The Field of Accounting That Reports According to Generally Accepted

question 12

Multiple Choice

The field of accounting that reports according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) is called:

• A) cost accounting.
• B) financial accounting.
• C) managerial accounting.
• D) responsibility accounting.

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Definitions:

Wage Rate

A set amount of money given by an employer to an employee for services rendered, usually specified on an hourly or annual basis.

Purely Competitive

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, free entry and exit, and a product so standard that no one controls the market price.

Imperfectly Competitive

A market structure characterized by a few dominant firms that have control over prices and high barriers to entry, limiting perfect competition.

Marginal Product

The increase in output that results from a one-unit increase in the quantity of a single input, keeping all other inputs constant.