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ACE AccessData Certified Examiner VIP Practice Exam
ACE — The ACE (AccessData Certified Examiner) is a vendor-specific certification issued by AccessData Group (now Exterro) validating proficiency in Forensic Toolkit (FTK) and related AccessData digital forensic products; the proctored exam covers FTK case management, evidence processing, artifact analysis, and reporting and is typically 50–75 questions with a 75% passing threshold.
54
Questions
120m
Time Limit
75.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 54👑 VIP
A forensic examiner has just received a seized hard drive and needs to begin processing it in FTK. Before adding the evidence to a case, the examiner calculates an MD5 hash of the drive using a write blocker. After FTK finishes processing the same evidence item, the examiner notices the hash FTK reports differs from the pre-acquisition hash. What is the MOST likely explanation?
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