E-Mail Messages, Their Content, and Metadata Can Provide Useful Evidence

question 59

Multiple Choice

E-mail messages, their content, and metadata can provide useful evidence in a lawsuit because:

• A)They can establish a timeline of who knew what and when
• B)People tend to converse freely and informally in e-mail messages, which may provide a "smoking gun"
• C)They can be used to trace a message to its true originator
• D)All of these choices are correct

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Definitions:

Allowance Method

A bookkeeping approach involving the estimation of non-recoverable debts by anticipating uncollectible accounts at the close of every period.

Uncollectible Receivables

Accounts receivable that cannot be collected from customers, often written off as a bad debt expense.

Writing Off

The process of acknowledging that a portion of a debt or an asset has become uncollectible or worthless and removing it from the financial statements.

Income Statement

A summary of the revenue and expenses for a specific period of time, such as a month or a year.