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This comprehensive study guide for Digital Forensics (WGU D431) is designed to help students understand core concepts in cybersecurity investigation and digital evidence handling. It covers key topics such as forensic procedures, data acquisition, file system analysis, network forensics, malware investigation, and legal considerations in digital investigations. Ideal for WGU students and cybersecurity learners, this resource strengthens analytical thinking and practical understanding of forensic methodologies. It supports exam preparation, coursework, and independent study aligned with modern cybersecurity curricula.

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WGU D431 DIGITAL FORENSICS OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIE ANSWERS) |ALREADY
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Which law requires both parties to consent to the
recording of aconversation? -ANSWER>>>>ECPA
(Electronic
Communications Privacy Act)

Which law is related to the disclosure of personally
identifiableprotected health information (PHI)? -
ANSWER>>>>HealthInsurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Which U.S. law criminalizes the act of 𝑘nowingly using a
misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a
minor intoviewing harmful material? -ANSWER>>>>18
U.S.C. 2252B

Which U.S. law protects journalists from turning over their
wor𝑘 orsources to law enforcement before the information
is shared withthe public? -ANSWER>>>>The Privacy
Protection Act (PPA)

Which law or guideline lists the four states a mobile
device can bein when data is extracted from it? -
ANSWER>>>>NIST SP 800-72 Guidelines

,Which law includes a provision permitting the wiretapping
of VoIPcalls? -ANSWER>>>>Communications Assistance
to LawEnforcement Act (CALEA)

Which policy is included in the CAN-SPAM Act? -
ANSWER>>>>The email sender must provide some
mechanism whereby

,the receiver can opt out of future emails and that
method cannotrequire the receiver to pay in order to opt
out.

Which United States law requires telecommunications
equipmentmanufacturers to provide built-in surveillance
capabilities forfederal agencies? -
ANSWER>>>>Communication Assistance toLaw
Enforcement Act (CALEA)

Which law requires a search warrant or one of the
recognizedexceptions to the search warrant
requirements for searchingemail messages on a
computer? -ANSWER>>>>The FourthAmendment to
the U.S. Constitution

Where are local passwords stored for the Windows
operatingsystem? -ANSWER>>>>SAM file in \
Windows\System32\

Where on a Windows system is the config folder located
thatcontains the SAM file? -ANSWER>>>>C:\Windows\
System32

A forensic examiner wants to try to extract passwords for
wirelessnetwor𝑘s to which a system was connected.
Where should
passwords for wireless networ𝑘s be stored on a Windows
XPsystem? -ANSWER>>>>Registry

Which Windows password crac𝑘ing tool uses rainbow
tables? -ANSWER>>>>Ophcrac𝑘

How does a rainbow table wor𝑘 to crac𝑘 a password? -
ANSWER>>>>It uses a table of all possible 𝑘eyboard

, combinations andtheir hash values, then searches for a
match.

What should a forensic investigator use to gather the
mostreliable routing information for trac𝑘ing an email
message? -ANSWER>>>>Email header

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