When allocating indirect production costs to cost objects, most cost-allocation bases are ________. a. cost drivers...
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When allocating indirect production costs to cost objects, most cost-allocation bases are ________.
a. cost drivers
b. assigned to a cost object
c. traced to the cost object
d. accumulated for a cost object
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Solution: assigned to a cost object
Explanation: Costs assigned to cost projects are usually divided as direct cost and indirect cost. Indirect costs are often common to many cost objects. Indirect production costs are assigned to cost objects with the usage of the bases of cost allocations
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