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EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) Questions and Answers

Question 1

What operating system would respond to the following command?

Options:

A.

Mac OS X

B.

Windows XP

C.

Windows 95

D.

FreeBSD

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Question 2

Why are Linux/Unix based computers better to use than Windows computers for idle scanning?

Options:

A.

Windows computers are constantly talking

B.

Linux/Unix computers are constantly talking

C.

Linux/Unix computers are easier to compromise

D.

Windows computers will not respond to idle scans

Question 3

You have compromised a lower-level administrator account on an Active Directory network of a small company in Dallas, Texas. You discover Domain Controllers through enumeration. You connect to one of the Domain Controllers on port 389 using ldp.exe. What are you trying to accomplish here?

Options:

A.

Enumerate domain user accounts and built-in groups

B.

Establish a remote connection to the Domain Controller

C.

Poison the DNS records with false records

D.

Enumerate MX and A records from DNS

Question 4

Jonathan is a network administrator who is currently testing the internal security of his network. He is attempting to hijack a session, using Ettercap, of a user connected to his Web server. Why will Jonathan not succeed?

Options:

A.

Only an HTTPS session can be hijacked

B.

Only DNS traffic can be hijacked

C.

Only FTP traffic can be hijacked

D.

HTTP protocol does not maintain session

Question 5

What will the following command accomplish?

Options:

A.

Test ability of a router to handle over-sized packets

B.

Test the ability of a router to handle fragmented packets

C.

Test the ability of a WLAN to handle fragmented packets

D.

Test the ability of a router to handle under-sized packets

Question 6

Simon is a former employee of Trinitron XML Inc. He feels he was wrongly terminated and wants to hack into his former company's network. Since Simon remembers some of the server names, he attempts to run the axfr and ixfr commands using DIG. What is Simon trying to accomplish here?

Options:

A.

Enumerate all the users in the domain

B.

Perform DNS poisoning

C.

Send DOS commands to crash the DNS servers

D.

Perform a zone transfer

Question 7

After passing her CEH exam, Carol wants to ensure that her network is completely secure. She implements a DMZ, statefull firewall, NAT, IPSEC, and a packet filtering firewall. Since all security measures were taken, none of the hosts on her network can reach the Internet. Why is that?

Options:

A.

IPSEC does not work with packet filtering firewalls

B.

NAT does not work with IPSEC

C.

NAT does not work with statefull firewalls

D.

Statefull firewalls do not work with packet filtering firewalls

Question 8

What does the superblock in Linux define?

Options:

A.

filesynames

B.

diskgeometr

C.

location of the firstinode

D.

available space

Question 9

To make sure the evidence you recover and analyze with computer forensics software can be admitted in court, you must test and validate the software. What group is actively providing tools and creating procedures for testing and validating computer forensics software ?

Options:

A.

Computer Forensics Tools and Validation Committee (CFTVC)

B.

Association of Computer Forensics Software Manufactures (ACFSM)

C.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

D.

Society for Valid Forensics Tools and Testing (SVFTT)

Question 10

You are called by an author who is writing a book and he wants to know how long the copyright for his book will last after he has the book published?

Options:

A.

70 years

B.

the life of the author

C.

the life of the author plus 70 years

D.

copyrights last forever

Question 11

From the following spam mail header, identify the host IP that sent this spam? From jie02@netvigator.com jie02@netvigator.com Tue Nov 27 17:27:11 2001 Received: from viruswall.ie.cuhk.edu.hk (viruswall [137.189.96.52]) by eng.ie.cuhk.edu.hk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAR9RAP23061 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:27:10 +0800 (HKT) Received: from mydomain.com (pcd249020.netvigator.com [203.218.39.20]) by viruswall.ie.cuhk.edu.hk (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id fAR9QXwZ018431 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:26:36 +0800 (HKT) Message-Id: >200111270926.fAR9QXwZ018431@viruswall.ie.cuhk.edu.hk

From: “china hotel web”

To: “Shlam”

Subject: SHANGHAI (HILTON HOTEL) PACKAGE Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:25:58 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail- Priority: Normal Reply-

To: “china hotel web”

Options:

A.

137.189.96.52

B.

8.12.1.0

C.

203.218.39.20

D.

203.218.39.50

Question 12

Sectors in hard disks typically contain how many bytes?

Options:

A.

256

B.

512

C.

1024

D.

2048

Question 13

Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) contain a code that allows tracking the MAC, or unique identifier, of the machine that created the document. What is that code called?

Options:

A.

the Microsoft Virtual Machine Identifier

B.

the Personal Application Protocol

C.

the Globally Unique ID

D.

the Individual ASCII String

Question 14

With Regard to using an Antivirus scanner during a computer forensics investigation, You should:

Options:

A.

Scan the suspect hard drive before beginning an investigation

B.

Never run a scan on your forensics workstation because it could change your systems configuration

C.

Scan your forensics workstation at intervals of no more than once every five minutes during an investigation

D.

Scan your Forensics workstation before beginning an investigation

Question 15

The ____________________ refers to handing over the results of private investigations to the authorities because of indications of criminal activity.

Options:

A.

Locard Exchange Principle

B.

Clark Standard

C.

Kelly Policy

D.

Silver-Platter Doctrine

Question 16

You are employed directly by an attorney to help investigate an alleged sexual harassment case at a large pharmaceutical manufacture. While at the corporate office of the company, the CEO demands to know the status of the investigation. What prevents you from discussing the case with the CEO?

Options:

A.

the attorney-work-product rule

B.

Good manners

C.

Trade secrets

D.

ISO 17799

Question 17

When using Windows acquisitions tools to acquire digital evidence, it is important to use a well- tested hardware write-blocking device to:

Options:

A.

Automate Collection from image files

B.

Avoiding copying data from the boot partition

C.

Acquire data from host-protected area on a disk

D.

Prevent Contamination to the evidence drive

Question 18

Chris has been called upon to investigate a hacking incident reported by one of his clients. The company suspects the involvement of an insider accomplice in the attack. Upon reaching the incident scene, Chris secures the physical area, records the scene using visual mediA. He shuts the system down by pulling the power plug so that he does not disturb the system in any way. He labels all cables and connectors prior to disconnecting any. What do you think would be the next sequence of events?

Options:

A.

Connect the target media; prepare the system for acquisition; Secure the evidence; Copy the media

B.

Prepare the system for acquisition; Connect the target media; copy the media; Secure the evidence

C.

Connect the target media; Prepare the system for acquisition; Secure the evidence; Copy the media

D.

Secure the evidence; prepare the system for acquisition; Connect the target media; copy the media

Question 19

What should you do when approached by a reporter about a case that you are working on or have worked on?

Options:

A.

Refer the reporter to the attorney that retained you

B.

Say, “no comment”

C.

Answer all the reporters questions as completely as possible

D.

Answer only the questions that help your case

Question 20

Volatile Memory is one of the leading problems for forensics. Worms such as code Red are memory resident and do write themselves to the hard drive, if you turn the system off they disappear. In a lab environment, which of the following options would you suggest as the most appropriate to overcome the problem of capturing volatile memory?

Options:

A.

Use Vmware to be able to capture the data in memory and examine it

B.

Give the Operating System a minimal amount of memory, forcing it to use a swap file

C.

Create a Separate partition of several hundred megabytes and place the swap file there

D.

Use intrusion forensic techniques to study memory resident infections

Question 21

The police believe that Mevin Mattew has been obtaining unauthorized access to computers belonging to numerous computer software and computer operating systems manufacturers, cellular telephone manufacturers, Internet Service Providers and Educational Institutions. They also suspect that he has been stealing, copying and misappropriating proprietary computer software belonging to the several victim companies. What is preventing the police from breaking down the suspects door and searching his home and seizing all of his computer equipment if they have not yet obtained a warrant?

Options:

A.

The Fourth Amendment

B.

The USA patriot Act

C.

The Good Samaritan Laws

D.

The Federal Rules of Evidence

Question 22

You are carrying out the last round of testing for your new website before it goes live. The website has many dynamic pages and connects to a SQL backend that accesses your product inventory in a database. You come across a web security site that recommends inputting the following code into a search field on web pages to check for vulnerabilities:

When you type this and click on search, you receive a pop-up window that says:

"This is a test."

What is the result of this test?

Options:

A.

Your website is vulnerable to CSS

B.

Your website is not vulnerable

C.

Your website is vulnerable to SQL injection

D.

Your website is vulnerable to web bugs

Question 23

Terri works for a security consulting firm that is currently performing a penetration test on First National Bank in Tokyo. Terri's duties include bypassing firewalls and switches to gain access to the network. Terri sends an IP packet to one of the company's switches with ACK bit and the source address of her machine set. What is Terri trying to accomplish by sending this IP packet?

Options:

A.

Enable tunneling feature on the switch

B.

Trick the switch into thinking it already has a session with Terri's computer

C.

Crash the switch with a DoS attack since switches cannot send ACK bits

D.

Poison the switch's MAC address table by flooding it with ACK bits

Question 24

Software firewalls work at which layer of the OSI model?

Options:

A.

Data Link

B.

Network

C.

Transport

D.

Application

Question 25

You just passed your ECSA exam and are about to start your first consulting job running security audits for a financial institution in Los Angeles. The IT manager of the company you will be working for tries to see if you remember your ECSA class. He asks about the methodology you will be using to test the company's network. How would you answer?

Options:

A.

IBM Methodology

B.

LPT Methodology

C.

Google Methodology

D.

Microsoft Methodology

Question 26

You have compromised a lower-level administrator account on an Active Directory network of a small company in Dallas, Texas. You discover Domain Controllers through enumeration. You connect to one of the Domain Controllers on port 389 using ldp.exe. What are you trying to accomplish here?

Options:

A.

Poison the DNS records with false records

B.

Enumerate MX and A records from DNS

C.

Enumerate domain user accounts and built-in groups

D.

Establish a remote connection to the Domain Controller

Question 27

Harold is a security analyst who has just run the rdisk /s command to grab the backup SAM file on a computer. Where should Harold navigate on the computer to find the file?

Options:

A.

%systemroot%\LSA

B.

%systemroot%\repair

C.

%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc

D.

%systemroot%\system32\LSA

Question 28

Paul's company is in the process of undergoing a complete security audit including logical and physical security testing. After all logical tests were performed; it is now time for the physical round to begin. None of the employees are made aware of this round of testing. The security-auditing firm sends in a technician dressed as an electrician. He waits outside in the lobby for some employees to get to work and follows behind them when they access the restricted areas. After entering the main office, he is able to get into the server room telling the IT manager that there is a problem with the outlets in that room. What type of attack has the technician performed?

Options:

A.

Fuzzing

B.

Tailgating

C.

Man trap attack

D.

Backtrapping

Question 29

In the context of file deletion process, which of the following statement holds true?

Options:

A.

When files are deleted, the data is overwritten and the cluster marked as available

B.

The longer a disk is inuse, the less likely it is that deleted files will be overwritten

C.

While booting, the machine may create temporary files that can delete evidence

D.

Secure delete programs work by completely overwriting the file in one go

Question 30

In a forensic examination of hard drives for digital evidence, what type of user is most likely to have the most file slack to analyze?

Options:

A.

one who has NTFS 4 or 5 partitions

B.

one who uses dynamic swap file capability

C.

one who uses hard disk writes on IRQ 13 and 21

D.

one who has lots of allocation units per block or cluster

Question 31

While working for a prosecutor, What do you think you should do if the evidence you found appears to be exculpatory and is not being released to the defense ?

Options:

A.

Keep the information of file for later review

B.

Destroy the evidence

C.

Bring the information to the attention of the prosecutor, his or her supervisor or finally to the judge

D.

Present the evidence to the defense attorney

Question 32

In what way do the procedures for dealing with evidence in a criminal case differ from the procedures for dealing with evidence in a civil case?

Options:

A.

evidence must be handled in the same way regardless of the type of case

B.

evidence procedures are not important unless you work for a law enforcement agency

C.

evidence in a criminal case must be secured more tightly than in a civil case

D.

evidence in a civil case must be secured more tightly than in a criminal case

Question 33

A (n) ____________ is one that‟s performed by a computer program rather than the attacker manually performing the steps in the attack sequence.

Options:

A.

blackout attack

B.

automated attack

C.

distributed attack

D.

central processing attack

Question 34

A suspect is accused of violating the acceptable use of computing resources, as he has visited adult websites and downloaded images. The investigator wants to demonstrate that the suspect did indeed visit these sites. However, the suspect has cleared the search history and emptied the cookie cache. Moreover, he has removed any images he might have downloadeD. What can the investigator do to prove the violation? Choose the most feasible option.

Options:

A.

Image the disk and try to recover deleted files

B.

Seek the help of co-workers who are eye-witnesses

C.

Check the Windows registry for connection data (You may or may not recover)

D.

Approach the websites for evidence

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