Types of Hacking (CO6)
1. SNMP stands for_____
A. Simple Network Messaging Protocol
B. Simple Network Mailing Protocol
C. Simple Network Management Protocol
D. Simple Network Master Protocol
Ans: C
2. Which of the following tool is used for Network Testing and port Scanning______
A. NetCat
B. SuperScan
C. NetScan
D. All of above
Ans: D
3. Banner grabbing is used for
A. White Hat Hacking
B. Black Hat Hacking
C. Grey Hat Hacking
D. Script Kiddies
Ans: A
4. An attacker can create an________attack by sending hundreds or thousands of e-mails a with
very large attachments.
A. Connection Attack
B. Auto responder Attack
C. Attachment Overloading Attack
D. All the above
Ans: B
5. Which of the following tool is used for Windows for network queries from DNS lookups to
trace routes?
A. Sam Spade
B. SuperScan
C. NetScan
D. Netcat
Ans: A
6. Which tool is used for ping sweeps and port scanning?
A. Netcat
B. SamSpade
C. SuperScan
D. All the above
Ans: C
7. Which of the following tool is used for security checks as port scanning and firewall testing?
A. Netcat
B. Nmap
C. Data communication
D. Netscan
Ans: A
8. What is the most important activity in system cracking?
A. Information gathering
B. Cracking password
C. Escalating privileges
D. Covering tracks
Ans: B
9. Which Nmap scan is does not completely open a TCP connection?
A. SYN stealth scan
B. TCP scan
C. XMAS tree scan
D. ACK scan
Ans: A
10.Key loggers are form of
A. Spyware
B. Shoulder surfing
C. Trojan
D. Social engineering
Ans: A
11. Nmap is abbreviated as Network Mapper.
A. True
B. False
Ans: A
12. _________is a popular tool used for discovering network as well as security auditing.
A. Ettercap
B. Metasploit
C. Nmap
D. Burp Suit
Ans: C
13. Which of this Nmap do not check?
A. Services different hosts are offering
B. On what OS they are running.
C. What kind of firewall in use?
D. What type of antivirus in use?
Ans: D
14. What is purpose of Denial of Service attacks?
A. Exploit weakness in TCP/IP attack.
B. To execute a trojan horse on a system.
C. To overload a system so it is no longer operational.
D. To shutdown services by turning them off.
Ans: C
15. What are the some of the most common vulnerabilities that exist in a network system?
A. Changing manufacturer, or recommended settings of newly installed application.
B. Additional unused feature on commercial software package.
C. Utilizing open source application code.
D. Balancing security and ease of use of system.
Ans: B
16. Which of the following is not a characteristic of ethical hacker?
A. Excellent knowledge of Windows.
B. Understands the process of exploiting network vulnerabilities.
C. Patience, persistence and perseverance.
D. Has the highest level of security for the organization.
Ans: D
17. Attempting to gain access to a network using an employee’s credentials is called the
_____________ mode of ethical hacking.
A. Local networking
B. Social engineering
C. Physical entry
D. Remote networking
Ans: A
18. The first phase of hacking an IT system is compromise of which foundation of security?
A. Availability
B. Confidentiality
C. Integrity
D. Authentication
Ans: B
19. Why would a ping sweep be used?
A. To identify live systems
B. To locate live systems
C. To identify open ports
D. To locate firewalls
Ans: A
20. What are the port states determined by Nmap?
A. Active, inactive, standby
B. Open, half-open, closed
C. Open, filtered, unfiltered
D. Active, closed, unused
Ans: C
21. What port does Telnet use?
A. 22
B. 80
C. 20
D. 23
Ans: D
22. Which of the following will allow foot printing to be conducted without detection?
A. PingSweep
B. Traceroute
C. War Dialers
D. ARIN
Ans: D
23. Performing hacking activities with the intent on gaining visibility for an unfair situation is
called ________.
A. Cracking
B. Analysis
C. Hacktivism
D. Exploitation
Ans: C
24. Why would a hacker use a proxy server?
A. To create a stronger connection with the target.
B. To create a ghost server on the network.
C. To obtain a remote access connection
D. To hide malicious activity on the network
Ans: A
25. Which phase of hacking performs actual attack on a network or system?
A. Reconnaissance
B. Maintaining Access
C. Scanning
D. Gaining Access
Ans: D
26. Sniffing is used to perform ______________ fingerprinting.
A. Passive stack
B. Active stack
C. Passive banner grabbing
D. Scanned
Ans: A
27. Services running on a system are determined by _____________.
A. The system’s IP address
B. The Active Directory
C. The system’s network name
D. The port assigned
Ans: D
28. What are the types of scanning?
A. Port, network, and services
B. Network, vulnerability, and port
C. Passive, active, and interactive
D. Server, client, and network
Ans: B
29. Enumeration is part of what phase of ethical hacking?
A. Reconnaissance
B. Maintaining Access
C. Gaining Access
D. Scanning
Ans: C
30. ______________ framework made cracking of vulnerabilities easy like point and click.
A. Net
B. Metasploit
C. Zeus
D. Ettercap
Ans: B
31.__________ is a popular IP address and port scanner.
A. Cain and Abel
B. Snort
C. Angry IP Scanner
D. Ettercap
Ans: C
32.________ is a popular tool used for network analysis in multiprotocol diverse network
A. Snort
B. SuperScan
C. Burp Suit
D. EtterPeak
Ans: D
33___________ scans TCP ports and resolves different hostnames.
A. SuperScan
B. Snort
C. Ettercap
D. QualysGuard .
Ans: A
34. What tool can be used to perform SNMP enumeration?
A. DNSlookup
B. Whois
C. Nslookup
D. IP Network Browser
Ans: D
35. Wireshark is a ____________ tool.
A. network protocol analysis
B. network connection security
C. connection analysis
D. defending malicious packet-filtering
Ans: A
36. Aircrack-ng is used for ____________
A. Firewall bypassing
B. Wi-Fi attacks
C. Packet filtering
D. System password cracking
Ans: B
37. Phishing is a form of ____________________.
A. Spamming
B. Identify Theft
C. Impersonation
D. Scanning
Ans: C
38. What are the types of scanning?
A. Port, network, and services
B. Network, vulnerability, and port
C. Passive, active, and interactive
D. Server, client, and network
Ans: B
39 _____ is used for searching of multiple hosts in order to target just one specific open port.
A. Ping Sweep
B. Port scan
C. Ipconfig
D. Spamming
Ans: A
40. ARP spoofing is often referred to as_____
A. Man-in-the-Middle attack
B. Denial-of-Service attack
C. Sniffing
D. Spoofing
Ans: A
41. ______is a tool that allows you to look into network and analyze data going across the wire
for network optimization, security and troubleshooting purposes.
A. Network analyzer
B. Crypt tool
C. John-the -Ripper
D. Back track
Ans: A
42. _________ is not a function of network analyzer tool.
A. Captures all network traffic
B. Interprets or decodes what is found into a human-readable format.
C. Displays it all in chronological order.
D. Banner grabbing
Ans: D
43. _____ protocol is used for network monitoring.
A. FTP SNMP
B.
C. RELNET
D. ARP
Ans: A
44. What is the attack called “evil twin”?
A. rouge access point
B. ARP poisoning
C. session hijacking
D. MAC spoofing
Ans: A
45.What is the primary goal of an ethical hacker?
A. avoiding detection
B. testing security controls
C. resolving security vulnerabilities
D. determining return on investment for security measures
Ans: C
46. What are the forms of password cracking technique?
A. Attack syllable
B. Attack brute forcing
C. Attacks hybrid
D. All the above
Ans: D
46. Hacking for a cause is called______
A. hacktivism
B. black-hat hacking
C. active hacking
D. activism
Ans: A
47. When a hacker attempts to attack a host via the internet it is known as what type of attack?
A. local access
B. remote attack
C. internal attack
D. physical access
Ans: B
49. A type of attack that overloads the resources of a single system to cause it to crash or hang.
A. Resource Starvation
B. Active Sniffing
C. Passive Sniffing
D. Session Hijacking
Ans. C
50.In computer networking, ____ is any technical effort to manipulate the normal behavior of
network connections and connected systems.
A. Hacking
B. Evidence
C. Tracing
D. None of above
Ans:-A
51._____ generally refers to unauthorized intrusion into a computer or a network.
A. Hacking
B. Evidence
C. Tracing
D. None of above
Ans:-A
52.We can eliminate many well-known network vulnerabilities by simply patch-ing your
network hosts with their latest ______and______.
A. Hckers and Prackers
B. Vendor software and firmware patches
C. Software amd Hardware
D. None of above
Ans:-B
53.Network consist devices such as routers, firewalls, hosts that you must assess as a part of
______ process.
A. Prackers
B. Black hat hacking
C. Grey hat hacking process
D. Ethical hacking process.
Ans:-D
54. Network infrastructure vulnerabilities are the foundation for most technical security
issues in your information systems.
A. Operating system vulnerabilities
B. Web vulnerabilities
C. Wireless network vulnerabilities
D. Network infrastructure vulnerabilities
Ans:-D
55.____ attack, which can take down your Internet connection or your entire network.
A. MAC
B. DOS
C. IDS
D. None of above
Ans:-B
56.DOS stands for
A. Detection of system
B. Denial of Service
C. Detection of service
D. None of above
Ans:-B
57.IDS stands for ____
A. Intrusion detection system
B. Information documentation service
C. Intrusion documentation system
D. None of above
Ans:-A
58. Which protocols are in use is vulnerable
A. TCL
B. SSL
C. FTP
D. SMTP
Ans:-B
59. SSL stands for_____
A. Secure Sockets Layer
B. Software Security Layer
C. Socket security layer
D. System software layer
Ans:-A
60. ____ include phishing, SQL injection, hacking, social engineering, spamming, denial of
service attacks, Trojans, virus and worm attacks.
A. Operating system vulnerabilities
B. Web vulnerabilities
C. Wireless network vulnerabilities
D. Network infrastructure vulnerabilities
Ans:-D
61.Who invent worm attack___
A. Brightn Godfrey
B. Alan yeung
C. Robert Morris
D. None of above
Ans:-C
62. Which of the following is not a typical characteristic of an ethical hacker?
A. Excellent knowledge of Windows.
B. Understands the process of exploiting network vulnerabilities.
C. Patience, persistence and perseverance.
D. Has the highest level of security for the organization.
Ans:-D
63. What is the purpose of a Denial of Service attack?
A. Exploit a weakness in the TCP/IP stack
B. To execute a Trojan on a system
C. To overload a system so it is no longer operational
D. To shutdown services by turning them off
Ans:- C
64.What are some of the most common vulnerabilities that exist in a network or system?
A. Changing manufacturer, or recommended, settings of a newly installed application.
B. Additional unused features on commercial software packages.
C. Utilizing open source application code
D. Balancing security concerns with functionality and ease of use of a system.
Ans:B
65. What is the sequence of a TCP connection?
A. SYN-ACK-FIN
B. SYN-SYN ACK-ACK
C. SYN-ACK
D. SYN-SYN-ACK
Ans:B
66. Why would a ping sweep be used?
A. To identify live systems
B. To locate live systems
C. To identify open ports
D. To locate firewalls
Ans:-A
67. A packet with no flags set is which type of scan?
A. TCP
B. XMAS
C. IDLE
D. NULL
Ans:-D
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