An Accountant May Have Difficulty Classifying Costs as Fixed or Variable

question 128

Multiple Choice

An accountant may have difficulty classifying costs as fixed or variable because ________.

• A)costs may behave in a nonlinear way
• B)costs may be affected by more than one cost driver
• C)it depends on the decision situation
• D)all of the above

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