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A-LevelAccountingCosting PrinciplesOct/Nov 2016Paper 1 Q241 Mark

A manufacturing business is currently operating at full capacity. As part of an expansion programme to increase production capacity, the business intends to employ an additional factory supervisor. How are total supervisory salaries classified?

Afixed cost
Bsemi-variable cost
Cstepped cost
Dvariable cost

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2016 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Costing Principles and is worth 1 mark.

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