Which of the Following Is Not Usually a Restriction on the Payment

question 130

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not usually a restriction on the payment of dividends?

• A) Dividends must be paid from the current year's net income.
• B) Dividends may not be paid if a company is insolvent.
• C) Bond indentures may restrict the payment of dividends.
• D) If preferred stock has a cumulative feature, no common stock dividends may be paid until cumulative preferred stock dividends are current.
• E) All of the above are restrictions on the payment of dividends.

Understand the concept of the production possibilities frontier (PPF) and its implications for economic efficiency and potential growth.

Grasp how changes in resources, technology, and policy can shift the PPF, indicating economic growth or contraction.

Recognize the law of increasing opportunity costs and its graphical representation as a bowed-out PPF.

Identify the economic decisions regarding what, how, and for whom to produce as foundational questions addressed by any economic system.

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