Cost Behavior Analysis Is a Study of How a Firm's

question 152

Multiple Choice

Cost behavior analysis is a study of how a firm's costs

• A) relate to competitors' costs.
• B) relate to general price level changes.
• C) respond to changes in the level of business activity.
• D) respond to changes in the gross national product.

---

Definitions:

Rationing Mechanism

A system used to allocate scarce goods and services using criteria other than price.

Surplus

An excess of supply over demand, resulting in an accumulation of unsold products or unused resources.

Equilibrium Price

The cost at which the amount of a product or service that consumers want to buy matches the amount that producers are willing to sell, resulting in a balanced market situation.

Quantity Supplied

The total amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a given price over a specific period.