Advanced Accounting 10th Edition by Thomas Schaefer, Joe Ben Hoyle, Timothy Doupnik

Exercise 13

Which of the following statements is true for a company that has managers responsible for product and service lines of business and managers responsible for geographic areas (matrix form of organization)
a.Under U.S.GAAP, the company must base operating segments on geographic areas.
b.Under IFRS, the company must base operating segments on product and service lines of business.
c.Under U.S.GAAP, the company may choose to define operating segments on the basis of either products and services or geographic areas.
d.Under IFRS, the company must refer to the core principle of IFRS 8 to detennine operating segments.