Identify the Effect (A Through H) That Omitting Each of the Following

question 75

Multiple Choice

Identify the effect (a through h) that omitting each of the following items would have on the balance sheet.
-An attorney has earned half of a retainer fee that was received and recorded last month. No adjustment was recorded for the amount earned.

• A)Assets and owner's equity overstated
• B)Assets and owner's equity understated
• C)Assets overstated and owner's equity understated
• D)Assets understated and owner's equity overstated
• E)Liabilities and owner's equity overstated
• F)Liabilities and owner's equity understated
• G)Liabilities overstated and owner's equity understated
• H)Liabilities understated and owner's equity overstated

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Definitions:

Kidney failure

A medical condition where the kidneys lose the ability to adequately remove waste and excess fluids from the blood to be excreted in urine.

Erythrocyte count

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Anemia

A condition in which there is a deficiency of red cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness.

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