21. Operating expenses directly traceable to or incurred for the sole benefit of a specific department and usually subject to the control of the department manager are termed: a. miscellaneous administrative expenses. b. indirect expenses. c. direct expenses. d. variable expenses.

Direct expenses

Explanation:

Direct expenses are defined as costs incurred by a business that are directly traceable to a cost object or business entity.

Some overhead cost for example is directly attributable to a particular department, so this is a direct cost.

Some examples of direct expenses are cost of raw materials, direct labour, customer service, transportation cost of goods from a supplier, and so on.

muslims control the north africa during the period of 1500 up

to 1800. they made a barrier to prevent further european exploration from

entering the africa from the north. however, the dutch ware still able to move

toward the interior with having south africa as one of the routes leading to

the east for trading with asia.