(I)Debt Markets Are Often Referred to Generically as the Bond

question 12

Multiple Choice

(I) Debt markets are often referred to generically as the bond market.
(II) A bond is a security that is a claim on the earnings and assets of a corporation.

• A) (I) is true, (II) false.
• B) (I) is false, (II) true.
• C) Both are true.
• D) Both are false.

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