PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I
ACCT 1010
TEST INFORMATION - Final Exam


Chapters Covered:  1 - 11 (10 - 11 primarily)
Deadline:  May 7, 2013

Components
  Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching - 14 points
  Be prepared for several objective questions covering the concepts and terms in chapters 10 and 11. 
  Comprehensive - 25 points
  Be prepared to identify the account type (asset, liability, etc.) and normal balance (DR or CR) of various accounts introduced throughout the text. 

Be prepared to produce the three basic financial statements (income statement, statement of owner's equity, and balance sheet) at an elementary level.
  Problems - 39 points
  Be prepared to work the following types of problems
  • Calculate depreciation using double-declining balance
  • Determine bad debt expense and journalize the entry for bad debt expense using the Allowance Method using both the Income Statement and Balance Sheet approaches
  • Journalize entries involving notes payable and calculate interest
  • Calculate depreciation using units-of-production
  • Calculate depreciation using straight-line method
  • Calculate revised depreciation
  • Journalize adjusting entries for depreciation
  • Prepare a Payroll Register determining tax deductions and calculating net pay
  • Prepare journal entries for the disposal of plant assets
Are You Ready?
  PTake the Interactive Quizzes provided by McGraw-Hill on the Text Website.  Work these quizzes until the quiz score reflects your desired test grade.
 
  PWork the review problems in Connect under the 10-11 Review heading.  If you successfully complete this review, it may be used as a bonus homework grade but is not required work.

P
Work the following problems without your text or notes.  Check your answers against the B Problem Solutions.
 
  • 10-3B
  • 10-5B
  • 11-1B
  • 4-3B (comprehensive material - financial statements)

NOTE:  Exams are intended to assess your assimilation of the information covered in each unit, not your ability to present memorized data.  Therefore, while the problems listed above are good study references, the problems on the exam will require application of the skills used to produce solutions to the suggested problems.  Do not expect exact replicas of homework problems. Be prepared to apply problem solving and critical thinking skills to complete both objective and problem questions on this exam.


The following Objectives will be Assessed on Test 4:
  Chapter 10
 
  • Describe plant assets and issues in accounting for them
  • Explain depreciation and the factors affecting its computation
  • Explain depreciation for partial years and changes in estimates
  • Compare and analyze alternative depreciation methods
  • Apply the cost principle to compute the cost of plant assets
  • Compute and record depreciation using the straight-line, units-of-production, and declining-balance methods
  • Distinguish between revenue and capital expenditures, and account for them
  • Account for asset disposal through discarding, selling, and exchanging an asset
  • Account for natural resource assets and their depletion
  • Account for intangible assets
  Chapter 11
 
  • Describe current and long-term liabilities and their characteristics
  • Identify and describe known current liabilities
  • Explain how to account for contingent liabilities
  • Prepare entries to account for short-term notes payable
  • Compute and record employee payroll deductions and liabilities
  • Account for estimated liabilities, including warranties and bonuses