MSEI-027 · IGNOU BCA Semester 6 · 4 credits

Digital Forensics

Cyber crime and cyber forensics, digital forensics : tools and techniques, mobile forensics and security issues in wireless technologies.

MSEI-027 assignment

The latest MSEI-027 assignment is valid for the July 2026 sessions. It carries 100 marks and 30% of your final grade. Due 31 Oct 2026 for the July 2026 session.

MSEI-027 previous-year question papers

Official term-end exam papers for Digital Forensics, published by IGNOU. Each one opens on IGNOU’s website.

Important Digital Forensics questions

21 questions have come in more than one MSEI-027 exam. They are listed first. The text is taken from IGNOU’s official papers, so open the paper for figures and exact wording.

  1. June 2024 · Q16Asked 2 times

    What are the major characteristics of financial crimes?

  2. June 2024 · Q19Asked 2 times

    What is the difference between Wi-Fi and WiMax? Specify their standards, technical characteristics and security policies.

  3. June 2024 · Q6Asked 2 times

    TCP/IP protocol used behind Ping command: (a) True (b) False

  4. June 2022 · Q14 · 2 marksAsked 2 times

    Differentiate between “copy of the drive” and “imaging of the drive.”

  5. June 2022 · Q16 · 5 marksAsked 2 times

    What is Money Laundering and Phishing?

  6. June 2022 · Q19 · 10 marksAsked 2 times

    Describe “log file analysis.” What is “file carving” in data recovery? What is salvaging of data?

  7. June 2022 · Q20 · 10 marksAsked 2 times

    What is the difference between WiFi and Wimax? Specify their standards, technical characteristics and security policies.

  8. June 2022 · Q8Asked 2 times

    An................. is a form of internet text messaging or synchronous conferencing.

  9. December 2022 · Q10Asked 2 times

    A................ attacker entic es computer to log into a computer, which is setup as a AP (Access Point).

  10. December 2022 · Q12Asked 2 times

    Define active and passive reconnaissance in hacking.

  11. December 2022 · Q18Asked 2 times

    Describe the major characteristics of financial crimes.

  12. December 2022 · Q20Asked 2 times

    What is the procedure of RAM forensics, Hard disk forensics and Mobile forensics?

Digital Forensics study material

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