level 1 mock 51第7题

Internet, extensive, research, anything, personal

7. After extensive research, retired portfolio manager David Sandridge, CFA, purchased 30,000
shares of a small public company. He then posted messages on several Internet bulletin boards.
The messages read, "This stock is going up once the pending patents are released. You would be
crazy to sell anything below $5 in a few months from now. The stock is a buy at anything below
$5. I just bought 30 K shares for my personal account. I have done some close research on these
guys." According to the Standards of Practice Handbook, Sandridge most likely violated the
Standard or Standards associated with:
A. Conflicts of Interest and Integrity of Capital Markets.
B. Integrity of Capital Markets, but not Conflicts of Interest.
C. Conflicts of Interest, but not Integrity of Capital Markets.
答案为B，并且解答中说：“Sandridge violated the Standards related to integrity of capital markets by engaging in a practice that is likely to artificially inflate trading volume.”，好像在题目中没有看到 inflate trading volume的意思？

请老师给我讲讲？谢谢！