GFACT Exam Review Questions With Certified Answers
'else' and 'elif' - Answer-We really want is to get different feedback depending on
whether or not our test passes or fails. To do this, we can use an if-else block.
/./ qn - Answer-Don't launch with a graphical user interface.
/./i - Answer-Don't try to run as administrator, run as a normal user instead (this won't
matter because of AlwaysInstallElevated).
/./quiet - Answer-Don't show the user any messages.
/.1024?! - Answer-1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes. IEC introduced KiB instead: 1 byte is 8 bits. 1
kibibyte (KiB) is 1024 bytes. 1 mebibyte (MiB) is 1024 kibibytes. 1 gibibyte (GiB) is 1024
mebibytes. 1 tebibyte (TiB) is 1024 gibibytes.
/.Active Directory - Answer-A system that allows the server to communicate with
Windows desktops, allowing the administrator to easily configure all the connected
desktops from one location, amongst other uses which we will cover in future modules.
Active Directory allows administrators to configure settings on Windows desktops that
are connected to a Windows server.
/.Add-ins - Answer-Microsoft Word allows for third parties to write 'add-ins', which
extend the functionality of Microsoft Word.
/.Adding a new user - Answer-Adding a new user is as simple as running: net user /add
<username> <password> This command will create a new user and set the password to
what you specified. You can do so much more when creating users this way, such as
configuring account expiry and setting times where the account can log on.
/.Advanced Memory Forensics with Volatility - Answer-Volatility is one of the most
widely used memory forensics tools. Useful Volatility commands: imageinfo - vol.py or
volatility -f memdump.mem imageinfo
/.Aliases - Answer-PowerShell comes with several aliases set up for common cmdlets.
cat, cd, dir, ls, rm
/.Alternate Number Bases - Answer-We are very used to counting in base 10, but other
number bases like base 16 (hex) or base 2 (binary) are incredibly useful in computing.
/.Alternative Search Engines - Answer-No two search engines are the same. Alternative
Search Engines - Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, archive.org
/.AlwaysInstall Elevated - Answer-Some administrators will configure this so that users
can install software on their computers without administrator approval.
,/.Analytics - Answer-Collecting stats and analysing interactions on a web server.
/.Anti Forensics - Answer-Cyber criminals improve and modify their operational security
(OpSec) in order to avoid being caught. NotPetya is part of the Petya family of
encrypting ransomware that targets Microsoft Windows based systems.
/.APFS - Answer-The Apple File System supports permissions and encryption, and
duplicate files can be stored without using additional space, with changes to one copy of
a file being saved as a delta (the difference between the old file and the new file) to
lower space requirements.
/.Application Layer - Answer-An example of an application layer protocol is something
like HTTP or FTP. HTTP GET request is an application layer protocol because the web
browser will form the request necessary for displaying a page or submitting a form.
/.apropos - Answer-The 'apropos' tool is used to search man pages for keywords,
usually to find the 'appropriate' tool to use in a particular situation. The 'apropos'
command is used to find the 'appropriate' tool for a particular job.
/.apt-get - Answer-The apt command is incredibly useful to rapidly find, install, or
remove software. The way 'apt' works is by having a list of 'sources'; these are servers
which contain information about available packages, download links and version
information. 'apt update' only updates the list of available packages.
/.Arguments - Answer-The 'argc' variable is an integer which contains the number of
arguments passed to the program when it was executed. The 'argv' array contains the
data passed in.
/.Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) - Answer-The Arithmetic Logic Unit is the part of the CPU
responsible for performing arithmetic and logical operations.
/.ARP - Answer-The Address Resolution Protocol translates IP addresses to MAC
addresses for transmission purposes. ARP is only for the local network.
/.ARP Cache - Answer-ARP (address resolution protocol) is a protocol used on local
networks to map IP addresses to MAC addresses. When a computer receives an ARP
response, it saves it into the ARP cache.
/.ARP Spoofing / Poisoning - Answer-The flaw in the ARP protocol comes because, if
an ARP response is sent to a computer, it will store that value in its ARP cache even if it
didn't make an ARP request asking for a response.
/.Arrays - Answer-In C, you have to specify the type of the array when you create it, and
it can only ever hold that type of data. You can't mix and match within the same array.
,/.AS - Answer-The AS keyword is used to assign an alias to a table or field.They are
used to make long SQL statements more readable, more descriptive or set the table
headings for a query to make the results more descriptive.
/.ASCII - Answer-American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A table that
maps binary to characters. Originally 7 bits wide for up 127 characters. Now is 8 bits
wide and up to 255 characters.
/.ASLR - Answer-Address Space Layout Randomisation is a protection that involves
randomising the memory addresses that a program gets loaded into on each run.
/.Assertions - Answer-The assert function will cause the program to crash with the error
message we provided if a condition is not met.
/.Asymmetric cryptography - Answer-Asymmetric cryptography, you have two keys, a
public and a private. You can lock the message with whichever one you would like, but
you must unlock it with the opposite key.
/.Asymmetric Encryption - Answer-Asymmetric encryption: every party generates two
encryption keys: one is private and one is public. The public encryption key is the one
you send to whoever needs to communicate with you securely. The private encryption
key should remain private only to you.
/.Audio Steganography - Answer-Audio steganography is a technique used to embed
secret messages into digital audio. There are various methods of audio steganography,
such as LSB and Echo Hiding.
/.Authoritative Name Servers - Answer-A name server that is authoritative for a domain
is one that controls the mapping between the domain name and the IP address. It has
the final say on where the domain points.
/.Authoritative nameserver - Answer-The authoritative nameserver will retrieve the
specific IP address of the origin server for the provided web domain name, which the
resolver will pass back to the client.
/.Automatically Decoding Encoding - Answer-The purpose of encoding is to enable us to
fit data that we need to store or transmit within a set of constraints that are suitable to
the storage or transmission medium. Encoding is often used with encryption to make
the results transmissible.
/.Base 64 - Answer-Base64 is a group of binary to text encoding systems that represent
binary data in ASCII format. Each Base64 digit represents 6 bits of data; three 8 bit
bytes can therefore be represented by four 6 bit Base64 digits.
/.Binary - Answer-Counting in binary is very similar to counting in denary. First, let's
calculate the headings: 2^0 = 1 (Anything to the power of 0 is 1.) 2^1 = 2 (Anything to
, the power of 1 is itself!) 2^2 = 4. 2^3 = 8 (2 x 2 x 2 = 8). 2^4 = 16 (2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16). 1
KiB is 1024 bytes because 2^10 = 1024
/.Binary to Denary - Answer-
/.BIOS - Answer-Basic Input Output System, is a program stored on the motherboard of
your computer. When the computer is first turned on, it is the first program that is
loaded, and prepares, or initialises, the hardware ready to load the bootloader. Modern
computers use UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface).
/.Bits - Answer-The smallest unit of data stored on a computer system. Only be two
possible values stored in a single bit: a '1' or '0'. Known as a 'boolean', or 'bool', can only
have two values. 4 bits (half a byte) is a nibble,1 byte is 8 bits, 1 kilobyte (kB) is 1000
bytes, 1 megabyte (MB) is 1000 kilobytes, 1 gigabyte (GB) is 1000 megabytes, 1
terabyte (TB) is 1000 gigabytes.
/.Block Storage - Answer-Block storage is one of the more common forms of storage
you will see on the cloud. It is also utilised in a Storage Area Network (SAN).
/.Blue Team - Answer-Defensive; responsible for setting up secure network
infrastructure, monitoring this infrastructure and responding to attacks.
/.Boolean Logic - Answer-A boolean value is a value that can be either true or false.
This kind of value is perfect for computers, which talk in bits: either a 1 or a 0. In other
words, bits are Boolean values, like a switch they can be either on or off.
/.Bootkits - Answer-If malware can run at a high enough privilege level, it can write
directly to the disk without having to use the file system as an intermediary.
/.Bootloader - Answer-A program that is loaded by the BIOS when a computer is first
turned on, and is responsible for loading the operating system. Installed at the same
time as the operating system, on the hard drive.
/.Branches - Answer-Branches in Git allow you to work on specific features
independently, without touching the code in master.
/.Break - Answer-Using a keyword allows us to immediately break out of a loop without
executing any more code inside it, or requiring us to check the condition.
/.Breaking Encryption - Answer-The first method is to find a flaw in the encryption
algorithm. The other way to break encryption is to guess the encryption key that was
used.
/.Buffer Overflows 1 - Answer-A buffer overflow comes when the user can input
something into the program.
