Physical Counts of Inventory

question 59

Multiple Choice

Physical counts of inventory:

• A) Are not necessary under the perpetual system.
• B) Are necessary to adjust the Inventory account to the actual inventory available.
• C) Must be taken at least once a month.
• D) Requires the use of hand-held portable computers.
• E) Are not necessary under the cost-to benefit constraint.

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Definitions:

Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns

A principle stating that adding an additional factor of production results in smaller increases in output after a certain point, holding other inputs constant.

Variable Input

An input used in production that can be adjusted in the short term, such as labor or raw materials.

Short Run

A period in which at least one input or resource is fixed, limiting the capacity to adjust all factors of production.

Increasing Returns

The situation in which output increases by a larger proportion than the increase in inputs used in production.