Product Costing Systems in Use Over the Last 40 Years

question 99

Multiple Choice

Product costing systems in use over the last 40 years

• A)concentrated on using multiple cost pools and cost drivers.
• B)were often technologically incapable of handling activity-based costing information.
• C)have generally been responsive to changes in the manufacturing environment.
• D)have been appropriate for managerial decision purposes as long as they met the requirements of generally accepted accounting principles.

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