GCFA Online Practice Questions and Answers

Which of the following types of evidence proves or disproves a specific act through oral testimony based on information gathered through the witness's five senses?

A. Conclusive evidence

B. Best evidence

C. Hearsay evidence

D. Direct evidence

Adam works as a professional Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator. A project has been assigned to him to investigate the main server of SecureEnet Inc. The server runs on Debian Linux operating system. Adam wants to investigate and review the GRUB configuration file of the server system.

Which of the following files will Adam investigate to accomplish the task?

A. /boot/grub/menu.lst

B. /boot/grub/grub.conf

C. /boot/boot.conf

D. /grub/grub.com

You work as a Network Administrator for Tech Perfect Inc. The company has a TCP/IP-based network. You are configuring a wireless LAN on the network. You experience interference on your network. Through investigation, you come to know that three foreign WAPs are within the range of your LAN. Although they have different SSIDs than yours, they are working on the same channel as yours.

Which of the following steps will you take to reduce the interference?

A. Configure the same SSID as of the foreign networks.

B. Install a router on your network.

C. Change your WAP's channel.

D. Install an external antenna.

Which of the following is a password-cracking program?

A. Netcat

B. L0phtcrack

C. SubSeven

D. NetSphere

Which of the following commands is used to create or delete partitions on Windows XP?

A. Part

B. DISKPART

C. fdisk

D. Active

Peter, an expert computer user, attached a new sound card to his computer. He then restarts the computer, so that the BIOS can scan the hardware changes. What will be the memory range of ROM that the BIOS scan for additional code to be executed for proper working of soundcard?

A. hC800 to hDF80

B. hCA79 to hAC20

C. hAA43 to hF345

D. hDF80 to hFF80

Which of the following refers to the ability to ensure that the data is not modified or tampered with?

A. Integrity

B. Availability

C. Non-repudiation

D. Confidentiality

Which of the following are advantages of NTFS file system over FAT32 and FAT? Each correct answer represents a part of the solution. Choose two.

A. Support for file and folder level permissions.

B. Support for audio files.

C. Support for Encrypting File System (EFS).

D. Support for dual-booting.

Joseph works as a Software Developer for WebTech Inc. He wants to protect the algorithms and the techniques of programming that he uses in developing an application. Which of the following laws are used to protect a part of software?

A. Trademark laws

B. Code Security law

C. Patent laws

D. Copyright laws

Which of the following is NOT an example of passive footprinting?

A. Querying the search engine.

B. Analyzing job requirements.

C. Scanning ports.

D. Performing the whois query.