A Prototype

question 53

Multiple Choice

A prototype

• A)is expensive to create and is therefore only created once user needs are well-defined.
• B)is making an internal and external review of the system to be analyzed,noting that users may not use the existing AIS as intended.
• C)is typically created during the physical design phase of systems development.
• D)can be used to help users identify and communicate their system needs.

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Definitions:

Process Costing

A costing method used when homogeneous products are produced on a continuous basis.

Job-order Costing

A cost accounting system used to assign manufacturing costs to an individual product or batches of products, typically used in custom or varied production.

Homogeneous Product

A product that is uniform in quality and indistinguishable from other products of the same type.

Weighted-Average Method

A process costing method that calculates unit costs by combining costs and outputs from the current and prior periods.