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ENCE Study Guide Exam Questions With
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Encase Evidence File - answer✔bit stream image of evidence written to a file
Encase Evidence File - answer✔contains case data that cannot be changed after evidence file is
created, contains case number, examiner name, evidence number, unique descriptions, date/time
of computer system clock, acquisition notes, serial number of physical hard drive
Cyclical Redundancy Check - answer✔32 bit CRC for 64 sectors of data only if no compression
is used
CRC - answer✔calculated when evidence file is added to a case and rechecked every time the
data block is accessed
Verification Hash - answer✔digital signature of all data in evidence file
MD5 - answer✔128-bit/32 characters hash
SHA1 - answer✔160-bit hash
Standard Error Granularity - answer✔size of data blocks when a read error on the media occurs
Exhaustive Error Granularity - answer✔sector by sector when a read error on the media occurs
compression algorithm - answer✔when compression is used, this is used to verify data blocks
MD5,SHA1,CRC - answer✔These three must match for the evidence file to be verified
.case - answer✔case file extension
case file - answer✔compound file containing booksmarks, investigators notes, results of file
signature and hash analysis, pointers to the locations of evidence files on forensic workstations
configuration .ini files - answer✔contains global options used for all cases
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filetypes.ini - answer✔organizes files into groups by entension, determines which viewer to use,
file signature table
local.ini - answer✔global configuration settings
viewers.ini - answer✔installed viewers associated to Encase
Wipe harddrive - answer✔do this to eliminate any claims or arguments of cross contamination
give unique label - answer✔do this prior to acquisitons to differentiate your drives from that of
the suspect
separate folders - answer✔are recommended for each separate case
Export,Temp,EvidenceCache - answer✔each case requires these three folders
evidencecache - answer✔sotring cache files and containers for processed evidence
export - answer✔default folder for exporting evidence
temp - answer✔default temporary folder for file viewing
Encase Evidence Processor - answer✔first task you undertake once the data is validated and
browsable
recover folders - answer✔recovers files that have been deleted or corrupted on FAT and NTFS
volumes
hash analysis - answer✔generate MD5 and SHA1 hash values for files and compare against your
case hash library
expand compound files - answer✔expands compound and compressed files such as ZIP, RAR,
and GZ
find email - answer✔extracts individual messages from email archive files
PST - answer✔microsoft outlook files
NSF - answer✔Lotus notes files
DBX - answer✔microsoft outlook express files
EDB - answer✔microsoft exchance files