It Is Inappropriate to Assume That Accounting Costs Are Equal

question 68

Multiple Choice

It is inappropriate to assume that accounting costs are equal to total costs of a particular item or activity because

• A) accounting costs do not necessarily include the forgone benefits of the next-best alternative.
• B) total costs are expressed only in monetary terms.
• C) accounting costs include opportunity costs.
• D) accounting costs overstate the tradeoffs involved.
• E) total costs do not include direct, out-of-pocket expenses.

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