Correct Answer What characterizes the faithful representation principle inaccounting?A) Only positive financial events are reportedB) Information must always be presented in detailC) All transactions must be verified by auditorsD) Information represents actual economic events without bias

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Chapter2: Financial Reporting: Its Conceptual Framework

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The fundamental qualitative characteristics that financial information must possess to be useful to theprimary users of general purpose financial reports—identified in the Conceptual Framework are‘relevance’ and ‘faithful representation’.Required:a) Provide one example where information is relevant but not faithfully represented. b) Provide one example where information is not relevant but is faithfully represented. c) Provide one example where information is relevant and faithfully represented. please expalin in your own words.
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The fundamental qualitative characteristics that financial information must possess to be useful to the primary users of general purpose financial reports—identified in the Conceptual Framework are ‘relevance’ and ‘faithful representation’. Required: a) Provide one example where information is relevant but not faithfully represented. (explain) b) Provide one example where information is not relevant but is faithfully represented. (explain) c) Provide one example where information is relevant and faithfully represented. (breifly explain)
A trade-off between the fundamental qualitative characteristics of relevance and faithful representation may need to be made in order to meet the objective of financial reporting. True False
Which of the following is not an advantage of accounting standards? Select one: a. All of the given answers are correct. b. It reduces the reliability of financial statements. c. It helps to attain uniformity in accounting. d. It provides guidance on the content and presentation of financial statements.
Information that is reported free from error ________. A. does not include estimates B. is accurate in all respects C. contains no mistakes or omissions in the description of an event or in the process used to produce financial information D. all of the above
Comment on the statement that materiality is in the eye of the beholder. How does this statement relate to the discussion in this chapter of how to gauge materiality in assessing financial statement restatements? Is materiality inconsistent with the notion of representational faithfulness?
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Under the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting which of the following statements is not a feature of financial information’s “comparability” characteristics? Comparability is uniformity A comparison requires at least two items Consistency, although related to comparability, is not the same Comparability is the goal; consistency helps to achieve that goal
Which is NOT a criteria for recognition of financial information in the IFRS Conceptual Framework? A) The item is measurable without a high degree of uncertainty B) The amount must be measured at historical cost. C) The item provides relevant information about the element D) The item provides a faithful representation of the element.
Which of the following is not an objective of the conceptual framework? O a. Provides guidance for transactions not addressed in existing accounting standards O b. Enables implementation of one universal set of accounting standards O c. Enables consistency of qualitative characteristics in financial reports O d. Addresses the common needs of users of financial reports

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What characterizes the faithful representation principle in accounting? A) Only positive financial events are reported B) Information must always be presented in detail C) All transactions must be verified by auditors D) Information represents actual economic events without bias