Which of the Following Is not a Difference Between Job

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a difference between job costing for service firms and job costing for manufacturing companies?

• A) Service firms generally use fewer direct materials than manufacturing companies.
• B) Service firms' overhead accounts have slightly different titles (e.g. ,Applied Service Overhead).
• C) Service firms' finished jobs are charged to Cost of Services Billed instead of Cost of Goods Sold.
• D) Service firms' costs are immediately expensed since all work is completed during a perioD.
• Not all service jobs are completed in a perioD.
• There may very well be a work-in-process.

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Definitions:

Substitution

The act of replacing one thing with another, especially a similar item, in response to changes in market conditions or personal preferences.

Convex Preferences

In microeconomics, a condition where consumers prefer a mix of goods over having only one good, illustrated by a convex shape of their indifference curves.

Centered

In a general context, it means being in the middle or at the heart of something; in mathematics, it can refer to the process of adjusting data points or a distribution so that its mean equals zero.

Convex Preferences

Refers to a situation in economics where a consumer prefers a mix or combination of goods over having all of one good, demonstrating a desire for diversity in consumption.