Question : 151. Under U.S. GAAP, sometimes a firm sells or otherwise disposes : 1230396

 

 

151. Under U.S. GAAP, sometimes a firm sells or otherwise disposes of a major division or segment of its business during the year or contemplates its sale or disposal within a foreseeable time after the end of the accounting period. If so, it must disclose separately any income, gains, and losses related to that division or segment. The separate disclosure appears in the  
A. income from continuing operations
B. income, gains, and losses from discontinued operations
C. extraordinary gains and losses
D. retained earnings
E. paid-in-capital 

 

152. For most firms a loss from an earthquake or confiscation of assets by a foreign government under U.S. GAAP would be considered a(n)  
A. continuing operation.
B. discontinued operation.
C. extraordinary loss.
D. impaired operation.
E. paid-in-capital.

 

153. IFRS uses the idea of a disposal group, a group of assets and directly associated liabilities that a firm will dispose of as a group in a single transaction. The disposal group notion of IFRS envisions a larger unit than the component notion of U.S. GAAP. In the year that a firm decides to sell or otherwise dispose of a unit that qualifies as a(n) _____ it aggregates the assets and liabilities of that unit on the balance sheet into four groups: current assets, noncurrent assets, current liabilities, and noncurrent liabilities.  
A. continuing operation
B. discontinued operation
C. extraordinary gain or loss
D. impaired operation
E. paid-in-capital 

 

154. IFRS uses the idea of a disposal group, a group of assets and directly associated liabilities that a firm will dispose of as a group in a single transaction. The disposal group notion of IFRS envisions a larger unit than the component notion of U.S. GAAP. In the year that a firm decides to sell or otherwise dispose of a unit that qualifies as a discontinued operation, it aggregates the assets and liabilities of that unit on the balance sheet into four groups.  Which of the following is not one of the groups?  
A. current assets
B. noncurrent assets
C. current liabilities
D. noncurrent liabilities
E. contingent liabilities

 

155. Under U.S. GAAP and IFRS, the firm measures the assets and liabilities of a discontinued operation at the lower of their _____  It reports any gain or loss that results in the Discontinued Operations section of the income statement. The Discontinued Operations section also includes income or loss from operating the unit for that year. Financial statements for prior years included for comparative purposes classify those amounts also as a discontinued operation.  
A. carrying values or their fair values.
B. net realizable values or their fair values.
C. carrying values or the present value of future cash flows.
D. net realizable values or the present value of future cash flows.
E. liquidation values or the present value of future cash flows.

 

156. A separate section of an income statement prepared under U.S. GAAP presents Extraordinary Gains and Losses. For an item to be extraordinary, it must generally meet which of the following:  
A. frequent in occurrence and usual in nature.
B. infrequent in occurrence and usual in nature.
C. frequent in occurrence and unusual in nature.
D. infrequent in occurrence and unusual in nature.
E. unusual in nature, only.

 

157. The FASB and IASB have increasingly required or permitted firms to report certain assets and liabilities at their fair values (or the lower of fair value or carrying value) at the end of each period instead of their historical (or acquisition) costs. Examples include which of the following?  
A. Measurement of inventories at lower of cost or market.
B. Measurement of fixed assets and intangibles at fair value when recognizing an asset impairment loss.
C. Measurement of marketable equity securities at fair value.
D. Measurement of derivatives, and financial instruments in certain designated hedges, at fair value.
E. all of the above

 

158. The FASB and IASB have increasingly required or permitted firms to report certain assets  and liabilities at their fair values (or the lower of fair value or carrying value) at the end of each period instead of their historical (or acquisition) costs. Examples include which of the following?  
A. Measurement of all inventories at current market values instead of their historical costs.
B. Measurement of all fixed assets and intangibles at fair value each period.
C. Measurement of all marketable equity securities at amortized acquisition cost.
D. Measurement of derivatives, and financial instruments in certain designated hedges, at fair value.
E. all of the above

 

159. The FASB and IASB have increasingly required or permitted firms to report certain assets  and liabilities at their fair values (or the lower of fair value or carrying value) at the end of  each period instead of their historical (or acquisition) costs. Examples include which of the following?  
A. Measurement of all inventories at current market values instead of their historical costs.
B. Measurement of all fixed assets and intangibles at fair value each period.
C. Measurement of marketable equity securities at fair value.
D. Measurement of derivatives, and financial instruments in certain designated hedges, at the lower of fair value or carrying value.
E. all of the above

 

160. The FASB and IASB have increasingly required or permitted firms to report certain assets and liabilities at their fair values (or the lower of fair value or carrying value) at the end of each period instead of their historical (or acquisition) costs. Examples include which of the following?  
A. Measurement of all inventories at current market values instead of their historical costs.
B. Measurement of fixed assets and intangibles at fair value when recognizing an asset impairment loss.
C. Measurement of marketable equity securities at the lower of fair value or carrying value.
D. Measurement of derivatives, and financial instruments in certain designated hedges, at the lower of fair value or carrying value.
E. all of the above

 

 

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