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350-201 · Question #63

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is reverse engineering a suspicious file by examining its resources. What does this file indicate?

The correct answer is A. a DOS MZ executable format. The DOS MZ executable format is the executable file format used for. EXE files in DOS. The file can be identified by the ASCII string "MZ" (hexadecimal: 4D 5A) at the beginning of the file (the "magic number").

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Question

Refer to the exhibit. An engineer is reverse engineering a suspicious file by examining its resources. What does this file indicate?

Exhibit

350-201 question #63 exhibit

Options

  • Aa DOS MZ executable format
  • Ba MS-DOS executable archive
  • Can archived malware
  • Da Windows executable file

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  • A
    91% (42)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
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Explanation

The DOS MZ executable format is the executable file format used for. EXE files in DOS. The file can be identified by the ASCII string "MZ" (hexadecimal: 4D 5A) at the beginning of the file (the "magic number").

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#file format identification#static analysis#PE format#reverse engineering

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