E2.4 (LO 2) (Qualitative Characteristics) The qualitative characteristics that make accounting information useful for decision-making purposes are as follows. Instructions Relevance Faithful representation Predictive value Confirmatory value Neutrality Completeness Timeliness Materiality Verifiability Understandability Comparability Free from error Identify the appropriate qualitative characteristic(s) to be used given the information provided below. a. Qualitative characteristic being employed when companies in the same industry are using the same accounting principles. b. Quality of information that confirms users' earlier expectations. c. Imperative for providing comparisons of a company from period to period. d. Ignores the economic consequences of a standard or rule. e. Requires a high degree of consensus among individuals on a given measurement. f. Predictive value is an ingredient of this fundamental quality of information. g. Four qualitative characteristics that are related to both relevance and faithful representation. h. An item is not recorded because its effect on income would not change a decision. i. Neutrality is an ingredient of this fundamental quality of accounting information. j. Two fundamental qualities that make accounting information useful for decision-making purposes. k. Issuance of interim reports is an example of what enhancing quality of relevance?