Chapter 11 Review Posting to General and Subsidiary Ledgers

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

A business's size, number of transactions, and type of transactions determine the number of ledgers used in an accounting system.

When the balance of a vendor account in an accounts payable ledger is changed, the balance of the controlling account is unaffected.

The heading of the balance column of an account in the accounts payable ledger is titled Debit Balance.

The amounts on each line of a purchases journal are posted to vendor accounts in the accounts payable ledger.

The total amount of the purchases journal is posted to the purchases and accounts receivable accounts.

Each amount in the general columns of a cash payments journal is posted to a general ledger account.

The totals of the general columns of the cash payments journal are posted.

A schedule of accounts payable is prepared before all journal entries have been posted.

The total of all customer account balances in the accounts receivable ledger equals the balance of the general ledger controlling account Accounts Payable.

10.

Entries in a sales journal affect account balances in both the accounts receivable ledger and the general ledger.

11.

Each amount in the sales journal's Accounts Receivable Debit column is posted to the accounts receivable ledger.

12.

Entries in a cash receipts journal affect account balances in the accounts payable ledger and the general ledger.

13.

Each entry in the Accounts Receivable Credit column of the cash receipts journal affects the customer named in the Account Title column.

14.

Each amount in the General columns of a cash receipts journal is posted to a general ledger account.

15.

A listing of customer accounts, account balances, and total amount due from all customers is a schedule of accounts receivable.

16.

Items affecting customer or vendor accounts are posted periodically during the month.

17.

A general ledger sorts and summarizes all information affecting income statement and balance sheet accounts.

18.

Accounts Payable is a single general ledger account that summarizes the total amount owed to all vendors.

19.

An account in a general ledger that summarizes all accounts in a subsidiary ledger is a controlling account.

20.

The balance of the controlling account Accounts Payable equals the total of all vendor account balances in the accounts payable subsidiary ledger.

21.

Balances of general ledger accounts are usually needed only when financial statements are prepared.

22.

The number of transactions determines how often to post to a general ledger.

23.

A vendor account is opened by writing the vendor name and vendor number on the heading of the ledger account.

24.

When using an accounts receivable ledger, the total amount due from all customers is summarized in a single general ledger account.

25.

The account form for a vendor has a Credit Balance column because accounts payable are liabilities and liabilities have normal credit balances.

26.

Errors made in recording amounts in subsidiary ledgers always affect the general ledger controlling account.

27.

The sales journal should be posted before the remaining journals are posted.

28.

The last journal to be posted should be the general journal.

29.

The total amount of the purchases journal is posted to two general ledger accounts, Purchases and Accounts Payable.

30.

Procedures for opening customer accounts are completely different from those used for opening vendor accounts.

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

31.

The ledger that contains all accounts needed to prepare financial statements is the ____.

a.	accounts payable ledger	c.	general ledger
b.	accounts receivable ledger	d.	subsidiary ledger

32.

A ledger that is summarized in a single general ledger account is a ____.

a.	ledger	c.	secondary ledger
b.	controlling ledger	d.	subsidiary ledger

33.

A subsidiary ledger containing only accounts for vendors from whom items are purchased or bought on account is ____.

a.	an accounts payable ledger	c.	a general ledger
b.	an accounts receivable ledger	d.	none of the above

34.

An account in a general ledger that summarizes all accounts in a subsidiary ledger is ____.

a.	an expense account	c.	a controlling account
b.	a contra account	d.	a capital account

35.

Each account in a subsidiary ledger has ____.

a.	two amount columns	c.	four amount columns
b.	three amount columns	d.	none of the above

36.

The amount on each line of a purchases journal is posted as a ____.

a.	debit to an account in the accounts payable ledger
b.	debit to an account in the accounts receivable ledger
c.	credit to an account in the accounts payable ledger
d.	credit to an account in the accounts receivable ledger

37.

Each entry in the purchases journal is an amount that ____.

a.	is to be paid to a vendor	c.	is to be collected from a customer
b.	has been paid to a vendor	d.	none of the above

38.

Each entry in the purchases journal is ____.

a.	posted daily	c.	posted at the end of a month
b.	posted often	d.	none of the above

39.

The total amount of the purchases journal is posted to the general ledger account(s) ____.

a.	Purchases	c.	Purchases and Accounts Payable
b.	Accounts Payable	d.	none of the above

40.

The totals of the General columns of the cash payments journal are posted to ____.

a.	the accounts payable ledger	c.	the general ledger
b.	the accounts receivable ledger	d.	none of the above

41.

To indicate that column totals are not to be posted, ____.

a.	a check mark is placed in parentheses under the total
b.	a check mark is placed in the Post. Ref. column of the journal on the total line
c.	nothing is placed under the total
d.	an account number is placed in the Post. Ref. column of the journal

42.

A vendor number is written in the Post. Ref. column of the journal as the last posting step to ____.

a.	identify the vendor
b.	start a new journal page
c.	show that posting of this line to the accounts payable ledger is complete
d.	show the general ledger account to which the total was posted

43.

When a customer account balance is changed, ____.

a.	the total of all account balances will be less than the balance of the controlling account
b.	all vendor numbers will change
c.	the balance of the controlling account Accounts Receivable is also changed
d.	none of the above

44.

To open a new customer account, ____.

a.	the customer name is obtained from the first invoice prepared
b.	the customer number is assigned
c.	the customer name and number are written on the account form
d.	all of the above

45.

When a credit is posted to the accounts receivable ledger, ____.

a.	the new amount posted in the Credit column is subtracted from the previous balance
b.	the source document number and page number of the journal are written in the Post. Ref. column of the account
c.	the credit amount is written in the Debit column of the account
d.	Balance is written in the Item column

46.

The special amount column totals of the cash receipts journal are ____.

a.	posted monthly to a customer account
b.	posted to the general ledger controlling account at the end of each month
c.	not posted
d.	posted often

47.

When posting the Accounts Receivable Credit column total of the cash receipts journal, return to the journal and write ____.

a.	the account number in the Post. Ref. column
b.	a check mark under the column total
c.	the account number under the column total in parentheses
d.	none of the above

48.

A listing of customer accounts, account balances, and total amount due from all customers is a ____.

a.	schedule of accounts payable	c.	subsidiary ledger
b.	schedule of accounts receivable	d.	controlling list

49.

A schedule of accounts receivable is prepared ____.

a.	before all current entries are posted
b.	after all current entries are posted
c.	before the special column totals are posted
d.	at the beginning of the month

50.

A general ledger sorts and summarizes all information affecting ____.

a.	income statement and balance sheet accounts
b.	accounts receivable accounts
c.	accounts payable accounts
d.	none of the above

51.

Daily general ledger account balances are ____.

a.	usually not necessary
b.	necessary to do monthly financial statements
c.	posted to the accounts receivable ledger daily
d.	needed if the dollar amounts are large

52.

Information to be recorded in the accounts payable ledger is ____.

a.	the date and posting reference information
b.	a debit or credit amount
c.	the new account balance
d.	all of the above

53.

When a debit is posted to the accounts payable ledger, ____.

a.	the debit amount is written in the Debit column of the account
b.	the cash account increases
c.	the controlling account is increased by the entry
d.	all of the above

54.

When opening a new page in an accounts receivable ledger, ____.

a.	Balance is written in the Item column
b.	the Item column is left blank
c.	a number is written in the Post. Ref. column
d.	none of the above

55.

The total of the schedule of accounts receivable should equal ____.

a.	the accounts receivable account balance in the general ledger
b.	the cash account
c.	the debit and credit proof
d.	none of the above