Question

A forensic investigator at a crime lab is performing a forensic analysis of a hard drive that was brought in by state troopers. They make a mistake by using the wrong forensic tool during their forensics examination. What should the investigator do?
a. Document the mistake and workaround the problem.
b. Document the mistake and press on with remaining tasks.
c. Disclose the mistake and assess another area of the hard drive.
d. Disclose the mistake and preserve the chain of custody.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. Document the mistake and workaround the problem.

Explanation:

The forensic investigation is mainly used to collect and analyze the evidence of a crime, which helps in search of a suspect.

The forensic investigator's main purpose is to find the most important evidence by thorough workout on fingerprints, blood, computer, etc of a crime to help to find a suspect.

It is a detail inspection of the crime scenes which come into some result so that the correct decision should be made

So, according to the given options, the most appropriate one is option a.