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O-LevelAccountingAccounting proceduresOct/Nov 2022Paper 1 Q261 Mark

In a manufacturing account, carriage on raw materials was incorrectly treated as a factory overhead. How did this error affect the prime cost and the cost of production? prime cost cost of production A overstated no effect B overstated overstated C understated no effect D understated understated

Aoverstated, no effect
Boverstated, overstated
Cunderstated, no effect
Dunderstated, understated

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About This O-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Accounting (7707) Oct/Nov 2022 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Accounting procedures and is worth 1 mark.

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