CND Practice Question: Incident Detection Response And Threat Prediction

An incident response team is performing disk forensics on an NTFS-formatted hard drive. The analyst needs to recover deleted files that were too large to fit in the Recycle Bin. Which internal NTFS metadata structure contains file record attributes including timestamps, permissions, and resident/non-resident data locations?

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Correct answer & explanation

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Master File Table (MFT)

The Master File Table (MFT) stores metadata for every file and directory on an NTFS volume in 1,024-byte records called file records.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

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File Allocation Table (FAT)
Why it's wrong here
FAT is used in older filesystem architectures, not NTFS.
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Master File Table (MFT)
Why this is correct
The MFT contains file metadata records (File Records) describing every file and folder on an NTFS volume.
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Superblock
Why it's wrong here
Superblock is a structure used in Unix/Linux ext filesystems.
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Inode table
Why it's wrong here
Inode tables are characteristic of Unix-based filesystems.

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