WorksheetsCHFI Module 6 Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 20mins
Windows Security Accounts Manager (SAM) is a registry file which stores passwords in a Hashed format. SAM file in Windows is located at:
C:\windows\system32\config\SAM
C:\windows\system32\Boot\SAM
C:\windows\system32\drivers\SAM
C:\windows\system32\con\SAM
You can interact with the Registry through intermediate programs. Graphical user interface (GUI) Registry editors such as Regedit.exe or Regedt32.exe are commonly used as intermediate programs in Windows 7. Which of the following is a root folder of the registry editor?
HKEY-LOCAL_ADMIN
HKEY_CLASSES_ADMIN
HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CLASSES_SYSTEM
When collecting evidence from RAM, where do you look for data?
SAM file
Data file
Swap file
Log file
n 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.
Disaster Recovery
Data Recovery
Computer Forensics
Disaster Recovery
Use the doskey/history command to see previously typed commands
True
False
Non-volatile data changes when a system is shut down or unable to power up.
True
False
Running the command dir /o:d enables an investigator to examine the time and date of an OS installation.
True
False
In Registry Settings you can disable last access.
True
False
Microsoft security IDs are available in Windows Registry Editor. The path to access the IDs is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
HKEY-LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
Windows 10 comes with Microsoft Edge as a default web browser. You can obtain browsing records, history, cache and cookies through the use of their
Extendable Storage Engine (ESE) database format
Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) database format
Extensive Storage Engine (ESE) database format
Extended Storage Engine (ESE) database format
Slack space refers to the portions of hard drive which may contain data either from a previously deleted file or unused by the currently allocated file.
True
False
The NTFS feature that helps to store metadata related to the location of a specific file is known as
Alternate Data Stream (ADS)
Alternative Data Stream (ADS)
Alternate Data Structure (ADS)
Alternate Databit Stream (ADS)
An EProcess block is a data structure in which various attributes of the process, as well as pointers to a number of other attributes and data structures relating to the process are maintained.
True
False
Lsproc.pl lists processes and locates processes. It takes a single argument, the path, and name to a RAM dump file. Its output will be shown in six columns.
True
False
lspd.pl is a command-line Perl script that relies on the output of lsproc.pl to obtain its information.
True
False
lspi.pl will reassemble a file even if the memory pages are marked as invalid and are no longer located in memory.
True
False
regedit and regedt32 are both GUI registry editors
True
False
There are 5 critical hives in the Windows registry that play a critical role in the functioning of the system.
True
False
Volume shadow copy is a Windows feature which creates and maintains snapshots of the disk volumes.
True
False
Registry keys that track a user's activities can be found in the _______ file
NTUSER.bat
USER.DAT
NTUSER.DAT
CURRENT_USER.bat
MZCookiesView displays the details of all cookies stored inside the cookies file.
True
False
Metadata is data about data. It describes various characteristics about data but cannot tell you who accessed it.
True
False
In file systems MAC stands for modified, accessed, and created.
True
False
The Registry key which maintains the event log configuration is the ________
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM32\CurrentControlSet\Services\\Eventlog\<event log>
HKEY_LOCAL_USER\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\\Eventlog\<event log>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\<event log>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WINSYSTEM\CurrentUserSet\Services\\Eventlog\<event log>
Investigators cannot use commands in Linux to gather necessary information.
True
False
In Linux, the command "history" lists the Bash's log of the typed commands.
True
False
Windows uses an IPConfig command and Linux/MAC used an IFConfig command to view network interfaces.
True
False
You use the Task Manager command to investigate processes running on a system.
True
False
You can get more information about a suspicious process by dumping the used memory.
True
False
In a live response, the forensic investigators should collect which data first?
the data about to change
the data that needs to change
the data that won't change
all of the above
