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Match the Following Definitions with the Appropriate Terms

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Match the following definitions with the appropriate terms

Premises:
Costs that flow directly to the current income statement as expenses.
Costs that change in proportion to changes in volume of activity.
The potential benefit lost by choosing a specific action from two or more alternatives.
Manufacturing expenditures that cannot be separately or readily traced to finished goods.
Expenditures necessary and integral to finished products.
Expenditures incurred in the process of converting raw materials to finished products; include direct labor and factory overhead.
Costs that have already been incurred and cannot be avoided or changed.
Expenditures directly associated with the manufacture of finished products; include direct materials and direct labor.
Costs that do not change with changes in the volume of activity.
Costs that are incurred for the benefit of more than one cost object.
Responses:
Sunk costs
Indirect costs
Product costs
Prime costs
Fixed costs
Opportunity costs
Period costs
Conversion costs
Factory overhead
Variable costs

Correct Answer:

Costs that flow directly to the current income statement as expenses.
Costs that change in proportion to changes in volume of activity.
The potential benefit lost by choosing a specific action from two or more alternatives.
Manufacturing expenditures that cannot be separately or readily traced to finished goods.
Expenditures necessary and integral to finished products.
Expenditures incurred in the process of converting raw materials to finished products; include direct labor and factory overhead.
Costs that have already been incurred and cannot be avoided or changed.
Expenditures directly associated with the manufacture of finished products; include direct materials and direct labor.
Costs that do not change with changes in the volume of activity.
Costs that are incurred for the benefit of more than one cost object.
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