Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134475585
Author: Srikant M. Datar, Madhav V. Rajan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.19MCQ
Responsibility centers. Elmhurst Corporation is considering changes to its responsibility accounting system. Which of the following statements is/are correct for a responsibility accounting system.
- I. In a cost center, managers are responsible for controlling costs but not revenue.
- II. The idea behind responsibility accounting is that a manager should be held responsible for those items that the manager can control to a significant extent.
- III. To be effective, a good responsibility accounting system must help managers to plan and to control.
- IV. Costs that are allocated to a responsibility center are normally controllable by the responsibility center manager.
- 1. I and II only are correct.
- 2. II and III only are correct.
- 3. I, II, and III are correct.
- 4. I, II and IV are correct.
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (16th Edition)
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