neal for $900 cash. July 10 Received a check in payment of Sales invoice No. 100 from M. Jordan minus the 1% discount. July 15 Sold merchandise for $7000 to K. Jabbar on account. Credit terms 1/10 n/30. Sales invoice No. 101. July 18 Borrowed $15000 cash from Pacific Bank signing a 6-month 10% note. July 20 Sold merchandise for $12000 to J. West on account. Credit terms 1/10 n/30. Sales invoice No. 102. July 25 Issued a credit (reduction) of $760 to J. West as an allowance for damaged merchandise previously sold on account. July 31 Received a check from K. Jabbar for $5500 as payment on account. Corona Company uses a sales journal a cash receipts journal and a general journal to record transactions with its customers. Record the following transactions in the appropriate journals. The cost of all merchandise sold was 65% of the sales price. July 2 Sold merchandise for $18000 to M. Jordan on account. Credit terms 1/10 n/30. Sales invoice No. 100. July 5 Received a check for $1300 from K. Bryant in payment of his account. July 8 Sold merchandise to S. O'Neal for $900 cash. July 10 Received a check in payment of Sales invoice No. 100 from M. Jordan minus the 1% discount. July 15 Sold merchandise for $7000 to K. Jabbar on account. Credit terms 1/10 n/30. Sales invoice No. 101. July 18 Borrowed $15000 cash from Pacific Bank signing a 6-month 10% note. July 20 Sold merchandise for $12000 to J. West on account. Credit terms 1/10 n/30. Sales invoice No. 102. July 25 Issued a credit (reduction) of $760 to J. West as an allowance for damaged merchandise previously sold on account. July 31 Received a check from K. Jabbar for $5500 as payment on account.

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Shown below is a page from a special journal. 1. What is the name of this journal? 2. Give an explanation for each of the transactions in this journal. 3. Explain the following: (a) the numbers under the bottom lines. (b) the checks entered into the Post. Ref. column. (c) the numbers 113 and 416 in the Post. Ref. column. (d) the (x) below the Other Accounts column. 11eb1392_1bea_af6a_8021_958fa69abcab

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1. Cash receipts journal.
2. May 27- Ton...

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If a company records merchandise it returns to suppliers in the general journal then


A) a posting must be made only to the accounts payable control account.
B) a posting must be made only to the accounts payable subsidiary ledger account.
C) a dual posting must be made.
D) there will be a debit to Inventory.

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The reference column in a sales journal is used to indicate the general ledger account number when the entry is posted.

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Proving the equality of the totals in the columns of multiple-column special journals is called


A) posting to the subsidiary.
B) debiting and crediting.
C) footing and crossfooting.
D) updating the master file.

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All of the column totals in the cash receipts journal are posted to general ledger accounts except the


A) Accounts Receivable column total.
B) Cash column total.
C) Sales column total.
D) Other Accounts column total.

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Enterprise resource planning systems integrate all aspects of the organization including accounting sales human resource management and manufacturing.

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Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable are examples of


A) nominal accounts.
B) controlling accounts.
C) subsidiary ledger accounts.
D) both nominal accounts and controlling accounts.

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