Test Bank For Introduction To Governmental and Not For Profit Accounting 7th Edition by Ives Download
Test Bank For Introduction To Governmental and Not For Profit Accounting 7th Edition by Ives Download
Test Bank For Introduction To Governmental and Not For Profit Accounting 7th Edition by Ives Download
Multiple Choice
Answer: b
2. A school district wants to establish a separate fund to acquire, store, and sell school
supplies to individual schools within the district. What type of fund should it use?
a. enterprise fund
b. agency fund
c. internal service fund
d. public-purpose trust fund
Answer: c
Answer: d
4. A proprietary fund statement of net position report assets and liabilities in what
format?
a. relative order of liquidity
b. classified (current/noncurrent)
c. by asset/liability type
d. separating capital assets and related debt for other assets and liabilities
Answer: b
Answer: b
6. In establishing prices for its services, which of the following practices is the least
appropriate for an Internal Service Fund?
a. price at less than cost
b. price at cost only
c. price at cost plus an amount for anticipated inflation of equipment costs
d. price at cost plus an amount for depreciation of equipment purchased with a
transfer of cash from the General Fund
Answer: a
7. The General Fund transfers $500,000 to a Printing Internal Service Fund, which the
Internal Service Fund uses to acquire machinery. How should the Internal Service
Fund account for the cost of acquiring and using the equipment?
a. record the acquisition cost as an expenditure and ignore any depreciation
b. record the acquisition cost as an asset and depreciate it over its estimated
useful life
c. record the acquisition cost as an asset, credit investment in capital assets, do
not depreciate the asset, and write off the entire asset when it is disposed of
d. record the acquisition cost as an expenditure of the General Fund
Answer: b
8. When an Internal Service Fund sends a bill to the General Fund, which account
should the Internal Service Fund debit?
a. expenditures - vehicle usage
b. transfer out to the general fund
c. revenues - vehicle charges
d. due from general fund
Answer: d
9. A city’s Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund should include which of the following
components in its statement of net position?
a. only assets, liabilities, and net position
b. assets, deferred outflows, liabilities, deferred inflows, and net position
c. assets, deferred outflows, liabilities, deferred inflows, and retained earnings
d. assets, liabilities, and retained earnings
Answer: b
10. A city's General Fund makes a contribution of $800,000 to an Internal Service Fund
(ISF) so that the ISF can operate. How should the ISF report the contribution?
a. as operating revenue
b. as nonoperating revenue
c. as a transfer after operating income but before change in net position
d. as a direct addition to fund net position
Answer: c
11. In Proprietary Fund accounting, which of the following statements are true?
a. materials and supplies are recognized as expenditures when purchased
b. materials and supplies are recognized as expenses when consumed
c. capital assets are considered as expenditures when they are acquired
d. capital assets are not recorded in proprietary funds
Answer: b
12. You are computing an hourly billing rate for the Print Shop Internal Service Fund.
Which of the following items should become part of the rate?
a. salaries paid to maintenance staff
b. materials consumed during the year
c. depreciation
d. all of the above
Answer: d
13. An Internal Service Fund (ISF) sends bills for motor vehicle services to various
departments that receive appropriations from the General Fund. When it sends the
bills out, which account should the ISF credit?
a. due from general fund
b. other financing sources - motor vehicle services
c. revenues - motor vehicle services
d. expenditures - motor vehicle costs
Answer: c
14. Which of the following statements is true about the source of Enterprise Fund
revenues?
a. enterprise fund revenues may include revenues from sales to governmental
agencies
b. enterprise fund revenues always come from sales to individuals and
organizations other than governmental organizations
c. enterprise funds never receive governmental subsidies
d. enterprise funds record proceeds from revenue bonds as revenues
Answer: a
Answer: a
16. Under which of the following circumstances must an Enterprise Fund be used?
a. when its activities are partially financed with advances from the general
fund
b. when its activities are financed with debt that is secured solely by the full
faith and credit of the related primary government
c. when its activities are financed with debt that is secured solely by a pledge
of the net revenues from the charges made by the activity
d. when its activities are financed in such a way that all costs except capital
costs are covered.
Answer: c
17. Which of the following accounts properly would not appear in a proprietary-type
statement of net position (balance sheet)?
a. accumulated depreciation
b. retained earnings
c. net position, unrestricted
d. inventory
Answer: b
18. Which of the following accounts properly would not appear in the operating
statement of a proprietary-type fund?
a. transfer in from the general fund
b. depreciation expense
c. expenditures--capital outlay
d. revenues--charges for services
Answer: c
19. Which of the following would least likely be accounted for in an Enterprise Fund?
a. a local government's mass transit operation
b. a public swimming pool for which the government charges admission fees
c. a municipal golf course
d. a fire department
Answer: d
20. Which of the following accounts would be least likely to appear in an Enterprise
Fund statement of net position (balance sheet)?
a. cash and cash equivalents
b. general obligation bonds payable
c. net investment in capital assets
d. equipment acquired under capital leases
Answer: b
21. Proprietary funds sometimes report special assessment revenues. What are special
assessments?
a. a means of financing services that benefit one group of citizens more than
the general public
b. an additional assessment made so that an internal service or enterprise fund
can cover all of its costs each year
c. a fee charged to cover the cost of creating new service capacity
d. revenues reported as direct additions to net investment in capital assets
Answer: a
22. For fund-level financial reporting, a statement of cash flows is required for
Enterprise Internal Service
Funds Funds
a. yes no
b. no no
c. no yes
d. yes yes
Answer: d
23. Enterprise funds report capital contributions separate from operating and
nonoperating revenues and expenses. When does an inflow of resources constitute
a capital contribution?
a. when the inflows must be used to purchase capital assets or consist of
capital assets
b. when the inflows are grants restricted to use on capital projects
c. when the contributions are from property owners
d. when the inflow consists of donated capital assets
Answer: a
24. City Parks Department activities are accounted for in the General Fund. The Parks
Department receives two invoices, one from the Lighting Enterprise Fund (EF) and
one from the Printing Internal Service Fund (ISF). On receiving the invoices, which
accounts should the department debit?
a. due to lighting EF and due to printing ISF
b. expenditures (for lighting services) and expenditures (for printing services)
c. expenditures (for lighting services) and transfers (for printing services)
d. transfers (for lighting services) and expenditures (for printing services)
Answer: b
25. A Water Enterprise Fund (EF) issues $4 million of 5% revenue bonds on October 1,
2013. The EF will make its first payment of interest on March 31, 2014, together
with a principal payment of $200,000. What amount, if any, should the EF report in
its fund statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position for the year
ended December 31, 2013?
a. zero
b. interest expense of $100,000
c. interest expense of $50,000 and principal expense of $100,000
d. interest expense of $50,000
Answer: d
26. A city accounts for its hospital in an Enterprise Fund. An individual brings a
malpractice suit against the hospital in 2013. City lawyers are concerned about
losing the case if it goes to court, but estimate that it is probable they can settle it
out of court for $50,000. In any event, the city does not expect any cash outflows
on the claim for several years. How should the Enterprise Fund report this item in
its statements for the year ended December 31, 2013?
a. no reporting is necessary
b. the situation should be reported only by means of note disclosure
c. the enterprise fund should report a claims expense and a current liability of
$50,000
d. the enterprise fund should report a claims expense and a noncurrent liability
of $50,000
Answer: d
27. At December 31, 2013, a Water Enterprise Fund has outstanding revenue bonds
payable of $1 million, of which $40,000 is due to be paid on February 15, 2014,
and $50,000 is due to be paid on August 15, 2014. How should it report this
liability in its fund statement of net position as of December 31, 2013?
a. It should report $40,000 as a current liability and disclose $960,000 in a
note
b. It should report $40,000 as a current liability and $960,000 as a noncurrent
liability
c. It should report $90,000 as a current liability and $910,000 as a noncurrent
liability
d. It should report no liability for this obligation on the fund statement of net
position
Answer: c
28. The Village of Catlett provides electricity to its residents through an Enterprise
Fund (EF). The EF's fiscal year ends June 30. Its last payroll period starts June 26
and ends July 7. For financial reporting purposes, how should the EF handle the
salaries earned by its employees June 26-30?
a. Nothing should be done, because nothing needs to be reported for the
period June 26-30
b. The EF should report salary expense and a liability for salaries earned by
employees during June 26-30
c. The EF should report a liability for salaries earned and expected to be
earned from June 26 to July 7
d. The EF should disclose the salaries earned, but not paid, in a note to the
financial statements
Answer: b
29. An Enterprise Fund issued bonds in the amount of $100,000 and immediately
acquired capital assets from the bond proceeds at a cost of $100,000. As of
December 31, 2013, accumulated depreciation on the assets was $10,000. Also, as
of December 31, 2013, the Enterprise Fund had paid back $15,000 of the debt
principal. In its December 31, 2013, statement of net position, how much should the
Fund report as its net investment in capital assets?
a. $90,000
b. $85,000
c. $15,000
d. $5,000
Answer: d
30. Where should Internal Service Funds be presented on the face of proprietary fund
financial statements?
a. they should be presented with governmental funds, not proprietary funds
b. in a separate column to the right of Enterprise Funds
c. in a separate set of financial statements
d. major Internal Service Funds should be reported in separate columns
Answer: b
31. Enterprise Fund accounting and reporting is required when an activity is financed
with debt secured solely by a pledge of the net revenue from fees and charges. This
type of debt typically takes the form of what?
a. revenue bonds
b. general obligation revenue bonds
c. revenue anticipation notes
d. private placements
Answer: a
32. The GASB statement of cash flows is different from that required in the private
sector in which of these ways?
a. It excludes permanently restricted cash flows
b. It excludes investing cash flows
c. It requires reporting operating cash flows using the direct method
d. It is not required unless the reporting entity issues debt.
Answer: c
33. Governments control their Enterprise Fund revenues and expenses in what way?
a. by using encumbrance accounting
b. by recording flexible budget amounts in the accounts
c. by controlling and approving the rates they can charge for services
d. by ensuring there is a competitive market for its services
Answer: c
34. Many Utility Enterprise Fund activities charge tap fees to their customers. Which
of the following is most descriptive of those fees?
a. tap fees are assessed based on the amount of water a utility customer uses
b, tap fees replace capital grants
c. tap fees can only be used to purchase or construct capital assets
d. tap fees provide financing when a utility needs to expand its operating plant
for new customers
Answer: d
35. Proprietary fund net position must be reported in which three elements?
a. nonexpendable, restricted, and unrestricted
b. net investment in capital assets, restricted, and unrestricted
c. restricted, committed and unrestricted
d. additional- paid-in-capital, restricted, and unrestricted
e. restricted, committed, assigned
Answer: b
Problems
State whether the following are true or false. For the false items, explain why they
are false.
a. Enterprise Funds are used only when all services are provided to non-
governmental entities, and Internal Service Funds are used only when all
services are provided to governmental agencies that are a part of the
reporting government.
b. Enterprise Funds use the economic resources measurement focus and full
accrual basis of accounting only when they want to compute the costs of
services; otherwise, they use the current financial resources measurement
focus and modified accrual basis of accounting.
c. The primary activities of the State Office of General Services and the State
Parks Department are financed from General Fund appropriations. The
former department also operates a governmental motor pool and the latter
operates a public swimming pool. Because their primary activities are
financed from the General Fund, they may not under any circumstances
account for other activities in proprietary funds.
d. An Enterprise Fund must be used whenever a government charges fees to
external users for goods or services.
Answer:
All of these statements are false.
a. To justify use of an Internal Service Fund, the reporting government must
be the predominant participant in the activity, but an Internal Service Fund
could make some sales to other governments. Similarly, a key aspect of the
use of Enterprise Funds is the presence of external customers, but some
sales could be made to the reporting entity itself.
b. Enterprise funds always use the economic resources measurement focus
and the full accrual basis of accounting.
c. An individual agency within a government may use several types of funds,
depending on the nature of the activities they perform. If particular
activities meet the criteria for using Internal Service Funds or Enterprise
Funds, those fund types must be used.
d. Enterprise Funds may be used to report an activity for which a fee is
charged to external users, but they are not required to be used unless certain
specific criteria are met. For example, an Enterprise Fund need not be used
when an activity charges incidental fees such as inspection fees or
admissions fees. Enterprise Funds must be used when certain other criteria
are met; for example, when the activity is financed with debt secured solely
by a pledge of the net revenues from the fees charged by the activity.
The City of Casa Cortez uses an Internal Service Fund (ISF) to provide centralized
printing services for all City agencies. City agencies are billed on a per-page basis
(number of pages in a document times the number of documents printed). The City
requires the ISF to develop its billing rate so as to recover all costs on the accrual
basis of accounting, plus the cost of repaying a start-up loan made by the City to the
ISF. Compute the rate per page to be charged by the ISF, based on the following
factors:
a. Start-up loan from City to ISF - $400,000 non-interest bearing loan, to be
repaid in equal payments over 10 years
b. Printing equipment - estimated to cost $300,000 and to have an average life
of 10 years
c. Personnel costs - Estimated salaries of $500,000, plus contribution to
Pension Trust Fund of 10% of salaries
d. Paper- Opening inventory of $16,000; expected purchases of $72,000;
expected ending inventory of $12,000
e. Occupancy costs - Estimated at $50,000 per year
f. Expected number of pages to be printed - 20 million
Answer:
Billing components:
a. Repayment of loan ($400,000 / 10) $ 40,000
b. Depreciation ($300,000 / 10) 30,000
c. Personnel costs ($500,000 + 10% of $500,000) 550,000
d. Paper ($16,000 + $72,000 - $12,000) 76,000
e. Occupancy costs 50,000
Total costs $ 746,000
f. Estimated number of pages to be printed 20,000,000
The following information is taken from the financial statements of Corwin Water
District 2, an Enterprise Fund. The revenue bonds were issued to construct water
mains. Based on these data, compute the amount that the Fund should report on its
statement of net position, as net investment in capital assets.
Buildings $1,100,000
Water mains and equipment 5,200,000
Accumulated depreciation, capital assets 2,300,000
Current portion of revenue bonds payable 450,000
Long-term portion of revenue bonds payable 1,800,000
Answer:
Corwin City establishes an Internal Service Fund (ISF) to account for the costs of
printing services that it will provide to the various City departments. Make journal
entries to record the following transactions in the ISF only.
a. The General Fund transfers $425,000 to the ISF as a contribution to start
the printing activity.
b. The ISF immediately uses $400,000 of the cash to purchase printing
equipment. (The printing equipment is estimated to have an average useful
life of 8 years.)
c. On various occasions during the year, the ISF buys paper and other supplies
in the amount of $90,000 on open account. The supplies are put into
inventory.
d. Invoices for the supplies purchased in c., above are paid.
e. Employee salaries for the year amounting to $345,000 are paid
f. The ISF makes a payment of $41,000 to the City's Pension Trust Fund for
pensions applicable to the salaries of its personnel.
g. The ISF receives an invoice of $28,000 from the General Fund for
occupancy costs, which includes space and utility costs.
h. The ISF sends invoices throughout the year to several City agencies for
printing services, as follows:
(1) To General Fund departments $575,000
(2) To the Water Enterprise Fund 9,500
i. The ISF receives payments of $555,000 from General Fund agencies and
$9,500 from the Water Enterprise Fund.
To prepare its financial statements, the ISF makes adjusting entries to account for
the following:
j. To record one-year's depreciation on the equipment purchased in b., above.
k. To record the expense of paper and supplies consumed during the year. A
year-end inventory showed unused paper and supplies amounting to $8,000.
(See c., above)
l. To record unpaid salaries of $13,500 and related pension expense of
$1,350.
Answer:
a. Cash 425,000
Transfer in from General Fund - capital contribution 425,000
i. Cash 564,500
Due from General Fund 555,000
Due from Water Enterprise Fund 9,500
To prepare financial statements at December 31, 2013, Metro makes adjusting journal entries for
the following items:
j. To record six months' depreciation on the buses and building bought in
transaction b. Estimated lives are: buses - 10 years; building - 30 years.
k. To record consumption of repair parts. A year-end physical inventory
shows repair parts on hand amounting to $8,000. (See transaction d.)
l. To accrue for unpaid salaries of $12,000.
m. To accrue interest on the revenue bonds outstanding at December 31, 2013.
(See transactions a. and i.)
Answer:
a. Cash 3,000,000
Revenue bonds payable 3,000,000
b. Buses 1,500,000
Land 100,000
Building 900,000
Cash 2,500,000
c. Investments 200,000
Cash 200,000
e. Cash 900,000
Revenues - bus fares 900,000
h. Cash 203,000
Investments 200,000
Investment revenue 3,000
Presented on the following page is the adjusted trial balance for the Water
Enterprise Fund of the City of Whitt at December 31, 2013, the end of the
fiscal year. Based on this information,
a. prepare the entry necessary to close the accounts
b. compute the ending balances for (1) net investment in capital assets, (2) restricted
net position, and (3) unrestricted net position
(Note: Debt related to the capital assets consists solely of the revenue bonds
payable.)
City of Whitt
Water Enterprise Fund
Adjusted Trial Balance
December 31, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents $ 890,430
Cash, restricted 47,500
Investments 2,037,000
Due from other funds 595,000
Land 976,000
Machinery and equipment 2,264,000
Accumulated depreciation, machinery and equipment $ 1,840,000
Buildings 2,058,000
Accumulated depreciation, buildings 933,000
Accounts payable 398,250
Revenue bonds payable, current portion 50,000
Revenue bonds payable, noncurrent portion 1,650,000
Net position 4,087,000
Revenues - charges for services 3,608,000
Revenues - other 31,520
Operating expenses - purchase of water 2,389,000
Operating expenses - materials and supplies 276,000
Operating expenses - personal services 827,195
Operating expenses - depreciation 253,000
Nonoperating revenues-investment revenues 29,680
Nonoperating expenses-interest 14,325 .
$12,627,450 $12,627,450
Test Bank for Introduction to Governmental and Not for Profit Accounting 7th Edition by Ives
Answers:
a. Closing entry