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  • Bad debt expense is reported on the income statement as


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  • Bad debts expense often refers to the loss that a company experiences because it sold goods or provided services and did not require immediate payment The loss occurs when the customer does not pay the amount owed In other words, bad debts expense is related to a company's current asset accounts receivable You have already recorded the Rs 100 in your accounts receivable, and you need to eliminate that amount As you use double-entry accounting, you must record a Rs 100 credit to your accounts receivable and a Rs 100 debit to your allowance for doubtful accounts or your bad debts expense column 

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    • 1. Invoice is an example of

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    • A. Accounts Receivable
    • B. Accounts Payable
    • C. Both A & B
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. What type of account is accounts receivable?

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    • A. Asset
    • B. Liability
    • C. Expense
    • D. Equity
    • Discuss
    • 3. when a purchase on account is made the invoice becomes

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    • A. debt
    • B. credit
    • C. both A & B
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The principle of diversification tells us that

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    • A. spreading an investment across many diverse assets will eliminate some of the total risk
    • B. concentrating an investment in two or three large stocks will eliminate all of the unsystematic risk
    • C. spreading an investment across five diverse companies will not lower the total risk
    • D. concentrating an investment in three companies all within the same industry will greatly reduce the systematic risk
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of the following best describes term life insurance?

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    • A. The insured pays a premium for a specified number of years.
    • B. The insured is covered during his or her entire lifetime.
    • C. The insured pays the premium until his or her death.
    • D. The insured can borrow or collect the cash value of the policy.
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    • 6. Other things the same, when the interest rate rises

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    • A. people would want to lend less, making the supply of loanable funds decrease.
    • B. people would want to lend less, making the quantity of loanable funds supplied decrease.
    • C. people would want to lend more, making the supply of loanable funds increase.
    • D. people would want to lend more, making the quantity of loanable funds supplied increase.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Assets minus liabilities equals

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    • A. Equity
    • B. Net income
    • C. Working capital
    • D. Net assets
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which one of the following is not a 'Money Market Instrument'?

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    • A. Commercial Paper
    • B. Equity Shares
    • C. Certificate of Deposit
    • D. Treasury Bills
    • Discuss
    • 9. what is ratio
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    • 10. What is the most difficult part of administrative assistant job?
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