Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)A stock's return is perfectly positively correlated with itself.
• B)When the covariance equals 0,the stocks have no tendency to move either together or in opposition of one another.
• C)The closer the correlation is to -1,the more the returns tend to move in opposite directions.
• D)The variance of a portfolio depends only on the variance of the individual stocks.

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Definitions:

Work in Process Inventory

Represents goods that are in the production process but are not yet completed.

Conversion Cost

The sum of direct labor and manufacturing overhead costs, representing the expenses necessary to convert raw materials into finished goods.

Process Costing

An accounting methodology used for homogeneous products, allocating costs over the entire production process rather than per individual item.

Equivalent Unit

A concept used in process costing that converts partially completed units into a number of equivalent fully completed units.