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1. Ethical Hacking is also known as _____ A. Black Hat

Hacking.

B. White Hat Hacking.

C. Encryption.

D. None of these.

Ans. B

2. Tool(s) used by ethical hacker_____.

A. Scanner

B. Decoder

C. Proxy

D. All of these.

Ans. D

3. Vulnerability scanning in Ethical hacking finds_____. A.

Strengths.

B. Weakness.

C. A &B

D. None of these.

Ans. B

4. Ethical hacking will allow to____ all the massive security

breaches. A. Remove.

B. Measure.

C. Reject.

D. None of these.

Ans. B

5. Sequential step hackers use are: _ _ _ _. A. Maintaining

Access. B. Reconnaissance C. Scanning.

D. Gaining Access.
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A. B, C, D, A

B. B, A, C, D C. A, B, C, D

D. D, C, B, A

Ans. A

6. ______ is the art of exploiting the human elements to gain

access to the authorized user. A. Social Engineering. B.

IT Engineering.

C. Ethical Hacking.

D. None of the above.

Ans. A

7. Which hacker refers to ethical hacker? A. Black hat

hacker.

B. White hat hacker.

C. Grey hat hacker.

D. None of the above.

Ans. B

8. The term cracker refers to_____ A. Black hat hacker.

B. White hat hacker.

C. Grey hat hacker.

D. None of the above.

Ans. A

9. Who described a dissertation on fundamentals of hacker’s

attitude? A. G. Palma.

B. Raymond.

C. Either.

D. Jhon Browman.

Ans. B
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10.Computer Hackers have been in existence for more than a____. A.

Decade.

B. Year.

C. Century

D. Era.

Ans. C

11.Hackers do hack for? A.

Fame.

B. Profit.

C. Revenge.

D. All the above

Ans. D

12.The intent of ethical hacker is to discover vulnerabilities from a_____ point of view to better

secure system.

A. Victims.

B. Attackers.

C. Both A & B D. None of these.

Ans. B

13.Security audits are usually based on___ A. Entries.

B. Checklists.

C. Both A & B

D. None of the above

Ans. B

14.Ethical hacking consist of _______ A.

Penetration testing.

B. Intrusion testing.

C. Red teaming.
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D. All of the above.

Ans. D

15._______ is a person who find and exploits the weakness in computer system.

A. Victim

B. Hacker

C. Developer

D. None of the above.

Ans. B

16. A white hat hacker is the one who _____

A. Fix identifies weakness

B. Steal the data

C. Identifies the weakness and leave message to owner

D. None of the above

Ans. A

17.A black hat hacker is the one who _______

A. Fix identifies weakness

B. Steal the data

C. Identifies the weakness and leave message to owner

D. None of the above. Ans. B

18. A grey hat hacker is the one who_______

A. Fix identifies weakness

B. Steal the data

C. Identifies the weakness and leave message to owner

D. None of the above

Ans. C

19. Keeping information secured can protect an organization image and save and organization lot

of money
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A. True

B. False

Ans. A

20.Information is a one of the most valuable assets of organization

A. True

B. False

Ans. A

21. To catch a thief, think like _____

A. Police

B. Forensics

C. Thief

D. Hacker

Ans. C

22._______can create false feeling of safety

A. Firewall

B. Encryption

C. VNPs

D. All the above

Ans. D

23.______ exploits that involves manipulating people and user even your self are the greatest

vulnerability within any computer

A. Nontechnical attacks

B. Network infrastructure attack

C. Operating system attack

D. Application and other specialized attack

Ans. A
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24.Connecting into network through a rogue modem attached to computer behind a firewall is an

example of ____-

A. Nontechnical attacks

B. Network infrastructure attack

C. Operating system attack

D. Application and other specialized attack

Ans. B

25.______ comprise of large portion of hacker attacks simply because every computer has one

and so well know exploits can be used against them

A. Nontechnical attacks

B. Network infrastructure attack

C. Operating system attack

D. Application and other specialized attack

Ans. C

26.______ should be done before ethical hacking process. A.

Data gathering.

B. Attacking C.

Planning

D. Research

Ans. C

27.Which permission is necessary before ethical hacking? A.

Written permission.

B. Decision maker permission C.

Privacy permission D. Risk

permission.

Ans. A
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28. Which tool is used to crack the password?

A. Nmap

B. LC4

C. ToneLOC

D. Nessus

Ans. B

29. Which tool is used for depth analysis of a web application?

A. Whisker

B. Super scan

C. Nikto

D. Kismet Ans. A

30. Which tool is used to encrypt Email?

A. WebInspect

B. QualyGuard

C. PGP (pretty good privacy)

D. None of the above.

Ans. C

31.Malicious attacker often think like?

A. Thieves

B. Kidnapper

C. Both A & B

D. None of the above

Ans. C

32.Which hacker try to distribute political or social message through their work?

A. Black hat hacker

B. Hactivist
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C. Script kiddes

D. White hat hacker

Ans. B

33._______ are part of organized crime on internet.

A. Criminal

B. Antinationalist

C. Hacker for hire

D. None of the above

Ans. C

34. Which magazines releases the latest hacking methods?

A. 2600

B. Hackin9

C. PHRACK

D. All the above

Ans. D

35. Performing a shoulder surfing in order to check other’s password is ____________ ethical

practice.

A. a good

B. not so good

C. very good social engineering practice

D. a bad Ans. D

36. ___________ has now evolved to be one of the most popular automated tools for unethical

hacking.

A. Automated apps

B. Database software

C. Malware

D. Worms

Ans. C
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37. Leaking your company data to the outside network without prior permission of senior authority

is a crime.

A. True

B. False

Ans. A

38. A penetration tester must identify and keep in mind the ___________ & ___________

requirements of a firm while evaluating the security postures.

A. privacy and security

B. rules and regulations

C. hacking techniques

D. ethics to talk to seniors

Ans. A

39. The legal risks of ethical hacking include lawsuits due to __________ of personal data. A.

stealing

B. disclosure

C. deleting

D. hacking

Ans. B

40. Before performing any penetration test, through legal procedure, which key points listed below

is not mandatory?

A. Know the nature of the organization

B. Characteristics of work done in the firm

C. System and network

D. Type of broadband company used by the firm

Ans. D