5.0 Customers & Sales Transactions QuickBooks ProAdvisor Practice Quiz
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This domain is part of the QuickBooks ProAdvisor (Online Certification) practice test. Each question is tagged by exam objective and difficulty so you can drill exactly the areas you need.
Sample Questions
The Sales section in QuickBooks Online has five sub-tabs. Which sub-tab shows a list focused on invoice transactions specifically?
- A. Invoices
- B. All Sales
- C. Customers
- D. Products and Services
The Student Guide lists Invoices as one of the five Sales sub-tabs; clicking it filters the transaction list to show invoice transactions.
After completing an invoice in QuickBooks Online, a bookkeeper wants to save it and send it to the customer by email in one step. Which save option accomplishes this?
- A. Save and close
- B. Save and send
- C. Save and new
- D. Save
The Student Guide states Save and send saves the invoice and immediately sends it to the customer by email.
A bookkeeper who normally uses Undeposited Funds switches one Receive Payment to deposit directly to the checking account. The Student Guide warns about a specific risk with this change. What is that risk?
- A. Switching the deposit account triggers auto-application of any existing customer credits, causing an overpayment.
- B. The payment will not post to Accounts Receivable, leaving the invoice permanently open.
- C. The Deposit to field is sticky and retains the last-used selection; if the bookkeeper forgets to switch back, future payments may accidentally bypass Undeposited Funds.
- D. QBO prevents direct bank account selection in Receive Payment and requires Undeposited Funds in all cases.
The Student Guide warns that the Deposit to field is sticky, it stays on the last-used selection, so if a bookkeeper changes it for one transaction and forgets to change it back, future payments may inadvertently bypass Undeposited Funds.
A bookkeeper notices the Sales Receipt form has the same Deposit to field as the Receive Payment form. The Student Guide includes a caution for this field on Sales Receipts. What is that caution?
- A. Sales Receipts must always use Undeposited Funds; selecting a direct bank account will post revenue to the wrong period.
- B. If Undeposited Funds is selected on a Sales Receipt, a separate Deposit transaction must be created or the funds will never clear the holding account.
- C. Sales Receipts using Undeposited Funds cannot be included in customer statements.
- D. The same sticky Deposit to field caution applies; the bookkeeper should pay attention to which account is selected each time a Sales Receipt is entered.
The Student Guide notes the same sticky field caution applies to Sales Receipts as to Receive Payments; the bookkeeper should check the Deposit to field every time to ensure the correct account is selected.
A Credit Memo is created for a customer who currently has an open invoice, and the automation setting for auto-applying credits is turned on. What does QuickBooks Online do by default?
- A. QBO automatically applies the credit to the oldest open invoice for that customer.
- B. QBO moves the credit to a clearing account until the bookkeeper manually links it to an invoice.
- C. QBO holds the credit as unapplied until the customer calls to request application.
- D. QBO automatically issues a physical check refund to the customer for the credit amount.
The Student Guide states that when auto-applying credits is enabled, QBO automatically applies a Credit Memo to the oldest open invoice for that customer.
A customer has two open invoices but sends a payment that covers only one of them. How does the bookkeeper ensure the payment is applied to the correct invoice in the Receive Payment screen?
- A. Check the checkbox next to the specific invoice being paid and leave the other invoice unchecked.
- B. QBO applies all payments to the oldest open invoice first and this behavior cannot be changed without a credit memo.
- C. Enter two separate Receive Payment transactions, one per invoice, splitting the amount between them.
- D. Close the payment window and apply the payment manually through a journal entry referencing the specific invoice.
The Student Guide describes checking the checkbox next to the specific invoice the payment is being applied to in the Receive Payment screen; unchecked invoices remain open.
A bookkeeper records a customer's check as a Deposit transaction (coded directly to an income account) instead of using Receive Payment. What accounting problem does this create?
- A. The income account is credited twice, overstating revenue on the Profit and Loss.
- B. The original invoice remains open, overstating Accounts Receivable on the balance sheet.
- C. The checking account is debited twice, overstating the cash balance.
- D. The customer's credit balance becomes negative, triggering an automatic refund from QBO.
The Student Guide states that using a Deposit instead of Receive Payment leaves the original invoice open, which overstates Accounts Receivable on the balance sheet because the invoice has not been properly closed.
A manager asks what information is visible in the All Sales sub-tab of the Sales section in QuickBooks Online. Which description is accurate?
- A. All Sales shows only open, unpaid invoices filtered by overdue status.
- B. All Sales shows only posted transactions and excludes estimates and delayed charges.
- C. All Sales displays every sales-related transaction type including invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, payments, estimates, delayed charges, and delayed credits.
- D. All Sales shows combined customer and vendor transactions for the current fiscal period.
The Student Guide describes the All Sales sub-tab as showing every sales-related transaction type for customers, including invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, payments received, estimates, delayed charges, and delayed credits.
Key Terms in This Domain
- Transaction matching: QBO suggests matches between bank-feed entries and existing transactions (sales receipts, payments, expenses, deposits) based on amount and date
- Receive Payment: Applies a customer payment to one or more open invoices; reduces A/R; payment lands in Undeposited Funds or directly in bank
- Invoice workflow: Create invoice → email/print to customer → receive payment (matches A/R) → deposit; payment posted to Undeposited Funds by default
- Credit memo and refund receipt: Credit memo reduces A/R (apply to future invoices); refund receipt actually returns funds to customer (reduces bank/UF)
- Delayed charge / delayed credit: Non-posting placeholder transactions; converted to invoices when ready to bill
- Customer statements: Three types: Balance Forward, Open Item, Transaction Statement; emailed/printed to remind customers of A/R balance
- Customer reports: A/R Aging, Open Invoices, Customer Balance Detail, Sales by Customer Summary
- Sales receipt vs invoice: Sales receipt = sale + payment in one step (cash sale, no A/R); invoice = bill now, collect later (creates A/R)
- Customer & vendor lists: Import via CSV or batch entry; required fields: name, email; optional: payment terms, tax-exempt status, default income account
- Undeposited Funds workflow: Customer payments accumulate in Undeposited Funds; "Bank Deposit" groups them into one bank entry that matches the deposit on the bank feed
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Other QuickBooks ProAdvisor Domains
- 1.0 QBO Setup & Subscriptions
- 2.0 Navigation & Settings
- 3.0 List Management
- 4.0 Chart of Accounts & Products/Services
- 6.0 Vendors & Purchase Transactions
- 7.0 Banking, Feeds & Reconciliation
- 8.0 Reports
- 9.0 Payroll
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