Review Questions

1. When running a signature analysis, EnCase will do which of the following?

A. Compare a file’s header to its hash value.

B. Compare a file’s header to its file signature.

C. Compare a file’s hash value to its file extension.

D. Compare a file’s header to its file extension.

2. A file header is which of the following?

A. A unique set of characters at the beginning of a file that identifies the file type.

B. A unique set of characters following the filename that identifies the file type.

C. A 128-bit value that is unique to a specific file based on its data.

D. Synonymous with file extension.

3. The Windows operating system uses a filename’s ______________ to associate files with the proper applications.

A. signature

B. MD5 hash ...

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