fico exam related questions 1

Financial Accounting-Topic Wise Questions

Time 120 minutes

Chart of Accounts

1. A chart of accounts ( Multi )

a. can be allocated to multiple company codeb. can be defined as the group chart of accountsc. only contains definitions for G/L accountsd. can only allocated to one company code.

2. Which of the following statements is true when configuring a group chart of accounts?

a. In the company code segment of every operational account, the group account number will be a required entry.

b. The group chart of accounts is assigned to the company code in the company code global parameters screen.

c. When the assignment is made between the group and operational chart of accounts, the field group account number becomes an optional entry.

d. A one to one relationship exists between the group account number and the operational account number in the G.L. master.

3. Which are true regarding operational chart of account. (Single).a. To perform allocations between companies codes in the controlling each company

code must be assigned to its own operational COA.b. A company code can choose to work with multiple operational COA.c. If cross company code controlling is required the same operational COA must be

used.d. Company code with different base currency must work with there own operational

COA.e. The operational COA is optional by co. code.

Organizational Structure

4. A client. ( Single )a. only contain a single chart of accountsb. may contain multiple charts of accountsc. only use one exchange rate type d. only have one controlling area

5. Identify the correct statement(s) regarding organizational elements within the R/3 System.

a. The Business area is defined at client level and changed in transactions defaulted by Cost Center.

b. A plant is a location in which inventory quantities and values are stored or manufactured.

c. A Controlling area can comprise several company codes using different chart of accounts but must operate in the same currency.

6. Which of the following statements is true ? ( Single Choice) a. A Company code can belong to more than one controlling area.b. A plant must be allocated to a company codec. A controlling area and a company code must have the same local currency.

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d. A business area and a company code are assigned to each other in the corporate structure IMG

7. The productive indicator in the Company Code controls the following.a. Blocks Implementation Guide menu pathb. De-activates the delete documents and delete master data programsc. De-activates the Transport and Correction Request Systemd. Prevents the fiscal year variant from being changed in the Company Codee. Prevents the Chart OF accounts from being changed in the Company Code

8. Identify the correct statement a. Business area is defaulted to a Co code in FI.b. Business area is mapped to a co. code in controlling area.c. Business area is used for internal P&L a/c and Balance sheet.d. Business area if activated in FI will necessitate an assignment in controlling area

master record.e. Business area can be mapped to profit center in company in order to produce more

accurate P&L account.

Account Receivable9. Identify the correct statement(s) relating to how the main business processes are

integrated in the SAP R/3 System. ( Multi Choice)a. A goods receipt is the recording of the movement of materials into the warehouse. In

SAP, a financial document which updates the inventory account and an accrued liability account is created

b. The Invoice receipt and verification process compares the vendor invoice with the purchase order and goods receipt. However, the corresponding financial transaction must be entered through the financial module of R/3.

c. In SAP, payment processing reduces the liability to a vendor and a company codes cash balance, records discounts taken and disburses payment.

d. A customer delivery is the transfer of the ownership of goods. A customer delivery includes, creation of a delivery document, picking the goods for shipment; physically transferring the goods to the customer and financially recording the goods issue.

10. Please click on the button next to the correct answer.a. The business area can run across many company codes, i.e. all company codes can

post in all business areas.b. A company code may belong to more than One Controlling Area.c. Each company codes uses exactly one chart of accounts and one controlling area for

assignments d. Business areas are used to create internal balance sheets and income statements.

11. Which correspondence extracts all items in the chosen period from a customers account displays the balance carried forward balance and a closing balance of the account ?

a. Payment adviceb. Payment noticec. Account statementd. Dunning notice

12. Which of the following statements about creating customer master records are correct?

a. An account group always gets assigned to a customer.b. The company code is always a required entry.c. The account number may be assigned by the user externally.

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d. Information on each screen may be defined in configuration as mandatory, suppressed or optional, depending upon the account group.

e. Information on each screen may be defined in configuration as mandatory, suppressed or optional, depending upon the company code.

13. Which of the following statements are correct?

a. A FI customer master is divided by client level and company code level.b. In case of one-time customer you have to enter the customers address in the

document itself.c. Address, control data, and reconciliation account are included in the client level of the

customer.d. The most efficient way to create master records is to work with the external number

range not internal number range. 14. Which of the following statements are correct?

a. If a customer is also a vendor, the system can include outstanding Accounts Receivable invoice items in payment program.

b. If a customer is also a vendor, the system can include outstanding Accounts Payable invoice items when you clear incoming payment receipts for the customer.

c. The reconciliation account defined on the customer master record is an account used to reconcile CO transactions back to FI.

d. All customer belonging to the same account group must be assigned to the same reconciliation account.

e. The alternative payer is used to transfer outstanding receivable item to the alternative payers account.

15. Which of following statements are correct? [mul]a. The customer master data comparison the customers in the legacy system with the

customers in the R/3 System.b. The customer master data comparison compares which master records are already

created in financial accounting but not yet created in sales and distribution.c. The customer master data comparison compares which master records are already

created in purchasing but not yet in sales and distribution.d. The customer mater data comparison checks whether the customer master record

contains a telephone number.

Vendor Master16. Which statement is true? (Multi)

a. In Vendor master record it is possible to activate a check for duplicate invoice at doc entry

b. If you delete a vendor master record, data is automatically deleted on both chart of account level and co. code level.

c. Changes to vendor master records can only be displayed using central function.d. You can block a vendor to prevent financial transaction postings for one co. code or

for all co. codes.e. Bank master data for vendor can only be created with in customizing.

17. Which of the following statement about one time account are correct. a. Must use account group defined for one time vendor.b. One time account group must use defined number range.

18. Which of the following about vendor transaction is correct. (Multi)a. Vendor down payment is shown on balance sheet under normal reconciliation

account for payables.b. Special g/l transaction is one, which is included in spl purpose ledger under coding

block in G/L account.

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c. A vendor down payment request cannot be included in payment program to produce down payment

d. A vendor down payment request is a noted item.e. A vendor down payment is cleared after final invoice is received from vendor.

19. Which is correct. a. Customer master is divided by client level & co. code level.b. In case of one time customer – customer address in entry .

20. Which is correct. a. If a customer is also a vendor system includes outstanding account receivables

invoice items in the program.b. If a customer is also a vendor system includes outstanding account receivables

invoice items in the clearing.

21. Which of the following statement affect creating customer master records are correct. a. An account group gets assigned to customer b. Co. code is always a reqd entry.c. Account number may be assigned externally.

Automatic Payment Program

22. Which of the Following statements about automatic payment are correct ?a. In automatic payment procedures, all incoming invoices as of the second dunning

level are paid automaticallyb. Direct debiting or bank collection can be used in automatic payment procedures to

clear customer invoicesc. Open items posted to G/L accounts can be cleared using the payment programd. Special G/L transactions(down payment)can be posted using the payment programe. The payment program can pay vendor invoices using wire transfers and checks

23. Imagine the following scenario:

A company wants to execute a payment run on a daily basis and process several company codes at the same time. If the amount exceeds US$ 1000, the vendors are to be paid by bank transfer, amounts less than US$ 1000 are to be paid by check. The customer has two house banks and wants all checks to be processed by bank A and all

a. You store variants for print programs within customizing. Here you can specify that the information is to be output to a data carrier

b. You specify, per house bank, whether payments are to be made by check only or also by transfer

c. You specify the payment method from within the application,in the master recordd. The payment proposal of the automatic payment program can only be displayede. You can precisely schedule the print program from within the application

24. According th which criteria does the payment program determine and select open

items:a. posting date and baseline dateb. document date and posting datec. baseline date and payment termsd. posting date and cash discount periodse. posting date and payment terms

25. Which of the following statements are true with regard to the customizing setting for

banks in the automatic payment run ?a. The sequence of the banks for processing outgoing payments is selected randomly

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b. You can only determine one payment method per house bankc. You can select several payment methods per countryd. You can specify by bank and method the anticipated number of days before the bank

account is debitede. You can determine the banks to be used for payments according to postal code

26. Which of the following factors does the systems take into account in a payment run ?

a. Fiscal year variantb. Payment method specifications in the IMGc. Specifications in the vendor master recordsd. Information in the documents(incoming invoices)e. Specifications made when maintaining the payment run parameters

27. Identify the correct statement(s). (Multi)a. The vendor master record is divided into three different data areas; General data,

Accounting data and Purchasing data.b. When the goods receipt is posted, the system automatically updates the general

Ledger accounts by the value of the goods receipt. It is also possible to include an additional account assignment object such as cost center, order or asset.

c. MM and FI set up and use different account groups for their respective view of the vendor master record.

d. The account group determines the number interval for assigning the account Number to the vendor, whether or not the number in internally or externally Assigned, and what fields are mandatory, suppressed, displayed and optional

e. A purchase requisition is a binding contract with a vendor to supply certain materials or Services based on certain terms and conditions.

28. Suppose that one company is used as both a vendor and a customer. Which of the following statements are correct regarding creating linked customer and vendor master records for this company? (Multi)

a. Only one business partner master record is created, with client level, purchasing, sales, And accounting data. This prevents the creation of redundant master data.

b. If the master records are linked correctly. The vendor and the customer line items will be posted to the same reconciliation account.

c. The corresponding vendor master number must be entered in the client level of the customer master record and vice versa.

d. The vendor and customer records that are to be linked may have different account numbers.

e. Once properly linked, sales invoices and purchase invoices for this company will automatically clear against each other.

29. Which of the following statements about transactions are correct? (Multi)a. An invoice may be parked by an accounts clerk and a workflow message sent

Automatically to the supervisor.b. Credit memos can be included in the payment program to reduce the final invoice

Value paid.c. A parked invoice has a temporary document number assigned by the user.d. An invoice which has been cleared by the payment program can only be reversed

After the cleared line items have been reset.e. An individual cheque cannot be printed automatically when you manually post an

Outgoing payment.

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30. Which of the following statements about one time accounts are correct? (Multi)a. One time accounts must use an account group which has been defined specifically

for one time accounts.b. A one time account group must use a different number range from all other account

Groups.c. The vendor¡¯s name and address are not held in the one time account master

record.d. Credit memos cannot be created for a one time vendor account.e. You cannot change a one time account master record once it has been created.

31. Between which functions in the FI-MM module does a direct relationship exist? (Multi)a. Requirement planning- Invoice Verificationb. Invoice verification- Account Payable.c. Inventory Audit- Invoice Verification.d. Purchasing – Invoice Verification.e. Goods issue to a production order – G/L account.

Bank

32. Which of the following statements are correct ?a. When creating a House bank, you do not need to specify the country.b. The payments program can use a different House bank for each different payment

methodc. A House bank account can be defined in more than one currencyd. House bank master data must be created in advance, before assigning the House

bank to a payment method in the payment program configuratione. A house bank can be assigned to a business area within the payment program

configuration

33. In a Payment method definition a. Define a maximum and min paymentb. Define house bank linkc. Define allowed currency for company coded. Define allowed currency for country level

34. Which of the following statements about House banks are correct.a. House bank is linked in all FI Accounting masters b. House bank Account ID is linked in all FI accounting mastersc. House Bank currency is controlled by Vendor masterd. Vendor Master currency controls AP paymente. Payment method currency alone controls House Bank account ID postings to GL

35. Which of the following statements about creating customer master records are

correct?a. An account group always gets assigned to a customer.b. The company code is always a required entry.c. The account number may be assigned by the user externally.d. Information on each screen may be defined in configuration as mandatory,

suppressed or optional, depending upon the account group.e. Information on each screen may be defined in configuration as mandatory,

suppressed or optional, depending upon the company code.

36 . Which of the following order types are internal orders?a. Capital investment orders for creating assets.b. Maintenance orders.c. Sales orders for make-to-order function

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d. CO production orders. 37. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Internal Orders?

a. Once an order has been released, only closing entries can be made.b. Transactions can be allowed or disallowed depending in the order status.c. Additional order status categories can be created in the order master.

Environment

38 That system tool allows you to add graphics, re-arrange fields, add pushbuttons and change input fields into radio buttons?

a. GuiXTb. GuiCapturec. SAPGuid. SAPShowe. Profile Generator

39 Which of the following can you add to a Favorites list?

a. Filesb. Transactionsc. Web addressd. Reportse. User menus

40 The date format can be defined by the following:a. Countryb. System.c. User.d. Companye. Plant

Closing

41 Which of the following statements regarding year-end closing are correct?a. The balance carry forward program can be run at any time during the fiscal year.b. The system creates the balance carried forward for every balance sheet account for

new fiscal year.c. The p&l accounts balance is transferred to a Retained Earnings account. You

determine the retained earning account as part of the selection criteria when executing the Balance Carry Forward program.

d. Posting during the Balance Carry forward program is possible.

Currency42. The en entering a document using a foreign currency, which date is used to determine the exchange rate if the translation date is not entered ?

a. Posting dateb. Document datec. Baseline dated. Entry date

43. Which type of currency will R/3 always track when posting a document? (Single)a. Local currencyb Group currency

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c Transaction currencyd Group & transaction currencye Local & transaction currency.

Posting Period

44. Where are posting periods defined?a. Posting period variant.b. Fiscal year variant.c. Field status variant.d. Closing period variant

Document Control

45 Which of the following statements supports the reversal of a document?a. The original document contains no cleared line items.b. Documents originating in other modules should be corrected there to allow the

changes to flow naturally through to financial accounting.c. If a reversal date is not specified, the system reverses the document using the

posting date of the document to be reversed.d. A new document number is created for the reversal document.

46 Choose the correct statements regarding recurring documents.

a. When creating a recurring document, the valid time period must be defined.b. The posting date is determined by either the run date or the run schedule.c. Field values can be changed in recurring document.d. After running the recurring document posting, the next run date cannot be

displayed.e. The original recurring document can be deleted from the batch input menu.

47. bulk change of line item - this function allows you to change a whole group of line items simultaneously, instead of having to change individual items in the documents. What data can you change using this function?

a. The reconciliation accountb. The company codec. The payment terms and payment blockd. The house bank and payment method

48. which of the following statements are correct?[mul]

a. Posting keys are used to define the screen layout for document entry and take priority over other field status groups.

b. Validations and substitutions can be carried out in FI but not in the Special Purpose Ledger

c. The main purpose of a payment advice note is that it can be used to automatically search for and then compare open items as part of the clearing process, thus eliminating the need to make individual selection entries.

d. Two of the currencies available in the FI system are the transaction currency and the company code currency, these are defined at country level within configuration.

49. Which of the following statements in correct?[single]a. The field status definition controls the Document type, Posting key and

Account number.

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b. The documents number assignment can be controlled using the Account type.

c. The tax rates and tax codes for the various countries are predefined by SAP.d. The field status definitions determine the screen layout, when you enter a

document using the relevant G/L account.e. The document type controls which company code is used in a G/L posting.

50. What controls whether a line item is a debit or credit and specifies the type of account for a line item. (Single)

a. Posting key.b. Document typec. Account groupd. Field status

51. What controls the number assignment assigned to a financial document in R/3 (single).

a. The number range assigned to the account group.b. The number range assigned to the document typec. The number range assigned to the Posting keyd. The field status group

52. Closing of period is controlled by. (Single).a. Posting Period variant.b. Fiscal year variant.c. Field status variant.d. Closing period variant.

53. Where are the posting period defined. (Single)a. Posting period variant.b. Fiscal year variant.c. Field status variantd. Closing period variant

54. What is the difference between distribution and assessments?a. Distribution can be made for both planned and actual figures; assessments

cannot.b. Distributions can be made using statistical key figures; assessments cannot.c. Distributions are used when the original cost information is necessary on the

receiver; assessments are used when this information is not necessary on the receiver.

d. Distributions are made using the original primary cost elements; assessments are made using secondary cost elements.

55. Out of the following select the right answers

a. Cost element category controls FI posting only.b. Cost element is a must for all GL accountsc. All P&L GL accounts should be cost element.d. All cost elements are linked to Activity type.

56. Activity types can be

a. restricted for a single cost center directly b. created for a restricted period only

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c. created with primary cost element assignmentd. All activity types are used in Cost center planning without any restriction.e. Planning of price is done for a activity for all cost centers

57. Select out of the following which statements are correct.

a. Cost center can be defaulted in all FI line items in all GL accountsb. Internal order can be defaulted in all FI line items in all GL accountsc. Cost center can be defaulted in GL accounts provided it is assigned

to company code.d. Cost center is linked to company code as Chart of accounts is linked

to the same company code. e. Time dependant data is possible in Cost center, cost element,

Activity type and SKFs

Reports

58. Which of the following statements about financial reporting are correct?a. A financial statement version displays either a balance sheet or a profit and lost statement, not both.b. When displaying a financial statement, the system can automatically

calculate the profit and loss statement result.c. You can obtain a summarized financial statement for any hierarchy level

defined in the financial statement version.d. The system can translate a financial statement into any currency for reporting

purposes.e. A financial statement version cannot include more than one company code,

unless you are using FI-LC

General Ledger Account

59. An account group.[mul]a. Defines the number range for a mater record.b. Uses a field status group to control the field layout for the maintenance of mater

records.c. Determines one-time accounts for accounts payable and accounts receivable.d. Is defined for every company code.

60. You have several options for creating G/L accounts . Which of the following

statements are corrent?[mul]a. You can create a G/L account in a company code without using a sample

account.b. You can create a G/L account in chart of accounts.c. You can create a G/L account in a company code using a samples account.d. You can create a G/L in a controlling area if you specify the chart of accounts

and the company code.e. You can create a G/L account when settling an order.

61. Which of the following statements are correct regarding open item management?

[mul]a. In order to manage line items as open and cleared for venders and customers

the open item management¡± Indicator must be on in the reconciliation account master record.

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b. Vendor and customer account are always open item management accounts.c. In order to be able to manage line items as open and cleared, the line item

display indicator must be on in the G/L account mater record.d. I order to be able to manage line item as open and cleared, the open item

management indicator must be on in the G/L account master record.e. In order to be able to manage line items as open and cleared, the sort key must

be defined as the document number.

62. When you create a G/L account the following entries must always be assigned to the account

a. Account Group.b. Balance sheet a/c & P&L statement type.c. Short text.d. Sample account numbere. Consolidation trading partner.

63. Which of the following are true:a. Multiple currencies can be assigned in G/L master record to facilitate reporting.b. Key words may be input as search criteria on a G/L master for use with only one

Co. codec. A G/L account will have the changes made to it if any tracked in a separate data

base.d. All G/L Balance Sheet accounts are marked with Account type B.

64. The primary cost element is one type of master data in Controlling. Before you can create a new primary cost element, certain prerequisites need to be fulfilled Which of the following conditions must be fulfilled BEFORE you can create primary cost elements? (37-2)

a. The controlling area must be defined.b. The cost center must be defined.c. The G/L account must be defined.d. The plant must be in the system.e. The business areas have been defined.

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