Chapter 2 – Basic Cost Management Concepts and Accounting for Mass Customization Operations
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Required:
Choose one of the preceding terms to characterize each of the amounts described below. Each
term may be used only once.
A. The cost of including one extra child in a day-care center.
B. The cost of merchandise inventory purchased five years ago. The goods are now obsolete.
C. The cost of feeding 300 children in a public school cafeteria is $450 per day, or $1.50 per
child per day. What economic term describes this $1.50 cost?
D. The management of a high-rise office building uses 3,000 square feet of space in the
building for its own administrative functions. This space could be rented for $30,000. What
economic term describes this $30,000 of lost rental revenue?
E. The cost of building an automated assembly line in a factory is $700,000; a manually
operated assembly line would cost $250,000. What economic term is used to describe the
$450,000 variation between these two amounts?
F. Refer to the preceding question and assume that the firm is currently building the assembly
line for $700,000. What economic term is used to describe the $700,000 construction cost?
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124. Describe the economic characteristics of sunk costs and opportunity costs, and explain
the impact that these costs may have on decisions.
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