The Accounting Department at Aglaya Telecom Records an Average of 5,000

question 5

Multiple Choice

The accounting department at Aglaya Telecom records an average of 5,000 transactions per hour.A cost-benefit analysis leads management to conclude that the maximum acceptable amount of data loss is 20,000 transactions.If the firm's recovery time objective is 60 minutes,then the worst case recovery time objective is

• A) 1 hour.
• B) 2 hours.
• C) 3 hours.
• D) 4 hours.

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Definitions:

Process Costing

An accounting method used to allocate costs to units of product in industries where production is continuous and units are indistinguishable, such as in chemicals or food production.

Weighted-Average Method

A cost accounting method that calculates the cost per unit by combining the costs of two or more similar items in the inventory, and dividing the total cost by the total number of units.

Equivalent Unit

A concept used in cost accounting to express the amount of work done on inventory in terms of fully completed units.

Process Costing

An accounting methodology used in industries where production is continuous and costs can be assigned to specific processes or departments in the production cycle.