The product which requires low amount of resources, but incur high per unit cost is classified as __________?
Correct answer: D. product over costing
- A. expected under cost
- B. expected over cost
- C. product under costing
- D. product over costing
Explanation
A product is overcosted when it is assigned more cost than the resources it actually consumes. Products using relatively few resources but receiving high allocated costs are therefore subject to product overcosting.
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