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220-802 Question #944: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is D: Keylogger. A keylogger is malicious software (or hardware) that silently records everything a user types, including emails composed, chat messages sent, and documents written. Over several days it accumulates a log file containing all of that typed content - exactly what the administrator f

Question

An administrator is asked to review a file on a local drive. The file contains what appear to be multiple conversations from emails, chat sessions, and various word processing files that were accessed during the past several days. Ann, the user, advises the administrator this was not a file she had created. The file is MOST likely created by which of the following?

Options

  • AMalware
  • BPhishing
  • CSocial engineering
  • DKeylogger

Explanation

A keylogger is malicious software (or hardware) that silently records everything a user types, including emails composed, chat messages sent, and documents written. Over several days it accumulates a log file containing all of that typed content - exactly what the administrator found. Phishing and social engineering are attack delivery vectors, not software that creates log files. Generic 'malware' is too broad; keylogger is the specific type that produces a file matching this description.

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