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Practice Exam 9 Flashcards

1
Q

Which of the following terms is used to describe a text message containing system information details displayed after connecting to a service on a server?

Log
Trap
Signature
Banner

A

Banner

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2
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The practice of connecting to an open port on a remote host to gather more information about its configuration is known as:

Phishing
Bluesnarfing
Banner grabbing
eDiscovery

A

Banner grabbing

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3
Q

A command-line utility used for checking the reachability of a remote network host is called:

ping
tracert
dig
netstat

A

ping

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4
Q

A security technician was asked to configure a firewall so that the protected system would not send echo reply packets. What type of traffic should be blocked on the firewall to accomplish this task?

SRTP
ICMP
CCMP
SNMP

A

ICMP

ICMP(Internet Control Message Protocol) is an error-reporting protocol network devices like routers use to generate error messages to the source IP address when network problems prevent delivery of IP packets.

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5
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What is the name of a command-line utility that allows for displaying protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections?

ipconfig
tracert
netstat
traceroute

A

netstat

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6
Q

Netstat is a command-line utility which can be used for:

Displaying active TCP/IP connections
Testing the reachability of a remote host
Displaying intermediary points on the packet route
Viewing the TCP/IP configuration details

A

Displaying active TCP/IP connections

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7
Q

Which netstat parameter allows to display all connections and listening ports?

-a
-p
-e
-r

A

-a

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8
Q

Which netstat parameter displays addresses and port numbers in numerical form?

-b
-n
-q
-r

A

-n

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9
Q

A network command-line utility in MS Windows that tracks and displays the route taken by an IP packet on its way to another host is called:

ping
traceroute
dig
tracert

A

tracert

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10
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A Linux command-line utility for displaying intermediary points (routers) an IP packet is passed through on its way to another network node is known as:

nbtstat
traceroute
netstat
tracert

A

traceroute

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11
Q

Which of the following CLI tools is used to troubleshoot DNS-related problems?

arp
nslookup
tracert
pathping

A

nslookup

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12
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Domain information groper (dig) and nslookup are command-line tools used for DNS queries. Both utilities are available on Windows and Linux. Of the two, nslookup is the preferred tool on UNIX-like systems; dig is the default DNS query tool for MS Windows.

True
False

A

False

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13
Q

ARP is used to perform what kind of resolution?

IP to FQDN
MAC to IP
IP to MAC
FQDN to IP

A

IP to MAC

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14
Q

Which command in MS Windows displays a table consisting of IP addresses and their resolved physical addresses?

arp -e
netstat -n
nslookup
arp -a

A

arp -a

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15
Q

What is the name of a Windows command-line utility that can be used to display TCP/IP configuration settings?

ifconfig
nslookup
ipconfig
netstat

A

ipconfig

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16
Q

Used without any parameters, ipconfig displays the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway for all adapters.

True
False

A

True

17
Q

Which of the following answers lists an ipconfig command parameter used for displaying the full TCP/IP configuration information for all adapters?

-a
/?
/all
/-a

A

/all

18
Q

Which ipconfig parameter allows to view the physical address of a Network Interface Card (NIC)?

-S srcaddr
/all
-i address
eth_addr

A

/all

19
Q

Which of the following command-line commands in MS Windows are used for resetting the DHCP configuration settings for all adapters? (Select 2 answers)

ifconfig eth0 down
ipconfig /release
ifconfig eth0 up
ipconfig /renew

A

ipconfig /release

ipconfig /renew

20
Q

What is the name of a Linux command-line utility that can be used to display TCP/IP configuration settings?

ifconfig
netstat
nslookup
ipconfig

A

ifconfig

21
Q

The ip command in Linux is the preferred replacement for:

netstat
ifconfig
nslookup
ipconfig

A

ifconfig

22
Q

Which of the answers listed below refers to a command-line packet capturing utility?

netcat
Zenmap
tcpdump
Nmap

A

tcpdump

23
Q

Which of the following command-line tools is used for discovering hosts and services on a network?

Nmap
netcat
Zenmap
tcpdump

A

Nmap

24
Q

Which of the command-line utilities listed below can be used to perform a port scan? (Select 2 answers)

Zenmap
Nmap
tcpdump
netcat
nslookup
A

Nmap

netcat

25
Q

A command-line tool that can be used for banner grabbing is called:

tcpdump
netcat
Nmap
Wireshark

A

netcat

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