(I) Bar Charts Are Useful for Showing the Percent That

question 10

Multiple Choice

(i) Bar charts are useful for showing the percent that various components compose of the total. (ii) Simple bar charts may be constructed either horizontally or vertically. (iii) A bar chart is a graphic representation of a frequency table.

• A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are all correct statements.
• B) (i) and, (ii) are correct statements but not (iii).
• C) (i) and, (iii) are correct statements but not (ii).
• D) (ii) and, (iii) are correct statements but not (i).
• E) All statements are false.

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Definitions:

Activity Rate

The cost driver rate used in activity-based costing to allocate costs more accurately to products or services based on specific activities.

Activity Cost Pool

A category in activity-based costing that aggregates costs incurred from a specific activity, facilitating the assignment of those costs to products or services based on their use of the activity.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to related products and services based on the amount of resources they consume.

Unit Product Cost

The total cost (both direct and indirect) to produce a single unit of product, typically including materials, labor, and overhead.