Costs can be classified as direct costs if they are:

a. variable costs

b. manufacturing

c. easily traceable to the cost object

d. all of these

Which of the following factors have led to an increase in worldwide competition?

a. all of these

b. improvements in global transportation systems

c. increase in tariffs quotas and other barriers to free trade

d. decreased sophistication of international trade markets

what are the three basic types of business organizations?

a. service, merchandising and manufacturing

b. retail professional and manufacturing/

c. public, private and non profit organizations