Why Is It Difficult to Get an Accurate Count of the Homeless

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Multiple Choice

Why is it difficult to get an accurate count of the homeless?

• A) Many of the homeless may temporarily live with friends and family.
• B) Many of the homeless are adept at hiding from researchers.
• C) Many of the homeless are in and out of hospitals.
• D) Many of the homeless live in areas too dangerous for researchers to visit.

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Definitions:

Personnel Department

The division within an organization tasked with managing employee-related processes including hiring, training, and benefits administration, commonly known as the human resources (HR) department.

Information Technology

The employment of computers, storage systems, networks, and various physical assets, infrastructure, and procedures to generate, process, safeguard, store, and share every type of electronic information.

Step-down Method

An allocation method used in cost accounting to assign overhead costs to different departments based on a hierarchical order.

Labor Hours

The total number of hours worked by employees for which they are compensated, often used as a basis for allocating overhead in cost accounting.