EC-COUNCIL EC-COUNCIL Certifications 312-50V10 Questions & Answers

• Question 221:

  Your next door neighbor, that you do not get along with, is having issues with their network, so he yells to his spouse the network's SSID and password and you hear them both clearly. What do you do with this information?

  A. Nothing, but suggest to him to change the network's SSID and password.

  B. Sell his SSID and password to friends that come to your house, so it doesn't slow down your network.

  C. Log onto to his network, after all it's his fault that you can get in.

  D. Only use his network when you have large downloads so you don't tax your own network.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 222:

  Backing up data is a security must. However, it also has certain level of risks when mishandled. Which of the following is the greatest threat posed by backups?

  A. A backup is the source of Malware or illicit information

  B. A backup is incomplete because no verification was performed

  C. A backup is unavailable during disaster recovery

  D. An unencrypted backup can be misplaced or stolen

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 223:

  Which of the following will perform an Xmas scan using NMAP?

  A. nmap -sA 192.168.1.254

  B. nmap -sP 192.168.1.254

  C. nmap -sX 192.168.1.254

  D. nmap -sV 192.168.1.254

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 224:

  This configuration allows NIC to pass all traffic it receives to the Central Processing Unit (CPU), instead of passing only the frames that the controller is intended to receive. Select the option that BEST describes the above statement.

  A. Multi-cast mode

  B. WEM

  C. Promiscuous mode

  D. Port forwarding

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 225:

  First thing you do every office day is to check your email inbox. One morning, you received an email from your best friend and the subject line is quite strange. What should you do?

  A. Delete the email and pretend nothing happened.

  B. Forward the message to your supervisor and ask for her opinion on how to handle the situation.

  C. Forward the message to your company's security response team and permanently delete the messagefrom your computer.

  D. Reply to the sender and ask them for more information about the message contents.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 226:

  Due to a slowdown of normal network operations, IT department decided to monitor internet traffic for all of the employees. From a legal stand point, what would be troublesome to take this kind of measure?

  A. All of the employees would stop normal work activities

  B. IT department would be telling employees who the boss is

  C. Not informing the employees that they are going to be monitored could be an invasion of privacy.

  D. The network could still experience traffic slow down.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 227:

  What is the difference between the AES and RSA algorithms?

  A. Both are asymmetric algorithms, but RSA uses 1024-bit keys.

  B. RSA is asymmetric, which is used to create a public/private key pair; AES is symmetric, which is used to encrypt data.

  C. Both are symmetric algorithms, but AES uses 256-bit keys.

  D. AES is asymmetric, which is used to create a public/private key pair; RSA is symmetric, which is used to encrypt data.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 228:

  Which of the following tools is used to detect wireless LANs using the 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN standards on a linux platform?

  A. Kismet

  B. Nessus

  C. Netstumbler

  D. Abel

  Correct Answer: A

  Kismet is a network detector, packet sniffer, and intrusion detection system for 802.11 wireless LANs. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring mode, and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n traffic. The program runs under Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Mac OS X.

  References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kismet_(software)

• Question 229:

  An IT employee got a call from one of our best customers. The caller wanted to know about the company's network infrastructure, systems, and team. New opportunities of integration are in sight for both company and customer. What should this employee do?

  A. Since the company's policy is all about Customer Service, he/she will provide information.

  B. Disregarding the call, the employee should hang up.

  C. The employee should not provide any information without previous management authorization.

  D. The employees can not provide any information; but, anyway, he/she will provide the name of the person in charge.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 230:

  By using a smart card and pin, you are using a two-factor authentication that satisfies

  A. Something you know and something you are

  B. Something you have and something you know

  C. Something you have and something you are

  D. Something you are and something you remember

  Correct Answer: B