GFACT CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS & 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 - ANSWERIt 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. - ANSWERSending a website user's session
cookie to an attacker
(B3, Pg90) What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating system of a host?
A)netstat
B)dig
C)nslookup
D)nmap - ANSWERNmap
(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. - ANSWERFile Inclusion
(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 - ANSWERIdentify 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 - ANSWERMetadata
(B3, Pg307-308) 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 - ANSWERA 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 - ANSWERIn 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 - ANSWERHarder for attackers to overwrite logs
(B3, Pg187) 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 -
ANSWERChecking that the result of any change to a signed integer falls within an
allowed range
(B2, Pg17) Which Variable name will cause Python to produce an error?
A)2nd_phone_number
B)LASTNAM_
C)streetAddress
D)_firstname
*HINT* You can start a variable name with a letter or an underscore, but NOT WITH A
NUMBER! - ANSWER2nd_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
B) Check for users based on the wordlist provided
C)Run checks on the applications based on the wordlist provided
D)Call yo mama - ANSWERSearch for subdomains based upon the wordlist provided
(B3, Pg121) How do you remove data from a Solid State Drive?
A) Destroy it
B) Place Magnets upon it
C) Snap it
D) Yo mama sit on it - ANSWERDestroy it
(B3, Pg56) Where are the wordlists located in Kali?
A)/var/opt/wordlists
B)/etc/default/wordlists
C)/etc/security/wordlists
D)/var/adm/wordlists
E)/usr/share/wordlists - ANSWER/usr/share/wordlists
(B1, Pg174) What is the outcome of the command below?
ps aux | grep -i sshd | grep root
A) Enabling logging for all root logins for the ssh service
B)Terminating the secure shell service
C)List of secure shell processes running under the root user
QUESTIONS & 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 - ANSWERIt 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. - ANSWERSending a website user's session
cookie to an attacker
(B3, Pg90) What tool can be used to fingerprint the operating system of a host?
A)netstat
B)dig
C)nslookup
D)nmap - ANSWERNmap
(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. - ANSWERFile Inclusion
(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 - ANSWERIdentify 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 - ANSWERMetadata
(B3, Pg307-308) 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 - ANSWERA 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 - ANSWERIn 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 - ANSWERHarder for attackers to overwrite logs
(B3, Pg187) 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 -
ANSWERChecking that the result of any change to a signed integer falls within an
allowed range
(B2, Pg17) Which Variable name will cause Python to produce an error?
A)2nd_phone_number
B)LASTNAM_
C)streetAddress
D)_firstname
*HINT* You can start a variable name with a letter or an underscore, but NOT WITH A
NUMBER! - ANSWER2nd_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
B) Check for users based on the wordlist provided
C)Run checks on the applications based on the wordlist provided
D)Call yo mama - ANSWERSearch for subdomains based upon the wordlist provided
(B3, Pg121) How do you remove data from a Solid State Drive?
A) Destroy it
B) Place Magnets upon it
C) Snap it
D) Yo mama sit on it - ANSWERDestroy it
(B3, Pg56) Where are the wordlists located in Kali?
A)/var/opt/wordlists
B)/etc/default/wordlists
C)/etc/security/wordlists
D)/var/adm/wordlists
E)/usr/share/wordlists - ANSWER/usr/share/wordlists
(B1, Pg174) What is the outcome of the command below?
ps aux | grep -i sshd | grep root
A) Enabling logging for all root logins for the ssh service
B)Terminating the secure shell service
C)List of secure shell processes running under the root user
