Which of the following statements are true? I.   Activity-based costing differs from traditional costing systems in that products are NOT cross-subsidized. II.  Activity-based costing is more likely to result in major difference from traditional costing systems if the firm make only one product rather than multiple products. III.  Activity-based costing uses batch-level, product sustaining-level, and facility-sustaining costs to help assign overhead to products. IV.  Activity-based costing is useful for allocating marketing and distribution costs also.   Question 8 options:   a)  II and III are true.   b)  I, III, and IV are true.   c)  I and IV are true.   d)  All of the statements are true.

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Which of the following statements are true?

I.   Activity-based costing differs from traditional costing systems in that products are NOT cross-subsidized.
II.  Activity-based costing is more likely to result in major difference from traditional costing systems if the firm make only one product rather than multiple products.
III.  Activity-based costing uses batch-level, product sustaining-level, and facility-sustaining costs to help assign overhead to products.
IV.  Activity-based costing is useful for allocating marketing and distribution costs also.

 

Question 8 options:

 

a) 

II and III are true.

 

b) 

I, III, and IV are true.

 

c) 

I and IV are true.

 

d) 

All of the statements are true.

 
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