IS4560 CH 5 Footprinting Tools and Techniques

Question 1

1. What is the best description of footprinting?
A. Passive information gathering 
B. Active information gathering 
C. Actively mapping an organization’s
vulnerabilities 
D. Using vulnerability scanners to map
an organization

Answer 1

Passive information gathering

Question 2

2. Which of the following is the best example of passive information gathering?
   A. Reviewing job listings posted by the targeted company
   B. Port scanning the targeted company
   C. Calling the company and asking questions
   about its services
   D. Driving around the targeted company
   connecting to open wireless connections

Answer 2

Reviewing job listings posted by the targeted company

Question 3

3. Which of the following is not typically a Web resource used to footprint a company?
A. Company Web site 
B. Job search sites 
C. Internet Archive 
D. Phonebooks

Answer 3

Phonebooks

Question 4

4. If you were looking for information about a company’s financial history you would want to check the ________ database.

Answer 4

EDGAR

Question 5

5. Which of the following is the best description of the intitle tag?
   A. Instructs Google to look in the URL of a specific site
   B. Instructs Google to ignore words in the title of a specific document
   C. Instructs Google to search for a term within the title of a document
   D. Instructs Google to search a specific URL

Answer 5

Instructs Google to search for a term within the title of a document

Question 6

6. If you need to find a domain that is located in Canada, the best RIR to check first would be ________.

Answer 6

ARIN

Question 7

7. You have been asked to look up a domain that is located in Europe. Which RIR should you examine first?
A. LACNIC 
B. APNIC 
C. RIPE 
D. ARIN

Answer 7

RIPE

Question 8

8. SNMP uses encryption and is therefore a secure program.

A. True B. False

Answer 8

False

Question 9

9. You need to determine the path to a specific IP address. Which of the following tools is the best to use?
A. IANA 
B. Nslookup 
C. Whois 
D. Traceroute

Answer 9

Traceroute

Question 10

10. During the footprinting process social networking sites can be used to find out about employees and look for technology policies and practices.
    A. True B. False

Answer 10

True