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Q19. According to CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct, which of the following statements about material nonpublic information is FALSE? Information is: A)   nonpublic until it has been disseminated to a select group of investors.   Q20. A brokerage firm has a trading department and an investment-banking department. Often the investment-banking department receives material non-public information that would be valuable in advising the firm’s brokerage clients. In order to comply with the Standards, the firm: . B)   should restrict employee trading in securities for which the firm is in possession of material non-public information.   Q21. Andrea Waters is an investment analyst who has accumulated and analyzed several pieces of nonpublic information through her contacts with drug firms. Although no one piece of the information she collected is "material," Waters correctly concluded that the earnings of one of the drug companies would be unexpectedly high in the coming year. According to CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct, Waters:   C)   can use the information to make investment recommendations and decisions.