Allocation of Costs to Various Cost Objects

question 37

Multiple Choice

Allocation of costs to various cost objects:

• A) may affect managers' performance evaluation.
• B) may affect the overall profitability of a company.
• C) may affect the apparent profitability of the various products a company makes.
• D) Both may affect managers' performance evaluation and may affect the apparent profitability of the various products a company makes are correct.

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