During a cloud forensic investigation, which action is most directly aligned with preserving the integrity of digital evidence?

Running analysis tools directly on the original cloud storage volume

Copying all data to a local workstation for faster access

Deleting redundant logs to reduce the dataset size

Creating a cryptographic hash of the evidence before any analysis

In cloud forensic evidence management, what is the primary purpose of establishing a documented chain of custody?

To automatically delete evidence that is no longer relevant to the investigation

To prove that the evidence has not been altered or tampered with from the moment of collection to presentation

To ensure that the evidence is stored in the same cloud region where the incident occurred

To encrypt all evidence so that only the forensic team can access it

A cloud forensic investigator needs to preserve evidence from a compromised virtual machine. Which action BEST describes the initial step in forensic data collection for a cloud VM?

Create a snapshot of the VM disk and store it in a separate, controlled location.

Power off the VM immediately to prevent further changes to the disk.

Install a forensic agent inside the VM to capture live data.

Copy the VM's virtual disk file directly from the hypervisor's storage backend.

In cloud forensics, what is the primary purpose of creating a cryptographic hash of the acquired evidence?

To verify the integrity of the evidence after acquisition

To compress the evidence for faster transfer

To identify the file type of the evidence

To encrypt the evidence so only the investigator can read it

What is the primary purpose of maintaining a chain of custody for digital evidence in a cloud investigation?

To reduce the total volume of data that must be stored during the investigation

To document every person who handled the evidence and every transfer of custody

To encrypt all evidence so that only the investigating team can read it

To assign a unique identifier to each piece of evidence for indexing purposes

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