GCFA Practice Test

GCFA Practice Test practice questions, page 4 of 13, with answer review and explanations.

Question 16

Adam works as a Security Administrator for Umbrella Inc. He is responsible for securing all 15 servers of the company. To successfully accomplish the task, he enables the hardware and software firewalls and disables all unnecessary services on all the servers. Sales manager of the company asks Adam to run emulation software on one of the servers that requires the telnet service to function properly. Adam is concerned about the security of the server, as telnet can be a very large security risk in an organization. Adam decides to perform some footprinting, scanning, and penetration testing on the server to checkon the server to check the security. Adam telnets into the server and writes the following command: HEAD / HTTP/1.0 - After pressing enter twice, Adam gets the following results: Which of the following tasks has Adam just accomplished?

  1. Poisoned the local DNS cache of the server.
  2. Submitted a remote command to crash the server.
  3. Grabbed the banner.
  4. Downloaded a file to his local computer.

Question 17

The MBR of a hard disk is a collection of boot records that contain disk information such as disk architecture, cluster size, and so on. The main work of the MBR is to locate and run necessary operating system files that are required to run a hard disk. In the context of the operating system, MBR is also known as the boot loader. Which of the following viruses can infect the MBR of a hard disk? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.

  1. Stealth
  2. Boot sector
  3. Multipartite
  4. File

Question 18

You work as a professional Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator for DataEnet Inc. You want to investigate e-mail information of an employee of the company. The suspected employee is using an online e-mail system such as Hotmail or Yahoo. Which of the following folders on the local computer will you review to accomplish the task? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

  1. History folder
  2. Temporary Internet Folder
  3. Download folder
  4. Cookies folder

Question 19

Which of the following methods is used by forensic investigators to acquire an image over the network in a secure manner?

  1. DOS boot disk
  2. Linux Live CD
  3. Secure Authentication for EnCase (SAFE)
  4. EnCase with a hardware write blocker

Question 20

You company suspects an employee of sending unauthorized emails to competitors. These emails are alleged to contain confidential company data. Which of the following is the most important step for you to take in preserving the chain of custody?

  1. Preserve the email server including all logs.
  2. Make copies of that employee's email.
  3. Seize the employee's PC.
  4. Place spyware on the employee's PC to confirm these activities.