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Accounting Chapter 2 Study Guide



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Businesses use accounts to summarize all the information pertaining to a single item.
 

 2. 

An accounting device used to analyze transactions is a T account.
 

 3. 

An amount recorded on the left side of a T account is a credit.
 

 4. 

The normal balance side of an asset account is based on the location of the account in the accounting equation.
 

 5. 

Each asset account has a normal debit balance.
 

 6. 

Each liability account has a normal credit balance.
 

 7. 

The balance of an account increases on the same side as the normal balance side.
 

 8. 

The balance of an account decreases on the side opposite the normal balance side.
 

 9. 

Asset accounts increase on the credit side.
 

 10. 

Before a transaction is recorded in the records of a business, it is analyzed to determine which accounts are changed and how.
 

 11. 

Each transaction changes the balances in at least two accounts.
 

 12. 

A list of accounts used by a business is a chart of accounts.
 

 13. 

Cash is an asset account with a normal credit balance.
 

 14. 

Capital is an owner's equity account with a normal debit balance.
 

 15. 

When cash is paid for supplies, the supplies account is increased by a debit.
 

 16. 

Common accounting practice is to record withdrawals as debits directly in the owner's capital account.
 

 17. 

The balance of a drawing account represents the total value of assets taken out of a business by the owner.
 

 18. 

The left side of a liability account is the normal balance side because liabilities are on the left side of the accounting equation.
 

 19. 

The left side of an asset account is the credit side because assets accounts are on the left side of the accounting equation.
 

 20. 

A drawing account is decreased by debits and increased by credits.
 

 21. 

The total debits and credits for a transaction do not have to equal.
 

 22. 

Increases in expense accounts are recorded directly in the owner's capital account.
 

 23. 

Increases in expense accounts are recorded as debits because they decrease the owner's capital account.
 

 24. 

Increases in revenue accounts are recorded as debits because they increase the owner's capital account.
 

 25. 

The normal balance side of an accounts receivable account is a credit.
 

 26. 

The normal balance side of an accounts payable account is a credit.
 

 27. 

Accounts receivable accounts are increased with a debit.
 

 28. 

Accounts payable accounts are increased with a debit.
 

 29. 

Advertising Expense is increased with a debit.
 

 30. 

Cash is increased with a credit.
 

 31. 

Christine Jones, Drawing is increased with a credit.
 

 32. 

Christine Jones, Drawing is decreased with a credit.
 

 33. 

Accounts Receivable (Zwilling Company) is increased with a debit.
 

 34. 

Prepaid Insurance is decreased with a credit.
 

 35. 

To summarize withdrawal information separately from the other records, owner withdrawal transactions are recorded in the owner's capital account.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 36. 

A record summarizing all the information pertaining to a single item in the accounting equation is ____.
a.
a debit
c.
an account
b.
a credit
d.
a T account
 

 37. 

In a T account, the debit side is ____.
a.
the left side
c.
both A and B
b.
the right side
d.
neither A nor B
 

 38. 

The right side of a T account is the ____.
a.
debit side
c.
normal balance side
b.
credit side
d.
equity side
 

 39. 

If an amount is recorded on the side of a T account opposite the normal balance side, the account balance is ____.
a.
increased
c.
unaffected
b.
decreased
d.
correct
 

 40. 

The normal balance side of an asset account is the ____.
a.
debit side
c.
decrease side
b.
credit side
d.
right side
 

 41. 

When the owner invests cash in a business, the owner's capital account is ____.
a.
increased by a debit
c.
decreased by a debit
b.
increased by a credit
d.
decreased by a credit
 

 42. 

When a business pays for insurance, Prepaid Insurance is ____.
a.
increased by a debit
c.
decreased by a debit
b.
increased by a credit
d.
decreased by a credit
 

 43. 

When a business buys an asset on one date and agrees to pay on a later date, the transaction is ____.
a.
delayed
c.
increased
b.
on account
d.
none of the above
 

 44. 

When a business pays cash on account, a liability account is ____.
a.
increased by a debit
c.
decreased by a debit
b.
increased by a credit
d.
decreased by a credit
 

 45. 

When cash is received from sales, the change in the owner's equity is usually ____.
a.
recorded in a separate revenue account
b.
recorded directly in the owner's capital account
c.
recorded as interest revenue
d.
always recorded on the debit side
 

 46. 

When a business receives revenue, Sales is ____.
a.
increased by a debit
c.
decreased by a debit
b.
increased by a credit
d.
decreased by a credit