Multiple Choices and Exercises Chapter 2
Multiple Choices and Exercises Chapter 2
3. (LO 5) AP Performing services on account will have the following effects on the
components of the basic accounting equation:
a. increase assets and decrease owner’s equity.
b. increase assets and increase owner’s equity.
c. increase assets and increase liabilities.
d. increase liabilities and increase owner’s equity.
4. (LO 5) AP Bing Company pays $700 for store rent for the month. The basic analysis of
this transaction on the accounting records is:
a. the asset Cash is increased by $700 and the expense Rent Expense is increased by $700.
b. the asset Cash is decreased by $700 and the expense Rent Expense is increased by $700.
c. the asset Cash is decreased by $700 and the liability Rent Payable is increased by $700.
d. the asset Cash is increased by $700 and the liability Rent Payable is decreased by $700.
BE1.9 (LO 1) AP Use the accounting equation to answer each of the following questions:
a. The liabilities of Weber Company are $120,000 and the owner’s equity is $232,000. What
is the amount of Weber Company’s total assets?
b. The total assets of King Company are $190,000 and its owner’s equity is $91,000. What is
the amount of its total liabilities?
c. The total assets of Smith Company are $800,000 and its liabilities are equal to one half of
its total assets. What is the amount of Smith Company’s owner’s equity?
BE1.10 (LO 1) AP Butler Company is owned by Rachel Butler. The company had total
assets of $850,000 and total liabilities of $550,000 at the beginning of the year. Answer each
of the following independent questions:
a. During the year, total assets increased by $130,000 and total liabilities decreased by
$80,000. What is the amount of owner’s equity at the end of the year?
b. Total liabilities decreased by $95,000 during the year. The company incurred a loss of
$40,000. R. Butler made an additional investment of $100,000 and made no withdrawals.
What is the amount of total assets at the end of the year?
c. Total assets increased by $45,000 and total liabilities decreased by $50,000. There were no
additional owner’s investments, and R. Butler withdrew $40,000. What is the amount of
profit or loss for the year?
BE1.12 (LO 2) AP Presented below are eight business transactions. Indicate whether the
transactions increased (+), decreased (-), or had no eff ect (NE) on each element of the
accounting equation.
d. Paid $250 cash on account for the supplies purchased in item (a) above.
h. Received $500 from a customer who had been billed previously in item (b) above.
Use the following format, in which the first one has been done for you as an example:
Owner’s Equity
a. +$250 +$250 NE NE NE NE
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
E1.12 (LO 2) AP At the beginning of March, Brister Software Company had Cash of
$12,000, Accounts Receivable of $18,000, Accounts Payable of $4,000, and G. Brister,
Capital of $26,000. During the month of March, the following transactions occurred:
1. Purchased equipment for $23,000 from Digital Equipment. Paid $3,000 cash and signed a
note payable for the balance.
8. Paid Digital Equipment $2,100 on account of the note payable issued for the equipment
purchased in transaction 1. Of this, $100 was for interest expense.
Prepare a tabular analysis of the above transactions, as shown in Illustration 1.24 in the text.
The first row contains the amounts the company had at the beginning of March.