Using AI for OSINT GOAA Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   Which AI technique is specifically used to identify and extract named entities such as people, organizations, and locations from OSINT text?

   • AAnomaly detection
   • BNamed Entity Recognition (NER)
   • CSentiment analysis
   • DClustering algorithms
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2. 17application · medium

   A security analyst is building a profile of a target individual from public sources. The analyst has collected forum posts, blog comments, and social media activity. The goal is to identify the individual's employer, professional role, and geographic location. Which AI technique should be applied first to extract these structured details?

   • ASentiment analysis to determine the individual's attitude toward their employer.
   • BAnomaly detection to find unusual posting patterns.
   • CTopic modeling to identify the main subjects of the posts.
   • DNamed-entity recognition to identify person, organization, and location entities in the text.
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4. 18expert · hard

   An intelligence analyst is examining a dataset of public forum posts to identify potential insider threats. The dataset includes user activity timestamps, posting locations, and text content. The analyst wants to detect users who exhibit unusual behavior that might indicate malicious intent, such as posting at odd hours or discussing sensitive topics. Which AI approach would be most effective?

   • AGenerate a network graph of all users and apply community detection to find clusters.
   • BApply unsupervised anomaly detection to identify users whose behavior deviates significantly from the norm, then use topic modeling to analyze the content of their posts.
   • CPerform sentiment analysis on all posts to identify negative emotions.
   • DUse supervised classification to label users as 'threat' or 'non-threat' based on a pre-labeled dataset.
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5. 19application · medium

   A social engineering team is preparing a vishing attack against a target executive. They have access to the executive's public speaking videos and social media posts. The team wants to identify the executive's communication style, typical emotional state, and preferred topics to build rapport. Which AI technique would be most useful?

   • AAutomated report generation to summarize the executive's public profile.
   • BAnomaly detection on the length of the executive's posts.
   • CSpeech-to-text transcription followed by sentiment and topic analysis on the transcribed content.
   • DNamed-entity recognition to identify the names of people the executive mentions.
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6. 20expert · hard

   A red team is conducting OSINT on a target in a jurisdiction with strict data protection laws. The team has collected a large amount of personal data from public sources and plans to use AI to analyze it. The team's legal counsel has advised that the processing may be unlawful. Which action should the team take?

   • AReview the legal basis for processing, minimize the data collected, and obtain explicit consent if required.
   • BContinue processing because the data is publicly available.
   • CMove the data to a different jurisdiction to avoid the law.
   • DAnonymize the data before analysis to avoid legal issues.
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