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Exercise Set A

EA 1.

LO 7.1For each of the following, indicate if the statement reflects an input component, output component, or storage component of an accounting information system.

  1. A credit card scanner at a grocery store.
  2. A purchase order for 1,000 bottles of windshield washing fluid to be used as inventory by an auto parts store.
  3. A report of patients who missed appointments at a doctor’s office.
  4. A list of the day’s cash and credit sales.
  5. Electronic files containing a list of current customers.
EA 2.

LO 7.1All of the following information pertains to Green’s Grocery. Match each of the following parts of Green’s accounting information system in the left-hand column with the appropriate item(s) from the right-hand column. You may use items in the right-hand column more than once or not at all. There may be several answers for each item in the left-hand column.

EA 3.

LO 7.2Match the special journal you would use to record the following transactions. Select from the following:

EA 4.

LO 7.2For each of the transactions, state which special journal (sales journal, cash receipts journal, cash disbursements journal, purchases journal, or general journal) and which subsidiary ledger (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, or neither) would be used in recording the transaction.

  1. Paid utility bill
  2. Sold inventory on account
  3. Received but did not pay phone bill
  4. Bought inventory on account
  5. Borrowed money from a bank
  6. Sold old office furniture for cash
  7. Recorded depreciation
  8. Accrued payroll at the end of the accounting period
  9. Sold inventory for cash
  10. Paid interest on bank loan
EA 5.

LO 7.3Catherine’s Cookies has a beginning balance in the Accounts Payable control total account of $8,200. In the cash disbursements journal, the Accounts Payable column has total debits of $6,800 for November. The Accounts Payable credit column in the purchases journal reveals a total of $10,500 for the current month. Based on this information, what is the ending balance in the Accounts Payable account in the general ledger?

EA 6.

LO 7.3Record the following transactions in the sales journal:

EA 7.

LO 7.3Record the following transactions in the cash receipts journal.

EA 8.

LO 7.4Maddie Inc. has the following transactions for its first month of business.

  1. What are the individual account balances, and the total balance, in the accounts receivable subsidiary ledger?
  2. What is the balance in the accounts receivable general ledger (control) account?
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