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R12 Digital Forensics

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is metadata?

a)

Data that provides information about other data (images, sounds, videos)

b)
Data that is encrypted
c)
Data that is used for analysis
d)
Data that is not important
2.

What does a forensic officer do?

a)

A forensic officer collects and analyses evidence from crime scenes to help solve crimes.

b)

They program computers

c)

they search crime scenes for blood and DNA.

d)

They look at computers

3.

What is brute force attack?

a)
A form of social engineering
b)
A method used to obtain information through trial-and-error
c)
A type of encryption method
d)
A method of preventing cyber attacks
4.

What does a VPN do?

a)
A VPN encrypts and secures internet connection, and allows users to access a private network from a remote location.
b)
A VPN is only used for accessing public Wi-Fi networks
c)
A VPN allows hackers to easily access personal information
d)
A VPN slows down internet speed and makes browsing difficult
5.

Which of these are an example of metadata?

a)

size, location, author, date of a picture

b)

CD, SSD, DVD

c)

Computer Hard Drive, mouse, keyboard

d)

How much a picture costs

6.

What are cookies?

a)
Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored on a user's device by a web browser while the user is browsing a website.
b)

Cookies are data about data

c)
Cookies are small baked treats made with flour and sugar
d)
Cookies are the result of a computer virus
7.

When you delete a file from your computer it is gone forever.

a)
False
b)
True
8.

Fake news is...

a)

Always sensational, spread on the Internet only, not real stories

b)

Often sensational, not real, spread as a joke, for money or political reasons

c)

Stories, jokes, information told online for financial purposes

d)

News which is not true, told by journalists and copied by million other users

9.

What is a MAC address?

a)
A software application for managing network connections
b)
A type of computer virus
c)

A unique identifier assigned to each device on a network

d)
A code used to encrypt data on a network
10.

The term of Chain of Custody refers to the (a)   documentation associated with the ​ (b)   . This ​ (c)   the paper trail, ​ (d)   , transfer and disposal of the ​ (e)   .

Choose from the below words
chronological
evidence
records
custody
witness
grooming
11.

Match the following methods that can help prevent a succesful brute force attack.

a)

Two factor authentication

1.

Verifying your identity on second device

b)

Lockout of account

2.

Limiting the number of login attempts

c)

Captcha

3.

Make sure you are not a script/bot