Accounting MCQs

141. What distinguishes governmental accounting from other forms of accounting?
A. Ignoring Non-Cash Transactions
B. Focuses on Financial Reporting and Accounting Practices Specific to Government Entities
C. Detailing Long-Term Liabilities
D. Focusing Only on Short-Term Assets


142. How does governmental accounting contribute to transparency and accountability in the public sector?
A. Setting Advertising Budgets
B. Provides Financial Information to the Public and Stakeholders for Accountability Purposes
C. Assessing Market Trends
D. Ignoring Changes in Equity


143. What is the role of fund accounting in governmental accounting practices?
A. Analyzing Employee Performance
B. Ignoring Non-Monetary Transactions
C. Segregates Resources Based on Purpose, Legal Requirements, and Restrictions
D. Focusing Only on Short-Term Liabilities


144. How does governmental accounting address the concept of intergovernmental revenues?
A. Assessing Market Demand
B. Involves Revenues Transferred Between Different Governmental Entities
C. Ignoring Changes in Cash Position
D. Detailing Changes in Equity


145. What is the purpose of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) in governmental accounting?
A. Detailing Changes in Cash Position
B. Provides Comprehensive Financial Information, Including Audited Financial Statements and Supplementary Information
C. Ignoring Non-Cash Transactions
D. Setting Advertising Budgets


146. How does governmental accounting handle the recognition of grants and contributions?
A. Focusing Only on Short-Term Assets
B. Recognizes Resources Received from External Sources for Specific Purposes
C. Ignoring Changes in Equity
D. Analyzing Market Share


147. What role do internal service funds play in governmental accounting?
A. Assessing Market Trends
B. Accounts for Services Provided by One Department or Agency to Another Within the Same Government Entity
C. Setting Advertising Budgets
D. Ignoring Non-Monetary Transactions


148. How does governmental accounting address the reporting of infrastructure assets, such as roads and bridges?
A. Detailing Long-Term Liabilities
B. Utilizes Specific Reporting Requirements for Government-Owned Capital Assets
C. Ignoring Changes in Cash Position
D. Focusing on Short-Term Liabilities


149. What is the significance of the modified accrual basis of accounting in governmental financial reporting?
A. Ignoring Non-Cash Transactions
B. Focuses on Recognizing Revenues When They Become Measurable and Available
C. Assessing Market Demand
D. Analyzing Employee Performance


150. How does governmental accounting handle the reporting of long-term liabilities, such as bonds?
A. Focusing Only on Short-Term Liabilities
B. Recognizes and Reports Long-Term Liabilities in Accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards
C. Ignoring Changes in Equity
D. Setting Advertising Budgets