Budgeted Amounts of Allocation Bases, Rather Than Actual Amounts, Are

question 26

Multiple Choice

Budgeted amounts of allocation bases, rather than actual amounts, are preferable allocation bases because:

• A) when actual amounts are used the behaviour of one responsibility centre affects the costs allocated to other responsibility centres.
• B) budgeted amounts are known in advance, therefore costs are easier to allocate.
• C) the use of actual amounts could cause fluctuations in the prices charged for a company's products or services.
• D) budgeted amounts are known in advance, therefore costs are easier to allocate AND the use of actual amounts could cause fluctuations in the prices charged for a company's products or services.

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Definitions:

Clone Method

A method that creates and returns a copy of an object, often used to duplicate instances while preserving original state.

Parameters

Variables that are specified in the definition of methods/function, representing the data that needs to be passed into these methods/functions when they are called.

Abstract Method

A method declared in an abstract class that has no implementation and must be overridden by subclasses.

Private Modifier

A keyword in object-oriented programming languages that restricts the visibility of a class member, making it accessible only within the same class.