Which of the following is not a main goal of a compromise dividend policy?

Select one:

a. maintaining a high dividend payout ratio

b. avoiding dividend cuts

c. avoiding the need to sell equity

d. maintaining a target debt-equity ratio

e. not rejecting positive net present value projects

2.) Assuming no market imperfections and ignoring taxes, share repurchases

Select one:

a. increase market value of equity.

b. reduce EPS.

c. decrease P/E ratio.

d. decrease share price.

e. increase the number of shares outstanding.

3.) The date of record for a dividend payment should follow the ____________ date.

Select one:

a. payment

b. ex-dividend

c. purchase

d. reckoning

e. rights-on

4.) Atlantis Corporation’s chief objective is to meet its investment needs and maintain its target debt-equity ratio before paying dividends. Atlantis is following a __________ dividend policy.

Select one:

a. cyclical

b. residual

c. stable

d. compromise

e. stochastic

I’m having trouble with this Java assignment. Can you help?

SELF-CHECK 

1. List two boundary conditions that should be checked when testing method readInt below. The second and third parameters represent the upper and lower bounds for a range of valid integers. 

/** Returns an integer data value within range minN and maxN inclusive 

* @param scan a Scanner object 

* @param minN smallest possible value to return 

* @param maxN largest possible value to return 

* @return the first value read between minN and maxN 

*/

public static int readInt (Scanner scan, int minN, int maxN) { 

  if (minN > maxN) 

    throw new IllegalArgumentException (“In readlnt, minN ” + minN + ” not <= maxN ” + maxN) ; 

  boolean inRange = false; // Assume no valid number read.

   int n = 0; 

  while (!inRange) { // Repeat until valid number read. 

     System.out.println(“Enter an integer from ” + minN + ” to ” + maxN + “: “) ; 

     try { 

       n = scan.nextlnt(); 

       inRange = (minN <= n & & n <= maxN) ; 

     } catch (InputMismatchException ex) { 

       scan.nextLine(); System.out.println(“not an integer – try again”); 

     } 

   } // End while return n; // n is in range 

} 

2. Devise test data to test the method readInt using  

  a. white-box testing 

  b. black-box testing 

PROGRAMMING 

1. Compose a search method with four parameters: the search array, the target, the start subscript, and the finish subscript. The last two parameters indicate the part of the array that should be searched. Your method should catch or throw exceptions where warranted.