Ethical Hacking 1 Quiz

Question 1

What term is also used to describe an ethical hacker, which is a security professional who employs their hacking skills for defensive purposes?

Answer 1

White hat

Question 2

Which attack approach to ethical hacking deals with the ethical hacker trying to extract the data from devices, such as laptop computers and PDAs?

Answer 2

Stolen equipment attack

Question 3

In the conclusion phase of an ethical hacking assignment, which of the following procedures should be followed?

Answer 3

Data that is kept for long term clients must be encrypted and stored offline.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a definition of a vulnerability?

Answer 4

An action or event that might compromise security

{right definitions}

A security weakness in a target of evaluation. The presence of a weakness, design error, or implementation error. Weakness in an information system or components.

Question 5

Which category of ethical hacker should inadvertently put their client at risk from future attacks?

Answer 5

Former black hats

Question 6

Which term refers to a breach in security?

Answer 6

exposure

Question 7

Which term means that the owner of a system should have confidence that the system will behave according to its specifications?

Answer 7

Assurance

Question 8

When conducting an ethical hacking assignment, which step is very important to conduct, as it protects the ethical hacker from prosecution?

Answer 8

Prepare NDA documents.

Question 9

Which phases of an attack is when the attacker begins to actively probe the target for vulnerabilities that can be exploited?

Answer 9

Scanning

Question 10

The information resource or asset that is being protected from attacks is usually referred to as what?

Answer 10

The target of evaluation