GFACT CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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 - ANSWER : It can run
multiple chunks of code concurrently
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 -
ANSWER : Sending a website user's session cookie to an attacker
What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating system of a host?
A) netstat
B)dig
,C) nslookup
D) nmap - ANSWER : 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 - ANSWER : 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 - ANSWER : 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)Prefetch
D)File Ownership - ANSWER : Metadata
What is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\Run considered to be?
A) Domain Name
B) Log File Path
C) Registry Key
D) Yo Mama's Number - ANSWER : 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 - ANSWER : 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 - ANSWER : Harder for attackers 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 range
C) Randomizing salt values prior to hashing user content
D) Sanitizing user input to block special characters from being entered -
ANSWER : Checking that the result of any change to a signed integer falls
within an allowed range
Which Variable name will cause Python to produce an error?
A) 2nd_phone_num
ber B)LASTNAM_
C) streetAddress
D) _firstname - ANSWER : 2nd_phone_number
What is the following command attempting to accomplish in Kali Linux?
dnsmap myfakedomain.local -w /usr/share/wordlists/dnsmap.txt
A) Search for subdomains based upon the wordlist provided
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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 - ANSWER : It can run
multiple chunks of code concurrently
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 -
ANSWER : Sending a website user's session cookie to an attacker
What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating system of a host?
A) netstat
B)dig
,C) nslookup
D) nmap - ANSWER : 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 - ANSWER : 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 - ANSWER : 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)Prefetch
D)File Ownership - ANSWER : Metadata
What is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\Run considered to be?
A) Domain Name
B) Log File Path
C) Registry Key
D) Yo Mama's Number - ANSWER : 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 - ANSWER : 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 - ANSWER : Harder for attackers 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 range
C) Randomizing salt values prior to hashing user content
D) Sanitizing user input to block special characters from being entered -
ANSWER : Checking that the result of any change to a signed integer falls
within an allowed range
Which Variable name will cause Python to produce an error?
A) 2nd_phone_num
ber B)LASTNAM_
C) streetAddress
D) _firstname - ANSWER : 2nd_phone_number
What is the following command attempting to accomplish in Kali Linux?
dnsmap myfakedomain.local -w /usr/share/wordlists/dnsmap.txt
A) Search for subdomains based upon the wordlist provided
