Which of the Following Is an Example of Entrapment

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of entrapment?

• A) A friend convinces you that it would be fun to stand backwards in the checkout line of the grocery store, and before you know it, other customers are gawking at you.
• B) A friend suggests that in auditioning for the part of James Bond in a local production, you should emphasize his fears as well as his strengths, and before you know it, you are laughed off stage.
• C) A friend states that just because you are the bride there is no reason that you, rather than the groom, should write the thank-you cards, and before you know it, you are getting the blame.
• D) A friend who is moving asks you to bring over a few empty boxes; when you arrive he asks you to fill the boxes with dishes, and before you know it, you've packed his kitchen.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Journal Entry

A journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditure to the appropriate years.

Accrual

An accounting principle that recognizes revenues and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when cash transactions occur.

Adjusting Journal Entries

Entries made at the end of an accounting period to update balances of revenues and expenses to reflect the correct amounts earned or incurred during a period.

Accrual

A financial recording approach that logs income and expenditures at the time they occur, irrespective of the actual cash transaction timing.