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Q1065805 AID: 60110 | 29/12/2017 [Delimiter] [General guidance] [Section: Concepts and reason] Responsibility accounting: Responsibility accounting is a concept that states that each and every cost that is incurred in the company is responsibility of some or the other person working in the company. Decentralized business: A decentralized business organization is the one in which decision making is delegated to various levels in the organization, that is the lower, middle and top levels made their own decision respectively. Under a centralized business organization, the decision making is performed only by the top level management. Responsibility Center: A responsibility center is that part of a business organization that has its own objectives, policies, procedures etc. The managers of responsibility centers own the authority and are delegated with the responsibility for the respective responsibility center. [Section: Fundamentals] There are three basic types of responsibility centers are: Cost Center: Cost center is responsible for cost but not be simultaneous revenue generation. Profit Center: A profit center incurs costs and well as generates the revenues but does not control the investments. Investment Center: An investment center is along with being a profit center also controls investments, that is, an investment center has control over costs, revenues as well as investments. [Delimiter] [Starting Hint] The first step is to identify whether the given statement is true or false. [Delimiter] [Step 1] Responsibility accounting is a system where persons are held accountable or responsible for costs incurred. Therefore, the given statement that the process of measuring and reporting operating data by areas of responsibility is termed as responsibility accounting is false. [Part 1] Part 1 [Answer] Given statement is False. [Answer End] [Answer Choice: Correct] Given statement is False. [Answer Choice End] [Answer Choice: Wrong] Given statement is True. [Answer Choice End] [Part 1] [Explanation] Responsibility accounting does not deal with reporting or measuring any cost, it rather deals with setting responsibility for costs incurred. [Hint for next step] The next step is to identify whether the given statement is true or false. [Delimiter] [Step 2] A decentralized business organization is the one in which each level in organization is delegated with its own decision making and decision making is not solely performed by the top-level management. Therefore, the given statement that a decentralized business organization is one in which all major planning and operating decisions are made by the top management is false. [Part 2] Part 2 [Answer] Given statement is False. [Answer End]
[Answer Choice: Wrong] Given statement is True. [Answer Choice End] [Answer Choice: Correct] Given statement is False. [Answer Choice End] [Part 2] [Explanation] Under a centralized business organization only the top level is concerned with the task of decision making whereas in a decentralized organization each level is hierarchy performs decision making at their own level. [Hint for next step] The next step is to identify whether the given statement is true or false. [Delimiter] [Step 3] The three basic types of responsibility centers are cost centers, profit centers and investment centers. Therefore, the given statement is true [Part 3] Part 3 [Answer] Given statement is True. [Answer End] [Answer Choice: Wrong] Given statement is False. [Answer Choice End] [Answer Choice: Correct] Given statement is True. [Answer Choice End] [Part 3] [Explanation] Cost center, profit center and investment center are the three basic types of responsibility centers. Although there may be further more responsibility centers in an organization but these are the most common and basic types of responsibility centers.
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