The Discount Rate Assigned to an Individual Project Should Be

question 41

Multiple Choice

The discount rate assigned to an individual project should be based on:

• A)the firm's weighted average cost of capital.
• B)the actual sources of funding used for the project.
• C)an average of the firm's overall cost of capital for the past five years.
• D)the current risk level of the overall firm.
• E)the risks associated with the use of the funds required by the project.

Know the structure of the contribution margin income statement and its use in classifying costs by behavior.

Understand the principles of activity-based costing (ABC) and its application in internal decision-making.

Differentiate between different types of costs in ABC including direct, indirect, manufacturing, and non-manufacturing costs.

Identify and classify activities in cost pools and compute activity rates.

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