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1
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What is the correct order of a TCP three-way handshake?

A

Syn, syn-ack, ack

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2
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Which command is used to display files in a directory under the Windows
OS?

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dir

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What is a good example of a valid internal IP address?

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  • 192.168.21.05/24
  • 24 = the number of subnets that can be on a class c address
  • How many host are in a class c network - 254 usable with one being the gateway 255
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What is a good example of UDP protocol usage?

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  • Movie streaming
  • Udp - no connection needed
  • Tcp - needs a connection
  • TCP is a connection-oriented protocol, whereas UDP is a connectionless protocol.
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5
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Which of the following Windows accounts has the weakest permissions?

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  • Guest
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6
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What is hping3?

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  • A Linux tool that sends multiple packets and can creates a DoS attack.
  • If you type this in kali linux it will create havoc hping3 -1 –flood 192.168.1.23
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What are the differences between Information Security and Cyber Security?

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  • Cyber security protects against all types of cyber crimes, while information security protects the information itself.
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What could be the subnet mask of a class A network?

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  • Example:
  • A = 255.0.0.0
  • B = 255.255.0.0
  • C = 255.255.255.0
  • Professor example:
  • 255.0.0.0
  • 255.255.255.254
  • 255.255.255.0
  • 255.255.0.0
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What is the role of a DNS server?

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  • Translating common names to IP addresses.
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What is the difference between a hub and a router?

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  • A hub operates in layer 1, while a router operates in layer 3.
  • Layer1: PhysicalLayer.

Layer2: Data LinkLayer.

Layer3: NetworkLayer.

Layer4: TransportLayer.

Layer5: SessionLayer.

Layer6: PresentationLayer.

Layer7: ApplicationLayer.

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11
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Which of the following is not an example of a DDoS attack?

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  • Man in the middle
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12
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Cyber defense services are needed for:

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  • Detection, prevention, recovery
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13
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What is the best password option that can be set to harden one’s account?

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  • 99CSULBCru!SeIsDBest
  • 2FA - two factor authentication
  • MFA - multi factor authentication
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14
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You open Google Chrome and search for a new Razer mouse. The computer
reacts slowly. What type of hardware might be causing this?

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  • ~Network card
  • ~Motherboard
  • ~CPU
  • =All answers above are possible

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15
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Which of the following is not a physical control?

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  • Anti-Virus
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16
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What is the purpose of the DMZ?

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  • A sub-network that exposes an organization’s external facing service.
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17
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What is the purpose of the Ping command?

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  • Send packets to check if a host is reachable.
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18
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Which of the following is a DDoS tool?

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  • LOIC - Low Orbit Ion Canon
  • DoS - an attack from a single source
  • DDoS - an attack from multiple sources
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19
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Ping of Death is an example of which attack?

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  • DoS attack
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20
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If someone hacked into a Facebook manager account and demand payment or they will release sensitive information to the public, what type of hacker would probably be involved?

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  • Black Hat
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21
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Which of the following statements is FALSE? Choose one

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  • MAC addresses change according to the network, while IP addresses are fixed per computer and have a unique identifier.
  • False
  • IP addresses operate in the third layer, while MAC addresses operate in the second layer of the OSI model.
  • True
  • Which of the following statements is FALSE? Choose one.
* MAC addresses change according to the network, while IP addresses are fixed per computer and have a unique identifier.
  • ~An example of an IP address is 192.168.0.1 and an example of a MAC
  • address is 00-50-56-C0-00-08.
* 00:11:22:33:44:55
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22
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What is the difference between a virus and a worm?

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  • Worms self-replicate but viruses do not.
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23
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Select the terms below that make up the CIA triad? Choose all correct
answers.

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  • confidentiality, integrity, availability
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24
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Which of the following is the main concept of MITM?

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  • When an attacker is between two other hosts and intercepts the communication.
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25
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What is one difference between APT and Script Kiddies?

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  • APT is typically sponsored by a nation or state, while Script Kiddies are not well-funded.
26
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What are the layers of the OSI model?

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  • All People Seem To need Data Processing

* Application, Presentation, session, Transport, Network, Data Link, Physical

27
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What are the advantages of using virtualization?

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  • Can provide a safe lab environment for testing and threat investigation.
  • Allows a single hardware platform to provide resources for multiple servers.
28
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What is the purpose of the kernel in the operating system?

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Manages hardware resources and availability to the software

29
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Which is true about threads and processes?

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  • Each process has a separate memory space, unlike threads that use the same memory space of their parent process.
30
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What is the Windows Registry?

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A database that holds different system and application configurations

31
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Which type of attack exploits a vulnerability in the TCP/IP 3-way handshake process?

32
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Which of the following tools can be used for flooding a host with network traffic?

33
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Which of the following is the least secure protocol to use when setting up a wireless network?

34
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What is MAC flooding?

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  • Flooding a switch with requests until it reverts to broadcast mode
35
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Which of the following is a name of a tool that can be used in order to initiate a MITM attack?

36
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Which aspects of the CIA triad does evidence preservation help ensure? Select all correct answers

A
  • Integrity, Confidentiality
37
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Firewall

A

inspects, detects, and blocks traffic based on places and parameters (IP,Port,etc).

38
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Antivirus

A

inspects, detects, and removes malware

39
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Cyber space

A

the mutual area - refers to info shared by computer and network.

40
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CIA

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confidentiality - the act of sharing or revealing info only to authorized personnel.
Integrity - The ability to ensure that information or data remains unchanged and accurate.
Availability - ensuring data or service accessibility to those who require it, when they require it.

41
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  1. Dos

2. Ddos

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  1. is from a single attacker

2. comes from multiple sources

42
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EternalBlue

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is an exploit that allows cyber threat actors to remotely execute arbitrary code and
gain access to a network by sending specially crafted packets

43
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URL

A

uniform resource locator

44
Q

http

A

hyper text transfer protocol

45
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ftp

A

file transfer protocol

46
Q

Https

A

hyper text transfer protocol secure

47
Q

SMB

A

server message block

48
Q

What 5 ports would you test

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  • Port 445 smb
  • Port 53 dns
  • Port 88 tcp/udp
  • Port 22 ssh
  • Port 8080 proxy and cachingport
49
Q

What is more secure ftp or ssh

A

ssh is more secure

50
Q

Fuzzdb ports

A

Dictionary of attack patterns and primitives for black-box application fault injection and resource discovery.

51
Q

2g

5g

A

2g farther

5g if you are closer

52
Q

two things needed to connect to the internet?

A

MAC address and an IP address

53
Q

MAC address is in

IP address in in

A

MAC address is in hex a decimal

IP address in in decimal

54
Q

Smtp

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - port 25

55
Q

ACL

A

access control list

56
Q

iscovered a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol.

A

dan kaminsky

The flaw could allow attackers to easily perform cache poisoning attacks on most nameservers

57
Q

CTF

A

Capture the Flag

58
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DMZ

A

Demilitarized Zone

59
Q

Cd
.
..

A

change directory
one dot means here
two dots means go back to previous

60
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dir

A

is going to show the current directory

61
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ping

A

check if a host is reachable

62
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Mac flooding

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is when an attacker floods a switch until it reverts to broadcast mode.

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