GSLC 2020 Practice Test

GSLC 2020 Practice Test practice questions, page 3 of 23, with answer review and explanations.

Question 11

The promiscuous mode is a configuration of a network card that makes the card pass all traffic it receives to the central processing unit rather than just packets addressed to it. Which of the following tools works by placing the host system network card into the promiscuous mode?

  1. Sniffer
  2. THC-Scan
  3. NetStumbler
  4. Snort

Question 12

Janet is the project manager of the NHQ Project for her company. Janet is nearly done leading the project and there have been no cost or schedule overruns in the development of the new software for her company. The project team has been completing their work on time and there is still $75,000 left in the project budget. Janet decides to have the project team implement some extra features to the project scope to use all of the $75,000 in the budget even though the customer didn't specifically ask for the added features. This scenario is an example of which one of the following?

  1. Scope creep
  2. Gold plating
  3. Change management
  4. Value added change

Question 13

You are responsible for security at a company that uses a lot of Web applications. You are most concerned about flaws in those applications allowing some attacker to get into your network. What method would be best for finding such flaws?

  1. Automated penetration testing
  2. Code review
  3. Manual penetration testing
  4. Vulnerability scanning

Question 14

SIMULATION - Fill in the blank with the appropriate word. A_______ is a computer system on the Internet that is expressly set up to attract and trap people who attempt to penetrate other people's computer systems.

Question 15

Which of the following protocols is used as a transport protocol for Internet dial-up connections?

  1. SMTP
  2. SNMP
  3. DHCP
  4. PPP