GFACT EXAM, GFACT CE RTIFICATION,
CYBERSECURITY FUNDAM ENTALS, GIAC
GFACT QUESTIONS, INFORMATION
SECURITY EXAM, GFACT PRACTICE
TEST, VERIFIED ANSWERS
Question : 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
Question : 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
Correct Answer: Sending a website user's session cookie to
an attacker
Question : What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating
system of a host?(a)netstat (b)dig (c)nslookup (d)nmap
Correct Answer: Nmap
Question : 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
Correct Answer: File Inclusion
Question : 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
Question : 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
Question : What is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Run considered to be?(a)Domain Name (b)Log File Path (c) Registry Key (d) Yo Mama's Number
Correct Answer: A Registry Key
Question : 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
Question : 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
Question : 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
Correct Answer: Checking that the result of any change to a
signed integer falls within an allowed range
Question : Which Variable name will cause Python to
produce an error?(a)2nd_phone_number (b)LASTNAM_
