Title: CHAPTER 4
Author: Carol Yacht
Company: vms

File: Chapter 04 Employees

True/False

[QUESTION]
1. When working with Bellwether Garden Supply in Chapter 4, the first step in setting up payroll is to go to the Employees & Payroll Navigation Center > select Employees > Set Up Employee Defaults.
Answer: True

[QUESTION]
2. To make sure you are starting in the appropriate place in the data for Chapter 4, restore the Exercise 3-2.ptb file.
Answer: True

[QUESTION]
3. The accounts affected by paychecks are expense accounts specifically set up to handle payroll.
Answer: False 
Feedback: The accounts affected by paychecks are liability accounts.

[QUESTION]
4. In Sage 50, voluntary payroll deductions are called allowances and can include gas, union dues and savings bonds.
Answer: True

[QUESTION]
5. Sage 50 2017 includes example payroll tax tables for the sample company, Bellwether Garden Supply.
Answer: True

[QUESTION]
6. On the Payroll Entry window, you define payroll fields and tax information for individual employees.
Answer: False 
Feedback: You use the Maintain Employees Sales/Reps window to define payroll fields and tax information for individual employees.

[QUESTION]
7. Bellwether’s employee Brandee M. Nunnley is an hourly employee and is paid bi-weekly.
Answer: False 
Feedback: Brandee M. Nunnley is a salaried employee who is paid bi-weekly.

[QUESTION]
8. Bellwether’s employee Drake V. Carter is a salaried employee paid bi-weekly.
Answer: False 
Feedback: Drake V. Carter is an hourly employee who is paid bi-weekly.

[QUESTION]
9. Bellwether Garden Supply, credits Account No. 10300, Payroll Checking Account, for the net paycheck amount.
Answer: True

[QUESTION]
10. The employee wages expense account is debited for the gross amount of the paycheck and any deductions used are credited.
Answer: True

Multiple Choice

[QUESTION]
11. Before you begin Chapter 4, you could restore which of the following backups:
a. Exercise 3-2.ptb
b. Exercise 3-1.ptb
c. Chapter 3.ptb
d. Exercise 2-2.ptb
e. Bgs.ptb
Answer: a 
Difficulty: Easy
Page: 134

[QUESTION]
12. On the Navigation Bar, make the following selections to set up payroll default information:
a. Employees & Payroll Navigation Center > Pay Employees >Enter Payroll for Multiple Employees
b. Employees & Payroll Navigation Center > Pay Employees > Set Up Payroll Service
c. Employees & Payroll Navigation Center > Employees > Set Up Employee Defaults
d. Tasks > Payroll Entry
e. Maintain > Employees/Sales Rep
Answer: c 
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 135-137

[QUESTION]
13. To set up specific guidelines for individual employees, make these selections:
a. Employee tasks > click Employees > Employee Maintenance > make appropriate selection.
b. Tasks> select for Payment > select employee.
c. Maintain > Default Information > Employees
d. Employees & Payroll Navigation Center > click Employees > View and Edit Employees.
e. Tasks > Payroll for one employee
Answer: d 
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 138-140

[QUESTION]
14. On the Navigation Bar, make the following selections to enter paychecks for an employee:
a. Employees & Payroll Navigation Center > Pay Employees > Payroll Set Up Service
b. Employees & Payroll Navigation Center > Pay Employees >Enter Payroll for One Employee
c. Maintain > Default Information
d. Employees & Payroll Navigation Center > Employees > View and Edit Employees.
e. Tasks > Payroll & Employees > View and Edit Employees
Answer: b 
Difficulty: Easy
Page: 142

[QUESTION]
15. To look at an employee’s record, display this window:
a. Payroll Entry window
b. Tasks > Employees
c. Maintain Employees & Sales Reps
d. System > General Journal entry
e. Employees & Tasks Navigation Center > click Employees
Answer: c 
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 139

[QUESTION]
16. Processing payroll is automatic once _____________________ are set up correctly.
a. Defaults
b. Tasks 
c. Employees/Sales rep tasks
d. Payroll tables
e. Manually recorded payroll deductions
Answer: a 
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 135

[QUESTION]
17. To backup your work in Chapter 4, before completing the end-of-chapter exercises, the following file name is suggested:
a. Chapter 4
b. Chapters 3 and 4
c. Chapters 1 through 4
d. Exercise 3-1
e. Chapter number and page number.
Answer: a 
Difficulty: Easy
Page: 149

[QUESTION]
18. The employee deductions display as negative amounts on the Payroll Entry window because:
a. They are added to the paycheck amount
b. They are not used to compute the paycheck
c. They are deducted from the employee’s gross pay
d. The employer always pays deductions from the paycheck
e. Employee deductions display as positive amounts
Answer: c 
Difficulty: Hard
Page: 144

[QUESTION]
19. On the Employee Defaults window, the Employee Fields tab is for:
a. Liability accounts that are related to employee deductions
b. Assets accounts that are related to employee deductions
c. Expense accounts that are related to employee deductions
d. Liability accounts that are related to employer deductions
e. Expense accounts are deducted from liabilities
Answer: a 
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 146

[QUESTION]
20. On the Employee Defaults window, the Company Fields tab is for:
a. Liability accounts that are related to employee deductions
b. Assets accounts that are related to employee deductions
c. Expense and liability accounts that are related to employee deductions
d. Liability and expense accounts related to employer deductions
e. Employer expenses related to cash withdrawals
Answer: d 
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 147-148