Traditional Cost Systems Distort Product Costs Because

question 30

Multiple Choice

Traditional cost systems distort product costs because:

• A)they do not know how to identify the appropriate units.
• B)excess capacity costs are ignored.
• C)they emphasize financial accounting requirements.
• D)they use unit-level cost drivers to allocate overhead costs to products.

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