A-LevelAccountingTraditional costing methods9706/12 · Oct/Nov 2018 · Q251 Mark

When is marginal costing less useful than absorption costing?

Awhen choosing to make or buy a product

Bwhen dealing with a limiting factor

Cwhen producing a special order

Dwhen valuing closing inventory

✓ Correct answer

D: when valuing closing inventory

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Topic: Traditional costing methods, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
Source: A-Level Accounting, Oct/Nov 2018 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 25.

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