Select the Key Term That Relate to Accounting for the Business-Type

question 17

Essay

Select the key term that relate to accounting for the business-type activities of state and local governments from the list that best matches with the following definition.
A. Allowance for Funds Used during Construction
B. Revenue bonds
C. Utility plant acquisition adjustment
D. Regulatory accounting principles
E. Original cost
F. Historical cost
G. General obligation bonds
________ 1. In utility accounting, the net cost for the period of construction of borrowed funds used for construction purposes and a reasonable rate on other funds so used.
________ 2. Accounting principles prescribed by federal or state regulatory commissions for investor-owned and some governmentally owned utilities.
________ 3. Bonds whose principal and interest are payable exclusively from earnings of a public enterprise.
________ 4. Bonds which carry the pledge of the government entity's full faith and credit, although the intent may be to service them from proprietary revenues rather than general taxes.
________ 5. The account that captures the premium paid on a utility plant purchased by a government.

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Definitions:

Given Event

An occurrence or outcome within a probability space that has a specified probability attached to it.

Independent Events

Two or more events whose outcomes do not affect each other, meaning the occurrence of one event does not change the probability of the other.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 1 indicates certainty.

Marginal Probability

The probability of an event occurring, irrespective of the outcomes of other variables.