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CFA® Level I Chartered Financial Analyst Questions 1646–1650 (page: 331)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Which of the following is NOT a deferred credit item?

  1. Deferred gain on installment sales
  2. None of these answers
  3. Deferred tax credits
  4. Advance rental payments

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

All of the responses qualify as deferred credit items.



The primary current source of generally accepted accounting principles rests with the ________.

  1. Securities and Exchange Commission
  2. Institute of Management Accountants
  3. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  4. New York Stock Exchange
  5. Financial Accounting Standards Board

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

FASB was created as an autonomous body with the responsibility of establishing financial accounting standards. It is responsible to hear all viewpoints from the entire economic community and be unbiased.



Which of the following statements is true?

  1. Recognition is concerned with recognizing a liability from a current cash.
  2. Deferral is the process of formally recording or incorporating an item in the financial statements of an entity.
  3. Realization would reduce a liability that is recorded as a result of a cash receipt by recognizing revenues.
  4. Allocation is the process of converting non-cash resources and rights into money.
  5. Accrual is the process of recognizing assets, liabilities, and components of comprehensive income.

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Accrual is the process of recognizing assets, liabilities, and components of comprehensive income.



Preferred and common stock differ in that

  1. failure to pay dividends on common stock will not force the firm into bankruptcy, while failure to pay dividends on preferred stock will force the firm into bankruptcy.
  2. common stock dividends are a fixed amount, while preferred stock dividends are not.
  3. preferred stock dividends are deductible as an expense for tax purposes, while common stock dividends are not.
  4. preferred stock has a higher priority than common stock with regard to earnings and assets in the event of bankruptcy.
  5. none of these answers.

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

In the event of bankruptcy, the claims of preferred shareholders must be satisfied before common shareholders receive anything. The interests of common shareholders are secondary to those of other claimants.



Which of the following statements is true?

  1. Recognition is concerned with recognizing a liability from a current cash receipt.
  2. The Accrual process would reduce an asset that is recorded as a result of a cash payment.
  3. Realization is the process of converting non-cash resources and rights into money.
  4. All of these are true.
  5. Allocation is the process of formally recording or incorporating an item in the financial statements of an entity.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Realization is the process of converting non-cash resources and rights into money and is most precisely used in accounting and financial reporting to refer to sales of assets for cash or claims to cash.



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