A Client Has Come to See a Professional Because S/he

question 8

Multiple Choice

A client has come to see a professional because s/he is not living as fully as s/he would like.Which of the following would be the best starting point for working with this client?

• A)Focus on accepting life as it is.
• B)Focus on working through the client's most immediate issue.
• C)Focus on what has gone wrong in the past.
• D)Focus on missed opportunities and unused potential.

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Definitions:

Acquisition Differential

The difference between the acquisition cost of an entity and the fair value of its net identifiable assets at the time of acquisition.

Land Account

An account on a company's balance sheet that represents the cost of land owned by the company without any depreciation applied, since land is considered to have an unlimited useful life.

Investment Account

An account held at a financial institution for the purpose of managing securities, such as stocks and bonds, for investment purposes.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record investments in other companies, where the investment is initially recorded at cost and adjusted over time for the investor's share of the investee's net profits or losses.