EC-COUNCIL EC-COUNCIL Certifications 312-50V8 Questions & Answers

• Question 431:

  Which of the following is a detective control?

  A. Smart card authentication

  B. Security policy

  C. Audit trail

  D. Continuity of operations plan

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 432:

  A security administrator notices that the log file of the company`s webserver contains suspicious entries:

  

  Based on source code analysis, the analyst concludes that the login.php script is vulnerable to

  A. command injection.

  B. SQL injection.

  C. directory traversal.

  D. LDAP injection.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 433:

  Which of the following tools will scan a network to perform vulnerability checks and compliance auditing?

  A. NMAP

  B. Metasploit

  C. Nessus

  D. BeEF

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 434:

  The use of technologies like IPSec can help guarantee the followinG. authenticity, integrity, confidentiality and

  A. non-repudiation.

  B. operability.

  C. security.

  D. usability.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 435:

  What is a successful method for protecting a router from potential smurf attacks?

  A. Placing the router in broadcast mode

  B. Enabling port forwarding on the router

  C. Installing the router outside of the network's firewall

  D. Disabling the router from accepting broadcast ping messages

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 436:

  Which of the following is a characteristic of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)?

  A. Public-key cryptosystems are faster than symmetric-key cryptosystems.

  B. Public-key cryptosystems distribute public-keys within digital signatures.

  C. Public-key cryptosystems do not require a secure key distribution channel.

  D. Public-key cryptosystems do not provide technical non-repudiation via digital signatures.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 437:

  What statement is true regarding LM hashes?

  A. LM hashes consist in 48 hexadecimal characters.

  B. LM hashes are based on AES128 cryptographic standard.

  C. Uppercase characters in the password are converted to lowercase.

  D. LM hashes are not generated when the password length exceeds 15 characters.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 438:

  Which of the following is an application that requires a host application for replication?

  A. Micro

  B. Worm

  C. Trojan

  D. Virus

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 439:

  What is the purpose of conducting security assessments on network resources?

  A. Documentation

  B. Validation

  C. Implementation

  D. Management

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 440:

  A penetration tester was hired to perform a penetration test for a bank. The tester began searching for IP ranges owned by the bank, performing lookups on the bank's DNS servers, reading news articles online about the bank, watching what times the bank employees come into work and leave from work, searching the bank's job postings (paying special attention to IT related jobs), and visiting the local dumpster for the bank's corporate office.

  What phase of the penetration test is the tester currently in?

  A. Information reporting

  B. Vulnerability assessment

  C. Active information gathering

  D. Passive information gathering

  Correct Answer: D