The Size and Scale of Support Departments Is Usually Determined

question 39

Multiple Choice

The size and scale of support departments is usually determined by the:

• A) capital budget.
• B) average fixed and variable costs.
• C) short-term needs of the user departments.
• D) projected long-run needs of the user departments.

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Definitions:

Ordinal Data

A type of categorical data with a set order or ranking among the categories but without a defined distance between categories.

Nominal Data

Data categorized by labels or names without a natural order or ranking between the categories.

Interval Data

A type of numerical data that allows for the measure of both the order of data points and the exact differences between them.

Interval Data

Data with meaningful distances between measurements but no true zero point, allowing for operations such as addition and subtraction.