GFACT Certification Exam 160 Questions Complete with Correct Answers 2 023 -
2024 Update Grade d A+++ Which command string will display information about the "kirk: user on a Windows system? A) net user kirk B) netsh user kirk C) net /info kirk D) netsh /info kirk net user kirk 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 funct ions defined in the program It can run multiple chunks of code concurrently What is Pretexting? A) The metadata that is created before the text is sent B) Where you pretend to be someone else over email or phone C) None of the above D) Where you are the person you are trying to pretend to be over the phone or email Where you pretend to be someone else over email or phone A security analyst te lls an investigator that they know a specific employee sent a message leaking proprietary information because of the type of encryption used by that employee to protect it. What feature of encryption provides the analyst with this certainty that this emplo yee sent the message? A) Non -repudiation B) Confidentiality C) Integrity D) Availability Non-repudiation Which of the following risk areas are targeted by DDoS attacks? A) Confidentiality B) Integrity C) Encryption D) Availability Availability Which component of Docker builds, runs, and delivers containers? A) Daemon B) Image C) Hub D) Client Daemon If malicious software (malware) infects a computer, at which level does it require the most effort to detect and remove? A) Kernel B) System libra ries C) Application code D) Local user file Kernel 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 Sending a website user's session cookie to an attacker What tool can be used to fingerprint the operati ng system of a host? A)netstat B)dig C)nslookup D)nmap Nmap 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 File Inclusion 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 Identify services running on network hosts 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)Prefetc h D)File Ownership Metadata What is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run considered to be? A)Domain Name B)Log File Path C) Registry Key A Registry Key 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 In a GET Request 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 C) Attackers will have to pivot through an extra server to infiltrate the network D)Less complex logging infrastructure Harder for at tackers to overwrite logs What is the only way to mitigate an integer overflow/underflow? A) Takin the absolute value of negative results prior to running the equation B) Checking that the result of any change to a signed integer falls within an allowed r ange C) Randomizing salt values prior to hashing user content D) Sanitizing user input to block special characters from being entered
2024 Update Grade d A+++ Which command string will display information about the "kirk: user on a Windows system? A) net user kirk B) netsh user kirk C) net /info kirk D) netsh /info kirk net user kirk 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 funct ions defined in the program It can run multiple chunks of code concurrently What is Pretexting? A) The metadata that is created before the text is sent B) Where you pretend to be someone else over email or phone C) None of the above D) Where you are the person you are trying to pretend to be over the phone or email Where you pretend to be someone else over email or phone A security analyst te lls an investigator that they know a specific employee sent a message leaking proprietary information because of the type of encryption used by that employee to protect it. What feature of encryption provides the analyst with this certainty that this emplo yee sent the message? A) Non -repudiation B) Confidentiality C) Integrity D) Availability Non-repudiation Which of the following risk areas are targeted by DDoS attacks? A) Confidentiality B) Integrity C) Encryption D) Availability Availability Which component of Docker builds, runs, and delivers containers? A) Daemon B) Image C) Hub D) Client Daemon If malicious software (malware) infects a computer, at which level does it require the most effort to detect and remove? A) Kernel B) System libra ries C) Application code D) Local user file Kernel 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 Sending a website user's session cookie to an attacker What tool can be used to fingerprint the operati ng system of a host? A)netstat B)dig C)nslookup D)nmap Nmap 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 File Inclusion 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 Identify services running on network hosts 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)Prefetc h D)File Ownership Metadata What is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion \Run considered to be? A)Domain Name B)Log File Path C) Registry Key A Registry Key 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 In a GET Request 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 C) Attackers will have to pivot through an extra server to infiltrate the network D)Less complex logging infrastructure Harder for at tackers to overwrite logs What is the only way to mitigate an integer overflow/underflow? A) Takin the absolute value of negative results prior to running the equation B) Checking that the result of any change to a signed integer falls within an allowed r ange C) Randomizing salt values prior to hashing user content D) Sanitizing user input to block special characters from being entered
