The ACCT504 Final Exam will be an online open-book, open-notes, open-computer exam with a time limit of three hours and 30 minutes. It will be worth 250 points or 25% of your course grade.

The Final Exam is two pages long and will consist of 14 multiple-choice questions worth five points each and six essays worth 30 points. Some of the multiple-choice questions are problem-based. Of the six essays, five of the essays are problem-based since this is an Accounting course.

Terminal Course Objectives A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are all addressed on this exam.
You should review the following concepts for this exam.
For the multiple choice questions worth a total of 70 points, you should know: 1. The characteristics of the corporate form of business. 2. About the term "cash dividend". 3. Which accounts have debit or credit balances. 4. The difference between cash-basis versus accrual-basis of accounting. 5. The meaning and implications of using FIFO, LIFO, and weighted average cost-flow assumptions. 6. How to calculate depreciation using the straight-line method. 7. The journal entry for the issuance of bonds (at par, discount, or premium) and for the issuance of stock (at par or above par). 8. How to determine the market value of a bond. 9. The various adjustments that are made to net income in arriving at net cash flow from operating activities. 10. The different tools of financial statement analysis, and how each tool is used, as well as the different names for certain tools of analysis. 11. The different ratios, why/how those ratios are used, and which external user is interested in a certain ratio.
For the problem-based essay questions worth a total of 150 points, you should know: 1. How to calculate the different ratios that you learned in this class. 2. How to prepare an income statement and statement of