Daily Constructions has been contracted by the City to renovate the historic courthouse building. Daily Constructions has also purchased a surety bond from KLM Insurance, as one of the requirements to get the job. If Daily Constructions were to fail to complete the job, KLM would be responsible for paying the City up to $150,000. This amount is known as the: A. penal sum.
B. contract bond.
C. collateral.
D. fiduciary amount.

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?