The Principle That Accountants Do Not Have to Account for Every

question 70

Multiple Choice

The principle that accountants do not have to account for every last item in strict accordance with the accounting rules is known as the:

• A)relevance principle.
• B)cost principle.
• C)materiality principle.
• D)going-concern principle.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

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Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.