Windows Security Event ID 4624 records a successful logon session. Therefore, querying the Security log for event 4624 provides the analyst with historical evidence of successful logins to the affected workstation.

Get-WinEvent is the appropriate PowerShell cmdlet for retrieving Windows event records. The FilterHashtable parameter allows efficient server-side filtering using attributes such as LogName and ID, rather than retrieving an entire event log and filtering the results afterward. Microsoft specifically documents LogName and ID as valid FilterHashtable keys and recommends this approach for efficient event-log querying.

The command then uses Sort-Object TimeCreated -Descending so the newest login events appear first, and Export-Csv preserves the resulting records for investigation.

Option A does not use the correct PowerShell event-query syntax shown. Options C and D search inappropriate log channels and unrelated event IDs. The evidence needed is authentication history, making the Windows Security log and successful-logon identifier 4624 the correct combination.

Study Guide Reference: Incident Response and Management → Evidence Collection → Windows Event Logs → PowerShell → Get-WinEvent → Security Event ID 4624 → Timeline Reconstruction.