Price Discrimination

question 92

Multiple Choice

Price discrimination

• A)is the practice of charging different prices to different customers based on a seller's personal preferences and prejudices.
• B)is the practice of charging different prices to different customers based on the different costs of supplying the product to different customers.
• C)is the practice of charging different prices to different customers when the price differences cannot be attributed to variations in cost.
• D)is the practice of giving preferential treatment to certain groups of customers based on their long-standing relationship to the producer.

---

Definitions:

Materials Ledger

A financial record in an inventory system that records the quantities and costs of materials on hand and used.

Subsidiary Ledger

A detailed ledger containing all of a particular account's transactions, feeding into and supporting a main accounting ledger.

Job Order Cost System

An accounting system that assigns costs to specific production batches or jobs and is used in situations where items are distinct and made to order.

Underapplied Overhead

A situation where the allocated factory overhead for a period is less than the actual overhead costs incurred, indicating that the costs have been underallocated.