Multiple choice fuck ups Flashcards
(11 cards)
When businesses are divided into departments for costing purposes, the ones where the products have work performed on them are known as…..
Product cost centres
An international accounting standard concerning _________ ensures that most large businesses implement a full cost approach to income measurement.
inventories
Full costing is often supported on the grounds that it provides a useful guide to _________ costs.
long-run
A cost centre is:
an area for which costs are accumulated
When adopting a full costing approach, the cost of service cost centres should be charged:
To product cost centres
The objective of activity-based costing (ABC) is to derive the __________ cost of production
Full
In activity-based costing (ABC), costs are allocated into…..
cost pool
ABC has been criticised in exactly the same way as the traditional approach for not providing_________ information for decision makers.
Relevant
ABC is most widely adopted in which ONE of the following broad business sectors?
Financial and Commercial
What is management by exception?
Management by Exception (MBE) is a management style where leaders focus their attention only on significant deviations from expected results or standards — rather than overseeing every small detail or routine activity.
What is feedforward control?
In management, feedforward control involves anticipating potential problems and taking proactive steps to prevent them before they impact the system