For What Purpose Should the Passive Voice Be Used

question 51

Multiple Choice

For what purpose should the passive voice be used?

• A)To strengthen most business writing
• B)To de-emphasize bad news
• C)To emphasize the doer of the action
• D)To lengthen the message

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Definitions:

Process Costing

An accounting methodology used for homogenous products, where costs are accumulated to produce an average cost per unit across the entire production process.

Assembly Department

A section within a manufacturing facility where components are assembled into final products.

Equivalent Units

A term used in cost accounting to express the amount of work done on partially finished goods in terms of fully completed units.

Work In Process

Inventory that includes items that are in the process of being manufactured but are not yet finished goods.