An Accounting System That Provides Information That Management Can Use

question 171

Multiple Choice

An accounting system that provides information that management can use to evaluate the performance of a department's manager is called a:

• A) Cost accounting system.
• B) Managerial accounting system.
• C) Responsibility accounting system.
• D) Financial accounting system.
• E) Activity-based accounting system.

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