Pre-Course Assessment Quiz

____ records are data the system maintains, such as system log files and proxy server logs. [] Computer-generated [] Business [] Hearsay [] Computer-stored

[] Computer-generated See: Ch. 4: Processing Crime and Incident Scenes, Section - Identifying Digital Evidence

____ involves recovering information from a computer that was deleted by mistake or lost during a power surge or server crash, for example. [] Network forensics [] Data recovery [] Disaster recovery [] Computer forensics

[] Data recovery See: Ch. 1: Understanding the Digital Forensics Profession and Investigations, Section - An Overview of Digital Forensics

____ is the file structure database that Microsoft originally designed for floppy disks. [] FAT [] VFAT [] NTFS [] FAT32

[] FAT See: Ch. 5: Working with Windows and CLI Systems, Section - Exploring Microsoft File Structures

You use ____ to create, modify, and save bitmap, vector, and metafile graphics. [] Graphics editors [] Graphics viewers [] Image readers [] Image viewers

[] Graphics editors See: Ch. 8: Recovering Graphics Files, Section - Recognizing a Graphics File

Software forensics tools are commonly used to copy data from a suspect's disk drive to a(n) ____. [] Image file [] Recovery copy [] Firmware [] Backup file

[] Image file See: Ch. 6: Current Digital Forensics Tools, Section - Evaluating Digital Forensics Tool Needs

____ compression compresses data by permanently discarding bits of information in the file. [] Huffman [] Redundant [] Lossless [] Lossy

[] Lossy See: Ch. 8: Recovering Graphics Files, Section - Understanding Data Compression

With ____, Macintosh moved to the Intel processor and became UNIX based. [] High Sierra [] OS X [] Lion [] El Capitan

[] OS X See: Ch. 7: Linux and Macintosh File Systems, Section - Understanding Macintosh File Structures

In general, a criminal case follows three stages: the complaint, the investigation, and the ____. [] Prosecution [] Allegation [] Blotter [] Litigation

[] Prosecution See Ch. 1: Understanding the Digital Forensics Profession and Investigations, Section - Preparing a Digital Forensics Investigation

Lab costs can be broken down into monthly, ____, and annual expenses. [] Quarterly [] Daily [] Bimonthly [] Weekly

[] Quarterly See: Ch. 2: The Investigator's Office and Laboratory, Section - Understanding Forensics Lab Accreditation Requirements

The ____ command displays pages from the online help manual for information on Linux commands and their options. [] hlp [] cmd [] inst [] man

[] man See Ch. 3: Data Acquisition, Section - Using Acquisition Tools