Directors Who Are Not as Directly Connected to the Firm

question 42

Multiple Choice

Directors who are not as directly connected to the firm but who have existing or potential business relationships with the firm are called:

• A)gray directors.
• B)independent directors.
• C)advising directors.
• D)inside directors.

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Definitions:

Risk Premium

The additional yield beyond the risk-free rate that investors demand as a reward for taking on the risk associated with an investment.

Risk-Free Asset

An investment with a guaranteed return and no risk of financial loss.

Standard Deviation

Standard deviation measures the amount of variation or dispersion from the average in a set of data points, indicating how spread out the numbers are.

Real Rate of Interest

The interest rate that has been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; reflects the true cost of borrowing.