Bart Coped with Flunking His Midterm by Telling Everyone He

question 43

Multiple Choice

Bart coped with flunking his midterm by telling everyone he was positive his professor's poor teaching was the reason Bart got such a bad grade. This is an example of

• A) adaptive behavior.
• B) positive coping.
• C) how coping allowed him to handle the situation effectively.
• D) an unhealthy coping response.

---

Definitions:

Debt-Equity Ratio

A measure of a company's financial leverage calculated by dividing its total liabilities by shareholders' equity.

Debt-Equity Ratio

This ratio compares a company's total liabilities to its shareholder equity, providing insights into its financial leverage and risk.

Total Debt Ratio

A financial ratio that measures the total amount of a company’s debt relative to its total assets, indicating the degree of leverage and financial risk.

Common-Base Year Value

An accounting method used to compare financial statements of different years by translating figures into values relative to a single base year.