What are major financial drivers?

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #153 [color=blue]“Cost Accounting”, question 5

Cost accounting applications are major financial in everyday corporate decision-making.

(a) distractors
(b) drivers
(c) fetters
(d) operators

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #153 [color=blue]“Cost Accounting”, answer 5

Cost accounting applications are major financial drivers in everyday corporate decision-making.

Correct answer: (b) drivers

Your answer was: [color=green]correct
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Why use “drivers” in this sentence?

Hi,

‘Drivers’ suggests incentives that drive something forward.

Alan