An Important Difference Between Accounting and Other Business Functions,such as Marketing

question 177

Multiple Choice

An important difference between accounting and other business functions,such as marketing and management,is that:

• A)Accounting functions must be performed by an "outsider" rather than by an employee of the business)in order to avoid conflicts of interest.
• B)Accounting offers us insight into whether the business is financially sound.
• C)Accounting involves mainly clerical activities and thus requires very little analysis.
• D)Accounting deals exclusively with numbers.

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