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A company's annual accounting period ends on December 31.During the current year a depreciable asset which cost $24,000 was purchased on October 1.The asset has a $1,000 estimated salvage value.The company uses straight-line depreciation and expects the asset to have a 6-year life.What is the total depreciation expense for the current year?


A) $3,833.33
B) $958.33
C) $4,000.00
D) $1,000.00
E) $1,041.67

F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Decision makers and other users of financial statements are especially interested in evaluating a company's ability to use its assets in generating sales.

A) True
B) False

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A machine originally had an estimated useful life of 5 years,but after 3 complete years,it was decided that the original estimate of useful life should have been 10 years.At that point the remaining cost to be depreciated should be allocated over the remaining:


A) 2 years
B) 5 years
C) 7 years
D) 8 years
E) 10 years

F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Smitty Museum purchased the copyright to a piece of artwork for $922,000.Smitty plans to reproduce 1.8 million posters of the artwork over a period of 12 years.Calculate the amortization for the year assuming the Museum plans to reproduce and sell 130,000 posters the first year.


A) $78,633
B) $76,833
C) $66,589
D) $74,125
E) $ 0,copyrights are not amortized

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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A company purchased a mineral deposit for $800,000.It expects this property to produce 1,200,000 tons of ore and to have a salvage value of $50,000.In the current year,the company mined and sold 90,000 tons of ore.Its depletion expense for the current period is equal to:


A) $15,000
B) $60,000
C) $150,000
D) $56,250
E) $139,500

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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The units-of-production method of depreciation charges a varying amount of expense for each period of an asset's useful life depending on its usage.

A) True
B) False

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The process of allocating the cost of a natural resource to the period when it is consumed is called _____________________.

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A copyright gives its owner the exclusive right to publish and sell a musical,literary or artistic work during the life of the creator plus 17 years.

A) True
B) False

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Depreciation is the process of allocating the cost of a plant asset to an expense account in the accounting periods benefiting from its use.

A) True
B) False

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Revenue expenditures are additional costs of plant assets that materially increase the assets' life or productive capabilities.

A) True
B) False

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Treating capital expenditures of a small dollar amount as revenue expenditures is likely to mislead the users of financial statements.

A) True
B) False

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Extraordinary repairs are expenditures extending the asset's useful life beyond its original estimate and are capital expenditures because they benefit future periods.

A) True
B) False

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