Ethical Hacking Test 1

Question 1

What is the method for dealing with network security and performance in the cloud?

Accepted Answer

Intrusion detection and prevention

Answer

Denial of service prevention

Answer

Encryption (SSL)

Answer

Network load balancing

Question 2

What form of attack is it when a hacker tries to attack a host over the Internet?

Accepted Answer

Remote attack

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Internal attack

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Physical access

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Local access

Question 3

What are the requirements for installing a hardware keylogger on a target system?

Accepted Answer

Physical access to the system

Answer

Telnet access to the system

Answer

The Administrator username and password

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The IP address of the system

Question 4

In the digital signature procedure, what algorithm is used?

Accepted Answer

MD5

Answer

RC4

Answer

RC5

Answer

Blowfish

Question 5

Which firewall evasion approach will connect to a firewalled DMZ network while HTTP traffic and DNS queries pass through?

Accepted Answer

tcp over dns

Answer

False positive flooding

Answer

An ack scan

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Firewalking

Question 6

When a hacker impersonates a legitimate user on a system, what is the term for it?

Accepted Answer

Impersonation

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Valid user

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Third-person authorization

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Help desk

Question 7

On Windows, which utility may be used to accomplish a DNS zone transfer?

Accepted Answer

nslookup

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ipconfig

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DNSlookup

Answer

whois

Question 8

Hacking for a good cause is referred to as

Accepted Answer

Hacktivism

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Activism

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Active hacking

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Black-hat hacking

Question 9

For an NDIS tap, the most effective setting is

Accepted Answer

Connect to a span port on a switch

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connect to the console port of a router

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Connect directly to a server inside the dmz

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Connect directly to a server in the intranet.