Which of the Following Statements Is Most Correct

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most correct?

• A) Agency conflicts between stockholders and managers are not really a problem when outsiders (i.e., non-managers) own shares in a corporation.
• B) Managers may operate in stockholders' best interests, or managers may operate in their own personal best interests. As long as managers stay within the law, there are no effective controls that stockholders can implement to control managerial decision making.
• C) The agency conflicts between bondholders and stockholders can be reduced with the use of bond covenants.
• D) An agency relationship exists when one or more persons hire another person to perform some service but withhold decision-making authority from that person.
• E) All of the statements above are false.

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Definitions:

Derived Class

A derived class, also known as a subclass, in object-oriented programming, is a class that inherits properties and behaviors from another class called the base class.

Base Class

The class from which other classes are derived, also known as a parent or super class.

Instance Variables

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Encapsulation

A fundamental concept in OOP that restricts direct access to some of an object's components, typically through the use of access modifiers, to protect the integrity of the data.