Of the Following Errors,which One Will Cause the Trial Balance

question 181

Multiple Choice

Of the following errors,which one will cause the trial balance to be out of balance?

• A)A $200 cash salary payment posted as a $200 debit to Cash and a $200 credit to Salaries Expense.
• B)A $100 cash receipt from a customer in payment of his account posted as a $100 debit to Cash and a $10 credit to Accounts Receivable.
• C)A $75 cash receipt from a customer in payment of his account posted as a $75 debit to Cash and a $75 credit to Cash.
• D)A $50 cash purchase of office supplies posted as a $50 debit to Office Equipment and a $50 credit to Cash.
• E)An $800 prepayment from a customer for services to be rendered in the future was posted as an $800 debit to Unearned Revenue and an $800 credit to Cash.

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Definitions:

Boston Massacre

A confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston, considered a pivotal event leading up to the American Revolution.

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Engraving

A printmaking technique where an artist incises or cuts an image into a hard surface, traditionally metal, to create a design.

Lord North

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, known as Lord North, was the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782 during a significant portion of the American Revolutionary War.