Match Each Definition with the Correct Term Below

question 167

Multiple Choice

Match each definition with the correct term below.
-Materiality

• A)Information should have direct bearing on a decision.
• B)The quality or accounting information that enables users to comprehend the meaning of the information they receive.
• C)The quality of accounting information that assures users that information as presented can be substantiated.
• D)The accounting convention that requires that once a company has adopted an accounting procedure,it must use it from one period to the next.
• E)The accounting convention that refers to the relative importance of an item or event.
• F)The accounting convention that states that when faced with choosing between two equally acceptable procedures or estimates,accountants should choose the one that is least likely to overstate assets and income.
• G)Cash and other assets that a company can reasonably expect to convert to cash,sell,or consume within one year or the company's normal operating cycle.
• H)Debts that fall due more than one year in the future or beyond the normal operating cycle.
• I)The amount that stockholders invest in the business.
• J)Gross sales less sales returns and allowances
• K)The amount a merchandiser paid for the merchandise it sold during an accounting period.
• L)The income from a company's main business.

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Definitions:

Winner's Curse

A phenomenon in auctions, suggesting that the winning bidder tends to overpay due to incomplete information or overly optimistic value assessments.

Sealed-Bid Auction

A type of auction where all bidders simultaneously submit sealed bids to the auctioneer, and the highest bidder wins without knowing the bids of the others.

Private Values

A situation in auctions or market transactions where the value of an item is known only to the individual bidder or participant, not to the other bidders or the seller.

Vickrey Auction

An auction model where sealed bids are submitted, and although the item goes to the highest bidder, the price they pay is determined by the second-highest bid.