Certified Ethical Hacker MCQ Flashcards
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Which social engineering technique involves an attacker creating a fabricated scenario to obtain information?
Answer: Pretexting
Pretexting uses an invented scenario to manipulate a target into divulging information.
What does a SYN flood attack exploit in the TCP handshake?
Answer: Half-open connections exhausting resources
A SYN flood sends many SYN requests without completing handshakes, exhausting connection resources.
Which command-line tool is used to capture and analyze network packets from the terminal?
Answer: tcpdump
tcpdump captures and displays network packets directly from the command line.
What is the function of a rootkit once installed on a compromised system?
Answer: Hide malicious activity and maintain stealthy access
A rootkit conceals processes and files to maintain undetected privileged access.
Which encryption standard replaced the deprecated DES for symmetric encryption?
Answer: AES
AES replaced DES as the standard symmetric block cipher due to stronger security.
What is the primary purpose of steganography in the context of hacking?
Answer: Hiding data within other files
Steganography conceals information inside innocuous-looking files such as images or audio.
Which type of assessment specifically tries to exploit found vulnerabilities rather than just listing them?
Answer: Penetration test
A penetration test actively exploits vulnerabilities to demonstrate real-world impact.