Discretionary Costs Have Two Important Features

question 74

Multiple Choice

Discretionary costs have two important features.The first feature arises from periodic decisions regarding the maximum amount to be incurred.The second feature is it has no measurable cause-and-effect relationship between output and ________.

• A)resources available
• B)discrete differences in sales volume
• C)market costs
• D)budgetary estimates
• E)resources used

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