Match the Following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles with Their Definitions

question 1

Multiple Choice

Match the following generally accepted accounting principles with their definitions.
-__ Materiality

• A) The value of what was given up to acquire the item.
• B) In reporting the financial position of the organization, sufficient consideration should be given to the various risks the organization faces.
• C) To avoid misleading users of financial reports, organizations should generally use the same accounting methods from period to period.
• D) Financial statements are prepared based on the assumption that the organization will remain in business for the foreseeable future. If that is not likely to be the case, it must be disclosed.
• E) Financial reports should disclose any information needed to ensure that the reports are a fair presentation.
• F) An error is large enough to be a concern if any individual would make a different decision based on the incorrect information resulting from the error than if he or she possessed the correct information.
• G) Expenses should be recorded in the same accounting period as the revenues that they were responsible for generating.
• H) Financial report should be based on such evidence as reasonable individuals could all agree upon within relatively narrow bounds.

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Definitions:

Single Delivery

Refers to the process where all goods under a contract are delivered at once, rather than in separate instalments.

Installments

Payments made over time in parts or fractions towards settling a total debt or purchase price.

Commercial Impracticability

A doctrine under which a party may be released from a contract due to unforeseen and hardship-causing events that make the contract's performance infeasible.

Contractual Obligations

Legal commitments arising from contracts that parties have agreed to and are bound to fulfill.