A Contingency Was Evaluated at Year-End and Considered to Have

question 9

True/False

A contingency was evaluated at year-end and considered to have a remote possibility of becoming an actual liability.If this is not reported on the balance sheet or in the notes to the financial statements,it could be considered a violation of generally accepted accounting principles.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The boost in complete costs associated with creating one more unit of a product or service.

Private Good

A product that is excludable and rival in consumption, meaning its use is limited to the purchaser and it cannot be shared without diminishing availability to others.

Rivalry

Competition or contention between two or more parties for a goal that only one can attain.

Excludability

A characteristic of a good according to which it is possible to prevent people who have not paid for the good from consuming it.