Which of the Following Statements Is True of a Trial

question 73

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of a trial balance?

• A)A trial balance has the same format as a balance sheet.
• B)A trial balance presents data in debit and credit format.
• C)A trial balance shows total amounts of assets, liabilities, but not equity.
• D)A trial balance is prepared after the balance sheet.

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Definitions:

Normally Developing

A term used to describe the typical progression of physical, cognitive, and emotional growth in children.

Hidden Object Test

A research technique invented by Piaget to assess object permanence in infants from 6 months old. An interesting object, like a small toy, is placed in front of a baby within her reach. As the baby watches, the experimenter covers the object so that it is out of sight. If the baby searches for the object under the cloth she demonstrates that she has a sense of the continued existence of absent objects.

Object Permanence

The fact that objects have a separate existence from the perceiver; that is, they continue to exist even when no one perceives them.

Preoperational Thought

Refers to a stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children from 2 to 7 years old are able to engage in symbolic play but have not yet understood the concept of logical operations.