WGU D431 DIGITAL FORENSICS IN CYBERSECURITY
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 (A NEW UPDATED
VERSION) ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|GUARANTEED PASS A+
Disk forensics
Answer- the process of acquiring and analyzing
information stored on physical storage media, such as
computer hard drives, smartphones, GPS systems, and
removable media. includes both the recovery of hidden
and deleted information and the process of identifying
who created a file or message.
Email forensics
Answer- is the study of the source and content of email as
evidence? includes the process of identifying the sender,
recipient, date, time, and origination location of an email
message.
Network forensics
,Answer- the process of examining network traffic,
including transaction logs and real-time monitoring using
sniffers and tracing.
Internet forensics
Answer- the process of piecing together where and when
a user has been on the internet.
Software forensics
Answer- also known as malware forensics, is the process
of examining malicious computer code.
Live system forensics
Answer- the process of searching memory in real time,
typically for working with compromised hosts or to
identify system abuse.
,Cell-phone forensics
Answer- the process of searching the contents of cell
phones. also includes VoIP and traditional phones and
may overlap the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 (FISA), the USA PATRIOT Act, and the
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
(CALEA) in the United States.
Chain of Custody
Answer- From the time the evidence is first seized by a
law enforcement officer or civilian investigator until the
moment it is shown in court, the whereabouts and custody
of the evidence, and how it was handled and stored and by
whom, must be able to be shown at all times.
Document Trail
Answer- Document everything
Secure the Evidence
, Answer- You have to take every reasonable precaution to
ensure that no one can tamper with the evidence
Dauber standard
Answer- Standard used by a trial judge to make a
preliminary assessment of whether an expert's scientific
testimony is based on reasoning or methodology that is
scientifically valid and can properly be applied to the
facts at issue. Any scientific evidence presented in a trial
has to have been reviewed and tested by the relevant
scientific community.
The Federal Privacy Act of 1974
Answer- establishes a code of information-handling
practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use,
and dissemination of information about individuals that is
maintained in systems of records by U.S. federal
agencies.
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 (A NEW UPDATED
VERSION) ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|GUARANTEED PASS A+
Disk forensics
Answer- the process of acquiring and analyzing
information stored on physical storage media, such as
computer hard drives, smartphones, GPS systems, and
removable media. includes both the recovery of hidden
and deleted information and the process of identifying
who created a file or message.
Email forensics
Answer- is the study of the source and content of email as
evidence? includes the process of identifying the sender,
recipient, date, time, and origination location of an email
message.
Network forensics
,Answer- the process of examining network traffic,
including transaction logs and real-time monitoring using
sniffers and tracing.
Internet forensics
Answer- the process of piecing together where and when
a user has been on the internet.
Software forensics
Answer- also known as malware forensics, is the process
of examining malicious computer code.
Live system forensics
Answer- the process of searching memory in real time,
typically for working with compromised hosts or to
identify system abuse.
,Cell-phone forensics
Answer- the process of searching the contents of cell
phones. also includes VoIP and traditional phones and
may overlap the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of
1978 (FISA), the USA PATRIOT Act, and the
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
(CALEA) in the United States.
Chain of Custody
Answer- From the time the evidence is first seized by a
law enforcement officer or civilian investigator until the
moment it is shown in court, the whereabouts and custody
of the evidence, and how it was handled and stored and by
whom, must be able to be shown at all times.
Document Trail
Answer- Document everything
Secure the Evidence
, Answer- You have to take every reasonable precaution to
ensure that no one can tamper with the evidence
Dauber standard
Answer- Standard used by a trial judge to make a
preliminary assessment of whether an expert's scientific
testimony is based on reasoning or methodology that is
scientifically valid and can properly be applied to the
facts at issue. Any scientific evidence presented in a trial
has to have been reviewed and tested by the relevant
scientific community.
The Federal Privacy Act of 1974
Answer- establishes a code of information-handling
practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use,
and dissemination of information about individuals that is
maintained in systems of records by U.S. federal
agencies.
