________ Is the Process of Using a Graphic Method to Generate

question 23

Multiple Choice

________ is the process of using a graphic method to generate and organize ideas. It begins with a main idea and then branches out, connecting all other related ideas to the main idea.

• A) Blue-sky thinking
• B) Idea designing
• C) Brainstorming
• D) Mind mapping

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

A method of accounting that incorporates only the costs that vary with production into the cost of products, leaving out any fixed manufacturing overhead.

Absorption Costing

A fiscal recording method that consolidates every cost involved in manufacturing, which includes the price of direct materials, payments for direct labor, and total overhead costs, whether stable or fluctuating, into the cost allocated to a product.

Variable Costing

A costing method that incluonly direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead in product costs, excluding fixed manufacturing overhead.

Total Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

The sum of all costs related to manufacturing a product that do not change with the level of production, such as salaries of permanent staff and rent.