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Standard cost is the:

APlanned unit cost
BActual unit cost
CAverage cost
DReplacement cost
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Correct answer: A. Planned unit cost
1. CIMA defines standard cost as the planned unit cost of a product or service. 2. It is set in advance using engineering studies, historical data, and expected conditions. 3. Actual cost is what is incurred; standard cost is what was planned. 4. Hence standard cost is the planned unit cost. _Source: ICAI BoS Inter Paper 3, Ch 13 "Standard Costing", §13.1.1 ¶1_
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