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Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
The Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) certification is a premier professional credential designed to validate the expertise of digital forensic investigators
- 240 min
- 85% to pass
- 150 bank questions
- 10 domains
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Sample Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator exam question
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Review the command sequence in the code block. A forensic examiner executes this during acquisition from a removable disk. What does the combined operation accomplish?
dd if=/dev/sdb of=/evidence/case1.dd bs=4096 conv=noerror,sync status=progress
sha256sum /evidence/case1.ddExam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 240 minutes
- Passing score
- 85%
- Domains
- 10
- Questions in our bank
- 150
- Level
- ASSOCIATE
- Measured complexity
- 2.1 / 10
- Question mix
- 53 single · 50 multi · 47 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Cloud/IoT Forensics12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Digital Evidence14 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
43% multi-select · 14% scenario · 29% interactive
- Digital Forensics24 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Forensic Science9 questions · complexity 2.8/10 · Gentle
44% multi-select · 11% scenario · 33% interactive
- Forensics Investigation Process21 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Malware Forensics14 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
- Network Forensics17 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
- Procedures and Methodology13 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
31% multi-select · 0% scenario · 31% interactive
- Reporting & Testimony7 questions · complexity 2.6/10 · Gentle
29% multi-select · 29% scenario · 29% interactive
- Tools/Systems/Programs19 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive
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