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Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Questions and Answers

Question 37

A certified ethical hacker (CEH) is approached by a friend who believes her husband is cheating. She offers to pay to break into her husband's email account in order to find proof so she can take him to court. What is the ethical response?

Options:

A.

Say no; the friend is not the owner of the account.

B.

Say yes; the friend needs help to gather evidence.

C.

Say yes; do the job for free.

D.

Say no; make sure that the friend knows the risk she’s asking the CEH to take.

Question 38

Which initial procedure should an ethical hacker perform after being brought into an organization?

Options:

A.

Begin security testing.

B.

Turn over deliverables.

C.

Sign a formal contract with non-disclosure.

D.

Assess what the organization is trying to protect.

Question 39

An ethical hacker for a large security research firm performs penetration tests, vulnerability tests, and risk assessments. A friend recently started a company and asks the hacker to perform a penetration test and vulnerability assessment of the new company as a favor. What should the hacker's next step be before starting work on this job?

Options:

A.

Start by foot printing the network and mapping out a plan of attack.

B.

Ask the employer for authorization to perform the work outside the company.

C.

Begin the reconnaissance phase with passive information gathering and then move into active information gathering.

D.

Use social engineering techniques on the friend's employees to help identify areas that may be susceptible to attack.

Question 40

A computer technician is using a new version of a word processing software package when it is discovered that a special sequence of characters causes the entire computer to crash. The technician researches the bug and discovers that no one else experienced the problem. What is the appropriate next step?

Options:

A.

Ignore the problem completely and let someone else deal with it.

B.

Create a document that will crash the computer when opened and send it to friends.

C.

Find an underground bulletin board and attempt to sell the bug to the highest bidder.

D.

Notify the vendor of the bug and do not disclose it until the vendor gets a chance to issue a fix.

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