Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A) While debt itself may be cheap, it increases the risk and therefore the cost of capital of the firm's equity.
B) The total market value of the firm's securities is equal to the market value of its assets, whether the firm is unlevered or levered.
C) Although debt does not have a lower cost of capital than equity, we can consider this cost in isolation.
D) We can use MM Proposition I to derive an explicit relationship between leverage and the equity cost of capital.