What Is Demonstrated by the Following Code

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is demonstrated by the following code?
Try
{
(try block statements . . .)
}
Catch(NumberFormatException | IOException ex)
{
RespondToError() ;
}

• A) Multi-catch, a catch clause that can handle more than one exception, beginning in Java 7
• B) A catch clause that can handle either exception type, but not both
• C) A conditional catch clause prototype that uses an overloaded OR operator to bind exception types
• D) This code is not supported in any version of Java, an error will result.

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Definitions:

Risk Premium

The extra amount of return demanded by investors for taking on a higher level of risk.

Volatility

A statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index, often used to gauge the risk involved in investing in that security or market.

Average Rate

is the mean interest rate in a range of rates, or the mean return of a portfolio of assets calculated over a specific period of time.

Semi-strong Form Efficiency

A concept in finance that suggests all public information is already accounted for in stock prices, thus making it impossible to consistently achieve higher returns through analysis of publicly available information.