General Semiconductor Is a European-Based Designer and Manufacturer of Semiconductors

question 67

Multiple Choice

General Semiconductor is a European-based designer and manufacturer of semiconductors.It manufactures semiconductors in fixed-asset intensive plants.The moderate fraction of its total assets that are property, plant, and equipment results from depreciating its technology-intensive manufacturing facilities over periods as short as four years.Which of the following is/are true?

• A)General Semiconductor has small long-term debt and debt-equity ratios.
• B)General Semiconductor incurs substantial technology risk from product obsolescence, with product life cycles of less than two years.
• C)Heavy reliance on debt financing would add financing risk and thereby increase borrowing costs even more.
• D)All of the above are true.
• E)none of the above

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