All of the Following Statements Regarding Manufacturing Costs Are True

question 76

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements regarding manufacturing costs are true except:

• A)Direct material costs that increase with production are called variable costs.
• B)The reporting of fixed and variable costs separately is not helpful to managers in analyzing cost behavior.
• C)When overhead costs vary with production, they are called variable costs.
• D)When overhead costs don't vary with production, they are called fixed overhead.
• E)Overhead can be both variable and fixed.

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