Financial Accounting and Reporting concepts tested on the CPA FAR exam section.
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- What is the fundamental accounting equation?
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Assets = Liabilities + Equity
- What are the two fundamental qualitative characteristics of useful financial information under the FASB conceptual framework?
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Relevance and faithful representation
- What are the three components of relevance in the FASB conceptual framework?
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Predictive value, confirmatory value, and materiality
- What are the three components of faithful representation?
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Completeness, neutrality, and freedom from error
- What are the four enhancing qualitative characteristics of financial information?
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Comparability, verifiability, timeliness, and understandability
- What does the going concern assumption presume about an entity?
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That the entity will continue operating for the foreseeable future
- What does the materiality principle allow a preparer to do?
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Omit or misstate information that would not influence a user's decisions
- What does the full disclosure principle require?
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That all information relevant to users' decisions appear in the statements or notes
- What does the conservatism (prudence) concept favor when uncertainty exists?
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Anticipating losses but not gains
- Under the ASC 606 revenue recognition model, step one is to ____.
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identify the contract with a customer
- Under the ASC 606 revenue recognition model, step two is to ____.
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identify the performance obligations in the contract
- Under the ASC 606 revenue recognition model, step three is to ____.
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determine the transaction price
- Under the ASC 606 revenue recognition model, step four is to ____.
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allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations
- Under the ASC 606 revenue recognition model, step five is to ____.
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recognize revenue when or as each performance obligation is satisfied
- Under FIFO inventory costing, which units are assumed to be sold first?
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The oldest units purchased