alleryStart learning →A key criticism of ABC is that it treats fixed costs as if they were
Avariable
Bcontingent
Cdeferred
Dnominal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. variable
By assigning fixed costs to products through drivers, ABC makes them behave like variable costs.
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