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Introduction to Ethical Hacking – Great Learning Quiz Answers

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Question 1: Which of the following statements best describes a white-hat hacker?

  • Security professional
  • Former black hat
  • Former grey hat
  • Malicious hacker

Question 2: A security audit performed on the internal network of an organization by the network administration is also known as?

  • Grey-box testing
  • Black-box testing
  • White-box testing
  • Active testing
  • Passive testing

Question 3: What is the first phase of hacking?

  • Attack
  • Maintaining access
  • Gaining access
  • Reconnaissance
  • Scanning

Question 4: What type of ethical hack tests access to the physical infrastructure?

  • Internal network
  • Remote network
  • External network
  • Physical access

Question 5: The security, functionality, and ease of use triangle illustrates which concept?

  • As security increases, functionality and ease of use increase
  • As security decreases, functionality and ease of use increase.
  • As security decreases, functionality and ease of use decrease
  • Security does not affect functionality and ease of use.

Question 6: Which type of hacker represents the highest risk to your network?

  • Disgruntled employees
  • Black-hat hackers
  • Grey-hat hackers
  • Script kiddies

Question 7:When a hacker attempts to attack a host via the Internet it is known as what type of attack?

  • Remote attack
  • Physical access
  • Local access
  • Internal attack

Question 8: Which of the following is a tool for performing footprinting undetected?

  • Whois search
  • Traceroute
  • Ping sweep
  • Host scanning

Question 9: What is the next step to be performed after footprinting?

  • Scanning
  • Enumeration
  • System hacking
  • Active information gathering

Question 10: Which is an example of social engineering?

  • A user who holds open the front door of an office for a potential hacker
  • Calling a help desk and convincing them to reset a password for a user account
  • Installing a hardware keylogger on a victim’s system to capture passwords
  • Accessing a database with a cracked password

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