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According to GASB Statement No.34,"General-purpose governments are thought to be those that offer more than one type of basic governmental service".

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Revenue for reimbursement grants may be recognized before expenditures take place as long as the grant has been awarded.

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Which of the following is true regarding the Statement of Revenues,Expenses and Changes in Net Assets for a public college reporting as a special purpose entity engaged in business type activities only?


A) The accrual basis of accounting is used to measure revenues and expenses.
B) Encumbrances are recorded at the time purchase orders are issued.
C) Both of the above are true.
D) Neither of the above is true.

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Special-purpose governments that are engaged in both governmental and business-type activities or in more than one governmental activity are required to include all of the following in its financial statements except?


A) Required supplementary Information
B) Fund basis financial statements
C) Government-wide financial statements
D) None of the above, these are all required

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Special-purpose governments that are engaged in both governmental and business-type activities are required to use the full reporting model including MD&A,government-wide and fund-basis statements,notes to the financial statements and RSI.

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Depending upon the circumstances,in practice public colleges and report as special purpose entities engaged in:


A) business-type activities only.
B) both governmental and business-type activities.
C) governmental activities only.
D) any one of the above.

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Special-purpose governments that are engaged in both governmental and business-type activities are permitted to combine the fund and government-wide financial statements.

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Special purpose governments may be stand alone local governments or may be component units of other governments that are issuing separate reports.

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A public college had tuition and fees of $21,000,000.Scholarships,for which no services were required,amounted to $1,600,000.Graduate assistantships,for which services were required,amounted to $2,500,000.The amount to be reported by the public college as net tuition and fees would be:


A) $21,000,000.
B) $19,400,000.
C) $18,500,000.
D) $16,900,000.

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Which of the following would not be considered a special-purpose government for financial reporting purposes?


A) A public school system.
B) An art museum.
C) A public hospital.
D) A county board of supervisors.

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Special-purpose governments generally provide a single or limited set of governmental services or programs.

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Which of the following is not an example of a special-purpose government?


A) Village government
B) Tollway authority
C) Library district
D) Fire protection districts

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Special-purpose governments generally provide a limited set of services or programs.

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What are the required parts of the annual financial reports for special-purpose governments engaged only in fiduciary-type activities?

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MD&A
Fiduciary Fund Financial ...

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Public colleges and universities may choose to report as:


A) special-purpose entities engaged in governmental and business-type entities.
B) special-purpose entities engaged in business-type activities only.
C) either (a) or (b) depending on the nature of their operations.
D) neither (a) nor (b) .

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Assume a government is a special-purpose entity engaged in fiduciary activities only.Which of the following financial statements would be required?


A) Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets and Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets.
B) Statement of Net Assets and Statement of Activities.
C) Statement of Net Assets, Statement of Activities, Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets, Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets.
D) Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets, Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets, and Statement of Cash Flows.

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Which of the following statements is true regarding accounting and financial reporting for public colleges and universities?


A) Public colleges and universities may choose to report in the same manner as private colleges and universities, using FASB standards.
B) Public colleges and universities may choose to report as special-purpose entities..
C) Both of the above.
D) Both of the above

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GASB categorizes general state appropriation as operating revenue for public colleges and universities.

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Which of the following is true regarding the Statement of Cash Flows for a public college?


A) The indirect method must be used.
B) The statement is in the same format required for state and local governmental enterprise funds.
C) Both of the above are true.
D) Neither of the above is true.

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GASB Statement 39: Determining Whether Certain Organizations Are Component Units requires most public college foundations to be reported as discretely presented component units in the college's financial reports.

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