What Is a Network Externality

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Multiple Choice

What is a network externality?

• A)It refers to having a network of suppliers and buyers for a good or service.
• B)It refers to lobbying to form a public enterprise.
• C)It refers to a situation in which a product's usefulness increases with the number of people using it.
• D)It refers to a product that requires connection to a network for it to be useful.

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Definitions:

Weighted-Average Method

A process costing method that calculates unit costs by combining costs and outputs from the current and prior periods.

Prior Period Costs

Costs that were incurred in a previous accounting period but are recorded or recognized in the current period's financial statements.

Processing Costing System

An accounting system used to allocate production costs to products or services when they are mass-produced in continuous processes.

Finished Goods Warehouse

A storage area for products that have completed the manufacturing process and are ready to be sold or distributed.