In your course you are instructed to design a fundraiser for a local school. as part of the assignment, you are to (1) write a letter about the fund raiser, (2) create a budget to track the income and expenses, and (3) track names and addresses of potential donors. choose the answer that matches the software application and task. i would use: a word processor for a letter, spreadsheet for tracking names, database for a budget i would use: a database for a letter, spreadsheet for tracking names, database for a budget i would use: a word processor for a letter, database for tracking names, spreadsheet for a budget i would use: a spreadsheet for a letter, word processor for tracking names, database for a budget.

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?