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Depreciation amounts can be revised because of changes in the estimates for residual value, useful life or because of subsequent revenue expenditures.

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SportsWorld discarded a display case it had purchased for $8,000. $7,200 inaccumulated depreciation had been recorded to the date of sale. SportsWorld should recognize a gain or loss on disposal of:


A) $8,000 loss.
B) $0.
C) $7,200 loss.
D) $800 loss.
E) $800 gain.

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Because land has unlimited life, it is not subject to depreciation. Therefore, items that increase the usefulness of the land such as parking lots are also not depreciated.

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SportsWorld spent $17,000 to remodel its store. This cost will be recognized with a debit to Store Building.

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SportsWorld paid $140,000 for a property. The property included land appraised at$67,500, land improvements appraised at $25,000, and a building appraised at $55,500. What should be the allocation of costs in the accounting records round calculations to 3 decimals) ?


A) Land $62,000; land improvements, $23,800; building, $46,200.
B) Land $79,500; land improvements, $32,600; building, $47,700.
C) Land $63,840; land improvements, $23,660; building, $52,500.
D) Land $62,000; land improvements, $23,000; building, $45,000.
E) Land $87,500; land improvements; $35,000; building; $52,500.

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A patent:


A) Is an exclusive right granted to its owner to manufacture and sell a machine or device, or to use a process, for 50 years.
B) Gives the owner the exclusive right to publish and sell a musical or literary work during the life of the creator plus 50 years.
C) Gives the owner the exclusive right to publish and sell a musical or literary work during the life of the creator plus 20 years.
D) The amount by which the value of a company exceeds the fair market value of a company's net assets if purchased separately.
E) Is an exclusive right granted to its owner to manufacture and sell a machine or device, or to use a process, for 20 years.

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Sports Med sold an X-ray machine that originally cost $100,000 for $60,000. Theaccumulated depreciation on the machine to the date of sale was $40,000. On this sale, Sports Med should recognize:


A) $25,000 gain.
B) $40,000 loss.
C) $60,000 gain.
D) $20,000 gain.
E) $0 gain or loss.

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Subsequent capital expenditures:


A) Are expenditures making a property, plant and equipment asset more efficient.
B) Are added to the cost of the asset.
C) Are often called improvements.
D) Often extend an asset's useful life.
E) All of these answers are correct.

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Drilling rights are legal permissions to extract natural resources from the earth and are treated as intangible assets.

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When accumulated depreciation equals the asset's cost, the asset is fully depreciated. The entry to record the removal of the asset is called exchanging the equipment.

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An asset that cost $5,000 has a current book value of $2,000. A revision of the useful life of the asset estimates the asset has a remaining useful life of four years and willhave a residual value of $400. Using the straight-line method, the revised depreciation will be $500 per year.

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Treating small-dollar-amount capital expenditures as revenue expenditures is likely to mislead users of financial statements.

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Depreciation should always be recorded as soon as an asset is purchased.

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The straight-line method and the double-declining-balance method of depreciation:


A) Produce the same total depreciation over an asset's useful life.
B) Allocate an asset's cost in a systematic and rational manner.
C) Are both acceptable for GAAP.
D) Do not produce the same book value each year.
E) All of these answers are correct.

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Accumulated depreciation represents funds set aside to buy new assets when the assets currently owned are replaced.

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The full disclosure principle allows us to record an asset costing $50 as a revenue expenditure.

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Non-current assets can be divided into two groups including tangible and intangibleassets. These assets are generally used in operations of a business and have useful lives extending over more than one accounting period.

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Impairment can result from a variety of situations that include a significant decline in an asset's market value or a major adverse effect caused by technological, economic, orlegal factors.

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Intangible assets:


A) Are rights, privileges, and competitive advantages to the owner, used in operations, having no physical substance.
B) Can be amortized.
C) Are rights, privileges, and competitive advantages to the owner, used in operations, having no physical substance and can be amortized.
D) Include patents, leaseholds, and land improvements.
E) All of these answers are correct.

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Each year goodwill is examined to see if its value has been impaired. If the value has been impaired goodwill will:


A) Decrease.
B) Not change.
C) Increase.
D) Be depreciated.
E) Be amortized.

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