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Commerce · Q389

Costing

Graduate and Post Graduate · Commerce · question 389

Q389

In cause and effect relationship between cost level and cost driver, inflationary price effects are removed by dividing cost through

A.
price index
Answer
B.
cost index
C.
profit index
D.
cost driver index

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
In cause and effect relationship between cost level and cost driver, inflationary price effects are removed by dividing cost through price index. A price index is a normalized average (typically a weighted average) of price relatives for a given class of goods or services in a given region, during a given interval of time.