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ACCOUNTING I
Chapter 11 Reading Guide
Answer the following questions as you read Chapter 11, pages 296-330.
LESSON 11:-1: Posting to an Accounts Payable Ledger
1.
What is a ledger that is summarized in a single general ledger account called?
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A subsidiary ledger
2.
What is the difference between the Accounts Payable Ledger and the Accounts Receivable
Ledger?
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Accounts Payable Ledger contains accounts for all vendors that money is owed to
 Accounts Receivable Ledger contains accounts for all customers that owe us money
3.
What is a controlling account?
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An account in a general ledger that summarizes all accounts in a subsidiary ledger.
4.
What does the first digit in a subsidiary ledger account number show?
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The division in which the controlling account appears in the general ledger
5.
What do the second two digits in a subsidiary ledger account number show?
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Shows the accounts location within the subsidiary ledger
6.
How are accounts arranged within the subsidiary ledger?
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In alphabetic order
7.
When a balance in the accounts payable ledger changes, what also has to change?
 The Accounts Payable account

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How is the Accounts Payable Ledger account form different from the General Ledger account form? (compare form on page 300 to form on page 94)
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The Accounts Payable Ledger form only has a Credit balance column
9.
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The General Ledger form has a Debit and Credit balance column
What is written when a new vendor account is opened?
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The vendor name
10.
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The vendor number
On page 300, the form shows the word “Balance” in the Item column and has a check mark in the Posting Reference column. What does this indicate?
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The balance was carried forward from a previous page rather than posted from a journal
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12.
On page 301, “P11” is written in the Posting Reference column of a vendor’s account. What does this indicate?
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The posting came from Purchases Journal, page 11
Why do businesses usually post often to the Accounts Payable ledger?
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Posting keeps vendors balances up-to-date
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14.
What is the abbreviation used in the Post. Ref. Column when posting from the Cash
Payments journal? What does the number that goes with it represent?
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CP for Cash Payments
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The page number of the journal
What is a Schedule of Accounts Payable ?
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A listing of vendor accounts, account balances, and total amount due from all vendors
15.
How do you prove the balance of the Schedule of Accounts Payable is accurate?
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By comparing it to the Accounts Payable account in the General Ledger. They must be the same amount.
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LESSON 11-2: Posting to an Accounts Receivable Ledger
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16.
If the customer number is 110, what does the first digit indicate?
 The “1” indicates this is an asset and is related to the account Accounts Receivable
17.
Why does the Accounts Receivable customer form (pg. 308) have a Debit balance column rather than a Credit balance column?
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Because Accounts Receivable is an asset, and assets normally have a debit balance.
18.
From which column on the Sales journal, is an amount posted to the Accounts Receivable
Ledger?
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Accounts Receivable Debit column
19.
What is the last step in posting from a sales journal to an accounts receivable ledger customer account?
 Write the customer number in the Post. Ref. column of the sales journal to show the amount has been posted.
20.
What is a Schedule of Accounts Receivable?

A listing of customer accounts, account balances, and total amount due from all customers.
LESSON 11-3: Posting from Journals to a General Ledger
21.
When carrying a balance forward from a previous general ledger page, why is a check mark placed in the Post. Ref. column of the general ledger card next to the word Balance?
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To show that the amount has been carried forward from a previous page and is not a posted amount
22.
When posting from the Cash Payments journal, how are amounts from the General column posted differently than the amounts in the Special columns?
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Special columns only post the totals at the end of the month
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Amounts in the General column are posted individually to the account listed in the account title column
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23.
What does the diagonal line in the Posting Reference column of a General Journal indicate (see page 318)?
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That an amount should be posted to the general ledger and a subsidiary ledger
LESSON 11-4: Posting Special Journal Totals to a General Ledger
24.
The total amount of the Purchases journal is posted to which accounts at the end of the month?
Are these totals debits or credits?
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Purchases as a debit
 Accounts Payable as a credit
25.
What is the last step in posting from a Purchases Journal?
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Write the account numbers posted to in parentheses below the total
26.
When posting from the Cash Payments journal, why are checkmarks placed underneath the totals of the General Debit & Credit columns? (see page 324)
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To indicate that these totals are not to be posted (they were already posted individually)
27.
In what order should journals be posted?
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Sales, purchases, general journal, cash receipts, then cash payments
28.
Even though it is important to post from journals in a specific order, something strange can happen to your general ledger accounts. What is different (see FYI, pg. 325)
 Sometimes the entries will be out of chronological order
LESSON 11-5: Correcting Errors in Subsidiary Ledger Accounts
29.
Assume you accidentally posted an amount to the wrong customer account. You create a correcting entry to fix the error. You do not place a slash (/) in the posting reference column.
Why is not necessary?
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Because the error does not affect a general ledger account, only a subsidiary ledger account
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