Which of the Following Is Considered a Period Cost in Absorption

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is considered a period cost in absorption costing?

• A) variable manufacturing overhead costs
• B) fixed selling and administrative costs
• C) fixed manufacturing overhead costs
• D) semi-variable manufacturing overhead costs

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Definitions:

Population Variances

Measures of the dispersion of a population's data points, reflecting how data points spread out from the mean.

Confidence

In statistics, confidence refers to the probability that a parameter lies within a specified interval estimate.

Confidence Interval Estimate

The specific range estimated from the sample data within which the true value of a population parameter is expected to fall with a certain level of confidence.

Normally Distributed

A type of distribution where data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.