D431 Digital Forensics in Cybersecurity - Set 4 - Part 1

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Question 1: What does the term "digital forensics" encompass?

The study of internet browsing history

The use of investigative techniques to identify, collect, and preserve digital material for use in a court of law

The process of encrypting sensitive information for digital storage

The investigation of employee performance in digital workplaces

Question 2: What is the function of a rainbow table in password cracking?

It uses rainbow-colored indicators to show weak passwords

It stores precomputed hash values of possible password combinations

It encrypts passwords for secure storage

It deletes unused passwords from the system

Question 3: Which forensic tool is particularly useful for cracking passwords?

EnCase

Forensic Toolkit (FTK)

Sleuth Kit

Autopsy

Question 4: What is the significance of the Daubert standard in forensic evidence?

It ensures that all forensic tools are free and open-source

It sets the standard for admissible scientific evidence in court

It requires that all digital evidence be encrypted

It regulates how forensic evidence is stored in databases

Question 5: What is the primary role of the chain of custody in digital forensics?

To verify that evidence has been encrypted

To track the handling and control of evidence from its collection to its use in court

To authenticate the integrity of the investigator

To ensure the evidence is stored in multiple locations

Question 6: What is "heap memory" in the context of digital forensics?

Static memory allocated at compile time

Memory dynamically allocated during runtime

Memory that stores the operating system kernel

Memory reserved for storing encrypted files

Question 7: What is the function of the File Allocation Table (FAT) in computer systems?

It encrypts files for secure storage

It stores information about how files are stored on disk clusters

It manages user access to network files

It monitors the health of hard drives

Question 8: What does the Caesar cipher do in encryption?

It uses a complex algorithm to encrypt files

It shifts letters in the alphabet by a fixed number

It splits data into blocks for encryption

It encodes messages using public and private keys

Question 9: What is the purpose of the SWGDE framework in digital forensics?

To collect, preserve, examine, and transfer digital evidence

To encrypt digital evidence for secure storage

To guide the destruction of unused digital evidence

To manage network-based forensic investigations

Question 10: What is the role of a mobile switching center (MSC) in cellular networks?

It stores user credentials for network access

It encrypts communications for security

It manages switching and routing between cell towers and mobile devices

It processes payments for mobile data usage

Question 11: Which law governs the privacy and disclosure of electronic communications in the U.S.?

The USA PATRIOT Act

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Question 12: What is "host protected area" (HPA) on a disk?

An encrypted area used to store sensitive files

A reserved area used for system recovery data and vendor utilities

A storage area reserved for deleted files

A portion of a disk used for temporary files

Question 13: What type of file system is typically used by DVDs?

NTFS

FAT32

UDF

EXT4

Question 14: What is the primary function of the Power-on Self-Test (POST)?

To encrypt all data on the hard drive

To test the hardware components of the system before booting

To load the operating system into memory

To verify network connectivity

Question 15: Which method is most commonly used to hide data using steganography?

Caesar cipher

Asymmetric encryption

Least significant bit (LSB) manipulation

Block cipher encryption

Question 16: What is the purpose of the EnCase forensic software?

To encrypt forensic data

To manage forensic investigations on mobile phones

To create forensic images and analyze digital evidence

To track network traffic for suspicious activity

Question 17: What is the purpose of the "Rules of Evidence" in legal cases?

To determine how digital evidence must be encrypted

To govern the admissibility of evidence in court

To manage the destruction of old digital evidence

To outline the process of creating forensic images

Question 18: What is the role of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)?

To protect children’s privacy online

To allow law enforcement to conduct electronic surveillance

To regulate financial data storage

To encrypt email communications for privacy

Question 19: Which storage technology uses NAND flash memory?

Solid-state drives (SSD)

Hard disk drives (HDD)

Optical drives

Magnetic tape drives

Question 20: What is a "zero-knowledge analysis" in digital forensics?

A method of recovering data from a damaged partition without knowing the file system

An encryption technique used to secure data

A method of tracking malicious network traffic

An investigation technique used to examine memory dumps

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