This Is a Tough Application Question

This is a tough application question. Use logic to figure out the correct answer. When people played the phone tag game of passing information through a series of people, the final message is usually quite different than the initial messages. This problem occurs in organizational channels as well. This problem of distortion through serial reproduction in communication

A) occurs only in downward communication.
B) can be an effective way to communicate uncertainty.
C) occurs only when messages contain ambiguity.
D) can be the result of deliberate distortions.