Failure to Prepare an Adjusting Entry at the End of a Period

question 64

Multiple Choice

Failure to prepare an adjusting entry at the end of a period to record an accrued revenue would cause

• A) net income to be overstated.
• B) an understatement of assets and an understatement of revenues.
• C) an understatement of revenues and an understatement of liabilities.
• D) an understatement of revenues and an overstatement of liabilities.

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Definitions:

Unemployment

A situation where individuals who are capable of working and are seeking work are unable to find employment.

Natural Rate of Unemployment

The level of unemployment that exists when the labor market is in equilibrium, including frictional and structural unemployment but not cyclical unemployment.

Long-run Phillips Curve

A graphical representation indicating that in the long-term, there is no trade-off between inflation and unemployment, implying that the curve is vertical.

Phillips Curve

A theory suggesting an inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate in an economy over the short run.