For bank tellers, what is the cost driver used to attach cost to each product?
ANumber of branches
BTeller salary level
CAccount balance held
DCounter time per product
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Counter time per product
Teller cost is assigned by measuring how long each product's transactions take at the counter.
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