CS 449: Final Review pt 1 Actual
exam ( 84 questions & Answers )
What is computer activity mining?
Involves the recovery of information about a computer user, or a
computer's use, from the computer itself
List two core areas of modern computer forensics
Log analysis
Timeline analysis
What is media analysis/file system forensics?
The practice of recovering data from non-volatile storage devices
What does BRAP forensics do?
Reveals stored data as well as information stored data as well as
information about user behavior
Give two examples of BRAP forensics.
Looking at Application residue
Looking at Browsing residue
Why were "cookies" developed?
To store information about the client-server exchange for
subsequent connections, either during the current browser
session (session identifiers) or during subsequent browser
sessions (persistent identifiers).
In what file is the cache and URL history organized and stored on
a Windows computer?
In a INDEX.DAT file in Documents and Settings\<User>\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content IE5
, What part of the files are deleted when the recycle bin on a
Windows computer is emptied?
Nothing, only metadata
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
What were the two early incarnations of data hiding mentioned in
the article?
Out-of-standard tracks on floppy disks and non-data fields of
network packets
According to the article, hidden data may be thought of as a
special case of what?
Special case of 'dark data'
What is the example given in the article of dark data that resides
within light data?
Watermarking
Provide two examples of nonphysical data hiding
Cryptography, steganography, and watermarking
What is the primary goal of cryptography
Obscuring the content of a message, but not the communication
of the message
What is the primary goal of stenography?
Hiding the communication of the message
What is the primary goal of digital watermarking?
Adding sufficient metadata to a message to establish ownership,
provenance, source
exam ( 84 questions & Answers )
What is computer activity mining?
Involves the recovery of information about a computer user, or a
computer's use, from the computer itself
List two core areas of modern computer forensics
Log analysis
Timeline analysis
What is media analysis/file system forensics?
The practice of recovering data from non-volatile storage devices
What does BRAP forensics do?
Reveals stored data as well as information stored data as well as
information about user behavior
Give two examples of BRAP forensics.
Looking at Application residue
Looking at Browsing residue
Why were "cookies" developed?
To store information about the client-server exchange for
subsequent connections, either during the current browser
session (session identifiers) or during subsequent browser
sessions (persistent identifiers).
In what file is the cache and URL history organized and stored on
a Windows computer?
In a INDEX.DAT file in Documents and Settings\<User>\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content IE5
, What part of the files are deleted when the recycle bin on a
Windows computer is emptied?
Nothing, only metadata
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
What were the two early incarnations of data hiding mentioned in
the article?
Out-of-standard tracks on floppy disks and non-data fields of
network packets
According to the article, hidden data may be thought of as a
special case of what?
Special case of 'dark data'
What is the example given in the article of dark data that resides
within light data?
Watermarking
Provide two examples of nonphysical data hiding
Cryptography, steganography, and watermarking
What is the primary goal of cryptography
Obscuring the content of a message, but not the communication
of the message
What is the primary goal of stenography?
Hiding the communication of the message
What is the primary goal of digital watermarking?
Adding sufficient metadata to a message to establish ownership,
provenance, source
