ECCouncil 312-50 Exam Made Easy: Step-by-Step Preparation Guide

Questions 41

A bank stores and processes sensitive privacy information related to home loans. However, auditing has never been enabled on the system. What is the first step that the bank should take before enabling the audit feature?

Options:

Perform a vulnerability scan of the system.

Determine the impact of enabling the audit feature.

Perform a cost/benefit analysis of the audit feature.

Allocate funds for staffing of audit log review.

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Questions 42

Which of the following is a detective control?

Options:

Smart card authentication

Security policy

Audit trail

Continuity of operations plan

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Questions 43

A penetration tester is hired to do a risk assessment of a company's DMZ. The rules of engagement states that the penetration test be done from an external IP address with no prior knowledge of the internal IT systems. What kind of test is being performed?

Options:

white box

grey box

red box

black box

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Questions 44

An NMAP scan of a server shows port 25 is open. What risk could this pose?

Options:

Open printer sharing

Web portal data leak

Clear text authentication

Active mail relay

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Questions 45

Which of the following is a component of a risk assessment?

Options:

Physical security

Administrative safeguards

DMZ

Logical interface

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Questions 46

The following is part of a log file taken from the machine on the network with the IP address of 192.168.1.106:

312-50 Question 46

What type of activity has been logged?

Options:

Port scan targeting 192.168.1.103

Teardrop attack targeting 192.168.1.106

Denial of service attack targeting 192.168.1.103

Port scan targeting 192.168.1.106

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Questions 47

A certified ethical hacker (CEH) is approached by a friend who believes her husband is cheating. She offers to pay to break into her husband's email account in order to find proof so she can take him to court. What is the ethical response?

Options:

Say no; the friend is not the owner of the account.

Say yes; the friend needs help to gather evidence.

Say yes; do the job for free.

Say no; make sure that the friend knows the risk she’s asking the CEH to take.

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Questions 48

Which initial procedure should an ethical hacker perform after being brought into an organization?

Options:

Begin security testing.

Turn over deliverables.

Sign a formal contract with non-disclosure.

Assess what the organization is trying to protect.

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Questions 49

A certified ethical hacker (CEH) completed a penetration test of the main headquarters of a company almost two months ago, but has yet to get paid. The customer is suffering from financial problems, and the CEH is worried that the company will go out of business and end up not paying. What actions should the CEH take?

Options:

Threaten to publish the penetration test results if not paid.

Follow proper legal procedures against the company to request payment.

Tell other customers of the financial problems with payments from this company.

Exploit some of the vulnerabilities found on the company webserver to deface it.

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Questions 50

An ethical hacker for a large security research firm performs penetration tests, vulnerability tests, and risk assessments. A friend recently started a company and asks the hacker to perform a penetration test and vulnerability assessment of the new company as a favor. What should the hacker's next step be before starting work on this job?