Cost accounting is an area of accounting concerned with cost determination, cost control and cost analysis. Which of the following is a description of cost control?       a. Refers to the use of cost data by management in decision making.       b. None of the above       c.Refers to the comparison of standards set for costs per unit and with the figures per actual operations so that remedial measures may be adopted if needed.       d.Refers to the accumulation of cost data by products, process or services to be able

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Cost accounting is an area of accounting concerned with cost determination, cost control and cost analysis. Which of the following is a description of cost control?
 
 
 
a. Refers to the use of cost data by management in decision making.
 
 
 
b. None of the above
 
 
 
c.Refers to the comparison of standards set for costs per unit and with the figures per actual operations so that remedial measures may be adopted if needed.
 
 
 
d.Refers to the accumulation of cost data by products, process or services to be able to arrive at a unit cost.
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