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GFACT CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
(B2, Pg122) 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-correct-answer-It can run
multiple chunks of code concurrently
(B3, Pg162) 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
*HINT* It may be under the session guessing section, but if you read further into
it, you will see where it mentions XSS attack.-correct-answer-Sending a website
user's session cookie to an attacker
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(B3, Pg90) What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating system of a host?
A)netstat
B)dig
C)nslookup
D)nmap-correct-answer-Nmap
(B3, Pg151) 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
*HINT* While it doesn't exactly say "code in the web page", it mentions how you
can sometimes view a page that looks like PHP code and how that code can gain
you access to the access logs of the server.-correct-answer-File Inclusion
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(B3, Pg88-89) 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-correct-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-correct-answer-Metadata
(B3, Pg307-308) What is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
considered to be?
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A)Domain Name
B)Log File Path
C) Registry Key
D) Yo Mama's Number-correct-answer-A Registry Key
(B1, Pg236) 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-correct-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-correct-answer-Harder for attackers to
overwrite logs
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GFACT CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
(B2, Pg122) 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-correct-answer-It can run
multiple chunks of code concurrently
(B3, Pg162) 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
*HINT* It may be under the session guessing section, but if you read further into
it, you will see where it mentions XSS attack.-correct-answer-Sending a website
user's session cookie to an attacker
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(B3, Pg90) What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating system of a host?
A)netstat
B)dig
C)nslookup
D)nmap-correct-answer-Nmap
(B3, Pg151) 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
*HINT* While it doesn't exactly say "code in the web page", it mentions how you
can sometimes view a page that looks like PHP code and how that code can gain
you access to the access logs of the server.-correct-answer-File Inclusion
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(B3, Pg88-89) 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-correct-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-correct-answer-Metadata
(B3, Pg307-308) What is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
considered to be?
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A)Domain Name
B)Log File Path
C) Registry Key
D) Yo Mama's Number-correct-answer-A Registry Key
(B1, Pg236) 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-correct-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-correct-answer-Harder for attackers to
overwrite logs
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