Interactive Assessments
Live questions for every learning objective in Survey of Accounting. Students answer on their phones, and your screen shows the room’s results as they come in.
In betaThese assessments are actively being developed and tested.
We’re building and iterating on the interactive assessments in the open. Everything you see is in beta and may change without notice: questions, answer keys, and delivery are all in flux. We’re aiming for a stable set by the Spring 2027 semester.
Feedback is welcome and useful. While an assessment is running, click Report this question on any question to send a note directly to the author team.
New to running one?How it runs
- 01ChoosePick a chapter, then the objectives and, if you like, the individual questions.
- 02StartThe assessment opens in a new tab, already live for phones. Students join and answer there.
- 03Show resultsThe screen fills in as the room answers. Reveal the key and talk through the misses.
All 16 chapters have questions.
An Introduction to Accounting
10 objectives · 46 questions · about 81 min if run whole
- LO 1-1
Identify the ways accounting benefits society.
5 questions · 4 multiple choice · 1 matching · ~6 min
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- LO 1-2
Identify reporting entities.
4 questions · 3 multiple choice · 1 worked · ~5 min
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- LO 1-3
Identify the elements of the accounting equation.
4 questions · 2 multiple choice · 1 matching · 1 worked · ~6 min
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- LO 1-4
Show how business events affect the accounting equation.
4 questions · 1 horizontal model · 2 multiple choice · 1 worked · ~11 min
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- LO 1-5
Interpret information shown in an accounting equation.
5 questions · 3 multiple choice · 2 worked · ~9 min
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- LO 1-6
Classify business events as asset source, use, or exchange transactions.
5 questions · 3 multiple choice · 1 matching · 1 worked · ~9 min
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- LO 1-7
Prepare an income statement, a statement of changes in stockholders' equity, and a balance sheet.
5 questions · 3 multiple choice · 1 matching · 1 worked · ~8 min
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- LO 1-8
Prepare a statement of cash flows.
4 questions · 2 multiple choice · 1 matching · 1 worked · ~8 min
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- LO 1-9
Distinguish between permanent and temporary accounts.
6 questions · 4 multiple choice · 1 matching · 1 worked · ~10 min
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- LO 1-10
Record business events using a horizontal financial statements model.
4 questions · 1 horizontal model · 2 multiple choice · 1 worked · ~10 min
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