ACCOUNTING 1 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING
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1. Accounting is a process of recording, __________________, analyzing, _______________, and reporting
of financial information to the stakeholders of the businesses.
2. An activity carried out by a business to provide goods and services in exchangefor money is
known as a ________________.
3. Only business activities that can be measured in dollars and cents are recorded. This is in accordance with
the _______________ concept.
4. Personal financial activities of the owner of a business are not recorded in the books of the business. This
complies with the __________________ concept.
5. Transactions are recorded based on reliable and verifiable information. This is in accordance with the
___________________ concept.
6. Transaction should be recorded in the accounts at their original cost shown in the source documents. This
practice complies with the ____________________ concept.
7. Asset accounts normally have ________ balances. An increase in asset in liability is recorded by a
________ and a decrease in entered as a _________.
8. Liability accounts normally have ________ balances. An increase in liability is recorded by a _______ and
a decrease is entered as a _______.
9. The owner’s capital account normally has a ______ balance. This account increases on the _____ side and
decreases on the ____________ side.
10. Income accounts normally have _____ balances. These accounts increase on the ________ side and
decrease on the _______ side.
11. Expense accounts normally have _______ balances. These accounts increases on the ______ side and
decrease on the ________ side.
12. The four phases of accounting are ____________, ______________, ______________ and ___________.
13. Increases in the capital account are ______________.
14. Increases in income accounts are ________________.
15. Increases in expense accounts are _______________.
16. The difference between assets and liabilities is ____________________.
17. Financial events that occur in a business are termed ________________
18. An investment (by the owner) in the business increases _____________ and ________________.
19. To acquire something “ on account” is to create a _____________
20. The transaction description “paid on account” means a reduction of the asset _________ and reduction of
the liability _________
21. Income increases net assets and also ______________.
22. A withdrawal of cash for owners’s personal use reduces cash and _____________.
23. The left side of the account is known as the _____________, whereas the right side is the____________.
24. Increases in asset accounts are _____________.
25. Increases in liability accounts are __________________.