Which of the Following Errors Will Cause the Trial Balance

question 190

Multiple Choice

Which of the following errors will cause the trial balance totals to be unequal?

• A) post the debit portion of a journal entry incorrectly and the credit portion of the entry is correctly posted
• B) failure to record a transaction or to post a transaction
• C) recording the same transaction more than once
• D) recording the same erroneous amount for both the debit and the credit parts of a transaction
• E) posting a part of a transaction correctly as a debit or credit but to the wrong account

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Definitions:

Accurate

The accuracy of a measurement, calculation, or specification in relation to the true value or an agreed-upon standard.

Mass

A measure of the amount of matter in an object, usually measured in grams or kilograms.

Density

The mass of a substance per unit volume, a measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume.

Volume

A measure of the capacity of a body or space, expressed in cubic units.