Activity-Based Costing: Benefits and Limitations

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Activity-Based Costing accurately allocates labor costs to products and processes.

False

Activity-Based Costing is suitable for companies with high overhead costs.

True

Data produced by Activity-Based Costing always conforms to generally accepted accounting principles.

False

Activity-Based Costing is useful for identifying inefficient processes and targets for improvement.

True

Activity-Based Costing is a cost-effective method for accumulating and analyzing information.

False

Activity-Based Costing is suitable for companies with simple product lines and low overhead costs.

False

Activity-Based Costing provides a realistic understanding of ______ costs for specific products.

manufacturing

ABC identifies ______ processes and targets for improvement.

inefficient

Collection and preparation of ______ is time-consuming in Activity-Based Costing.

data

Activity-Based Costing determines ______ profit margins more precisely.

product

ABC discovers which processes have ______ and wasted costs.

unnecessary

Overhead costs constitute a significant ______ of total costs, indicating a need for ABC.

portion

Test your understanding of Activity-Based Costing, a method that assigns costs to products based on the activities they require. This quiz covers the advantages and disadvantages of ABC, including its impact on cost allocation, process improvement, and product profitability.

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