Help Understanding Master Fader

One of my customers was telling me that if I create a Master Fader Track, use no plugins or inserts and leave the fader set to 0db, it will have no effect on a bounce. Is that true?

That was my assumption. But I'm looking for "official" confirmation.

You can officially confirm it for yourself, by bouncing a file to disk with and w/o a master fader, importing the two resulting files and comparing them. It should take 2 minutes or less.

OK I did it for you. No delay.

This is exactly why I so seldom participate in this forum. Ask a simple, legitimate question and the only response is from some smartass. Thanks for the "help".

Sorry if I came across as a smart-ass. You asked a valid question, and I did the test myself because I was curious. I thought you'd appreciate knowing the results though.