Exam 15: Financial-Analysis-Tools

Identify an example of developmental costs.

Indirect costs,or overhead expenses,cannot be attributed to the development of a particular information system.

A(n)_____ method is a technique that uses accounting entries to allocate the indirect costs of running an IT department.

When IT department costs are not charged to other departments,the information systems department is called a _____ because it generates accounting charges with no offsetting credits for IT services.

Direct costs usually are more difficult to identify and predict than indirect costs.