312-49V11 · Question #51
An investigator is analyzing a suspect's computer in connection with a corporate espionage case. The investigator needs to gather all relevant data from the device, including any provisional…
The correct answer is D. Examining the clipboard contents for information temporarily held during user interaction. According to the CHFI v11 Computer Forensics Fundamentals and Data Acquisition objectives, volatile data refers to information that is stored temporarily in system memory and is lost when the system is powered off or restarted. One of the most valuable and commonly overlooked…
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An investigator is analyzing a suspect's computer in connection with a corporate espionage case. The investigator needs to gather all relevant data from the device, including any provisional information that may provide insights into recent user actions. While investigating, the investigator discovers that the system has stored a variety of data from previous user activities, including text, images, and links that were recently copied. Which type of volatile data is the investigator examining in this situation?
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- AExamining data related to resources shared across the network for potential evidence.
- BExamining driver/service information for system-level configurations.
- CExamining print spool files for information related to printing operations.
- DExamining the clipboard contents for information temporarily held during user interaction.
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(21 responses)- A5% (1)
- B14% (3)
- C5% (1)
- D76% (16)
Explanation
According to the CHFI v11 Computer Forensics Fundamentals and Data Acquisition objectives, volatile data refers to information that is stored temporarily in system memory and is lost when the system is powered off or restarted. One of the most valuable and commonly overlooked forms of volatile data is the clipboard contents. The clipboard temporarily stores text, images, URLs, file paths, credentials, commands, and other data that a user copies or cuts during normal system interaction. In corporate espionage and insider threat investigations, clipboard data can reveal recent user intent, such as copied confidential documents, links to exfiltration sites, snippets of sensitive emails, or commands prepared for execution. CHFI v11 highlights clipboard analysis as an important part of live forensic investigations, especially when investigators need to understand recent user activity that may not yet be written to disk.
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