
GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner
Domain 6Objective 1
User Artifact Analysis GCFE Practice Questions (Page 4)
Part of the User and Cloud Artifacts domain, which makes up ~29% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~20–35 in this domain), expect 7–12 from this objective — we provide 45 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 16–20
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Which file system artifact records changes to files and directories in a journal that can be used to track file creation, deletion, and modification?
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You are analyzing a Windows 10 system and need to determine if a file was accessed after it was supposedly deleted. Which file system artifact would be most useful for this determination?
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Why is proper documentation of user artifacts important in a forensic investigation?
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Which type of user artifact is most likely to reveal a user's web browsing history?
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Which registry key records the paths that a user typed into the Windows Explorer address bar?
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