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question 58

Multiple Choice

Statement I: U.S.investment is much higher than it otherwise would have been due to the influx of foreign investment.
Statement II: The extremely low U.S.savings rate has forced us to borrow almost $2 billion a day from foreigners to finance our federal budget and trade deficits.

• A)Statement I is true and statement II is false.
• B)Statement II is true and statement I is false.
• C)Both statements are true.
• D)Both statements are false.

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Definitions:

Product Costing System

An accounting methodology used to ascertain the total production cost of a product, by adding together the costs of direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overheads.

Bids Won

The number of proposals or offers accepted by clients or customers, indicating successful sales or project initiations.

Activity-based System Accuracy

Activity-based system accuracy refers to the precision with which an activity-based costing system allocates overhead costs to products or services based on the actual activities undertaken.

Distorted Product Costs

The result of allocating overhead or other costs to products in a manner that does not accurately reflect the true resources consumed by the products.