Chapter 11: Review Questions

After examining e-mail headers to find an e-mail's originating address, investigators use forward lookups to track an e-mail to a suspect. True or False?

False. Reserve lookups.

A forensic linguist can determine an author's gender by analyzing chat logs and social media communications. True or False?

False

To analyze e-mail evidence, an investigator must be knowledgeable about an e-mail server's internal operations. True or False?

False

E-mail accessed with a Web browser leaves files in temporary folders. True or False?

True

You can view e-mail headers in Notepad with all popular e-mail clients. True or False?

True

In Microsoft Outlook, e-mails are typically stored in which of the following? a. .pst and .ost files b. res1.log and res2.log files c. PU020102.db file d. .evolution file

a

Sendmail uses which file for instructions on processing an e-mail message? a. sendmail.cf b. syslogd.conf c. mese.ese d. mapi.log

a

When search a victim's computer for a crime committed with a specific e-mail, which of the following provides information for determining the e-mail's originator? a. E-mail header b. Username and password c. Firewall log d. All of the above

a

What information is not in an e-mail header? a. Blind copy (bcc) addresses b. Internet addresses c. Domain name d. Contents of the message e. Type of e-mail server used to send the e-mail

a, d

Logging options on e-mail servers can be which of the following? a. Disable by users b. Set up in a circular logging configuration c. Configured to a specified size before being overwritten d. Typically set to periodic logging mode

b

Phising does which of the following? a. Uses DNS poisoning b. Lures users with false promises c. Takes people to fake Web sites d. Uses DHCP

b

What's the main piece of information you look for in an email message you're investigating? a. Sender or receiver's e-mail address b. Originating e-mail domain or IP address c. Subject line content d. Message number

b

When confronted with an e-mail server that no longer contains a log with the date information you need for your investigations, and the client has deleted the e-mail, what should you do? a. Search available log files for any forwarded messages b. Restore the e-mail server from a backup c. Check the current database files for existing copy of the e-mail d. Do nothing because after the file has been deleted, it can no longer be recovered

b

Which of the following is a current formatting standard for e-mail? a. SMTP b. MIME c. Outlook d. HTML

b

On a UNIX-like system, which file specifies where to save different types of e-mail log files? a. maillog b. /var/spool/log c. syslog.conf d. log

c

Router logs can be used to verify what types of e-mail data? a. Message content b. Content of attached files c. Tracking flows through e-mail server ports d. Finding blind copies

c

To trace an IP address in an e-mail header, what type of lookup service can you use? a. Intelius Inc.'s AnyWho online directory b. Verizon's http://superpages.com c. A domain lookup service, such as www.arin.net, www.internic.com, or www.whois.net d. Any Web search engine

c

When you access your e-mail, what type of computer architecture are you using? a. Mainframe and minicomputers b. Domain c. Client/server d. None of the above

c

Which of the following types of files can provide useful information when you're examining an e-mail server? a. .dbf files b. .emx files c. .log files d. .slf files

c

E-mail headers contain which of the following information? (Choose all that apply.) a. The sender and receiver email addresses b. An Enhanced Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (ESMTP) or reference number c. The email servers the message traveled through to reach its destination d. The IP address of the receiving server e. All of the above

e