Financial Statements and Conceptual Framework Practice Question
Question
A supervisor reviews a case with a trainee for the CPA FAR Financial Accounting and Reporting involving governmental funds in Financial Statements and Conceptual Framework. Which option best reduces risk or error? (Item 156)
Answer choices
- A. Rely on informal custom instead of the applicable rule, control, or standard.
- B. Skip verification because the previous case had the same answer.
- C. Document nothing because documentation could create follow-up questions.
- D. The best answer is to choose the accounting treatment that best matches recognition, measurement, presentation, and reporting principles for the governmental funds scenario.
Correct Answer
D. The best answer is to choose the accounting treatment that best matches recognition, measurement, presentation, and reporting principles for the governmental funds scenario.
Explanation
The correct answer is D because governmental funds is tested by asking candidates to choose the accounting treatment that best matches recognition, measurement, presentation, and reporting principles. The distractors reflect common exam mistakes: ignoring context, using informal shortcuts, skipping verification, or applying a rule from the wrong domain.
Question details
- Difficulty: hard
- Domain: Financial Statements and Conceptual Framework
- Objective: governmental funds
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