ABC Costing Might Lead To

question 161

Multiple Choice

ABC costing might lead to:

• A)cutting back on high-volume products that appear unprofitable.
• B)expanding low-volume products that appear profitable.
• C)raising the sale price of high-volume products.
• D)raising the sale price of low-volume products.

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Definitions:

Mental Sets

The tendency to approach problems in a certain way due to past experiences, even when a different approach might be more productive.

Heuristics

Heuristics are cognitive shortcuts or rules of thumb that simplify decision making, often used when facing complex problems or incomplete information.

Algorithms

A set of rules or instructions typically used in computer programming and mathematics to perform calculations or problem-solving operations.

Phonemes

The basic distinctive units of sound in a language that distinguish one word from another, for example, the sounds /p/, /b/, /d/, and /t/ in the English words "pad", "bat", "bad", and "tap".