How Does Activity-Based Costing Assign Cost to Cost Objects

question 17

Multiple Choice

How does activity-based costing assign cost to cost objects?

• A)by tracing costs to products and then tracing costs to cost objects
• B)by tracing costs to departments and then tracing costs to products
• C)by tracing costs to activities and then tracing costs to cost objects
• D)by tracing costs to customers and then tracing costs to products

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