Quiz 2

Question 1

Flash memory is made up of transistors, while magnetic media reads and writes data using a laser light along with reflective material. True or False?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

If you change the file extension of a file, you can open that file using click+Return on a MAC system. True or False?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Some instant messaging applications don’t write to the hard drive unless the logging feature is turned on. If logging is off, you can still find evidence for these applications in RAM once power is removed from the computer. True or False?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

When organizations outsource their hardware needs to a service provider and pay the associated cost of running and maintaining the hardware to the provider, this is an exampe of PaaS cloud services. True or False?

Answer 4

False

Question 5

While File Allocation Table (FAT) is the oldest of the common file systems and not used in the latest operating systems, it can often be found in flash media. True or False?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is an encoding scheme used for the English language and defines 128 characters; whereas Unicode consists of thousands of characters. True or False?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Data that has been partially deleted or partially overwritten are classified as archival data. True or False?

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Forensic tools identify files based on the header, not the file extension. True or False?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

A bit is smaller than a byte. A byte is smaller than a sector. A sector is smaller than a cluster. True or False?

Answer 9

True

Question 10

File signature analysis is the process of separating out those files whose headers do not match their extensions. True or False?

Answer 10

True