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Which of the following best describes standard costs?

  • Costs associated with a competent management's efficient use of production resources (correct)
  • Costs recorded in separate variance accounts
  • Costs incurred by a business for paying suppliers and production staff
  • Expected costs substituted for actual costs in accounting records
  • What is the purpose of standard costing?

  • To record variations between expected and actual costs
  • To compare what should be accomplished for a normal price and what was actually done at a cost (correct)
  • To determine the difference between standard costs and real manufacturing costs
  • To substitute expected costs for actual costs in accounting records
  • What do inventories and cost of products sold accounts contain in a standard cost system?

  • Standard costs of manufacturing operations (correct)
  • Actual expenses incurred by the business
  • Variations between expected and actual costs
  • Expected costs substituted for actual costs
  • What do cost variances represent in a standard cost system?

    <p>The difference between standard costs and the real manufacturing costs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a positive balance in a variance account signify?

    <p>A deviation from the profit strategy by the business</p> Signup and view all the answers

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