WGU D431 DIGITAL FORENSICS UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The child protection and sexual predator punishment act of 1998 - ✔✔- requires
service providers that become aware of the storage or transmission of child
pornography to report it to law enforcement
✔✔The children's online privacy protection act of 1998 (COPPA) - ✔✔- protects children
13 years of age and under from the collection and use of their personal information by
websites
✔✔The communications decency act of 1996 - ✔✔- designed to protect persons 18
years of age and under from downloading or viewing material considered indecent
- this act has been subject to court cases that subsequently changed some definitions
and penalties
✔✔The telecommunications act of 1996 - ✔✔- includes many provisions relative to the
privacy and disclosure of information in motion through and across telephony and
computer networks
✔✔The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 - ✔✔- allows for
collection and use of "empty" communications, which means nonverbal and context
communications, such as GPS information
✔✔USA Patriot Act - ✔✔- the primary law under which a wide variety of Internet and
communications information content and metadata is currently collected
- provisions exist within the act to protect the identity and privacy of U.S citizens
✔✔The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - ✔✔- contains many provisions about record
keeping and destruction of electronic records relating to the management and operation
of publicly held companies
✔✔18 USC 1030 Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers - ✔✔- this is
one of the most widely used laws in hacking cases
- covers a wide range of crimes involving illicit access of any computer
✔✔18 USC 1020 Fraud and Related Activity in connection with access devices - ✔✔-
closely related to 1030 but covers access devices ( such as routers )
✔✔The Digital Millennium Copyright Act ( DMCA) - ✔✔- enacted in 1998
- makes it a crime to publish methods or techniques to circumvent copyright protection
, - it is controversial because it has been used against legitimate researchers publishing
research papers
✔✔18 USC 1028A Identity Theft and Aggravated Identity Theft - ✔✔- law targets any
crime related to identity theft
- is often applied in stolen credit card cases
✔✔18 U.S.C 2251 sexual exploitation of children - ✔✔- law covers a range of child
exploitation crimes and is often seen in child pornography cases
✔✔18 U.S.C 2260 - ✔✔- production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for
importation into the United States
✔✔18 U.S.C 2252 - ✔✔- certain activities relating to material involving the sexual
exploitation of minors ( possession, distribution, and receipt )
✔✔18 U.S.C 2252A - ✔✔- certain activities relating to material constituting or containing
child pornography
✔✔Drive Connection types - ✔✔- Integrated drive electronics ( IDE)
- extended integrated drive electronics (EIDE)
- parallel advanced technology attachment (PATA)
- serial advanced technology attachment (SATA)
- serial SCSI
- most common is SATA drives , SCSI can be found in some servers , all others are
only in older systems
✔✔Magnetic media - ✔✔- most computers use this type of media
- data is organized by sectors and clusters , which are in turn organized in tracks around
the platter
- susceptible to magnetic interference such as demagnetization
✔✔Solid State Drive (SSD) - ✔✔- use microchips , which retain data in non- volatile
memory chips and contain no moving parts
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The child protection and sexual predator punishment act of 1998 - ✔✔- requires
service providers that become aware of the storage or transmission of child
pornography to report it to law enforcement
✔✔The children's online privacy protection act of 1998 (COPPA) - ✔✔- protects children
13 years of age and under from the collection and use of their personal information by
websites
✔✔The communications decency act of 1996 - ✔✔- designed to protect persons 18
years of age and under from downloading or viewing material considered indecent
- this act has been subject to court cases that subsequently changed some definitions
and penalties
✔✔The telecommunications act of 1996 - ✔✔- includes many provisions relative to the
privacy and disclosure of information in motion through and across telephony and
computer networks
✔✔The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 - ✔✔- allows for
collection and use of "empty" communications, which means nonverbal and context
communications, such as GPS information
✔✔USA Patriot Act - ✔✔- the primary law under which a wide variety of Internet and
communications information content and metadata is currently collected
- provisions exist within the act to protect the identity and privacy of U.S citizens
✔✔The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - ✔✔- contains many provisions about record
keeping and destruction of electronic records relating to the management and operation
of publicly held companies
✔✔18 USC 1030 Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Computers - ✔✔- this is
one of the most widely used laws in hacking cases
- covers a wide range of crimes involving illicit access of any computer
✔✔18 USC 1020 Fraud and Related Activity in connection with access devices - ✔✔-
closely related to 1030 but covers access devices ( such as routers )
✔✔The Digital Millennium Copyright Act ( DMCA) - ✔✔- enacted in 1998
- makes it a crime to publish methods or techniques to circumvent copyright protection
, - it is controversial because it has been used against legitimate researchers publishing
research papers
✔✔18 USC 1028A Identity Theft and Aggravated Identity Theft - ✔✔- law targets any
crime related to identity theft
- is often applied in stolen credit card cases
✔✔18 U.S.C 2251 sexual exploitation of children - ✔✔- law covers a range of child
exploitation crimes and is often seen in child pornography cases
✔✔18 U.S.C 2260 - ✔✔- production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for
importation into the United States
✔✔18 U.S.C 2252 - ✔✔- certain activities relating to material involving the sexual
exploitation of minors ( possession, distribution, and receipt )
✔✔18 U.S.C 2252A - ✔✔- certain activities relating to material constituting or containing
child pornography
✔✔Drive Connection types - ✔✔- Integrated drive electronics ( IDE)
- extended integrated drive electronics (EIDE)
- parallel advanced technology attachment (PATA)
- serial advanced technology attachment (SATA)
- serial SCSI
- most common is SATA drives , SCSI can be found in some servers , all others are
only in older systems
✔✔Magnetic media - ✔✔- most computers use this type of media
- data is organized by sectors and clusters , which are in turn organized in tracks around
the platter
- susceptible to magnetic interference such as demagnetization
✔✔Solid State Drive (SSD) - ✔✔- use microchips , which retain data in non- volatile
memory chips and contain no moving parts
