WGU D431 OA DIGITAL FORENSICS IN
CYBERSECURITY 2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) / C840/D431 -
DIGITAL FORENSICS PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
ALREADY GRADED A+
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Consitutional requirement to have a search
warrant to for search and seizure of electronic communications
CAN-SPAM Act - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The sender must
provide some mechanism whereby the receiver can opt out of
future emails and that method cannot require the receiver to pay
in order to opt out.
Unlawful Access to Stored Communications: 18 U.S.C. § 2701 -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- This act covers access to a facility
through which electronic communication is provided or
exceeding the access that was authorized.
The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Regulates what personal information the Federal government
can collect about private individuals
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,The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- protects journalists from being required to turn over to law
enforcement any work product and documentary materials,
including sources, before it is disseminated to the public.
The Child Protection and Sexual Predator Punishment Act of
1998 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Requires service providers
that become aware of the storage or transmission of child
pornography to report it to law enforcement.
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Protect persons 18 years of age and under from
downloading or viewing material considered indecent.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
established requirements for proper financial record keeping for
public companies
Host protected area (HPA) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- An
area of a disk drive reserved for booting vendor utilities and
diagnostic programs. It's not visible to the computer's OS.
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, Which storage tech uses NAND? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
SSD
What uses AFF file format? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Autopsy and Sleuth Kit
Data Doctor - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Recovers all inbox
and outbox data and contacts data
Linux Printer log location - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
/var/log/lpr
How does windows store passwords? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- SAM File
Where does windows store passwords? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Windows\System32
Does windows encrypt or hash the passwords? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- hash
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CYBERSECURITY 2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS) / C840/D431 -
DIGITAL FORENSICS PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
ALREADY GRADED A+
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Consitutional requirement to have a search
warrant to for search and seizure of electronic communications
CAN-SPAM Act - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- The sender must
provide some mechanism whereby the receiver can opt out of
future emails and that method cannot require the receiver to pay
in order to opt out.
Unlawful Access to Stored Communications: 18 U.S.C. § 2701 -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- This act covers access to a facility
through which electronic communication is provided or
exceeding the access that was authorized.
The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Regulates what personal information the Federal government
can collect about private individuals
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,The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- protects journalists from being required to turn over to law
enforcement any work product and documentary materials,
including sources, before it is disseminated to the public.
The Child Protection and Sexual Predator Punishment Act of
1998 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Requires service providers
that become aware of the storage or transmission of child
pornography to report it to law enforcement.
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- Protect persons 18 years of age and under from
downloading or viewing material considered indecent.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
established requirements for proper financial record keeping for
public companies
Host protected area (HPA) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- An
area of a disk drive reserved for booting vendor utilities and
diagnostic programs. It's not visible to the computer's OS.
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, Which storage tech uses NAND? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
SSD
What uses AFF file format? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Autopsy and Sleuth Kit
Data Doctor - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Recovers all inbox
and outbox data and contacts data
Linux Printer log location - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
/var/log/lpr
How does windows store passwords? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- SAM File
Where does windows store passwords? - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Windows\System32
Does windows encrypt or hash the passwords? - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔- hash
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