NAT: BUSPROG: Communication
STA: AICPA: FN: Measurement | ACBSP: GAAP | IMA: Financial Statement Analysis
TOP: Development of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in the United States
KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge NOT: Time: 1 min.
37. Some firms question the costs/benefits of implementing Sarbanes-Oxley.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy
NAT: BUSPROG: Communication
STA: AICPA: FN: Measurement | ACBSP: GAAP | IMA: Financial Statement Analysis
TOP: Traditional Assumptions of the Accounting Model KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOT: Time: 1 min.
38. In 2007, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it would accept financial statements from foreign private issues without reconciliation to U.S. GAAP if they are prepared using IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy
NAT: BUSPROG: Communication
STA: AICPA: FN: Measurement | ACBSP: GAAP | IMA: Financial Statement Analysis
TOP: Traditional Assumptions of the Accounting Model KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOT: Time: 1 min.
39. Accounting Trends & Techniques is a compilation of data obtained by a survey of annual reports to stockholders undertaken for the purpose of analyzing the accounting information disclosed in such reports.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy
NAT: BUSPROG: Communication
STA: AICPA: FN: Measurement | ACBSP: GAAP | IMA: Financial Statement Analysis
TOP: Traditional Assumptions of the Accounting Model KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOT: Time: 1 min.
40. Most companies are on a 51-52 week fiscal year.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy
NAT: BUSPROG: Communication
STA: AICPA: FN: Measurement | ACBSP: GAAP | IMA: Financial Statement Analysis
TOP: Traditional Assumptions of the Accounting Model KEY: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOT: Time: 1 min.
41. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has materiality implications.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficulty: Easy