{"id":"study-accounting-journal-entry-practice","audience":"college","category":"studying","technique":"grounding","track":"study","title":"Make debit and credit practice from your chart of accounts","free":false,"task":"Your Intro Accounting quiz asks which accounts to debit and credit. You want exactly 4 numbered transactions to practice on, then an 'Answers' line with each answer in the form 'Debit X / Credit Y', plain text. Use only accounts from your class chart of accounts, and make one transaction a purchase on account, the type your instructor said people miss.","materialLabel":"Your accounting notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ACCT 2010 - Week 3 - Journal entries (Prof. Mbeki)\n\nRule: every transaction has at least one debit and one credit, and they must be equal.\n- Assets (Cash, Supplies, Equipment, Accounts Receivable): debit to increase, credit to decrease\n- Liabilities (Accounts Payable): credit to increase\n- Revenue (Service Revenue): credit to increase\n- Expenses (Rent Expense, Wages Expense): debit to increase\n\nCLASS CHART OF ACCOUNTS (use ONLY these on the quiz):\nCash, Accounts Receivable, Supplies, Equipment, Accounts Payable, Service Revenue, Rent Expense, Wages Expense\n\nExample from class: Paid $900 rent in cash -> Debit Rent Expense / Credit Cash\n\n!! Prof. Mbeki: \"Buying something ON ACCOUNT means you haven't paid yet. Students always credit Cash. Wrong! Credit Accounts Payable.\" !!\n\nNot yet: adjusting entries, Unearned Revenue, Owner's Equity accounts (Week 5).\n\nQuiz Thursday, 10 transactions, no calculators needed. Study group in the library, 3rd floor.","rules":[{"type":"questionCount","count":4},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying how many transactions","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more transactions than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered transactions.\"","checks":["questionCount"]},{"title":"Not limiting the accounts","why":"The AI uses any accounts it knows, so you practice ones your quiz won't use.","fix":"Say: \"Use only accounts from my chart of accounts.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the flagged type","why":"The AI doesn't know your professor warned about purchases on account.","fix":"Add: \"One transaction must be a purchase on account.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Answers under each question","why":"Seeing the answer right away means you never test yourself.","fix":"Add: \"Put all answers at the end under 'Answers', like 'Debit Supplies / Credit Cash'.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols on a printed page.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many transactions","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}transaction"]},{"label":"Limits the accounts","patterns":["only.{0,25}(accounts|chart)","chart of accounts"]},{"label":"Asks for the flagged type","patterns":["on account","accounts payable"]},{"label":"Shows the answer shape","patterns":["debit.{0,10}/.{0,10}credit","answers?.{0,30}(end|bottom|after)"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Practice only helps if it matches your quiz. Tell the AI which accounts are allowed, which transaction type must appear, and the exact shape and place for the answers.","rubricLabels":["Every transaction and answer uses only accounts from the class chart (no Unearned Revenue, Owner's Equity, Notes Payable or other accounts)","One transaction is a purchase on account, and its answer credits Accounts Payable, not Cash","All answers are together after the last transaction under an 'Answers' line, each in the form 'Debit X / Credit Y' and correct for its transaction"]}