Critical Thinking Questions Case 5-2 in Your Introductory Course on Computers

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Multiple Choice

Critical Thinking Questions Case 5-2 In your introductory course on computers, your professor has decided to dedicate a lecture to computer ethics. There is a lot of ambiguity in this topic, and she has presented a range of circumstances for you and your classmates to review. Which of the following is not a frequently discussed area of computer ethics?

• A) green computing
• B) information accuracy
• C) information authorship
• D) codes of conduct

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Definitions:

Market Valuation

A financial assessment of the current worth of an asset or company based on market prices.

Periodic Inventory

A method of inventory valuation where inventory is physically counted at specific intervals, typically the end of a fiscal year, to determine the cost of goods sold.

Allowance Method

An accounting technique used to account for bad debts, where estimated uncollectible accounts are matched against revenues in the same accounting period.

Lower of Cost

An accounting principle that values inventory at the lesser of its historical cost or the current market price to prevent overstating the value of assets.