Trial Balance Practice Questions

Try to answer these 5 True or False questions about the Trial Balance. Can you get them all right?

1. The Trial Balance is a type of Financial Statement.

   a) True

   b) False

2. The Trial Balance shows us the balances of all accounts in the General Ledger.

   a) True

   b) False

3. A Trial Balance is only prepared after Closing Entries have been posted.

   a) True

   b) False

4. An Adjusted Trial Balance is prepared after all Adjusting Entries have been posted.

   a) True

   b) False

5. If Total Debits match Total Credits in a Trial Balance, then there are no errors.

   a) True

   b) False

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Trial Balance Practice Question Video

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Trial Balance Practice Answers

Here are the answers:

1. b) False. The Trial Balance is not a Financial Statement. It's an internal report that lists all ledger accounts and their balances.

2. a) True. The Trial Balance shows the balances of all accounts in the General Ledger.

3. b) False. A Trial Balance can be run at any point in time.

4. a) True. An Adjusted Trial Balance is prepared after all Adjusting Entries have been posted.

5. b) False. Errors can still exist in a Trial Balance, even if it is balanced e.g. omitted entries & misclassified transactions.

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Trial Balance Question Pack

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Trial Balance Cheat Sheet

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