Exam Compass - Data Destruction & Disposal Methods Quiz

Question 1

Examples of storage media drive physical destruction methods include:
Shredding
Drilling
Degaussing
Incinerating
All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

One of the ways to prevent data recovery from a hard drive is to overwrite its contents. The data overwriting technique is used by drive wipe utilities which might employ different methods (including multiple overwriting rounds) to decrease the likelihood of data retrieval. As an example, a disk sanitization utility might overwrite the data on the drive with the value of one in the first pass, change that value to zero in the second pass, and finally perform five more passes, overwriting the contents with random characters (the Schneier method).
True
False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which of the terms listed below is used to describe the initial hard drive formatting typically performed at the factory by the drive manufacturer?
Low-level format
Quick format
Standard format
High-level format

Answer 3

Low-level format

Question 4

Which formatting type(s) would typically be performed by a user intending to reinstall an OS? (Select all that apply)
Quick format
Low-level-format
Standard format
High-level format

Answer 4

Quick format
Standard format
High-level format

Question 5

Which format type in MS Windows does not erase disk data?
Standard format
Low-level-format
High-level format
Quick format

Answer 5

Standard format

Question 6

Which formatting type in MS Windows prevents data recovery by overwriting the contents of hard drive sectors?
Low-level format
Standard format
High-level format
Quick format

Answer 6

Quick format

Question 7

Certificate of destruction is a document issued by companies that conduct secure device/document disposal. The certificate verifies proper asset destruction and can be used for auditing purposes. In case of device disposal, the document includes a list of all the items that have been destroyed along with their serial numbers. It may also describe the destruction method, specify location (on-site/off-site), or list the names of witnesses who oversaw the entire process.
True
False

Answer 7

True