FABM 1.module 1
FABM 1.module 1
Fundamentals of
Accountancy, Business
and Mangement 1
Module 1: The Definition, Nature, Function
and History of Accounting
Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business and Management I
Self-Instructional Learning Material (SILM)
Module 1: The Definition, Nature, Function and History of Accounting
First Edition, 2020
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of Accounting.Please help them achieve our learning objective.
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What I Need to Know
Hello students? How are you? How broad are your ideas when we talk about
assets? liabilities? equity? or are you knowledgeable of what is financial aspects? In
order to know, learn and understand some important aspects about accounting, this
module designed for you and it will help you to learn about accounting, embrace
its nature, and narrate the history/origin of accounting.
1. define accounting;
2. describe the nature of accounting;
3. narrate the history/origin of accounting; and
4. appreciate the importance of accounting in real life situation.
What I Know
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the best answer from the given choices. Write your answer in a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Which financial statement that reports the revenues and expenses for a
period of time such as a year or a month?
a. Balance Sheet
b. Income Statement
c. Statement of Cash Flows
d. Statement of Flows and Assets
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3. In the accrual basis of accounting, revenues are reported in the
accounting period when _________________________.
a. cash is received
b. expenses is noted
c. no cash end received
d. service or Goods have been delivered
10. Mass production and the great importance of fixed assets were given
attention during this period.
a. Industrial Revolution
b. Information Revolution
b. Involvement Revolution
d. World War II Revolution
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11. This involves keeping a chronological diary of events that are measured
in pesos.
a. Accounting
b. Communicating
c. Identifying
d. Recording
What’s In
1. What is Accounting?
2. What is Business?
3. What is Management?
4. Differentiate accounting, business, and management?
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Rubrics for Scoring
Points
Criteria Advanced Proficient Approaching Developing Beginning
Proficient
(10) (8) (6) (4) (2)
Understanding Understand Understand Applied two Applied one Needs
and application and applied and applied concepts concept improvement
of concept all concepts several
concepts
Effort and Completed Completed Completed Incomplete Needs
Perseverance work and work with work but work with improvement
show much good effort with minimal minimal
effort effort effort
Time Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Needs
Management works on works on late but late and improvement
time time but complete incomplete
incomplete
What’s New
Let us read the poem below and try to understand its meaning.
Guide Questions:
B. What is the author trying to convey in the sixth, seventh, and eighth
lines?
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Activity 1. Match Me!
Directions: Match the business terms in column A to its description in column Write
the correct letter of your choice on a sheet of paper.
Column A Column B
What is It
Identifying – this involves selecting economic events that are relevant to a particular
business transaction.
- In a bakery business:
Nature of Accounting
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•Accounting is a service activity. Accounting provides assistance to decision
makers by providing them financial reports that will guide them incoming up with
sound decisions.
At every stage, from start to finish, accounting deals with financial information
and financial information only. It does not deal with non-monetary or non-financial
aspects of such information.
This discipline of knowledge has evolved to meet the need for financial
information as required by various interested groups.
History of Accounting
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was the “clay tablet” of Mesopotamia which dealt with commercial transactions at
the time such as listing of accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Mass production and the great importance of fixed assets were given attention
during this period.
In the late 1800s, chartered accountants from Scotland and Britain came to
the U.S. to audit British investments. Some of these accountants stayed in the U.S.,
setting up accounting practices and becoming the origins of several U.S. accounting
firms. The first national U.S. accounting society was set up in 1887. The American
Association of Public Accountants was the forerunner to the current American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
In this period rapid changes in accounting practice and reports were made.
Accounting standards to be observed by accounting professionals were promulgated.
Notable practices such as mergers, acquisitions and growth of multinational
corporations were developed.
A merger is when one company takes over all the operations of another
business entity resulting in the dissolution of another business.
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The Present - The Development of Modern Accounting Standards and
Commerce
What’s More
Directions: Write FACT if you think the situation is true about accounting.
Otherwise, write BLUFF if it is not. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.
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What I Have Learned
Directions: Read the paragraph carefully and identify the correct words that fit in
the given sentences in the box. Write your answer on a separate sheet
of paper.
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What I Can Do
Directions: The following are practical questions about accounting. Analyze the
following situations and answer to best of your idea. Discuss your
answer in each item. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
Points
Criteria Advanced Proficient Approaching Developing Beginning
Proficient
(10) (8) (6) (4) (2)
Understanding Applied all Applied Applied two Applied 1 Needs
and concepts several concepts concept improvement
application of concepts
concept
Effort and Completed Completed Completed Incomplete Needs
Perseverance work and work with work but with work with improvement
show much good effort minimal minimal
effort effort effort
Time Submitted Submitted Submitted Submitted Needs
Management works on works on late but late and improvement
time time but complete incomplete
incomplete
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Assessment
A. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the question carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer
from the given options. Write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.
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6. During 1854, Queen Victoria granted a Royal Charter to the Institute of
Accountants in Glasgow, creating the profession of the _________________
a. Chartered Accountant
b. Certified Public Accountant
c. Public Accountant
d. Certified Accountant
7. It is a revolution after French revolution where mass production and the great
importance of fixed assets were given attention during this period.
a. 19th Century
b. 20th Century
c. The Cradle Civilization
d. The Industrial Revolution
11. The process of classifying bills, promissory notes, and recording them is under
______________.
a. identifying
b. recording
c. classifying
d. interpreting
12. “Sales of bread and other bakery products” is an example of economic event or
transaction is under the process of _________________.
a. analyzing
b. communicating
c. identifying
d. recording
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13. “Purchase of land for business expansion” is an example of ___________.
a. analyzing
b. communicating
c. identifying
d. recording
14. The preparation of financial statements for annual executive board meeting is
an example of ____________________.
a. analyzing
b. communicating
c. identifying
d. recording
15. Which of the following is the main rule of double entry bookkeeping of Luca
Pacioli?
a. Debit should always equal to credit
b. A transaction should always involve economic event.
c. One transaction should always involve one debit and one credit.
d. Economic events should always be recorded in the books of accounts.
Additional Activities
Directions: Visit the Municipal Accounting Office in your locality. Observe the daily
routine of the accountant and give examples of decisions or questions
that can be supported by accounting information.
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What can I do What I Know
1. Yes, it will help us to be successful in
our businesses…. 1. B 6. B 11. D
2. Possible Answers: 2. A 7. B 12. C
•Is my business earning? (profitability) 3. D 8. C 13. D
•How much daily or monthly sales do I 4. A 9. B 14. B
need in order to recover my fixed 5. C 10. A 15. A
cost? (break-even)
•Do I need to hire additional workers to What’s New (Answers may vary)
help me with my production? A. It is about accounting.
•Can I afford to set up a new store in B. It is about balancing….
another place? Where do I get
the funds? 1. C
•Can I afford to pay a bank loan? 2. A
Assessment 3. D
Multiple Choice
1. C
2. C
What’s More
3. A
1. Bluff
4. B 2. Bluff
3. Fact
5. A 4. Bluff
5. Fact
6. A 6. Bluff
7. Fact
7. D 8. Bluff
9. Fact
8. B 10. Bluff
9. C
What I Have Learned
10. A
11. B 1. Accounting
2. Recording
12. C 3. Communicating
4. Recording
13. C 5. Communicating
6. Art
14. B 7. Accounting
8. Transactions
15. A 9. Clay Tablet
Answer Key
References
Lopez, R. Jr. 2016. Fundamentals of Accountancy 1st Edition. Davao City: MS Lopez
Printing & Publishing.
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shall continue. This shall likewise be used by the learners of all public schools in the
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