Practice Exam 9 Flashcards
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
Banner
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
Banner grabbing
A command-line utility used for checking the reachability of a remote network host is called:
ping
tracert
dig
netstat
ping
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
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.
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
netstat
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
Displaying active TCP/IP connections
Which netstat parameter allows to display all connections and listening ports?
-a
-p
-e
-r
-a
Which netstat parameter displays addresses and port numbers in numerical form?
-b
-n
-q
-r
-n
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
tracert
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
traceroute
Which of the following CLI tools is used to troubleshoot DNS-related problems?
arp
nslookup
tracert
pathping
nslookup
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
False
ARP is used to perform what kind of resolution?
IP to FQDN
MAC to IP
IP to MAC
FQDN to IP
IP to MAC
Which command in MS Windows displays a table consisting of IP addresses and their resolved physical addresses?
arp -e
netstat -n
nslookup
arp -a
arp -a
What is the name of a Windows command-line utility that can be used to display TCP/IP configuration settings?
ifconfig
nslookup
ipconfig
netstat
ipconfig
Used without any parameters, ipconfig displays the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway for all adapters.
True
False
True
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
/all
Which ipconfig parameter allows to view the physical address of a Network Interface Card (NIC)?
-S srcaddr
/all
-i address
eth_addr
/all
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
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
What is the name of a Linux command-line utility that can be used to display TCP/IP configuration settings?
ifconfig
netstat
nslookup
ipconfig
ifconfig
The ip command in Linux is the preferred replacement for:
netstat
ifconfig
nslookup
ipconfig
ifconfig
Which of the answers listed below refers to a command-line packet capturing utility?
netcat
Zenmap
tcpdump
Nmap
tcpdump
Which of the following command-line tools is used for discovering hosts and services on a network?
Nmap
netcat
Zenmap
tcpdump
Nmap
Which of the command-line utilities listed below can be used to perform a port scan? (Select 2 answers)
Zenmap Nmap tcpdump netcat nslookup
Nmap
netcat
A command-line tool that can be used for banner grabbing is called:
tcpdump
netcat
Nmap
Wireshark
netcat
