Which of the following is a true statement about the stock exchanges?

The stock exchanges operate very much like large auctions with many people

bidding on the same securities$.$

A person can only buy techriology stock using an Internet account such as E$*$TRADE$.$

The public needs to contact a stock broker in order to get the price on a particular

security.

A person can buy the stock of any publicly traded share on any of the exchanges.