The Trade-Offs That Are Made Because of Scarcity

question 95

Multiple Choice

The trade-offs that are made because of scarcity

• A) are important in developing economies,but they do not apply to developed economies.
• B) are important in developed economies,but they do not apply to developing economies.
• C) are different when they involve the wants of people,but they are similar when they involve the needs of people.
• D) can be accurately made to the extent that they can be quantified.
• E) depend on the decision maker's value judgments about the relative importance of the alternatives.

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Definitions:

Activity-Based Cost

A costing method that assigns costs to products based on the activities they require, providing more accurate product costing.

Indirect Labor

Indirect labor refers to the wages paid to employees who are not directly involved in producing goods but support the production process.

Activity Pools

Groups of related activities in activity-based costing that accumulate costs to be allocated to cost objects.

Activity-Based Cost

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities, providing a more accurate reflection of the costs associated with producing specific products or services.