Chapter 01 - Introduction to E-discovery and Digital Evidence TRUE/FALSE 1. E-discovery is the use of advanced electronic surveillance to catch criminals in the act. ANS: F
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2. Metadata is a legal term that refers to the actual information being retrieved. ANS: F
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3. Cloud computing is a model in which computing resources are hosted remotely. ANS: T
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4. In general, states’ rules regarding ESI can be more lenient than federal rules. ANS: F
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5. The Sedona Canada principles and the Ontario checklist for preparing a discovery plan are part of Canadian procedural law. ANS: T
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MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is true about E-discovery? a. it can be thought of as data mining b. it consists of hard copies of court documents c. it does not include data found on cellular phones d. it is valid in civil cases, but not in criminal cases ANS: A
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2. Which of the following is true about digital forensics? a. device forensics focuses on network intrusion b. a MAC time tells a digital forensics expert the hardware address of a computer c. network forensics experts consider e-discovery a part of their job d. e-discovery can be considered a subset of digital forensics ANS: C
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3. The process of retrieving evidence from the data of an encrypted hard drive would be considered the job of which of the following? a. network forensics expert c. ESI administrator b. e-discovery expert d. device forensics expert ANS: D
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4. Which of the following is NOT true about digital evidence? a. it can pertain to a civil or criminal complaint b. it is only found on desktop computers