1. Decision makers vary widely in the types of decisions they make, the methods of decision making they employ, the information they already possess or can obtain from other sources, and their ability to process information. Consequently, for information to be useful there must be a linkage between these users and the decisions they make. This link is:

a. relevance.

b. reliability.

c. understandability.

d. materiality.

2. Which of the following is not a major challenge facing the accounting profession:

a. Nonfinancial measurements

b. Accounting for hard assets.

c. Timeliness.

d. Forward-looking information.

3. The underlying theme of the conceptual framework is:

a. decision usefulness.

b. understandability.

c. reliability.

d. comparability.