A Business Has the Following Transactions: the Business Is Started

question 143

Multiple Choice

A business has the following transactions: the business is started by receiving $20,000 from the owner. The business purchases $500 of office supplies on account. The business purchases $2,000 of furniture on account. The business renders services to various clients totaling $10,000 on account. The business pays out $2,000 for salaries expense and $3,000 for Rent Expense. Business pays $500 to supplier for the office supplies purchased earlier. The business collects $3,000 from one of its clients for services rendered earlier in the month. At the end of the month, all journal entries are posted to the ledger. The Accounts Receivable account will appear as:

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut based on the first examples that pop into someone's mind when considering a particular topic, concept, approach, or choice.

Ease of Retrieval Effect

A psychological phenomenon where the ease with which information can be retrieved from memory influences judgments of its frequency or importance.

Representative Heuristic

A mental shortcut used in decision-making, where the likelihood of an event is estimated based on how similar it is to the stereotype of the event.

Correspondent Inference

The process by which observers infer the stable dispositions of others from their observed behavior, particularly when the actions are non-common or unexpected.