1. Creation of new organizations to monitor rules associated with the capital, liquidity, and risk of institutions to help prevent future failures of mega financial organizations was proposed in which of the following acts?
a. Securities and Exchange Commission Act
b. Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act
c. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
d. Basel III Accord (2010)
e. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
2. The management's primary goal is stockholder wealth maximization, which, translates into _____.
a. maximizing the value of the firm as measured by the price of its common stock
b. maximizing the earnings per share of the stockholders
c. maximizing the dividend received by stockholders
d. maximizing the net income earned by the company
e. maximizing the managerial compensation (incentives)