Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false.Cost accumulation refers to identifying whether a particular cost is fixed or variable.  Cost objects may be departments, sales territories, or individual products.  Cost accumulation is not useful in a service-type business.  An allocation rate has a cause-and-effect relationship with a cost object.  Timeliness of managerial accounting information is more important than its precision.  

What will be an ideal response?


Cost accumulation refers to identifying whether a particular cost is fixed or variable.False
Cost objects may be departments, sales territories, or individual products.True
Cost accumulation is not useful in a service-type business.False
An allocation rate has a cause-and-effect relationship with a cost object.False
Timeliness of managerial accounting information is more important than its precision.True

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