Under Capital Rationing the Profitability Index Is Used to Select

question 25

Multiple Choice

Under capital rationing the profitability index is used to select investments because of limited capital by their:

• A) excess profit to achieve the highest payoff.
• B) reward per dollar cost to achieve the highest incremental NPV.
• C) incremental IRR to maximize the total rate of return.
• D) capital usage rate to stay within budget.

Assess the relationship between activity-based system accuracy and its impact on decision-making and operational costs.

Identify the limitations of traditional costing systems and the conditions under which they produce distorted product costs.

Understand the allocation of costs in simple activity-based product costing systems versus traditional systems.

Explore the challenges of implementing activity-based costing in service businesses.

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