To be admissible in court, computer evidence must be which of the following?

The correct answer is A. Relevant. For any evidence - including computer evidence - to be admissible in court, it must first and foremost be relevant to the case (i.e., it must tend to make a fact of consequence more or less probable). Other admissibility requirements include authenticity and integrity…

Submitted by marco_it· Apr 18, 2026Incident Response and Recovery

Question

To be admissible in court, computer evidence must be which of the following?

Options

ARelevant
BDecrypted
CEdited
DIncriminating

How the community answered

(25 responses)

A
92% (23)
B
4% (1)
D
4% (1)

Explanation

For any evidence - including computer evidence - to be admissible in court, it must first and foremost be relevant to the case (i.e., it must tend to make a fact of consequence more or less probable). Other admissibility requirements include authenticity and integrity (unaltered), but among the given choices, relevance is the foundational legal standard. Evidence does not need to be decrypted (B) - encrypted evidence can still be admissible. It must NOT be edited (C) - editing destroys integrity. And evidence does not need to be incriminating (D) to be admissible; exculpatory evidence is also admissible.

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#Digital Forensics#Evidence Admissibility#Legal Requirements#Incident Response

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