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Question #: 73
Topic #: 1
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An organization’s data destruction guidelines should require hard drives containing personal data to go through which of the following processes prior to being crushed?

  • A. Low-level formatting
  • B. Remote partitioning
  • C. Degaussing
  • D. Hammer strike
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
by ME79 at March 21, 2023, 6:42 p.m.

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4dfe785
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
Degaussing is a critical step for ensuring that personal data is completely erased and cannot be recovered, even after the drive is physically destroyed.
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mmus
1 year, 4 months ago
C. Degaussing
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johnH123
1 year, 7 months ago
Selected Answer: C
Degaussing. It's documented everywhere.
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ME79
2 years, 4 months ago
Selected Answer: C
CDPSE Review Manual, p. 171, Section 3.11.4 Degaussing "Degaussing is a preferred method for the destruction of data, because destroying the drive alone can leave fragments of media that contain readable data."
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Oklahsg
1 year, 10 months ago
but why not low-level formatting
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