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Free ECCouncil 412-79 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers

Questions 1

When monitoring for both intrusion and security events between multiple computers, it is essential that the computers‟ clocks are synchronize D. Synchronized time allows an administrator to reconstruct what took place during an attack against multiple computers. Without synchronized time, it is very difficult to determine exactly when specific events took place, and how events interlace. What is the name of the service used to synchronize time among multiple computers?

Options:
A.

Universal Time Set

B.

Network Time Protocol

C.

SyncTime Service

D.

Time-Sync Protocol

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Questions 2

In what way do the procedures for dealing with evidence in a criminal case differ from the procedures for dealing with evidence in a civil case?

Options:
A.

evidence must be handled in the same way regardless of the type of case

B.

evidence procedures are not important unless you work for a law enforcement agency

C.

evidence in a criminal case must be secured more tightly than in a civil case

D.

evidence in a civil case must be secured more tightly than in a criminal case

Questions 3

While working for a prosecutor, What do you think you should do if the evidence you found appears to be exculpatory and is not being released to the defense ?

Options:
A.

Keep the information of file for later review

B.

Destroy the evidence

C.

Bring the information to the attention of the prosecutor, his or her supervisor or finally to the judge

D.

Present the evidence to the defense attorney

Questions 4

Lance wants to place a honeypot on his network. Which of the following would be your recommendations?

Options:
A.

Use a system that has a dynamic addressing on the network

B.

Use a system that is not directlyinteracing with the router

C.

Use it on a system in an external DMZ in front of the firewall

D.

It doesn‟t matter as all replies are faked

Questions 5

It takes _____________ mismanaged case/s to ruin your professional reputation as a computer forensics examiner?

Options:
A.

by law, three

B.

quite a few

C.

only one

D.

at least two

Questions 6

The offset in a hexadecimal code is:

Options:
A.

The last byte after the colon

B.

The 0x at the beginning of the code

C.

The 0x at the end of the code

D.

The first byte after the colon

Questions 7

When examining the log files from a Windows IIS Web Server, how often is a new log file created?

Options:
A.

the same log is used at all times

B.

a new log file is created everyday

C.

a new log file is created each week

D.

a new log is created each time the Web Server is started

Questions 8

When investigating a potential e-mail crime, what is your first step in the investigation?

Options:
A.

Trace the IP address to its origin

B.

Write a report

C.

Determine whether a crime was actually committed

D.

Recover the evidence

Questions 9

You are assigned to work in the computer forensics lab of a state police agency. While working on a high profile criminal case, you have followed every applicable procedure, however your boss is still concerned that the defense attorney might question weather evidence has been changed while at the laB. What can you do to prove that the evidence is the same as it was when it first entered the lab?

Options:
A.

make an MD5 hash of the evidence and compare it with the original MD5 hash that was taken when the evidence first entered the lab

B.

make an MD5 hash of the evidence and compare it to the standard database developed by NIST

C.

there is no reason to worry about this possible claim because state labs are certified

D.

sign a statement attesting that the evidence is the same as it was when it entered the lab

Questions 10

The following excerpt is taken from a honeypot log. The log captures activities across three days. There are several intrusion attempts; however, a few are successful. (Note: The objective of this question is to test whether the student can read basic information from log entries and interpret the nature of attack.) Apr 24 14:46:46 [4663]: spp_portscan: portscan detected from 194.222.156.169 Apr 24 14:46:46 [4663]: IDS27/FIN Scan: 194.222.156.169:56693 -> 172.16.1.107:482 Apr 24 18:01:05 [4663]: IDS/DNS-version-query: 212.244.97.121:3485 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 24 19:04:01 [4663]: IDS213/ftp-passwd-retrieval: 194.222.156.169:1425 -> 172.16.1.107:21 Apr 25 08:02:41 [5875]: spp_portscan: PORTSCAN DETECTED from 24.9.255.53 Apr 25 02:08:07 [5875]: IDS277/DNS-version-query: 63.226.81.13:4499 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 25 02:08:07 [5875]: IDS277/DNS-version-query: 63.226.81.13:4630 -> 172.16.1.101:53 Apr 25 02:38:17 [5875]: IDS/RPC-rpcinfo-query: 212.251.1.94:642 -> 172.16.1.107:111 Apr 25 19:37:32 [5875]: IDS230/web-cgi-space-wildcard: 198.173.35.164:4221 -> 172.16.1.107:80 Apr 26 05:45:12 [6283]: IDS212/dns-zone-transfer: 38.31.107.87:2291 -> 172.16.1.101:53 Apr 26 06:43:05 [6283]: IDS181/nops-x86: 63.226.81.13:1351 -> 172.16.1.107:53 Apr 26 06:44:25 victim7 PAM_pwdb[12509]: (login) session opened for user simple by (uid=0) Apr 26 06:44:36 victim7 PAM_pwdb[12521]: (su) session opened for user simon by simple(uid=506) Apr 26 06:45:34 [6283]: IDS175/socks-probe: 24.112.167.35:20 -> 172.16.1.107:1080 Apr 26 06:52:10 [6283]: IDS127/telnet-login-incorrect: 172.16.1.107:23 -> 213.28.22.189:4558 From the options given below choose the one which best interprets the following entry: Apr 26 06:43:05 [6283]: IDS181/nops-x86: 63.226.81.13:1351 -> 172.16.1.107:53

Options:
A.

An IDS evasion technique

B.

A buffer overflow attempt

C.

A DNS zone transfer

D.

Data being retrieved from 63.226.81.13

Exam Code: 412-79
Certification Provider: ECCouncil
Exam Name: EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
Last Update: May 23, 2025
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