412-79v8

412-79v8 practice questions, page 6 of 8, with answer review and explanations.

Question 26

Vulnerability assessment is an examination of the ability of a system or application, including the current security procedures and controls, to withstand assault. What does a vulnerability assessment identify?

  1. Disgruntled employees
  2. Weaknesses that could be exploited
  3. Physical security breaches
  4. Organizational structure

Question 27

This is a group of people hired to give details of the vulnerabilities present in the system found after a penetration test. They are elite and extremely competent penetration testers and intrusion analysts. This team prepares a report on the vulnerabilities in the system, attack methods, and how to defend against them. What is this team called?

  1. Blue team
  2. Tiger team
  3. Gorilla team
  4. Lion team

Question 28

ARP spoofing is a technique whereby an attacker sends fake ("spoofed") Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages onto a Local Area Network. Generally, the aim is to associate the attacker's MAC address with the IP address of another host (such as the default gateway), causing any traffic meant for that IP address to be sent to the attacker instead. ARP spoofing attack is used as an opening for other attacks. What type of attack would you launch after successfully deploying ARP spoofing?

  1. Parameter Filtering
  2. Social Engineering
  3. Input Validation
  4. Session Hijacking

Question 29

Amazon Consulting Corporation provides penetration testing and managed security services to companies. Legality and regulatory compliance is one of the important components in conducting a successful security audit. Before starting a test, one of the agreements both the parties need to sign relates to limitations, constraints, liabilities, code of conduct, and indemnification considerations between the parties. Which agreement requires a signature from both the parties (the penetration tester and the company)?

  1. Non-disclosure agreement
  2. Client fees agreement
  3. Rules of engagement agreement
  4. Confidentiality agreement C

Question 30

John, the penetration testing manager in a pen testing firm, needs to prepare a pen testing pricing report for a client. Which of the following factors does he need to consider while preparing the pen testing pricing report?

  1. Number of employees in the client organization
  2. Complete structure of the organization
  3. Number of client computers to be tested and resources required to perform a pen test
  4. Number of servers available in the client organization