Controllable Fixed Costs

question 73

Multiple Choice

Controllable fixed costs:

• A) Are those costs that the profit center manager can influence in approximately a year or less.
• B) Are those costs that the profit center manager can influence in approximately a year or more.
• C) Include variable costs.
• D) Have no effect on operating income.

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Definitions:

Temperament

An individual's innate disposition or behavior style, influencing how they react to the environment and regulate emotions.

Behavioral Style

An individual's typical mode of responding or behaving across different situations; their characteristic manner of acting, reacting, and interacting.

Difficult

Characterized by challenges or obstacles that make a task hard to accomplish.

Chess and Thomas

Refers to Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, developmental psychologists known for their research on temperament in children.