GIAC Open Source Intelligence (GOSI)
Domain 2Objective 1
Investigating People GOSI Practice Questions (Page 1)
Part of the Target Investigation and Infrastructure Analysis domain, which makes up ~54% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~27–43 in this domain), expect 9–14 from this objective — we provide 56 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 1–5
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Which type of information is most directly obtained through social media profiling?
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What is the primary purpose of using web archives in an OSINT investigation?
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An investigator has a target's email address and wants to find the target's physical address. The email address is not directly associated with any public social media profiles. Which approach is most likely to yield results?
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An analyst wants to find a person's current address and phone number using publicly available information. Which resource is most appropriate for this task?
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An analyst is tracking a person of interest who posts photos on a public Flickr account. The photos include landscapes and cityscapes, but the analyst needs to determine the person's current city of residence. Which technique would be most effective?
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