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ECSA Combined Exam/ Practice Exam Questions with Correct Verified Answers/ Latest Update 2024/ Rated A+
How many bits is Source Port Number in TCP Header packet?
- 48
- 32
- 64
D. 16 - ANS - D
Why are Linux/Unix based computers better to use than Windows computers for idle scanning?
- Windows computers are constantly talking
- Linux/Unix computers are constantly talking
- Linux/Unix computers are easier to compromise
- Windows computers will not respond to idle scans - ANS – A
What is the following command trying to accomplish?
C:\>nmap -sun -p445 192.168.0.0/24
- Verify that TCP port 445 is open for the 192.168.0.0 network
- Verify that UDP port 445 is open for the 192.168.0.0 network
- Verify that UDP port 445 is closed for the 192.168.0.0 network 1 / 4
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- Verify that NETBIOS is running for the 192.168.0.0 network - ANS - B
When setting up a wireless network with multiple access points, why is it important to set each access point on a different channel?
- Avoid cross talk
- Avoid over-saturation of wireless signals
- So that the access points will work on different frequencies
- Multiple access points can be set up on the same channel without any issues - ANS -
A
A packet is sent to a router that does not have the packet destination address in its route table; how will the packet get to its proper destination address in its route table?
- Root Internet servers
- Border Gateway Protocol
- Gateway of last resort
- Reverse DNS - ANS - C
Larry is an IT consultant who works for corporations and government agencies. Larry plans on shutting down the city's network using BGP devices and zombies? What type of Penetration Testing is Larry planning to carry out?
- Internal Penetration Testing
- Firewall Penetration Testing
- DoS Penetration Testing
- Router Penetration Testing - ANS - C
You are a security analyst performing reconnaissance on a company you will be carrying out a penetration test for. You conduct a search for IT jobs on Dice.com and
find the following information for an open position:
7+ years’ experience in Windows Server environment 5+ years’ experience in Exchange 2000/2003 environment 2 / 4
3 Experience with Cisco Pix Firewall, Linksys 1376 router, Oracle 11i and MYOB v3.4 Accounting software is required MCSA desired, MCSE, CEH preferred No Unix/Linux Experience needed What is this information posted on the job website considered?
- Information vulnerability
- Social engineering exploit
- Trade secret
- Competitive exploit - ANS - A
Michael works for Kimball Construction Company as senior security analyst. As part of yearly security audit, Michael scans his network for vulnerabilities. Using Nmap, Michael conducts XMAS scan and most of the ports scanned do not give a response. In what state are these ports?
- Filtered
- Stealth
- Closed
- Open - ANS - D
Simon is a former employee of Trinitron XML Inc. He feels he was wrongly terminated and wants to hack into his former company's network. Since Simon remembers some of the server names, he attempts to run the afro and if commands using DIG. What is Simon trying to accomplish here?
- Enumerate all the users in the domain
- Perform DNS poisoning
- Send DOS commands to crash the DNS servers
- Perform a zone transfer - ANS – D
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4 After undergoing an external IT audit, George realizes his network is vulnerable to DDoS attacks. What countermeasures could he take to prevent DDoS attacks?
- Enable BGP
- Disable BGP
- Enable direct broadcasts
- Disable direct broadcasts - ANS - D
You are a security analyst performing a penetration test for a company in the Midwest.After some initial reconnaissance, you discover the IP addresses of some Cisco routers used by the company. You type in the following URL that includes the IP address of one
of the routers:
http://172.168.4.131/level/99/exec/show/config
After typing in this URL, you are presented with the entire configuration file for that router. What have you discovered?
- URL Obfuscation Arbitrary Administrative Access Vulnerability
- Cisco IOS Arbitrary Administrative Access Online Vulnerability
- HTTP Configuration Arbitrary Administrative Access Vulnerability
- HTML Configuration Arbitrary Administrative Access Vulnerability - ANS – C
George wants to use Ethereal to monitor network traffic, but only SFTP traffic to and from his network. What filter should George use in Ethereal?
- net port 22
- up port 22 and host 172.16.28.1/24
- sac port 22 and dust port 22
- sac port 23 and dust port 23 - ANS - C
You are assisting a Department of Defense contract company to become compliant with the stringent security policies set by the DoD. One such strict rule is that firewalls must only allow incoming connections that were first initiated by internal computers. What type of firewall must you implement to abide by this policy?
- Circuit-level proxy firewall
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