Bookkeeping

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If you have any difficulty answering the questions, learn more about this topic by reading our mini-lectures covering introductory to Bookkeeping.


 1. In a manual bookkeeping system, transactions are first recorded in a __________.


 2. A journal _________ includes the date, accounts, and amounts.


 3. In a manual bookkeeping system, each amount in a journal is posted to an _____________.


 4. A company's _____________ ledger contains all of the accounts such as Rent Expense, Supplies, and Interest Payable.


 5. An internal document that is prepared to prove that the total of all the debit balances is equal to the total of all the credit balances is a _____________.


 6. Historically, the final step of the _____________ 's responsibilities was to prepare a trial balance.


 7. Accounting _____________ has made the recording of transactions much more efficient.


 8. Accounting software has eliminated many of the math and recording _____________ that were common with a manual system.


 9. Because at least two accounts are involved in every transaction, the bookkeeping system is referred to as _____________ entry bookkeeping.


10. A _________ entry is entered on the left side of an account. debit credit
11. A _________ entry is entered on the right side of an account. debit credit
12. A typical entry in the account Wages Expense will be a debit credit
13. A typical entry in the account Sales will be a debit credit
14. A debit will cause the balance in a liability account to decrease increase
15. When a check is written, the company's Cash account should be debited credited
16. When cash is received, the company's Cash account should be debited credited


 17. Invoices from vendors (suppliers) which are due in 30 days should be credited to Accounts _____________


 18. The _____________ of accounts is a listing of the general ledger accounts in which amounts can be posted.


 19. The chart of accounts has two broad types of accounts: balance sheet accounts and _____________ accounts.


 20. Historically, the financial statements have been prepared by an _____________.

If you have any difficulty answering the questions, learn more about this topic by reading our mini-lectures covering introductory to Bookkeeping.

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