If a Firm Produced a Standard Item with Relatively Stable

question 88

Multiple Choice

If a firm produced a standard item with relatively stable demand, the smoothing constant alpha (reaction rate to differences) used in an exponential smoothing forecasting model would tend to be in which of the following ranges?

• A) 5% to 10%
• B) 20% to 50%
• C) 20% to 80%
• D) 60% to 120%
• E) 90% to 100%

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Definitions:

Overhead Costs

Overhead costs refer to the indirect expenses related to the operation of a business, such as utilities, rent, and administrative salaries.

Activity-Based Costing

A technique in cost accounting which allots overhead and indirect costs to related products and services, dependent on the activities they engage in.

Activity Cost Pools

Groups of individual costs driven by the same cost drivers, used in activity-based costing to allocate costs more accurately.

Customer Margin

The profit margin that a company earns from a particular customer, taking into account all revenues and costs associated with that customer.