Ethical Hacking Network Penetration Testing

Question 1

Which Nmap scan type sends a SYN packet and waits for a SYN-ACK without completing the handshake?

Accepted Answer

SYN stealth scan

Answer

Full connect scan

Answer

UDP scan

Answer

XMAS scan

Question 2

What is the default port used by the SMB protocol that penetration testers frequently target?

Accepted Answer

445

Answer

21

Answer

80

Answer

3389

Question 3

Which tool is primarily used for automated network vulnerability scanning during a penetration test?

Accepted Answer

Nessus

Answer

Metasploit

Answer

Burp Suite

Answer

Aircrack-ng

Question 4

What does a penetration tester use 'Netcat' for during a network test?

Accepted Answer

Creating reverse shells and banner grabbing

Answer

Password cracking

Answer

Wireless packet injection

Answer

SQL injection testing

Question 5

Which attack involves an attacker inserting themselves between two communicating hosts to intercept traffic?

Accepted Answer

Man-in-the-Middle attack

Answer

DoS attack

Answer

Replay attack

Answer

Brute force attack

Question 6

What is the purpose of running a 'banner grab' during network reconnaissance?

Accepted Answer

Identify service version information

Answer

Capture authentication tokens

Answer

Perform SQL injection

Answer

Crack password hashes