The Accounting of Sales and Costs of Many New Technology

question 102

Multiple Choice

The accounting of sales and costs of many new technology products has resulted in many ethical and legal controversies. Often, the use life of the new product is difficult to assess and therefore how to allocate sales and costs are debatable. A court decision provides guidelines to address these issues. The court decision is an example of:

• A) UCC codification
• B) Administrative law
• C) Common law
• D) Statutory law
• E) All of the above

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Definitions:

Application Form

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Reliability

A selection device’s ability to yield consistent results over repeated measures; also, internal consistency of a device or measure.

Job-relevant Criteria

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A method or procedure where different components are given varying degrees of importance or emphasis when making decisions or evaluations.