GFACT CERTIFICATION EXAM |ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW
2026-2027 UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
(B2, Pg122) What does it mean when a computer program is "multi-threaded"?
A) It calls multiple external libraries
B) It has multiple serial number for different users
C) It can run multiple chunks of code concurrently
D) It has multiple functions defined in the program
CORRECT ANSWER
It can run multiple chunks of code concurrently
Question 2
(B3, Pg162) Which of the following is a common result of a reflected cross-site scripting
attack?
A)Tricking a user into making an authenticated transaction
B)Sending a website user's session cookie to an attacker
C) Embedding the attacker's malware in web application source code
D) Stealing password hashes from a website's back end database
*HINT* It may be under the session guessing section, but if you read further into it, you will
see where it mentions XSS attack.
CORRECT ANSWER
Sending a website user's session cookie to an attacker
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,Question 3
(B3, Pg90) What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating system of a host?
A)netstat
B)dig
C)nslookup
D)nmap
CORRECT ANSWER
Nmap
Question 4
(B3, Pg151) What type of vulnerability is illustrated where there is code in the web page?
A)File Inclusion
B) Clickjacking
C)Cross-Site Scripting
D) SQL injection
*HINT* While it doesn't exactly say "code in the web page", it mentions how you can
sometimes view a page that looks like PHP code and how that code can gain you access to
the access logs of the server.
CORRECT ANSWER
File Inclusion
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,Question 5
(B3, Pg88-89) An alert indicates that a compromised host was used by an attacker to run
the command below. What was the attacker attempting to do?
$ nmap -sS 192.168.10.0/24
A)Map a network drive to a remote host
B)Identify services running on network hosts
C)Execute a script on a remote host
D)Send Spoofed packets to network hosts
CORRECT ANSWER
Identify services running on network hosts
Question 6
What type of artifact can a blue team member use to identify the name that is associated
to the file?
A)Metadata
B)Windows security logs
C)Prefetch
D)File Ownership
CORRECT ANSWER
Metadata
Question 7
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, (B3, Pg307-308) What is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run considered to
be?
A)Domain Name
B)Log File Path
C) Registry Key
D) Yo Mama's Number
CORRECT ANSWER
A Registry Key
Question 8
(B1, Pg236) If a user agent is used, where would it be found in the HTTP Protocol?
A)In the response header
B)In the response body
C)Delimited by an h1 tag
D) In a GET Request
CORRECT ANSWER
In a GET Request
Question 9
What benefit does moving from local logging to using a log server provide organizations?
A) Enables the use of network intrusion detection systems (NIDS)
B) Harder for attackers to overwrite logs
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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS|BRAND NEW
2026-2027 UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
(B2, Pg122) What does it mean when a computer program is "multi-threaded"?
A) It calls multiple external libraries
B) It has multiple serial number for different users
C) It can run multiple chunks of code concurrently
D) It has multiple functions defined in the program
CORRECT ANSWER
It can run multiple chunks of code concurrently
Question 2
(B3, Pg162) Which of the following is a common result of a reflected cross-site scripting
attack?
A)Tricking a user into making an authenticated transaction
B)Sending a website user's session cookie to an attacker
C) Embedding the attacker's malware in web application source code
D) Stealing password hashes from a website's back end database
*HINT* It may be under the session guessing section, but if you read further into it, you will
see where it mentions XSS attack.
CORRECT ANSWER
Sending a website user's session cookie to an attacker
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,Question 3
(B3, Pg90) What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating system of a host?
A)netstat
B)dig
C)nslookup
D)nmap
CORRECT ANSWER
Nmap
Question 4
(B3, Pg151) What type of vulnerability is illustrated where there is code in the web page?
A)File Inclusion
B) Clickjacking
C)Cross-Site Scripting
D) SQL injection
*HINT* While it doesn't exactly say "code in the web page", it mentions how you can
sometimes view a page that looks like PHP code and how that code can gain you access to
the access logs of the server.
CORRECT ANSWER
File Inclusion
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,Question 5
(B3, Pg88-89) An alert indicates that a compromised host was used by an attacker to run
the command below. What was the attacker attempting to do?
$ nmap -sS 192.168.10.0/24
A)Map a network drive to a remote host
B)Identify services running on network hosts
C)Execute a script on a remote host
D)Send Spoofed packets to network hosts
CORRECT ANSWER
Identify services running on network hosts
Question 6
What type of artifact can a blue team member use to identify the name that is associated
to the file?
A)Metadata
B)Windows security logs
C)Prefetch
D)File Ownership
CORRECT ANSWER
Metadata
Question 7
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, (B3, Pg307-308) What is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run considered to
be?
A)Domain Name
B)Log File Path
C) Registry Key
D) Yo Mama's Number
CORRECT ANSWER
A Registry Key
Question 8
(B1, Pg236) If a user agent is used, where would it be found in the HTTP Protocol?
A)In the response header
B)In the response body
C)Delimited by an h1 tag
D) In a GET Request
CORRECT ANSWER
In a GET Request
Question 9
What benefit does moving from local logging to using a log server provide organizations?
A) Enables the use of network intrusion detection systems (NIDS)
B) Harder for attackers to overwrite logs
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