Victor is a novice Ethical Hacker. He is learning the hacking process, i.e., the steps taken by malicious hackers to perform hacking. Which of the following steps is NOT included in the hacking process?

1. A. Scanning
2. B. Preparation
3. C. gaining access
4. D. Reconnaissance

Correct Answer: B

Which of the following is executed when a predetermined event occurs?

1. A. Trojan horse
2. B. Logic bomb
3. C. MAC
4. D. Worm

Correct Answer: B

Adam works as a Security Administrator for Umbrella Inc. A project has been assigned to him to test the network security of the company. He created a webpage to discuss the progress of the tests with employees who were interested in following the test. Visitors were allowed to click on a company's icon to mark the progress of the test. Adam successfully embeds a keylogger. He also added some statistics on the webpage. The firewall protects the network well and allows strict Internet access.
How was security compromised and how did the firewall respond?

1. A. The attack was social engineering and the firewall did not detect it.
2. B. Security was not compromised as the webpage was hosted internally.
3. C. The attack was Cross Site Scripting and the firewall blocked it.
4. D. Security was compromised as keylogger is invisible for firewall.

Correct Answer: A

You work as a Network Administrator for Marioxnet Inc. You have the responsibility of handling two routers with BGP protocol for the enterprise's network. One of the two routers gets flooded with an unexpected number of data packets, while the other router starves with no packets reaching it. Which of the following attacks can be a potential cause of this?

1. A. Packet manipulation
2. B. Denial-of-Service
3. C. Spoofing
4. D. Eavesdropping

Correct Answer: B

Which of the following procedures is designed to enable security personnel to identify, mitigate, and recover from malicious computer incidents, such as unauthorized access to a system or data, denialof-service, or unauthorized changes to system hardware, software, or data?

1. A. Disaster Recovery Plan
2. B. Cyber Incident Response Plan
3. C. Crisis Communication Plan
4. D. Occupant Emergency Plan

Correct Answer: B