In a computer forensics investigation, which type of data is considered volatile data and can be lost if power is removed from the computer?

Question:
In a computer forensics investigation, which type of data is considered volatile data and can be lost if power is removed from the computer?

• data in transit between RAM and the CPU
• data stored on an internal drive
• data stored on an external drive
• data stored on magnetic disks

Explanation: Volatile data is a data that is lost when power is turned off, and is located in temporary storage such as RAM, cache, CPU or in transit between them.

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