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Ethical Hacking MCQ

Ethical Hacking MCQ

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Practice here the best Ethical Hacking MCQ Questions that are designed to check your basic skills and knowledge about Ethical Hacking. This Ethical Hacking MCQ Test contains 25+ Multiple Choice Questions. Apart from this, you can also download the Ethical Hacking MCQ PDF below completely free. 

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Ethical Hacking MCQ

1) What is the attack called “evil twin”?

  • A. Rogue access point
  • B.ARP poisoning
  • C.Session hijacking
  • D.MAC spoofing

2) What are the forms of password cracking techniques?

  • A. AttackSyllable
  • B.AttackBrute Forcing
  • C.AttacksHybrid
  • D.All of the above

3) what is the primary goal of an Ethical Hacker ?

  • A. Avoiding detection
  • B.Testing security controls
  • C.Resolving security vulnerabilities
  • D.Determining return on investment for security measures

4) What is the first phase of hacking?

  • A. Maintaining access
  • B.Gaining access
  • C.Reconnaissance
  • D.Scanning

5) Which type of hacker represents the highest risk to your network?

  • A. Black-hat hackers
  • B.Grey-hat hackers
  • C.Script kiddies
  • D.Disgruntled employees
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6) Hacking for a cause is called ..................

  • A. Hacktivism
  • B.Black-hat hacking
  • C.. Active hacking
  • D.Activism

7) When a hacker attempts to attack a host via the Internet it is known as what type of attack?

  • A. Local access
  • B.Remote attack
  • C.Internal attack
  • D.Physical access

8) Which are the four regional Internet registries?

  • A. APNIC, MOSTNIC, ARIN, RIPE NCC
  • B.APNIC, PICNIC, NANIC, ARIN
  • C.APNIC, PICNIC, NANIC, RIPE NCC
  • D.APNIC, LACNIC, ARIN, RIPE NCC

9) What port number does HTTPS use?

  • A. 53
  • B.443
  • C.80
  • D.21

10) Banner grabbing is an example of what?

  • A. Footprinting
  • B.Active operating system fingerprinting
  • C.Passive operating system fingerprinting
  • D.Application analysis

11) What does the TCP RST command do?

  • A. Restores the connection to a previous state
  • B.Finishes a TCP connections
  • C.Resets the TCP connection
  • D.Starts a TCP connection

12) A packet with all flags set is which type of scan?

  • A. Full Open
  • B.XMAS
  • C.TCP connect
  • D.Syn scan

13) Why would an attacker want to perform a scan on port 137?

  • A. To check for file and print sharing on Windows systems
  • B.To discover proxy servers on a network
  • C.To discover a target system with the NetBIOS null session vulnerability
  • D.To locate the FTP service on the target host

14) Which tool can be used to perform a DNS zone transfer on Windows?

  • A. DNSlookup
  • B.nslookup
  • C.whois
  • D.ipconfig

15) What is the best reason to implement a security policy?

  • A. It makes security harder to enforce.
  • B.It removes the employee’s responsibility to make judgments.
  • C.It increases security.
  • D.It decreases security.

16) What does the term "Ethical Hacking" mean?

  • A. Someone who is using his/her skills for defensive purposes.
  • B.Someone who is hacking for ethical reasons.
  • C.Someone who is using his/her skills for ethical reasons.
  • D.Someone who is using his/her skills for offensive purposes

17) What are the two basic types of attacks ?

  • A. Active
  • B.Passive
  • C.DoS
  • D.Both 1 & 2

18) What is the major difference between an 'Ethical Hacker' and a 'Cracker'?

  • A. The ethical hacker has authorization from the owner of the target.
  • B.The ethical hacker is just a cracker who is getting paid.
  • C.The ethical hacker does not use the same techniques or skills as a cracker.
  • D.The ethical hacker does it strictly for financial motives unlike a cracker.

19) What is the attack called “evil twin”?

  • A. MAC spoofing
  • B.Session hijacking
  • C.Rogue access point
  • D.ARP poisoning

20) What is the maximum length of an SSID?

  • A. Thirty-two characters
  • B.Sixteen characters
  • C.Sixty-four characters
  • D.Eight characters

21) Which wireless mode connects machines directly to one another, without the use of an access point?

  • A. Ad hoc
  • B.Point to point
  • C.Infrastructure
  • D.BSS

22) The process of professionally or ethically hacking a message is called

  • A. Cryptography
  • B.Encryption
  • C.Decryption
  • D.Penetration Testing

23) Ethical hacking is also known as .................

  • A. White hat Hacking
  • B.Penetration Testing
  • C.Both white hat hacking & penetration testing
  • D.None of the above

24) What are the advantages of Ethical Hacking?

  • A. It is used to test how good security is on your network.
  • B.It is used to recover the lost of information, especially when you lost your password.
  • C.It is used to perform penetration testing to increase the security of the computer and network.
  • D.All of the above

25) Which character is typically used first by the penetration tester?

  • A. Semicolon
  • B.Dollar sign
  • C.Single quote
  • D.None of the above

26) A hacktivist is someone who ..................

  • A. hacks computers or Web sites in an attempt to promote a political ideology
  • B.attempts to destroy the infrastructure components of governments
  • C.violates computer or Internet security maliciously or for illegal personal gain
  • D.attempts to gain financially and/or disrupt a company's information systems and business operations

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    Aritra Sarkar

    11th Mar, 2023
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    It's very good

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    Tanaya Kundu

    11th Mar, 2023
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    Hacking refers to activities that seek to compromise digital devices, such as computers, smartphones, tablets, and even entire networks. Hackers are motivated by personal gain, to make a statement, or just because they can.

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