An Important Difference Between Accounting and Other Business Functions, Such

Multiple Choice

An important difference between accounting and other business functions, such as marketing and management, is that

A) accounting functions must be performed by an outsider, rather than by an employee of the business, in order to avoid conflicts of interest.
B) accounting offers us insight into whether the business is financially sound.
C) accounting involves mainly clerical activities and thus requires very little analysis.
D) accounting deals exclusively with numbers.