Financial Accounting

question 36

Multiple Choice

Financial accounting:

• A)focuses on the future and includes activities such as preparing next year's operating budget.
• B)does not need to comply with GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles).
• C)is primarily oriented to external stakeholders, such as investors, creditors, regulators and tax authorities.
• D)is prepared for the use of department heads and other employees.

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Definitions:

Payroll Application

A program used to manage and process employee payment records, including wages, benefits, and taxes.

SaaS

Software as a Service, a cloud computing offering that provides users with access to a vendor's cloud-based software, eliminating the need for local installation or maintenance.

Hosted Application

A software application that is run and maintained on a remote server, accessible to users over the internet.

Type 1 Hypervisor

In a virtualization environment, a hypervisor that has the operating system running on top of the hypervisor. Also known as a native hypervisor.