IS4560 CH 12 Sniffers, Session Hacking, & Denial of Service Attacks

Question 1

1. A DoS is meant to deny a service from legitimate usage.

A. True B. False

Answer 1

True

Question 2

2. Sniffers can be used to:
A. Decrypt information 
B. Capture information 
C. Hijack communications 
D. Security enforcement

Answer 2

Capture information

Question 3

3. Session hijacking is used to capture traffic.
   A. True
   B. False

Answer 3

False

Question 4

4. Session hijacking is used to take over an authenticated session
   A. True B. False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

5. Active sniffing is used when switches are present.

A. True B. False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

6. ________ is used to overwhelm a service.

Answer 6

Hijacking

Question 7

7. ________ is used to flood a switch with bogus MAC addresses.

Answer 7

MAC flooding

Question 8

8. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is used to fake a MAC address.
A. Spoofing 
B. Flooding 
C. Poisoning 
D. Hijacking

Answer 8

Spoofing

Question 9

9. What type of device can have its memory filled up when MAC flooding is used?
A. Hub 
B. Switch 
C. Router 
D. Gateway

Answer 9

Switch

Question 10

10. What technique is used when traffic is captured on a network with hubs?
A. Active sniffing 
B. Passive sniffing 
C. MAC Flooding 
D. Ether flooding

Answer 10

Passive sniffing