What of the following is NOT a Benefit of Activity Based Management? a.It assists in the budgeting process. b.It aids management in cost cutting and/or cost control and inferentially in product profitability. c.It causes managers to identify non-value added activities and therefore encourages thinking of means of reducing such activities. d.Is more complex than traditional accounting system because it uses multiple cost application rates, one for each activity or cost pool.

What of the following is NOT a Benefit of Activity Based Management? a.It assists in the budgeting process. b.It aids management in cost cutting and/or cost control and inferentially in product profitability. c.It causes managers to identify non-value added activities and therefore encourages thinking of means of reducing such activities. d.Is more complex than traditional accounting system because it uses multiple cost application rates, one for each activity or cost pool.

Principles of Accounting Volume 2

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Chapter6: Activity-based, Variable, And Absorption Costing

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Which statement is correct? A. Activity-based cost systems are less costly than traditional cost systems. B. Activity-based cost systems are easier to implement than traditional cost systems. C. Activity-based cost systems are more accurate than traditional cost systems. D. Activity-based cost systems provide the same data as traditional cost systems.
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