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NETSEC
Contributed by: Billo
  • 1. Which virus maliciously leverages application macro features such as those in office suites
A) Script virus
B) Program virus
C) Boot sector virus
D) Macro Virus
  • 2. What is the purpose of an FTP trojan
A) Launch attack and perform other illegal activities
B) Enable authorize transfer service
C) Unable unauthorized file transfer services
D) Enable unauthorized file transfer services
  • 3. What is the function of a proxy trojan?
A) Enable and authorize file transfer services
B) Launch attacks in perform other illegal activities
C) Enable and unauthorized file transfer services
  • 4. Which sources are most appropriate for querying public information about a target organization
A) Local port 22 on a specific server
B) WHOIS Records
C) General purpose search engine
D) Company website
  • 5. What is the primary purpose of multi-hop port prediction?
A) It tunnels traffic through a trusted intermediary to bypass access controls
B) It blocks inbound connections to the target host
C) Upgrading telnet to a secure protocol
D) It uses MAC address is pooping to hide the attacker's identity
  • 6. What is the primary risk of a Man- in- the- middle (MITM) attack
A) It is only used for denial- of -service(DoS)
B) The attacker can read and modify communications between two legitimate parties
C) Data remains confidential but the connection is slow
D) Modern in points always detect and block this automatically
  • 7. Which attack occurs when an attacker changes their hardware address to impersonate another device?
A) DHCP starvation
B) Port Scanning
C) MAC spoofing
D) IP spoofing
  • 8. Define the primary method used in a credential stuffing attack?
A) Creating fake accounts to overwhelm a service
B) Intercepting network traffic
C) Using stolen usernames and passwords to gain unauthorized acces
D) Exploiting software vulnerabilities
  • 9. What is a major risk to users during a DNS spoofing attack
A) User are unable to access the legitimate website
B) The attack can be easily detected by the browser
C) Data transmitted to the legitimate site is encrypted
D) Users may unknowingly provide sensitive information to the attacker
  • 10. What is the process of proving a server to identify open ports and services
A) Port scanning
B) Session hijacking
C) Network sniffing
D) Packet injection
  • 11. List of the common types of spoofing use in access attacks
A) Hydra spoofing and MAC spoofing
B) Network spoofing
C) Ip spoofing, MAC spoofing, and DHCP spoofing
  • 12. A trojan horse can be used to delete files, corrupt data, and damage system
A) False
B) None of them
C) Maybe
D) True
  • 13. Which virus targets executable files (e.g., .exe,. .com)?
A) Keylogger
B) Worm virus
C) Script virus
D) Program virus
  • 14. Which trojan monitors and records every keystroke
A) Program virus
B) Spyware
C) Keylogger
D) Adware
  • 15. Which malware tracks user activity and harvests personal data?
A) Keylogger
B) Script virus
C) Adware
D) Spyware
  • 16. Which malware redirects browser to specific websites or install unwanted toolbars?
A) Script virus
B) Adware
C) Keylogger
D) Spyware
  • 17. Which virus is written in languages like VBScript or JavaScript
A) Script viruses
B) Adware
C) Bitcoin
D) Spyware
  • 18. What exactly does a keylogger capture
A) Unauthorized discovery in mapping
B) None of this
C) A company website
D) Keystrokes entered into forms and applications
  • 19. What is the preferred payment method for ransomware
A) Botcoin
B) Bitcoin
C) Coins
  • 20. What type of malware is design to replicate itself and spread to other computers
A) Worm
B) Virus
C) Ransomware
D) Trojan horse
  • 21. Which type of malware is specifically designed to steal sensitive information such as login credentials?
A) Rootkit
B) Trojan horse
C) adware
D) Spyware
  • 22. Which of the following is a technique used to trick individuals into refilling sensitive information?
A) Network sniffing
B) Data mining
C) Social engineering
D) Encryption
  • 23. What is the term for software that collects personal information without the user's consent
A) Malware
B) Adware
C) Ransomware
D) Spyware
  • 24. What is the term for malicious software that encrypts a user's files and demands payment for the decryption key
A) Ransomware
B) Adware
C) Trojan horse
D) Spyware
  • 25. What type of attack involves overwhelming a system with traffic to make it unavailable to users?
A) SQL injection
B) Denial of service
C) Fishing
D) Man-in-the middle
  • 26. What type of malware disguises itself as a legitimate program to trick users into installing it?
A) Spyware
B) Worm
C) Trojan horse
D) Adware
  • 27. Which of the following is a common method used by attackers to gain an authorized access to a system?
A) All of the above
B) Social engineering
C) Brute force attack
D) Phishing
  • 28. You receive an email from your bank telling you that your account has been compromise and you need to validate your account details or else your account will be closed you are surprised to click a link to validate your information what is the an example of?
A) Ransomware
B) Phishing
C) Spam
D) Security branch at your bank that needs to be resolved
  • 29. What type of software is used to circumvent normal security processes on a computer?
A) Phage virus
B) Trojan horse
C) Backdoor
D) Spyware
  • 30. Which of the following are considered physical security risk
A) Password cracking
B) Cooking
C) Hardware theft
D) Phishing
  • 31. What is the name of an application that appears to look like a helpful application but instead does harm to your computer?
A) Trojan horse
B) Virus
C) Malware
D) Worm
  • 32. Someone was recently caught sifting through your company's trash looking for confidential information. What is this an example of?
A) Phishing
B) Trash snooping
C) Dumpster diving
D) Social engineering
  • 33. IT security recently found a program on your co-workers computer that apparently tracked all of the words that they type into the computer what kind of malware is this?
A) Trojan horse
B) Keyblogger
C) Keylogger
D) Keystroke virus
  • 34. What is it called when a co-worker sitting next to you always seems to look your way when you try to enter your user ID and password to log onto the network?
A) Phishing
B) Shoulder surfing
C) Social engineering
D) Coincidence
  • 35. Rose just installed a new search engine on her laptop now whenever she searches the internet she gets several pop up windows directing here to buy products what does rose have?
A) Ransomware
B) Spyware
C) Adware
D) Trojan horse
  • 36. The system administrator in your office quits unexpectedly and the middle of the day it's quickly apparent that he changed the server password and no one knows what is it. what might you do and this type of situation?
A) Use a trojan horse to find the password
B) Is social engineering to find the password
C) Delete and reinstall the server
D) Use a password cracker to find the password
  • 37. which of the following operating system are susceptible to viruses?
A) Windows
B) Windows and MAC os X
C) Windows and MAC os X and linux, and android
D) Windows and MAC os X, and linux
  • 38. A virus that covers itself to protect its code, making it harder to find and eradicate, is called what?
A) Stealth virus
B) Armored virus
C) Polymorphic virus
D) Trojan horse
  • 39. You were browsing the web on a questionable website and now you keep getting pop-up windows stating that if you do not pay $100 within 1 hour, all files on your computer will be destroyed. What is this an example of?
A) Heistware
B) Extortionware
C) Ransomware
D) Theftware
  • 40. What does the term "spam" refer to an in computing
A) Unsolicited emails
B) Excessive pop up windows
C) Social engineering attemps
D) Installing malware and on a computer
  • 41. David just heard of a program that, if installed on your computer, gives the attacker administrator-like access to your machine. What type of software is he talking about?
A) Ransomware
B) Spyware
C) Rootkit
D) Trojan horse
  • 42. Which of the following are activities that a hacker might attempt
A) All of the above
B) Modifying website content
C) Stealing username and password
D) Distracting network communication
  • 43. What type of malware is best known for carrying other malware as a payload
A) Trojan horse
B) Rootkit
C) Worm
D) Virus
  • 44. Software engineering is an engineering branch concerned with
A) Developing software using scientific principles
B) Network installation
C) How do i manufacturing
D) Computer marketing
  • 45. Which statement best describe a worm
A) Hidden tool granting admin access to attackers
B) Malware that locks files until a fee paid
C) Pop up and generator installed with freeware
D) Self replicating program that spreads without user action
E) Program that logs keystrokes and sends them out
  • 46. What is the primary goal or definition of a social engineering attack?
A) To disrupt network services true overwhelming traffic
B) To manipulate individuals into divulging confidential information
C) To gain physical access to secure facilities
D) To two steel sensitive information from individuals
E) To install an authorized software on a victims device
  • 47. What type of data is targeted what is considered a high value target for this kind of information
A) Sensitive data such as password and credential
B) Open source license keys for installed software
C) Screen resolution and color depth preferences
D) System fan speeds and thermal sensors readings
E) Encrypted backups the external cloud storage
  • 48. What type of device are straight through cables primary used to connect
A) PC to PC
B) Wireless local area networks
C) PC to Switch
D) Storage area network arrays explosively
  • 49. Which of the following scenarios explicitly requires a crossover cables
A) Connecting a router to a hub
B) Connecting a computer to a switch
C) Connecting a workstation to a printer
D) Connecting a computer directly to another computer
  • 50. Why does connecting a router directly to a pc require a crossover cable
A) Because a router operates at a much higher voltage level than a PC
B) Because is there two cable cannot transmit data packets bidirectionally
C) Because both devices have the same internal components
D) Because routers that feature traditional RJ45 ethernet ports
  • 51. If pin 1 on side A of the straight-through cable is wired as white-orange, what color must pin 1 be on side B?
A) White green
B) Orange
C) Green
D) White orange
  • 52. In the standard crossover cable layout if side A is wired using the T568A standard, what is standard must side B follow?
A) T568B
B) T568A
C) IEE 802.3z
D) T568C
  • 53. Which of the following connections with the successfully utilized as straight through cable
A) Connecting a router directly to a router
B) Connecting a hub directly to a hub
C) Connecting a switch directly to anothers switch
D) Connecting a computer to switch
  • 54. What is the primary physical transmission media type used to perform the color coding exercises shown and the diagrams
A) Fiber optic cable
B) UTP (unshielded twisted pair )cable
C) Shielded STP dual core cable
D) Coaxial cable
  • 55. What happens during a denial-of - service dos attack?
A) Threat actors establish a network connection between a source and destinations
B) Network pockets are read in captured
C) A network is flooded with traffic causing a shutdown
D) Affected case obtained for unauthorized access
  • 56. Which attack type allows threat actors to modify, reroute, or delete data?
A) Password based attack
B) IP address is poopfing attack
C) Eavesdropping attack
D) Data modification attack
  • 57. How does a treat actor use a password based attack to gain access?
A) By using valid user account to obtain network information
B) By reconstructing IP pockets
C) By altering enterprise traffic data
  • 58. What is another term of an eavesdropping attack
A) IP packets manipulation
B) Sniffing or snooping
C) Data alteration
D) Password cracking
  • 59. Which type of attack involves capturing data in packets without the knowledge of the sender or receiver
A) Password visa attack
B) Data modification attack
C) IP address spoofing attack
D) Eavesdropping attack
  • 60. In a password based attack what can a threat actor do after discovering a valid user account?
A) Obtain lists of other users and modify data
B) Listen to unnetwork traffic
C) Alter data in packets
D) Construct IP packets
  • 61. What is the results of the compromise key as a reading of encrypted packets
A) Monitoring of communication between two parties
B) The unauthorized access to secured communication
C) A and network shutdown
  • 62. What does a sniffer provide if the packets are not encrypted
A) A way to block network resources
B) A method to obtain a secret key
C) A way to flood the network with traffic
D) A full view of the data inside the packets
  • 63. What is the main objective of a denial- of- service attack
A) To alter data and Transit to cain unauthorized access to a system
B) To disrupt the normal functioning of a service or network
C) To capture sensitive data from network packets
  • 64. What does a threat actor achieve in a data modification attack
A) Listening to network traffic
B) Discovering a valid user account
C) Altering data in enterprise traffic packets
D) Constructing IP packets
  • 65. What is the key characteristic of an IP address is poopfing attack
A) Using a known network traffic
B) Creating an IP packets that appears to originate from a valid address
C) Altering data in packets
D) Using a valid user account
  • 66. Which attack involves an application or device that can Read, monitor, and capture network data
A) compromised key attack
B) Sniffing attack
C) Denial of service attack
D) Man in the middle attack
  • 67. What type of attack involves intercepting and allocating communication between two parties without their knowledge
A) Sniffing attack
B) Man -in- the middle attack
C) Denial of service attack
D) Data modification attack
  • 68. What is the main consequence of a successful Man- in - the middle attack in Network performance specification
A) Unauthorized data access
B) Data encryption
C) Complete network shutdown
  • 69. What does an IP address Spoofing attack involve?
A) Listening to network traffic
B) Constructing an IP packet that appears to originate from valid address
C) Altering interface traffic data
D) Discovery a valid user account
  • 70. What can a threat actor do after discovering a vulnerability session in a password based attack
A) Build internet Network traffic
B) able to check IP packets
C) Obtain lists of other users modified data
D) The altered data in packet
  • 71. How does a man- in- the middle attack affect communication
A) It blocks communication entirely
B) It floods the network with traffic
C) It encrypts the communication
D) It allows the attacker to monitor and control communications transparently
  • 72. Which attack method is primarily information by monitoring network traffic and attack leave award-based attack CIP addresses for an attack
A) Spoofing attack
B) Sniffing attack
C) None of them
D) Man-in-the middle attack
  • 73. What is the primary action if an IP address is being attacked?
A) Ceasing network traffic
B) Discarding invalid user traffic
C) Reconstructing and IP packet originates from a valid address
D) Deleting third party data traffic data
  • 74. The first and most common type of computer malware is a?
A) Virus
B) Trojan horse
C) Malware
D) Worm
  • 75. Corrupts or delete files
A) Destructive
B) Data sending
C) Proxy
D) FTP
  • 76. Which virus target low-level hardware software like BIOS or UEFI?
A) Firmware virus
B) Boot sector virus
C) Micro Virus
  • 77. What is the primary goal of denial of service (DoS) trojan
A) Encrypting files for ransom
B) Slowing or halting network activity
C) Displaying unwanted pop-up ads
D) Stealing user login credentials
  • 78. Which software generates revenue via automatic online advertisements?
A) Trojan horse
B) Bitcoin
C) Adware
D) Spyware
  • 79. What information does a data sending Trojan typically target?
A) Route firmware configuration
B) Password, credit card numbers, and other personal data
C) CPU clock speeds and hardware specification
D) Operating systems installation files
  • 80. What does remote- Access trojan (RAT) provide to an attacker
A) Temporary access to the victims public wi-fi
B) Unauthorized remote control of the victim system
C) A back up of the victims encrypted files
D) Automatic generation of ad revenue
  • 81. Rootkits gain administrative privileges to hide from security software
A) Maybe
B) True
C) none of the above
D) False
  • 82. What is the primary aim of spyware?
A) To completely shot down the host computer
B) To demand by locking the user screen
C) To replicate itself across local network servers
D) To gather information without user consent
  • 83. What is the purpose of security software disabler trojan
A) To monitor and log Keystrokes for financial data
B) To download automatic updates for the operating system
C) To spoof the device's MAC address on a local network
D) To stop antivirus programs or firewalls from functioning
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