The qualitative characteristics that make accounting information useful for decision$-$making purposes are as follows.

Identify the appropriate qualitative characteristic$($s$)$ to be used given the information provided below.

a$.$ Qualitative characteristic being employed when companies in the same industry are using the same accounting principles.

b$.$ Quality of information that confirms users' earlier expectations.

c$.$ Imperative for providing comparisons of a company from period to period.

d$.$ Ignores the economic consequences of a standard or rule.

e$.$ Requires a high degree of consensus among individuals on a given measurement.

f$.$ Predictive value is an ingredient of this fundamental quality of information.