Govt accounting Q & A 4
11/22/2015 Module 4: Mastery Exercise | Schoology
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Government and NonProfit Accounting: FAL ...
Module 4: Mastery Exercise
Question 1 (1 point)
General longterm debt of a government includes _____.
a all future financial obligations
b all future financial obligations that result from past transactions
c all future financial obligations that result from past transactions for which the government has already received a benefit
d all future financial obligations that are backed by the government’s general credit and revenue raising power and that result from past transactions for which the government has already received a benefit
Question 2 (1 point)
Obligations of property owners within a particular government for their proportionate share of debts of other governments with whom their government shares boundaries are called _____.
a overlapping debt
b conduit debt
c committed debt
d moral obligation debt
Question 3 (1 point)
Joshua County bought a new backhoe using general fund cash. When the asset was acquired, what was the appropriate entry in the general fund, assuming that the entity maintains its books and records in a manner to facilitate the preparation of fund financial statements?
a debit, equipment; credit, cash
b debit equipment; credit, investment in capital assets
c debit expenditures; credit, cash
d debit expenditures; credit, investment in capital assets
Question 4 (1 point)
Which of the following is likely to be used by a bond rating agency to rate a government’s general obligation bonds?
a a review of the basic financial statements
b consideration of economic statistics such as unemployment rates
c consideration of legal debt margin
d all of the above
Question 5 (1 point)
Which of the following costs will not be included in the cost of capital assets on the governmentwide financial statements?
a purchase price (invoice amount)
b cost of demolishing existing structures that cannot be used
c interest on selfconstructed items
d engineering costs
Question 6 (1 point)
To seek protection under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, a government must _____.
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a be unable to provide the level of services it has provided in the recent past
b be unable to pay its debts in the current year
c have budgeted expenditures in excess of revenues
d both (b) and (c)
Question 7 (1 point)
Which of the following funds is most likely to receive the proceeds of revenue bonds?
a general fund
b capital projects fund
c city utility enterprise fund
d highway department special revenue fund
Question 8 (1 point)
A government may record longterm assets in which of the following funds?
a general fund
b internal service funds
c capital projects funds
d debt service funds
Question 9 (1 point)
General capital assets are not reported in governmental funds because _____.
a the measurement focus of governmental funds is on current financial resources
b they are not used to used generate revenues
c the basis of accounting is accrual
d none of the above
Question 10 (1 point)
Overlapping debt should be reported in which of the following ways?
a in the schedule of changes in longterm obligations
b disclosed as a note to the financial statements
c reported in a schedule in the statistical section of the annual report
d reported anywhere in the annual report
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